1980–81 WIHL season

Last updated March 02, 2019

1980-81 was the 34th 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.

Standings

Cranbrook Royals 40 24 12 4 239 192 52
Kimberley Dynamiters 40 21 16 3 207 199 45
Trail Smoke Eaters 40 22 18 0 217 202 44
Nelson Maple Leafs 40 16 22 2 161 197 34
Elk Valley Blazers 40 12 27 1 178 238 25

The Cranbrook Royals were a senior men's AAA level ice hockey team that played in the Western International Hockey League from 1965 to 1987.

The Kimberley Dynamiters are a defunct Senior Amateur ice hockey club that played from 1946-1981 in the Western International Hockey League (WIHL).

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.

Playoffs

Semi finals

Best of 7

Cranbrook Royals defeated Nelson Maple Leafs 4 games to 1 (5-8, 6-3, 4-3 OT, 7-6 OT, C-N)
Kimberley Dynamiters defeated Trail Smoke Eaters 4 games to 2 (9-7, 5-4, 10-3, 4-2, 3-8, 7-5)

Final

In the "best of 7" final, Kimberley Dynamiters defeated Cranbrook Royals 4 games to 2 (7-3, 7-4, 7-3, 4-11, 5-11, 3-1) to advance to the 1980-81 British Columbia Senior Playoffs.

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