The Nelson Maple Leafs were a senior men's ice hockey team. They won the British Columbia Senior Championship, the Savage Cup , seven times (1937, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1986, and 1987). They played in, but lost, the 1965 Allan Cup Final.
5-667: The Maple Leafs played in the West Kootenay League from 1932-33 through 1940-41 and in 1945-46. They played in the Western International Hockey League from 1946-47 through 1986-87. As of this edit , this article uses content from Maple Leafs "Nelson Maple Leafs" , which is licensed in a way that permits reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License , but not under
10-626: The GFDL . All relevant terms must be followed. This Canadian ice hockey team-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This British Columbia -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . West Kootenay League The West Kootenay League , also referred to as the West Kootenay Hockey League (WKHL), is a defunct senior men's ice hockey league that operated in eastern British Columbia from 1922–1941, and also during
15-543: The 1945-46 season. In 1946-47 the league expanded to Spokane and Los Angeles and became the Western International Hockey League . In its 20 years of operation, the West Kootenay League won every British Columbia Senior Championship ( Savage Cup ) after its first season (1922–23) and teams from this league won the Allan Cup twice. The West Kootenay League operated from 1922–23 through 1940–41. Many of
20-646: The league suspended operations for three seasons due to World War II , and its teams merged with the Alberta Senior League to become the Alberta-British Columbia Senior League for the 1941–42 season. The West Kootenay League was resurrected for the 1945–46 season, and in 1946–47 the league expanded to Spokane and Los Angeles and became the Western International Hockey League . As of this edit , this article uses content from "West Kootenay League" , which
25-536: The players resisted the idea of turning professional because, with the promise of high paying mining jobs, they had secure jobs for life and were making as much, if not more, than players in the NHL. In 1931 the Kimberley Dynamiters joined the West Kootenay League, and this began an immediate rivalry with the always strong Trail Smoke Eaters , a true powerhouse of senior British Columbia hockey. In 1941
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