The Prairie Senior Hockey League was a senior amateur ice hockey league in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan for the 1971-72 season.
History The league was formed by the merger of the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League and the Alberta Senior Hockey League in 1971. It consisted of five teams, two from Alberta, the Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Monarchs, and three from Saskatchewan, the Regina Caps, Saskatoon Quakers, and Yorkton Millers.
In December the Stampeders went on a tour of Europe. When they returned in January they disbanded because the team had no more money. The other Alberta team from Edmonton remained in the league. It was decided that the Monarchs would not enter the league playoffs but represent Alberta in the Allan Cup playoffs. The other three teams from Saskatchewan would play off among themselves to decide that province's representative.
The Saskatoon Quakers folded after the season ended. What was to be a semifinal series then became a final series between Regina and Yorkton.
1971-72 Standings Standings GP W L T GF GA Pts Edmonton Monarchs 48 22 17 0 164 141 46 Saskatoon Quakers 42 24 16 2 199 169 45 Yorkton Millers 42 20 20 2 154 171 37 Calgary Stampeders 28 14 13 1 96 91 29 Regina Caps 39 12 26 1 161 202 25
Final Yorkton Millers - Regina Caps 4:1 (4:2, 1:5, 3:1, 5:1, 6:5)
The Yorkton Millers advanced to the 1972 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs.
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