Prairie Senior Hockey League
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The Prairie Senior Hockey League was a senior amateur 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 Canadian provinces of Alberta
Alberta
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 and 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....

 for the 1971-72 season.

The league was formed by the merger of the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League
Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League
The Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League was a senior amateur ice hockey league operating in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan on-and-off from 1938-1971.-Champions:*1938-39: Saskatoon Quakers*1939-40: Moose Jaw Millers*1940-41: Regina Rangers...

 and the Alberta Senior Hockey League
Alberta Senior Hockey League
The Alberta Senior Hockey League or ASHL was a senior level ice hockey league that operated between 1936 and 1941 in Alberta, Canada. In 1941 the league ceased operations due to World War II....

 in 1971. The league consisted of five teams, two from Alberta, the Calgary Stampeders
Calgary Stampeders
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 and Edmonton Monarchs
Edmonton Monarchs
The Edmonton Monarchs were a women's ice hockey team that started as the Edmonton Victorias in 1914. The club represented Victoria High School in Edmonton.-Victorias:...

, and three from Saskatchewan, the Regina Caps, Saskatchewan Quakers, and Yorkton Millers.

The Yorkton Millers defeated the Regina Caps in the league final, 4 games to 1.
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