The Powell River Regals are a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 Senior

Senior ice hockey

Senior hockey refers to amateur or semi-professional ice hockey competition for players too old to play junior ice hockey. The top senior amateur teams in Canadian leagues compete annually for the Allan Cup....

 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...

 team from Powell River

Powell River, British Columbia

Powell River is a city on the northern Sunshine Coast of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Most of its population lives near the eastern shores of Malaspina Strait, that part of the larger Georgia Strait between Texada Island and the Mainland...

, 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...

. The Regals play an independent schedule under the supervision of BC Hockey. The Regals are 3-time Allan Cup

Allan Cup

The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:...

 National Champions, 1-time Allan Cup National Finalists, and 1-time Hardy Cup

Hardy Cup

The W. G. Hardy Trophy, more commonly referred to as the Hardy Cup, was the Canadian national Intermediate "A" ice hockey championship from 1967 until 1984. From 1985 until 1990, the Hardy Cup was the Canadian national senior championship for Senior "AA" after senior and intermediate hockey were...

 National Champions.

History

The Powell River Luckies were founded in 1955. In 1957, they were renamed the Regals after a fan renaming contest.

The Regals won the 1997 Allan Cup

1997 Allan Cup

The 1997 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1996-97 Senior "AAA" season. The event was hosted by the Powell River Regals in Powell River, British Columbia...

, 2000 Allan Cup

2000 Allan Cup

The 2000 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1999-2000 Senior "AAA" season. The event was hosted by the Lloydminster Border Kings in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan/Alberta...

, and the 2006 Allan Cup

2006 Allan Cup

The 2006 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 2005-06 Senior "AAA" season. The event was hosted by the Powell River Regals in Powell River, British Columbia...

. Powell River was also finalists at the 1999 Allan Cup

1999 Allan Cup

The 1999 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1998-99 Senior "AAA" season. The event was hosted by the Stony Plain Eagles in Stony Plain, Alberta...

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Earlier in their history, the Regals were 1970 Hardy Cup

1970 Hardy Cup

The 1970 Hardy Cup was the 1970 edition of the Canadian intermediate senior ice hockey championship.-Final:Best of 5*Powell River 6 Val D'Or 4*Val D'Or 6 Powell River 2*Val d'Or 3 Powell River 2*Powell River 10 Val D'Or 5*Powell River 5 Val D'Or 3...

champions as Intermediate hockey champions of Canada.

External links

• Regals official homepage
• Official Allan Cup page