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The Western States Hockey League (WSHL) was a junior ice hockey league established in 1993. It was sanctioned by the United Hockey Union, the junior hockey branch of the Amateur Athletic Union. Previously, it was sanctioned by USA Hockey from 1994 to 2011. Teams played approximately 50 games in the regular season schedule, mimicking what ...
The format for the 2016 All-Star Game featured the Blazers taking on a team of WSHL All-Stars. On September 5, 2016, the United Hockey Union announced the formation of a new Tier I junior hockey league called the Central One Hockey League (C1HL). [4] [5] The league was announced to begin with the 2017–18 season. However, some of the announced ...
The franchise was founded in 2001 as the Valencia Flyers in the Western States Hockey League (WSHL) with three other expansion franchises. [4] The team played as the Flyers from 2001 to 2003 until suspending operations for the 2003–04 season before returning for the 2004–05 season as the Valencia Vipers. In 2007, the team reverted to its ...
The New Mexico Renegades were a Tier III Junior A ice hockey team, based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The team played in the Mountain Division of the Western States Hockey League (WSHL). Their home games were played at the Blades Multiplex Arena. In 2014, the Renegades moved to Springfield, Missouri, and were renamed the Springfield Express. [1] [2]
The team played in the WSHL for six seasons but saw both the franchise and the league cease operations in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] In the wake of their disappearance, a different junior team from Wisconsin assumed the mantle of the Jr. Blazers.
From 1968, the league was renamed the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), and finally the Western Hockey League from 1978 after the admission of American-based teams to the league. The league was the brainchild of Bill Hunter , who desired to build a western league capable of competing with the top leagues in Ontario and Quebec .
The team played in the Western States Hockey League (WSHL) and home games were held at Manchester Ice & Event Centre in McCall. [1] The team previously played some home games at Idaho Ice World and CenturyLink Arena in Boise , the latter being the home of the ECHL Idaho Steelheads . [ 2 ]
In the 2017–18 season, the team was an AAU-sanctioned junior team in the Western States Hockey League. The WSHL franchise was sold to a new ownership group in Bremerton after the one season and became the West Sound Admirals. For most of its history this team was called the Puget Sound Tomahawks. Playing in the NPHL.