Montana Hockey (1946-1963)

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This page is an overview of ice hockey activities in Montana from 1946-1963:

Results

1945-46

  • 1/6: Butte Copper Kings - Butte Boosters 5:2
  • 1/13: Butte Boosters - Butte Copper Kings 7:2
  • 1/20: Butte Copper Kings - Great Falls Hornets 4:2
  • 1/26: Great Falls Hornets - Butte Copper Kings 6:5
  • 1/27: Great Falls Hornets - Butte Copper Kings 6:3
  • 2/2: Nanton Palominos (AB) - Great Falls Hornets 11:4
  • 2/3: Nanton Palominos (AB) - Great Falls Hornets 5:3
  • 2/9: Great Falls Hornets - Milk River (AB) 9:5
  • 2/10: Great Falls Hornets - Milk River (AB) 7:4
  • 2/16: Great Falls Hornets - Taber Roughriders (AB) 6:4
  • 2/17: Great Falls Hornets - Taber Roughriders (AB) 4:4
  • 2/19: Cardston (AB) - Kalispell 11:5
  • 2/23: Blairmore Bearcats (AB) - Great Falls Hornets 11:8
  • 2/24: Great Falls Hornets - Blairmore Bearcats (AB) 10:4
  • 3/2: Southern Alberta All-Stars - Great Falls Hornets 11:6
  • 3/3: Southern Alberta All-Stars - Great Falls Hornets 14:8
  • 3/9: Great Falls Hornets - Butte Copper Kings 9:6 - Montana AAU Championship
  • 3/10: Great Falls Hornets - Butte Copper Kings 8:8 - "
  • 3/16: Great Falls Hornets - Bellevue Lions (AB) 10:8
  • 3/17: Great Falls Hornets - Bellevue Lions (AB) 10:5
  • 3/23: Lethbridge 77's (AB) - Great Falls Hornets 12:7

1946-47

VFW = Veterans of Foreign Wars - they played in the International Hockey League, Hornets and other Montana teams played in the Montana State League

  • 11/30: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Arenas 7:5
  • 12/1: Calgary Arenas - Great Falls VFW 7:2
  • 12/7: Shaughnessy Cadillac Miners (AB) - Great Falls Hornets 14:4
  • 12/8: Great Falls Hornets - Shaughnessy Cadillac Miners (AB) 9:7
  • 12/14: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Burns Shamrocks 9:7
  • 12/15: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Burns Shamrocks 12:5
  • 12/21: Great Falls Hornets - Butte Silver Bow Parks 15:3
  • 12/22: Great Falls Hornets - Butte Silver Bow Parks 8:2
  • 12/28: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Bowness Royals 8:7
  • 12/29: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Bowness Royals 7:3
  • 12/29: Butte Silver Bow Parks - Butte Copper Kings 4:0
  • 1/1: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge KCs (AB) 11:5
  • 1/4: Great Falls Hornets - Montana School of Mines 22:5
  • 1/4: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat (AB) 7:6
  • 1/4: Medicine Hat (AB) - Great Falls VFW 9:3
  • 1/5: Great Falls Hornets - Montana School of Mines 11:1
  • 1/5: Butte Silver Bow Parks - Butte Copper Kings 10:3
  • 1/11: Calgary Gascos - Great Falls VFW 3:2
  • 1/12: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Gascos 8:6
  • 1/12: Butte Silver Bow Parks - Montana School of Mines 3:3
  • 1/18: Great Falls Hornets - Taber Clippers (AB) 13:2
  • 1/19: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copper Kings 13:5
  • 1/19: Butte Silver Bow Parks - Helena VFW 7:1
  • 1/19: Great Falls Hornets - Taber Clippers (AB) 15:3
  • 1/25: Great Falls VFW - Nanton Palominos (AB) 11:5
  • 1/26: Great Falls VFW - Nanton Palominos (AB) 3:3
  • 1/26: Butte Silver Bow Parks - Butte Copper Kings 5:2 - exhibition
  • 2/8: Lethbridge Native Sons (AB) - Great Falls VFW 6:3
  • 2/9: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copper Kings 11:4
  • 2/15: Southern Alberta All-Stars - Great Falls Hornets 8:7
  • 2/16: Great Falls Hornets - Southern Alberta All-Stars 4:1
  • 2/22: Calgary Ramblers - Great Falls VFW 6:3
  • 2/23: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Ramblers 5:5
  • 3/1: Great Falls Hornets - St. Mary's Indians (AB) 9:4
  • 3/2: Great Falls Hornets - St. Mary's Indians (AB) 9:6
  • 3/8: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Irricanas 17:6
  • 3/9: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Irricanas 11:10
  • 3/15: Great Falls VFW - Blairmore Bearcats (AB) 9:2
  • 3/16: Great Falls VFW - Blairmore Bearcats (AB) 8:5

