1933-34 California Hockey League season

This was the 1933-34 California Hockey League season. Three teams, all based in Los Angeles, competed in the league, and the Hollywood Millionaires won the championship. The local newspapers referred to the league as a professional competition.

Results

Regular season

• 11/2: Gilmore Lions - Union Oil Leaders 6:2
• 11/6: Union Oil Leaders - Gilmore Lions 7:1
• 11/9: Hollywood Millionaires - Gilmore Lions 5:5
• 11/13: Union Oil Leaders - Hollywood Millionaires 6:4
• 11/16: Union Oil Leaders - Gilmore Lions 4:2
• 11/20: Hollywood Millionaires - Gilmore Lions 5:3
• 11/23: Hollywood Millionaires - Union Oil Leaders 11:6
• 11/27: Gilmore Lions - Union Oil Leaders 9:8
• 11/30: Hollywood Millionaires - Gilmore Lions 10:4
• 12/4: Hollywood Millionaires - Union Oil Leaders 9:5
• 12/7: Gilmore Lions - Union Oil Leaders 2:1
• 12/11: Hollywood Millionaires - Gilmore Lions 11:6
• 12/14: Hollywood Millionaires tied Union Oil Leaders
• 12/18: Union Oil Leaders - Gilmore Lions 4:3 OT
• 12/21: Hollywood Millionaires - Gilmore Lions 11:5
• 12/28: Hollywood Millionaires - Union Oil Leaders
• 1/4: Gilmore Lions - Union Oil Leaders 6:5
• 1/8: Hollywood Millionaires' - Gilmore Lions 9:4
• 1/11: Hollywood Millionaires - Union Oil Leaders 8:5
• 1/15: Union Oil Leaders - Gilmore Lions 9:5
• 1/18: Hollywood Millionaires - Gilmore Lions 5:4
• 1/22: Hollywood Millionaires - Union Oil Leaders 12:8
• 1/25: Union Oil Leaders - Hollywood Millionaires 6:4
• 2/1: Gilmore Lions - Union Oil Leaders 6:2
• 2/5: Hollywood Millionaires - Gilmore Lions 7:7

Playoffs

• 2/8: Gilmore Lions - Hollywood Millionaires 11:2
• 2/22: Hollywood Millionaires - Gilmore Lions
• 2/26: Hollywood Millionaires - Gilmore Lions 16:3
• 3/1: Hollywood Millionaires - Union Oil Leaders
• 3/5: Hollywood Millionaires - Union Oil Leaders
• 3/8: Hollywood Millionaires - Union Oil Leaders
• 3/12: Union Oil Leaders - Hollywood Millionaires 10:7
• 3/15: Union Oil Leaders - Hollywood Millionaires 7:4
• 3/19: Hollywood Millionaires - Union Oil Leaders 9:8

California Professional Championship

• 3/22: Hollywood Millionaires - Oakland Sheiks 4:2 @ Los Angeles
• 3/24: Hollywood Millionaires - Oakland Sheiks @ Los Angeles

California Professional Series

• 2/24: Gilmore Lions - Oakland Sheiks 4:3 OT
• 3/1: Oakland Sheiks - Gilmore Lions 11:6
• 3/8: Oakland Sheiks - Gilmore Lions

