Elk Valley Blazers
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The Elk Valley Blazers were a senior men's ice hockey
team that played out of Fernie, British Columbia
. They played in the Western International Hockey League
from 1979 until the league folded in 1988. They won the last league championship and the Savage Cup in 1987-88.
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...
team that played out of Fernie, British Columbia
Fernie, British Columbia
Fernie is a city in the Elk Valley area of the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located on BC Highway 3 on the eastern approaches to the Crowsnest Pass through the Rocky Mountains...
. They played in the Western International Hockey League
Western International Hockey League
The Western International Hockey League was a senior level ice hockey league that featured teams from the Western United States and Western Canada. It operated from 1946–62 and 1963–88...
from 1979 until the league folded in 1988. They won the last league championship and the Savage Cup in 1987-88.