BC Hockey Major Midget League

The BC Hockey Major Midget League or BC MML is the top provincial midget ice hockey league in British Columbia, Canada. Governed by BC Hockey and inaugurated in 2004, the league consists of 11 teams. Players range from 15 to 17 years old.[1] BC MML is part of BC Hockeys' "High Proformance" program to develop the best midget-aged players around the province. The league champion goes on to compete with the top Alberta Midget Hockey League (AMHL) team to represent the Pacific region at the annual Telus Cup, Canada's national midget championship. The Fraser Valley Thunderbirds are the current 2018 champions; the Okanagan Rockets (2014) are the last team to represent the BC MML at the Telus Cup.

BC Hockey Major Midget League
SportIce hockey
Founded2004
No. of teams11
CountryCanada
Most recent
champion(s)		Fraser Valley Thunderbirds
Related
competitions		Telus Cup
Official websitewww.bchockey.net/MML/

Current teams
  • Vancouver North West Hawks
  • Greater Vancouver Canadians
  • Okanagan Rockets
  • Cariboo Cougars
  • Fraser Valley Thunderbirds
  • South Island Royals
  • Valley West Giants
  • Vancouver North East Chiefs
  • North Island Silvertips
  • Thompson Blazers
  • Kootenay Ice (MML)

League champions
2018Fraser Valley ThunderbirdsLost to Lethbridge Hurricanes-
2017 Cariboo Cougars Lost to Leduc Oil Kings Sixth
2016Valley West HawksLost to Lloydminister Bobcats–
2015Vancouver NE ChiefsLost to UFA Bisons–
2014Okanagan RocketsDefeated Red Deer ChiefsBronze
2013Vancouver North West GiantsLost to Red Deer Chiefs–
2012Vancouver North West GiantsLost to Red Deer Optimist Rebels–
2011Vancouver North West GiantsDefeated Red Deer Optimist RebelsFourth
2010Vancouver North West GiantsLost to Red Deer Optimist Rebels–
2009Vancouver North West GiantsLost to Calgary Buffaloes[2]–
2008Cariboo CougarsLost to Calgary Buffaloes[3]–
2007Vancouver North West GiantsN/AaFourth
2006Okanagan RocketsLost to Calgary Buffaloes[4]–
2005Thompson BlazersLost to SSAC Boston Pizza Athletics–
a The Giants earned an automatic bye into the Telus Cup because the Red Deer Optimist Rebels were hosting the tournament[5]

Telus Cup

The Vancouver North West Giants (2007, 2011) and Okanagan Rockets (2014) are the only teams to have represented the league at the Telus Cup. Upon the Giants' winning the BC MML championship in 2007, a regional final with the AMHL was not necessary as Red Deer was hosting the Telus Cup that year.[6] The Giants finished fourth in the Telus Cup tournament in 2007 before returning four years later; they again finished fourth in 2011. The 2014 Rockets, meanwhile, won the bronze medal.

Prior to the inauguration of the BC MML, the national midget championship was held in British Columbia twice – hosted by Kelowna in 1996 and Prince George in 2001. The Burnaby Winter Club Travellers represent the only B.C. team to win the national championship, defeating the Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy from Quebec in 1982, as well as winning bronze in 1980.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Q&A". BC Hockey Major Midget League. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
  2. "Pacific Midget Regional's - Game 3". BC Hockey. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
  3. "National Playoff Bracket" (PDF). Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  4. "Road to the Telus Cup" (PDF). Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  5. "National Playoff Bracket" (PDF). Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  6. "2007 Telus Cup". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  7. "Telus Cup". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
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