Oakland Industrial League

• 11/2: Montgomery Wards - Pacific Telephone 4:3
• 11/2: Pacific Gas & Electric - Golden State 1:0
• 11/9: Montgomery Wards - Golden State 4:0
• 11/9: Pacific Gas & Electric - Pacific Telephone 2:0
• 11/16: Pacific Gas & Electric - Montgomery Wards 4:1
• 11/16: Pacific Telephone - Golden State 2:1
• 11/23: Golden State - Pacific Gas & Electric 3:2
• 11/23: Montgomery Wards - Pacific Telephone 2:0
• 11/30: Pacific Gas & Electric - Pacific Telephone 7:2
• 11/30: Golden State - Montgomery Ward 3:2
• 12/7: Pacific Telephone - Golden State 2:1 OT
• 12/7: Pacific Gas & Electric - Montgomery Wards 1:0
• 12/14: Pacific Gas & Electric - Golden State 3:1
• 12/14: Pacific Telephone - Montgomery Wards 5:2
• 12/21: Pacific Telephone - Pacific Gas & Electric 2:0
• 12/21: Golden State - Montgomery Ward 1:1
• 12/28: Montgomery Wards - Pacific Gas & Electric 1:1
• 12/28: Golden State - Pacific Telephone 2:1
• 1/4: Pacific Gas & Electric - Pacific Telephone 4:1 - exhibition
• 1/4: Montgomery Wards - Golden State 2:1 - semifinal
• 1/11: Montgomery Wards - Pacific Gas & Electric 1:0 - final, game one
• 1/11: Golden State - Pacific Telephone 3:2 - 3rd place
• 1/18: Pacific Gas & Electric - Montgomery Wards 3:2 - final, game two
• 1/18: Pacific Telephone - Golden State 1:0
• 1/25: Montgomery Wards - Pacific Gas & Electric 2:0 - final, game three
• 1/25: Pacific Telephone - Golden State 1:0

College

L-R: Bill Tatsuwaka, Homer Fuller, and Albion Harmon of the California Golden Bears.

The California Golden Bears, Loyola Lions, UCLA Bruins, Occidental Tigers, Los Angeles Junior College Cubs, and USC Trojans all fielded ice hockey teams this winter. USC went 11-3-1 on the season and won the Southern California Intercollegiate Hockey League title. The Los Angeles Junior College, which was not included in the SCIHL, set up a rival competition, the California Collegiate Hockey League.

• 12/17: USC Alumni - USC 3:2
• 12/18: Los Angeles Junior College - UCLA 7:3
• 12/23: UCLA - Occidental 15:0
• 12/23: USC - USC Alumni 2:1
• 1/6: Loyola - Los Angeles Junior College 2:1
• 1/6: USC - USC Alumni
• 1/10: Los Angeles Junior College - Occidental 6:0
• 2/17: USC Freshmen - UCLA Freshmen 9:1
• 2/19: UCLA - USC 3:1
• 3/10: USC Freshmen - Urban Military 3:1

California planned to visit Los Angeles and face Los Angeles Junior College and USC in mid-March, but they cancelled the trip when USC refused to allow them to use freshman players.

Hoover Trophy

• 12/27: UCLA - California 5:0 - semifinal
• 12/27: USC - Loyola 4:1 - semifinal
• 12/28: Loyola - California 6:1 - consolation
• 12/28: USC - UCLA 5:1 - final

The Hoover Trophy was played in Yosemite.

Southern California Intercollegiate League

• 1/13: USC - Occidental 8:4
• 1/13: Loyola - UCLA 1:1
• 1/20: Loyola - Occidental 11:5
• 1/20: USC - UCLA 6:0
• 1/27: USC - Loyola 8:1
• 2/3: UCLA - USC 4:3
• 2/3: Loyola - Occidental 7:6
• 2/10: UCLA - Occidental 7:4
• 2/10: USC - Loyola 2:0
• 2/17: USC - Loyola 3:3
• 2/17: UCLA - Occidental 11:5
• 2/24: Loyola - Occidental 8:1
• 2/24: USC - UCLA 5:3
• 3/3: UCLA - Loyola 5:2
• 3/3: USC - Occidental 14:5
• 3/10: USC - Occidental 8:0
• 3/10: Loyola - UCLA 2:1

California Collegiate Hockey League

• 1/25: Los Angeles Junior College - UCLA 10:4
• 1/29: Los Angeles Junior College - Loyola 8:5
• 2/1: Los Angeles Junior College - Occidental
• 2/8: Los Angeles Junior College - UCLA 2:2
• 2/15: UCLA - Los Angeles Junior College 4:3
• 2/22: Loyola - Los Angeles Junior College
• 3/1: Los Angeles Junior College - Loyola
• 3/8: UCLA - Los Angeles Junior College 2:1
• 3/15: Los Angeles Junior College - Occidental

East Bay Amateur Championship

• 2/1: California - Montgomery Wards 2:2
• 2/8: Montgomery Wards - California 4:0
• 2/15: Montgomery Wards - California 2:1 OT

Montgomery Wards were Industrial League champions.

Sources

• Los Angeles Times