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Pacific International Jr "B" prior to renaming in 2011

The Pacific Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in British Columbia, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the PJHL playoffs competes with the champions of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League for the Cyclone Taylor Cup, the British Columbia Provincial Title. The winner of the Cyclone Taylor Cup moves on to compete for the Western Canada "B" Crown, the Keystone Cup.  The league was previously known as the Pacific International Junior Hockey League until 2011.

On May 6 , 2018 the league announced the addition of the White Rock Whalers as an expansion franchise to begin play with the 2018-19 season.  The team will be added to the Tom Shaw Conference to balance them with six teams each.

On May 15, 2020 the league announced the addition of an expansion team for the 2020-21 season. The team will be called the Chilliwack Jets which was the name of a previous junior B team that played in the West Coast Junior Hockey League which was a precursor to the PJHL from 1965 to 1971. The team will be based out of the Sardis Sports Complex.[1]

As a response to the British Columbia Hockey League withdrawing from Hockey Canada effective June 1, 2023; the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League announced on June 17, 2023 that it had applied with BC Hockey to be classified as Junior A for the 2023-24 season along with all of its' membership.[2] This followed an application from the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League to do the same on July 11th,[3] with the Pacific Junior Hockey League expected to do the same shortly there after.[4]

Teams[]

Harold Brittain Conference
Team Centre Arena
Abbotsford Pilots Abbotsford, British Columbia MSA Arena
Aldergrove Kodiaks Aldergrove, British Columbia Alderdrove Credit Union Community Centre
Langley Trappers Langley, British Columbia George Preston Arena
Mission City Outlaws Mission, British Columbia Mission Leisure Centre
Ridge Meadows Flames Maple Ridge, British Columbia Cam Neely Arena at Planet Ice
Surrey Knights Surrey, British Columbia North Surrey Sport and Ice Complex
Tom Shaw Conference
Team Centre Arena
Delta Ice Hawks Delta, British Columbia Ladner Leisure Centre
Grandview Steelers Burnaby, British Columbia Burnaby Winter Club
North Vancouver Wolf Pack North Vancouver, British Columbia Harry Jerome Arena
Port Moody Black Panthers Port Moody, British Columbia Port Moody Arena
Richmond Sockeyes Richmond, British Columbia Minoru Arena
White Rock Whalers White Rock, British Columbia White Rock Centennial Arena

2020-21 Expansion Team[]

Harold Brittain Conference
Team Centre Arena
Chilliwack Jets Chilliwack, British Columbia Sardis Sports Complex

Seasons[]

Champions[]

2023 Delta Ice Hawks
2022 Langley Trappers
2021 Season Cancelled
2020 Playoffs Cancelled
2019 North Vancouver Wolf Pack
2018 Delta Ice Hawks
2017 Aldergrove Kodiaks
2016 Mission City Outlaws
2015 North Vancouver Wolf Pack
2014 Aldergrove Kodiaks
2013 Richmond Sockeyes
2012 Delta Ice Hawks
2011 Richmond Sockeyes
2010 Aldergrove Kodiaks
2009 Richmond Sockeyes
2008 Grandview Steelers
2007 Abbotsford Pilots
2006 Delta Ice Hawks
2005 Abbotsford Pilots
2004 Richmond Sockeyes
2003 Richmond Sockeyes
2002 Abbotsford Pilots
2001 Delta Ice Hawks
2000 Abbotsford Pilots
1999 Abbotsford Pilots
1998 Ridge Meadows Flames
1997 Port Coquitlam Buckaroos
1996 Ridge Meadows Flames
1995 Port Coquitlam Buckaroos
1994 Grandview Steelers
1993 Coquitlam Warriors
1992 Richmond Sockeyes
1991 Coquitlam Warriors
1990 Burnaby Bluehawks
1989 Abbotsford Pilots
1988 White Rock Whalers
1987 Burnaby Bluehawks
1986 Northwest Americans
1985 North Shore W.C. Flames
1984 North Shore W.C. Flames
1983 North Shore W.C. Flames
1982 Northwest Americans
1981 Northwest Americans
1980 Northwest Americans
1979 Burnaby Blazers
1978 Richmond Rebels
1977 Richmond Rebels
1976 Northwest Americans
1975 Burnaby Blazers
1974 Point Grey Blades
1973 Nor Wes Caps
1972 Nor Wes Caps
1971 Nor Wes Caps
1970 Chilliwack Jets
1969 Nor Wes Caps
1968 Grandview Steelers
1967 Richmond Juniors

Former Member Teams[]

  • The Northwest Americans - won several titles over the years, and were the only American-based team in the PIJHL during their tenure. The Northwest Americans were techincally a semi-pro team where players had no dues or equipement fees (team revenue paid all hockey-related expenses) and received full tuition reimbursement. The Americans played at the Olympic View Arena in Mountlake Terrace, Washington (north Seattle). Recruiting was traditionally from American amateur hockey clubs in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, though later years included some Canadian-born, and many East-coast and Great Lakes players. The team folded in 2002.
  • Washington Totems - a Midget AAA team formerly used as a farm team for younger Northwest American players (older players were farmed to the Junior C team who played in Lynwood Ice Arena until the Americans folded). The Totems only survived a short tenure in the league, and left after 2 seasons when the NorPac/NPHL Junior-A Tier-III league was created in Washington State. When moving to NorPac, the Totems became a full-aged Junior team and have dominated the West division for several years. The totems were, and continue to be an amateur team with players paying dues of several thousand dollars each to cover training, coaching, and ice time costs and are responsible for their own equipment.

Defunct or relocated teams[]

See also[]

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References[]


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