Ice Warriors tells the story of the Western Hockey League (known as
the Pacific Coast Hockey League before 1952), a determined,
ambitious league that at its height aspired to establish itself as
a second major league, a western counterpart to the eastern NHL.
Between 1948 and 1974, more than 2,500 minor-league professional
hockey players skated for the 23 teams that made up the Western
Hockey League. A small percentage of these players went on to enjoy
substantial careers in the National Hockey League; others were
former NHLers who chose to end their pro careers in the minors.
Most of them, however, were minor-league "lifers" who played many
seasons in the WHL and other minor pro leagues. This book traces
the league's origins, rise and fall. The author analyses off-ice
influences on the WHL's development and portrays the on-ice
highlights of each season, including interviews with players,
coaches and fans, and statistical records and pictures from the
era. The league's aspirations ended with the expansion of the NHL,
and after the 1973-74 season the WHL ceased operations. In its
26-year-run, however, it provided winter sports entertainment for
countless appreciative hockey fans west of the Mississippi.
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