1950-51 was the fifth season of the Western International Hockey League.
The Western International Hockey League (WIHL) was a senior level ice hockey league that featured teams from the Western United States and Western Canada. It operated from 1946–62 and 1963–88. It grew out of the West Kootenay League, which operated in southeast British Columbia from the 1920s.
The Trail Smoke Eaters were a senior level men's ice hockey team from Trail, British Columbia that played from 1926 to 1987. They are recognized as being one of the best senior hockey teams in Canadian history. The Smoke Eaters won their first Allan Cup in 1938; they won the 1939 World Ice Hockey Championships and the 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships; and they won another Allan Cup in 1962.
The Kimberley Dynamiters are a defunct Senior Amateur ice hockey club that played from 1946-1981 in the Western International Hockey League (WIHL).
The Nelson Maple Leafs were a senior men's ice hockey team. They won the British Columbia Senior Championship, the Savage Cup, seven times. They played in, but lost, the 1965 Allan Cup Final.
Played interlocking with the Okanagan Mainline League.
The Okanagan Mainline League is a defunct senior men's ice hockey league that operated in British Columbia, Canada from 1949 to 1951.
Best of 5
Trail Smoke Eaters beat Spokane Flyers 3 wins to 1.
Note: Spokane Flyers were not eligible for the Allan Cup.
The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men's ice hockey champions of Canada. It was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal, and has been competed for since 1909. The current champions are the Stoney Creek Generals, who captured the 2018 Allan Cup in Rosetown, Saskatchewan.
Best of 5
Kimberley Dynamiters beat Nelson Maple Leafs 3 wins to 1.
Best of 5
Trail Smoke Eaters beat Kimberley Dynamiters 3 wins to 2.
Trail Smoke Eaters advanced to the 1950-51 British Columbia Senior Playoffs.
1947-48 was the second season of the Western International Hockey League.
1948-49 was the third season of the Western International Hockey League.
1949-50 was the fourth season of the Western International Hockey League.
1951-52 was the sixth season of the Western International Hockey League.
1952-53 was the seventh season of the Western International Hockey League.
The 1953-54 Western International Hockey League season was the 8th season in the league's history.
1954-55 was the ninth season of the Western International Hockey League.
1955-56 was the tenth season of the Western International Hockey League.
1956-57 was the 11th season of the Western International Hockey League.
1964-65 was the 18th season of the Western International Hockey League.
1965-66 was the 19th season of the Western International Hockey League.
1974-75 was the 28th season of the Western International Hockey League.
1975-76 was the 29th season of the Western International Hockey League.
1976-77 was the 30th season of the Western International Hockey League.
1977-78 was the 31st season of the North American senior amateur Western International Hockey League, the final round of which was won by the Kimberley Dynamiters.
1978-79 was the 32nd season of the Western International Hockey League.
1979-80 was the 33rd season of the Western International Hockey League.
1982-83 was the 36th season of the Western International Hockey League.
The Savage Cup is the trophy that is awarded to British Columbia’s senior ice hockey champions. This trophy was first presented in 1912-13 to the ice hockey team fielded by the Vancouver Rowing Club. and the Savage Cup will be awarded to the BC provincial champions for the 2009-10 season.
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