Saskatoon Sheiks
Encyclopedia
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 1922 as the Saskatoon Crescents. By the end of the season, poor attendance forced the club to move to Moose Jaw as the Moose Jaw Crescents on February 3. The team was back in Saskatoon the following season. In 1925 the team's owner changed the name to the Saskatoon Sheiks in honour of the hairstyle popularized by Rudy Valentino in film. In 1926, after the WHL collapsed, the owner moved to Oakland with some of the players and operated a new team as the Oakland Sheiks in the Cal Pro League. At this time a new team carried on as the Saskatoon Crescents.
While in Moose Jaw, the team played their homes games at the Moose Jaw Arena
and in Saskatoon at the Crescent Arena
.
Professional
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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 in 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:...
and 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....
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
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...
.
The team entered the WCHL in 1922 as the Saskatoon Crescents. By the end of the season, poor attendance forced the club to move to Moose Jaw as the Moose Jaw Crescents on February 3. The team was back in Saskatoon the following season. In 1925 the team's owner changed the name to the Saskatoon Sheiks in honour of the hairstyle popularized by Rudy Valentino in film. In 1926, after the WHL collapsed, the owner moved to Oakland with some of the players and operated a new team as the Oakland Sheiks in the Cal Pro League. At this time a new team carried on as the Saskatoon Crescents.
While in Moose Jaw, the team played their homes games at the Moose Jaw Arena
Moose Jaw Arena
Moose Jaw Arena was an indoor arena in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. It was built in 1910 and was the home of the Moose Jaw Sheiks and Moose Jaw Maroons of the WCHL and Moose Jaw Canucks of the WCJHL. The arena was destroyed by a fire in August of 1955 . It was eventually replaced by the Moose Jaw...
and in Saskatoon at the Crescent Arena
Crescent Arena
Crescent Arena, also known as the Saskatoon Arena and Crescent Rink, was an indoor arena in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was built in the 1910s and was the home of the Saskatoon Sheiks of the WCHL and Saskatoon Wesleys of the SJHL. The arena was destroyed in 1932 so the Broadway Bridge could be...
.
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 |
| 1921-22 1921-22 WCHL season The 1921–22 WCHL season was the first season for the now defunct Western Canada Hockey League. Four teams played 24 games each. The Regina Capitals defeated the Edmonton Eskimos in a two-game total-goals series to win the inaugural league championship.... |
Saskatoon Crescents/Moose Jaw Crescents | (WCHL 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:... ) |
24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 67 | 137 | 4th in WCHL | |
| 1922-23 1922-23 WCHL season The 1922–23 WCHL season was the second season for the now defunct Western Canada Hockey League. Four teams played 30 games each.-Final standings:Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points... |
Saskatoon Crescents | (WCHL) | 30 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 91 | 125 | 4th in WCHL | |
| 1923-24 1923-24 WCHL season The 1923–24 WCHL season was the third season for the now defunct Western Canada Hockey League . Four teams played 30 games each. The Calgary Tigers defeated the Regina Capitals to win the WCHL title... |
Saskatoon Crescents | (WCHL) | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 33 | 91 | 73 | 3rd in WCHL | |
| 1924-25 1924-25 WCHL season The 1924–25 WCHL season was the fourth season for the now defunct Western Canada Hockey League. With the collapse of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association , two teams, the Vancouver Maroons and Victoria Cougars joined the WCHL... |
Saskatoon Crescents | (WCHL) | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 102 | 75 | 2nd in WCHL | Lost in Semi-finals |
| 1925-26 1925-26 WHL season The 1925–26 WHL season was the fifth and last season for the now defunct Western Canada Hockey League , which was renamed Western Hockey League at the start of the season due to one of its Canadian teams, the Regina Capitals, moving to Portland, Oregon in the United States and being renamed the... |
Saskatoon Sheiks | (WHL 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:... ) |
30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 37 | 93 | 64 | 2nd in WHL | Lost in Semi-Finals |
| 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... |
Saskatoon Crescents | (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 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 110 | 117 | 2nd 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:... |
Saskatoon Crescents | (PrHL) | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 86 | 39 | 1st in PrHL |
Notable players
- Bun CookBun CookFrederick Joseph "Bun" Cook was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League and the Saskatoon Crescents in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.Cook was part of the Bread Line with his brother Bill Cook and Frank...
- Bill CookBill CookWilliam Osser Xavier Cook was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League and Saskatoon Crescents in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association....
- Harry CameronHarry CameronHarold Hugh "Cammie" Cameron was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played professionally for the Toronto Blueshirts, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators, Toronto St. Pats and Montreal Canadiens. Cameron won three Stanley Cups in his career...
- Corbett DennenyCorbett DennenyCharles Corbett "Corb" Denneny was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played professionally from 1912 to 1931, including nine seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Arenas, Toronto St. Pats, Hamilton Tigers and Chicago Black Hawks. Corbett also played for the Vancouver...
- Tommy DunderdaleTommy DunderdaleThomas Dunderdale was a professional ice hockey forward. Born in Australia, he moved to Canada at the age of 17, in 1904. He played in Winnipeg for three seasons, from 1906 to 1910. In 1910, he joined the Montreal Shamrocks of the National Hockey Association , before moving on to the Quebec...
- George HainsworthGeorge HainsworthGeorge Hainsworth was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League, and the Saskatoon Crescents in the Western Canada Hockey League....
- Newsy LalondeNewsy LalondeÉdouard Cyrille "Newsy" Lalonde was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward in the National Hockey League and a professional lacrosse player, regarded as one of hockey's and lacrosse's greatest players of the first half of the 20th century and one of sport's most colourful characters...