The Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League had two versions the first operated from 1962 until 1967, the second from 1974 to 1979.
The champion for each PCJHL season were the New Westminster Royals, who then proceeded to the Mowat Cup to play against the champions of the Okanagan Junior Hockey League and the Kootenay Junior Hockey League for the right to move on into the Memorial Cup playoffs.
The league folded after the 1966-67 season and the New Westminster Royals along with the Victoria Cougars entered the British Columbia Junior Hockey League.
The League has achieved the following...
In 1973*, the PJHL (commonly referred to as the Pac
A League) was restarted as Tier II Junior "A" by
Fred Page to begin play for the 1974-75 season. Fred Page was a Canadian
Amateur Hockey Association executive, who
later had the Fred Page Cup ( Eastern Canada Junior
"A" Championship ) and the BCHL's
Championship Trophy named after him.
Note: * = as mentioned in 1988-89 Laker Program, Page 22 Under British Columbia Junior Hockey League History by Jim Judd Vernon Daily News, paragraph 7.
The "Pac A" playoff champion earned the right to play for the Mowat Cup (British Columbia Championship) and were eligible for playoffs leading to the Centennial Cup (National Junior A Championship).
The league continued to run until the end of the 1978-79, after which, Fred Page agreed to allow a merger with the British Columbia Junior Hockey League with their teams begin play for the 1979-80 season
.The League has achieved the following...
The origins of the Pacific Junior Hockey League date back to 1965 when teams from Chilliwack, Burnaby, Grandview and Coquitlam created a Juvenile/Junior league for local players who wanted to continue to play competitive hockey. One year later the West Coast Junior Hockey League was officially formed with six teams, including the Grandview Steelers who still compete in the league today.
The first ever League Championship was won in 1967 by the Richmond Juniors, but the formative years of the WCJHL were dominated by the Nor Wes Caps who claimed the West Coast Junior Championship four times in the first seven seasons. The Caps were among a group of teams that chose to leave the league in the mid 1970s, to form a junior A circuit, the Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League.