Moose Jaw Maroons
Encyclopedia
The Moose Jaw Maroons were a minor-league ice hockey
team in the Prairie Hockey League
. Based in Moose Jaw
, Saskatchewan
, Canada
, they existed from 1926-28. In 1926-27, the team was known as the Moose Jaw Warriors before changing its name to the Maroons.
Moose Jaw had previously spent half a season as a member of the PrHL's predecessor, the Western Canada Hockey League
in 1922 after the Saskatoon Sheiks
moved mid-season to the southern Saskatchewan city. The Sheiks would return to Saskatoon
for the next season.
The Maroons were disbanded when the PrHL ceased operations after the 1927-28 season.
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 in the Prairie Hockey League
Prairie Hockey League
The Prairie Hockey League was a Canadian professional ice hockey league in Alberta and Saskatchewan that was created following the demise of the Western Hockey League in 1926. It operated for two seasons....
. Based in Moose Jaw
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw is a city in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada on the Moose Jaw River. It is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians. It is best known as a retirement and tourist city that serves as a hub to the hundreds of small towns...
, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
, Canada
Canada
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, they existed from 1926-28. In 1926-27, the team was known as the Moose Jaw Warriors before changing its name to the Maroons.
Moose Jaw had previously spent half a season as a member of the PrHL's predecessor, the Western Canada Hockey League
Western Canada Hockey League
The Western Canada Hockey League , founded in 1921, was a major professional ice hockey league originally based in the prairies of Canada. It was renamed the Western Hockey League in 1925 and disbanded in 1926.-History:...
in 1922 after the Saskatoon Sheiks
Saskatoon Sheiks
The Saskatoon Sheiks were a professional ice hockey team in the Western Canada Hockey League and Prairie Hockey League from 1922 to 1928. The team was based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, except for the end of the 1922 season, when they played in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.The team entered the WCHL in...
moved mid-season to the southern Saskatchewan city. The Sheiks would return to Saskatoon
Saskatoon
Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344....
for the next season.
The Maroons were disbanded when the PrHL ceased operations after the 1927-28 season.
Season-by-season record
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points| Season | Team name & League | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | Finish | Playoffs |
| 1926-27 1926-27 PrHL season The 1926–27 season was the first year for the Prairie Hockey League . The PHL was, in essence, a reorganisation of the Western Hockey League after it folded the previous year... |
Moose Jaw Warriors (PrHL Prairie Hockey League The Prairie Hockey League was a Canadian professional ice hockey league in Alberta and Saskatchewan that was created following the demise of the Western Hockey League in 1926. It operated for two seasons.... ) |
32 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 28 | 108 | 117 | 4th in PrHL | |
| 1927-28 1927-28 PrHL season The 1927–28 season was the second and last season of the Prairie Hockey League . Two of the league's three remaining teams played 26 games while the third team played 28.-Regular season:... |
Moose Jaw Maroons (PrHL) | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 61 | 61 | 2nd in PrHL | Lost final |