New Westminster Royals (WHL)
New Westminster Royals | |
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founding | 1945 |
resolution | 1959 |
history |
New Westminster Royals 1945–1959 Portland Buckaroos 1960–1976 |
Location | New Westminster , British Columbia |
league |
Pacific Coast Hockey League (1945–1952) Western Hockey League (1952–1959) |
The New Westminster Royals were a Canadian ice hockey franchise of the Western Hockey League from New Westminster , British Columbia .
history
The New Westminster Royals were founded for the 1945/46 season as a franchise of the Pacific Coast Hockey League . Their name was based on a team of the same name that had played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1911 to 1914 . They won the PCHL championship title, the Lester Patrick Cup , in the 1949/50 season . After the PCHL was dissolved, the team joined the successor league Western Hockey League for the 1952/53 season . In this they played for seven years before they stopped playing in 1959. The name New Westminster Royals was later used by several junior teams of the British Columbia Hockey League .
The franchise was relocated to Portland , Oregon in 1960 , where they subsequently played as the Portland Buckaroos in the WHL.
Season statistics
Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes
season | GP | W. | L. | T | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA | space | Playoffs |
1945-46 | 58 | 26th | 32 | 0 | - | - | 52 | 228 | 268 | 4th, North | |
1946-47 | 60 | 29 | 29 | 2 | - | - | 60 | 257 | 270 | 4th, North | |
1947-48 | 66 | 27 | 38 | 1 | - | - | 55 | 293 | 322 | 4th, North | |
1948-49 | 70 | 39 | 26th | 5 | - | - | 83 | 285 | 229 | 1st, North | |
1949-50 | 71 | 36 | 19th | 16 | - | - | 88 | 291 | 233 | 1st, North | Lester Patrick Cup |
1950-51 | 70 | 38 | 24 | 8th | - | - | 84 | 267 | 205 | 2., PCHL | |
1951-52 | 70 | 40 | 19th | 11 | - | - | 91 | 286 | 200 | 1., PCHL | |
1952-53 | 70 | 29 | 33 | 8th | - | - | 66 | 217 | 254 | 6th, WHL | |
1953-54 | 70 | 28 | 34 | 8th | - | - | 64 | 218 | 261 | 6th, WHL | |
1954-55 | 70 | 29 | 32 | 9 | - | - | 67 | 249 | 299 | 5th, WHL | |
1955-56 | 70 | 31 | 37 | 2 | - | - | 64 | 238 | 258 | 3rd, WHLC | |
1956-57 | 70 | 34 | 31 | 5 | - | - | 73 | 215 | 235 | 2nd, WHLC | |
1957-58 | 70 | 39 | 28 | 3 | - | - | 81 | 254 | 224 | 2nd, WHLC | |
1958-59 | 70 | 23 | 45 | 2 | - | - | 48 | 237 | 301 | 5th, WHLC |
Web links
- The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics New Westminster Royals (PCHL / WHL)
- The Internet Hockey Database - Player List New Westminster Royals (PCHL / WHL)