Canadian Hockey Circuit
 

Inspired by the CFL, I wanted to start an all Canadian Hockey Circuit (CHC).
The CHC is founded in 1951 in western Canada.
Following the collapse of the Western Canadian Hockey League (WCHL), western Canadian hockey markets were desperate for professional Ice hockey again.
Thus the CHC has founded host teams in Canada that had no professional team.

https://i.imgur.com/mi3BStp.png CHC Logo

The league will debut with 3 teams all in Western Canada since 2 of the biggest markets in Toronto and Montreal are already claimed by the NHL.

First the Calgary Stampeders
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Second the Edmonton Riggers
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And last but not least the Vancouver Canucks
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The Calgary Stampeders will play in the Stampede Corral Arena with a capacity of 7455, The Edmonton Riggers will play in the Edmonton Gardens with a capacity of 5200 and the Vancouver Canucks will play in the Vancouver Forum with a capacity of 5050

With everything sorted out lets get the inaugural 1951 season on the way.

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Inaugural entry draft

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A three-way tie in points, I have no clue what the tie breaker is since Calgary scored less goals and had a worse goal differential but managed to make the playoffs over Vancouver, nonetheless lets get the playoffs on the way. Carey Nolan of Edmonton sets the scoring record at 54 points and Klay Miller of Edmonton sets the goal record at 25 goals.

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And in 2 quick games sweeping the Edmonton Riggers, the Calgary Cowboys are the CHC inaugural champions.

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Vancouver selects Pascal Deschenes 1st overall in the entry draft. And that conclued the first season of the CHC.

Season 2: 1952-1953
No changes to the league in the offseason

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Vancouver makes their first postseason appearance.
Mathieu Jalbert sets the season point record at 61.
There is a 3 way tie between Heath Brouwer, Mathieu Jalbert, and Klay Miller for most goals in a season scored at 29.

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Vancouver wins their first championship 2-1 over Calgary!

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No repeat award winners except for Vancouver starter Marc-Antoine Knight who has claimed 2 goalie of the year awards as well as the save percentage and lowest GAA awards.

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Edmonton drafts Simon Murphy 1st overall

The CHC plans to expand in 1953 help me vote for which team and what their name should be for the upcoming season

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Season 3: 1953-1954
Saskatoon is granted an expansion team for the upcoming season, they will play in the Saskatoon Centre with a capacity of 3937.
The Edmonton Riggers are renamed to the Edmonton Roustabouts.
Free agency is enabled to help expansion teams build their rosters.
Playoffs become a best of 5.

Saskatoon Stags
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Saskatoon's roster after expansion draft
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Mathieu Jalbert sets the season point record again at 64.

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Vancouver wins their 2nd straight championship!

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First overall pick for everyteam

Season 4: 1954-1955
Victoria is granted an expansion team for the upcoming season, they will play in the Victoria Memorial Arena with a capacity of 4364.
The playoff format increases from 2 teams to 3 teams, the top team gets a bye, both series are best of 5.

Victoria Royals
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Victoria Royals Roster
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James Knoblick of Vancouver sets the record for most points and goals scored in a season at 39 and 75 respectively.

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Saskatoon and Victoria make their playoff debut's
Vancouver wins their 3rd championship in a row to become a dynasty.

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Season 5: 1955-1956
Free agency is abolished since it has had way more impact than I anticipated completing stripping Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver of their rosters.

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Vancouver tops the standings for the 4th year straight
Edmonton makes the playoffs after a 3 year drought.

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4 cups in 4 years for Vancouver.

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Redgie Vaillancourt has won the defenceman of the year 4 times, Playoff MVP once, and the highest plus minus award twice.

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First overall pick for each team.

The CHC plans to expand with 2 new teams for the 1956 season.

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