Mountain West Hockey League

Mountain West Hockey League
Mountain West Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 2012
Inaugural season 2012–13
Commissioner Thomas Brown
No. of teams 10
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)		 NorCal Ice Raiders (2018)
Most titles San Diego Skates
Vail Yeti (2 each)
Official website MWHL.net

The Mountain West Hockey League (MWHL) is a Senior ice hockey league consisting of teams from the Western United States.

History

The league was founded in 2012. MWHL teams are composed of North American and European players with junior, college, and professional experience. MWHL teams play a schedule that runs from November through March. The top four teams participate in the MWHL Cup Championship playoffs in April. The league also sponsors the MWHL Classic, a mid-season inter-division game held in Las Vegas.

Park City Pioneers were the first league champion in 2013 defeating the Las Vegas Hookers in the final.

San Diego Skates became the first repeat champion winning the league championship in 2015 and again in 2016.

Teams

Team City Arena Joined MWHL
Arizona Outlaws Phoenix, Arizona AZ Ice 2015
Breckenridge Vipers Breckenridge, Colorado Stephen C. West Ice Arena 2015
Las Vegas Cavalry Las Vegas, Nevada City National Arena 2012
NorCal Ice Raiders Vacaville, California Vacaville Ice Arena 2015
Orange County Checkers Anaheim, California Anaheim Ice - Lakes 2014
PIkes Peak Vigilantes Denver, Colorado Joy Burns Ice Arena 2015
San Diego Skates San Diego, California Ice-Plex Escondido 2013
Utah Spiders Park City, Utah Park City Ice Arena 2016
Vail Yeti Vail, Colorado Dobson Arena 2013
West Coast Seals Stockton, California Oak Park Ice Arena 2017

Former teams

  • Aspen Leafs (2012-14)
  • Breckenridge Brewers (2014-15)
  • Boulder Bison (2015-16)
  • Jackson Hole Moose (2012-14)
  • Las Vegas Hookers (2012-13) - renamed Wolves
  • McCall Buccaneers (2012-13)
  • Park City Pioneers (2012-15)[1]
  • Salt Lake City Ice Wolves (2013-15) - sold and relocated to Oakland; renamed Ice Raiders.
  • Salt Lake City Rebels/Golden Eagles (2012-14)
  • Sun Valley Suns (2013-14)
  • Utah Buccaneers (2015-16)

Champions

Season Commissioners' Cup

(regular season)

 MWHL Cup

(playoff champion)

 Playoff

Runner-up

 Result
2012-13 Las Vegas Hookers Park City Pioneers Las Vegas Hookers
2013-14 Vail Yeti Vail Yeti[2] Las Vegas Wolves 7-4[3]
2014-15 San Diego Skates San Diego Skates
2015-16 Breckenridge Vipers[4] San Diego Skates[5] Breckenridge Vipers 2-1 (best-of 3)
2016-17 NorCal Ice Raiders[6] Vail Yeti Arizona Outlaws 2-0 (best-of 3)
2017-18 San Diego Skates NorCal Ice Raiders Vail Yeti 2-1 (best-of 3)

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pioneers call it quits". Park Record. 23 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Thank you for your support". Vail Daily. 22 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Vail Yeti Schedule". Vail Yeti. 13 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Breck Vipers men's team brings 3rd hockey title to town in 2016". Summit Daily. 16 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Skates Win MWHL Cup". Mountain West Hockey League. 2 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "NorCal Ice Raiders to host playoffs April 7-9". The Reporter. 21 March 2017.
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