The Okanagan Mainline League is a defunct senior men's 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 that operated in British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

Canada

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 from 1949 to 1951.

This senior league was previously an intermediate league. It was promoted in 1949.

There was a serious travel problem between the teams in the Okanagan Valley and the Nanaimo Clippers on Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

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. This was the main reason the league only lasted two seasons before splitting up into the Okanagan Senior League

Okanagan Senior League

The Okanagan Senior Hockey League is a defunct Canadian ice hockey league that operated for 10 seasons within the Okanagan region of British Columbia. This league is notable as it played hockey at the highest amateur level in North America...

 and the Pacific Coast Senior League

Pacific Coast Senior League

The Pacific Coast Senior League was a senior men's amateur ice hockey league that operated for the 1952-53 season.-Teams:*Fresno Falcons*Los Angeles Cardinals*Oakland Knaves*San Bernadino Braves...

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