1970–71 WIHL season

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1970-71 was the 24th 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.

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The Spokane Jets were a senior men's ice hockey team that played out of Spokane, Washington. They played in the Western International Hockey League (WIHL) from 1963-64 through 1973-74.

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.

Playoff

In the Best of 7 semi-finals:

In the Best of 7 final series, the Nelson Maple Leafs defeated the Spokane Jets 4 games to 2 (9-4, 3-4, 3-6, 4-2, 4-3, 5-2). The Nelson Maple Leafs advanced to the 1970-71 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs.

The 1971 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1970-71 Senior "A" season. The event was hosted by the Galt Hornets and Galt, Ontario. The 1971 playoff marked the 63rd time that the Allan Cup has been awarded.

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.

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