History
The start of what is now the PJHL actually goes back to 1965. Formed as the Lower Mainland Junior Hockey League consisting of 4 teams. In 1966 the league was officially formed as the West Coast Junior Hockey League with the addition of two more clubs. In 1974 the league became "truly international" with the Northwest Americans from Seattle being admitted to the league.
The WCJHL was up to 10 teams by the late '70s and competition was fierce for the Cyclone Taylor Cup, awarded to the Western Canada Junior B Champion. In the 1992-93 season the league changed its name to the Pacific International Junior Hockey league.
The modern PJHL has ten teams in it, divided into two conferences. The two most victorious teams, the Richmond Sockeyes and Abbotsford Pilots, are both descendants of BCJHL championship teams that operated in the same towns. In 2013, the Sockeyes became the most recent PJHL team to win the Cyclone Taylor Cup as Hockey BC Jr. B Champions and the Keystone Cup as Western Canadian Jr. B Champions.
In the Fall of 2012, the league's name was officially changed to the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL).
Read more about this topic: Pacific International Junior Hockey League
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