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The Edmonton Flyers are a defunct ice hockey team that was based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The team existed from 1940 until 1963, playing in various senior and minor professional leagues during that time. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1948, the Flyers won the Allan Cup as Canadian senior hockey champions, and would later capture three Lester Patrick Cups as Western Hockey League champions. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded to the national senior amateur men’s Ice hockey champions of Canada. The Lester Patrick Cup was the championship trophy of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Hockey League from 1949 to 1974. This article refers to the minor pro Western Hockey League operating from 1952 to 1974

The Flyers were a minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings during their tenure in the WHL. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America The Detroit Red Wings are a professional Ice hockey team based in Detroit Michigan, and current Stanley Cup champions During this time, many future NHL stars passed through the Flyers organization. Among them were Johnny Bucyk, Glenn Hall, Al Arbour and Norm Ullman. John Paul "Chief" Bucyk (born on May 12, 1935 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a retired professional Ice hockey left winger and Hockey Glenn Henry "Mr Goalie" Hall (born October 3, 1931 in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Alger Joseph Arbour (born November 1, 1932 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a retired Canadian Ice hockey player and later a Norman Victor Alexander "Norm" Ullman (born December 26, 1935 in Provost, Alberta, Canada) is a former Ice hockey

The Flyers played in the Edmonton Gardens during their entire existence. The Edmonton Gardens was an Indoor arena located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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Membership

The Flyers played in the following leagues:

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
1940-41 ASHL 30 15 14 1 121 117 31
1945-46 WCSHL 36 24 10 2 181 130 50 2nd Overall
1946-47 WCSHL 40  ??  ??  ? 174 139 46 2nd Overall
1947-48 WCSHL 48 24 22 2 231 184 50 3rd Overall Won league and Allan Cup
1948-49 WCSHL 48 30 17 1 262 172 61 2nd Overall
1949-50 WCSHL 50 27 18 5 238 174 59 1st Overall
1950-51 WCSHL 60 34 25 1 242 198 69 2nd Overall
1951-52 PCHL 70 30 32 8 244 246 68 5th Overall
1952-53 WHL 70 31 28 11 263 227 73 4th Overall Won championship
1953-54 WHL 70 29 30 11 246 260 69 4th Overall
1954-55 WHL 70 39 20 11 273 204 89 1st Overall Won championship
1955-56 WHL 70 33 34 3 236 256 56 4th Prairie
1956-57 WHL 70 39 27 4 239 212 82 2nd Prairie
1957-58 WHL 70 38 28 4 264 225 80 2nd Prairie
1958-59 WHL 64 33 28 3 205 206 69 2nd Prairie
1959-60 WHL 70 37 29 4 246 240 78 4th Overall
1960-61 WHL 70 27 43 0 229 295 54 7th Overall
1961-62 WHL 70 39 27 4 296 245 82 1st North Won championship
1962-63 WHL 70 24 44 2 215 309 50 3rd North

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References

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