The BC Hockey Major Midget League or BC MML is the top provincial midget ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 league in British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

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. Governed by BC Hockey and inaugurated in 2004, the league currently consists of 11 teams. Players range from 15 to 17 years old. The league champion goes on to compete with the top Alberta Midget Hockey League

Alberta Midget Hockey League

The Alberta Midget Hockey League or AMHL is the provincial Midget AAA ice hockey league for Alberta, Canada. The league consists of 18 teams split into the Dodge and Chrysler Divisions. League champions go on to compete with the BC Hockey Major Midget League champions to represent the Pacific at...

 (AMHL) team to represent the Pacific region at the annual Telus Cup, Canada's national midget championship. The Vancouver North West Giants are the current 2011 champions and the last team to represent the BC MML at the Telus Cup in 2011.

Current teams

• Vancouver North West Giants
• Greater Vancouver Canadians
• Okanagan Rockets
• Cariboo Cougars
• Fraser Valley Bruins
• South Island Thunderbirds
• Valley West Hawks
• Vancouver North East Chiefs
• North Island Silvertips
• Thompson Blazers
• Kootenay Ice

League champions

Year	BC MML Champion	Pacific regional result	Telus Cup result
2010	Vancouver North West Giants	Loss to Red Deer Optimist Rebels	–
2009	Vancouver North West Giants	Loss to Calgary Buffaloes	-
2008	Cariboo Cougars	Lost to Calgary Buffaloes	-
2007	Vancouver North West Giants	N/Aa	Fourth
2006	Okanagan Rockets	Lost to Calgary Buffaloes	-
2005	Thompson Blazers	Lost to SSAC Boston Pizza Athletics	-

^a The Giants earned an automatic bye into the Telus Cup because the Red Deer Optimist Rebels were hosting the tournament

Telus Cup

The Vancouver North West Giants are the only team to have represented the league at the Telus Cup in 2007. Upon winning the BC MML championship, a regional final with the AMHL was not necessary as Red Deer was hosting the Telus Cup that year. The Giants finished fourth in the national tournament.

Prior to the inauguration of the BC MML, the national midget championship was held in British Columbia

British Columbia

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 twice – hosted by Kelowna

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 in 1996 and Prince George

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 in 2001. The Burnaby Winter Club Travellers represent the only B.C. team to win the national championship, defeating the Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy from Quebec

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in 1982, as well as winning bronze in 1980.