The Saskatoon Quakers were an 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 that was based in 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....

, 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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. The team existed from 1945 until 1959, and again from 1965-1971, playing in various 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....

 and minor-professional leagues during that time. The Quakers represented Canada in 1934 World Ice Hockey Championships

1934 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1934 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 3 and February 11, 1934 in Milan, Italy.Like the previous year's World Championship twelve teams participated, with defending champion USA record and Canada advancing directly to the second round. The other ten teams split...

 held in Milan

Milan

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, Italy

Italy

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 where they won Gold. In 1952, they captured the President's Cup

Lester Patrick Cup

The Lester Patrick Cup was the championship trophy of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Hockey League from 1949 to 1974. Originally known as the President's Cup, the trophy was renamed in 1960 to honor pacific coast hockey pioneer and legend Lester Patrick following his death on June...

 as Pacific Coast Hockey League

Pacific Coast Hockey League

The Pacific Coast Hockey League was an ice hockey minor league with teams in the western United States and western Canada that existed in several incarnations: from 1928 to 1931, from 1936 to 1941, and from 1944 to 1952.-PCHL 1928-1931:...

 champions.

History

The Quakers were a founding member of the Western Canada Senior Hockey League

Western Canada Senior Hockey League

The Western Canada Senior Hockey League was an ice hockey league that played six seasons in Alberta and Saskatchewan, from 1945 to 1951. It was founded as a four team league featuring teams in Calgary, Edmonton, Regina and Saskatoon...

 in 1945, where they were known their first two seasons as the Saskatoon Elks. They captured the WCSHL championship in 1950-51. The following season, the Quakers joined the Calgary Stampeders

Calgary Stampeders (hockey)

The Calgary Stampeders are a defunct ice hockey team that was based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The team existed from 1938 until 1972, playing in various senior and minor professional leagues during that time...

 and Edmonton Flyers

Edmonton Flyers

The Edmonton Flyers are a defunct ice hockey team that was based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The team existed from 1940 until 1963, playing in various senior and minor professional leagues during that time...

 in turning professional as the WCSHL merged with the Pacific Coast Hockey League

Pacific Coast Hockey League

The Pacific Coast Hockey League was an ice hockey minor league with teams in the western United States and western Canada that existed in several incarnations: from 1928 to 1931, from 1936 to 1941, and from 1944 to 1952.-PCHL 1928-1931:...

, which renamed itself the Western Hockey League

Western Hockey League (minor pro)

The Western Hockey League was a minor pro ice hockey league that operated from 1952 to 1974. Managed for most of its history by Hockey Hall of Fame member Al Leader, it was created out of the merger of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Canada Senior Hockey League...

 in the following year. As a result of the merger, the Quakers lost their amateur status, becoming a minor-professional team. The Quakers won the PCHL championship in their first year in the PCHL, however succumbed to the increased costs of playing in the WHL after only five seasons.

In 1957-58, Saskatoon returned to the WHL, splitting home games with St. Paul, Minnesota as the Saskatoon/St. Paul Regals

Saskatoon/St. Paul Regals

The Saskatoon/St. Paul Regals were an ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League that existed for one season in 1957-58. The franchise split its home games between Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and St. Paul, Minnesota, USA....

. The two city concept did not work, and in 1958-59, the team was restored as the Saskatoon Quakers. They would last only that one season before folding. Saskatoon has not been represented by a professional hockey team since, but in 1965 the Quakers were reborn again as an amateur team in the Western Canada Senior Hockey League.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	League	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1945-46	WCSHL	36	14	19	2	104	147	30	3rd Overall
1946-47	WCSHL	40	15	23	2	151	210	32	4th Overall
1947-48	WCSHL	48	19	27	2	187	239	40	5th Overall
1948-49	WCSHL	48	8	38	2	144	307	18	5th Overall
1949-50	WCSHL	50	24	25	1	190	227	49	3rd Overall
1950-51	WCSHL	59	31	27	1	246	234	63	3rd Overall	Won league
1951-52	PCHL	70	35	21	14	273	225	84	2nd Overall	Won championship Lester Patrick Cup The Lester Patrick Cup was the championship trophy of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Hockey League from 1949 to 1974. Originally known as the President's Cup, the trophy was renamed in 1960 to honor pacific coast hockey pioneer and legend Lester Patrick following his death on June...
1952-53	WHL	70	35	26	9	268	240	79	1st Overall
1953-54	WHL	70	32	29	9	226	214	73	3rd Overall
1954-55	WHL	70	19	41	11	207	273	49	6th Overall
1955-56	WHL	70	27	35	8	208	249	2	3rd Prairie
1958-59	WHL	64	29	31	4	208	201	62	4th Prairie