New Teams introduced

Aug. 29, 2014

In continuing the practice of honoring Regina's hockey past, HRI will be bringing in new team names for Midget Tier 1 and Bantam Tier 1. The new teams in Midget will be the Vics and the Rangers. They will join the Capitals in making up the three Tier 1 teams. In Bantam the new team will be the Aces and it will join the Pat Blues and Monarchs.

The hockey history are as follows:

Capitals

Professional and then senior team
Played in the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) from 1921-25
Played in the Prairie Hockey League (PHL) from 1926-28
Played in the Western Canada Sr Hockey League (WCSHL) from 1945-50, 1965-67
Played in the Sask Sr Hockey League from 1951-54, 1958-65, 1967-71
Won WCSHL championship in 1949
Lost in 1948-49 Allan Cup Final (Cdn Senior hockey championship)
Won SK Senior Provincial championship 1953, 1958, 1959, 1969

Rangers

Senior team that played in Sask Senior Hockey League from 1940-42
Won 1940-41 Allan Cup

Vics

Senior team that played in Sask Senior Hockey League from 1913-17, 1918-38
Won Provincial championship in 1914, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1929
Won 1913-14 Allan Cup
Inducted into Sask Hockey Hall of Fame in 2013

Pat Blues

Junior team that played in the SJHL from 1970-82
Former NHL players that played for the Blues include Garth Butcher, Al McInnis, Nevin Markwart, Esa Tikkanen, Dirk Graham

Monarchs