The Cariboo Hockey League was a senior and intermediate ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 league in the Cariboo District

Cariboo District

Cariboo District was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1872....

 of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. It operated within the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association

British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association

The British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association, more commonly known as BC Hockey,is a non-profit organization and member branch of Hockey Canada in charge of governing amateur hockey at all levels in British Columbia and Yukon Territory...

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History

The Cariboo Hockey League (CarHL) was the major Senior A League in the Cariboo Region of British Columbia for a long time. In 1979, the league merged with other shrinking leagues to form the British Columbia Senior Hockey League

British Columbia Senior Hockey League

The British Columbia Senior Hockey League is a defunct men’s senior ice hockey league that operated within the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association for only two seasons, 1979-80 and 1980-81....

. The CarHL came back for one season in 1983-84 before disappearing.

Teams

• 100 Mile House Blazers
• Kamloops Cowboys
• Prince George Mohawks
• Quesnel Kangaroos
  Quesnel Kangaroos
  The Quesnel Kangaroos were an intermediate and senior ice hockey team in Quesnel, British Columbia that played as an Intermediate team at least as far back as 1965. In 1979 they became a member of the upstart BCSHL. After the demise of the BCSHL , the Kangaroos continued on as either an independent...
  
  
• Vanderhoof Bears
  Vanderhoof Bears
  The Vanderhoof Bears were a senior and intermdiate ice hockey team in Vanderhoof, British Columbia. They played in the Cariboo Hockey League and the Pacific Northwest Hockey League until 1983-84. The team folded in 1984....
  
  
• Williams Lake Stampeders
  Williams Lake Stampeders
  The Williams Lake Stampeders are an intermediate and senior hockey ice hockey team in Williams Lake, British Columbia.The senior team played in the Cariboo Hockey League from the league's founding in 1936 until 1979. The Stampeders won the league title twice, in 1960-61 and 1962-63.The team was...