1947-48

  • 11/15: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Burns Shamrocks 10:7
  • 11/16: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Burns Shamrocks 5:3
  • 11/22: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Bowness Royals 7:2
  • 11/23: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Bowness Royals 7:5
  • 11/29: Great Falls VFW - Shaughnessy Cadillacs (AB) 13:5
  • 11/30: Great Falls VFW - Shaughnessy Cadillacs (AB) 6:3
  • 12/6: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Arena Dukes 6:3
  • 12/7: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Arena Dukes 4:0
  • 12/13: Great Falls VFW - Coleman Grands (AB) 4:4
  • 12/14: Great Falls VFW - Coleman Grands (AB) 10:6
  • 12/20: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat Legionnaires (AB) 6:3
  • 12/21: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat Legionnaires (AB) 4:4
  • 12/27: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Irricanas 10:3
  • 12/28: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Irricanas 3:2
  • 1/3: Calgary Tigers - Great Falls VFW 8:3
  • 1/4: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Tigers 5:4
  • 1/10: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Legion Jets 10:3
  • 1/11: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Legion Jets 22:5
  • 1/17: Canmore Miners (AB) - Great Falls VFW 10:6
  • 1/18: Canmore Miners (AB) - Great Falls VFW 4:4
  • 1/24: Great Falls VFW - Claresholm Clippers (AB) 16:3
  • 1/25: Great Falls VFW - Claresholm Clippers (AB) 19:3
  • 1/31: Great Falls VFW - Twin City Oilers (AB) 15:1
  • 2/1: Great Falls VFW - Twin City Oilers (AB) 15:3
  • 2/7: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Mercurys 12:5
  • 2/8: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Mercurys 8:5
  • 2/14: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Burns Shamrocks 15:4
  • 2/15: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Burns Shamrocks 13:4
  • 2/21: Great Falls VFW - Lacombe Buffalos (AB) 7:4
  • 2/22: Great Falls VFW - Lacombe Buffalos (AB) 8:5
  • 3/6: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Bowness Royals 9:9
  • 3/7: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Bowness Royals 8:7
  • 3/13: Coleman Grands (AB) - Great Falls VFW 8:2
  • 3/14: Great Falls VFW - Coleman Grands (AB) 4:4
  • 3/17: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat Legionnaires (AB) 9:7
  • 3/18: Medicine Hat Legionnaires (AB) - Great Falls VFW 5:1
  • 3/20: Bellevue Lions (AB) - Great Falls VFW 9:6
  • 3/21: Great Falls VFW - Bellevue Lions (AB) 8:2
  • 3/27: Calgary Bowness Royals - Great Falls VFW 5:3
  • 3/28: Calgary Bowness Royals - Great Falls VFW 8:6

1948-49

  • 11/13: Canmore Miners (AB) - Great Falls VFW 7:6
  • 11/14: Great Falls VFW - Canmore Miners (AB) 5:3
  • 11/20: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Torpedoes 14:4
  • 11/21: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Torpedoes 11:7
  • 11/27: Calgary Buffaloes - Great Falls VFW 6:1
  • 11/28: Calgary Buffaloes - Great Falls VFW 10:5
  • 12/11: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Legion (AB) 8:4
  • 12/12: Lethbridge Legion (AB) - Great Falls VFW 11:6
  • 12/18: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat Monarchs (AB) 7:6
  • 12/19: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat Monarchs (AB) 6:6
  • 1/8: Calgary Arena Dukes - Great Falls VFW 8:4
  • 1/9: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Arena Dukes 10:5
  • 1/15: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Foothills Rovers 6:5
  • 1/16: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Foothills Rovers 8:7
  • 1/22: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Tigers 6:4
  • 1/23: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Tigers 11:4
  • 1/29: Great Falls VFW - Coleman Grands (AB) 8:4
  • 1/30: Coleman Grands (AB) - Great Falls VFW 4:3
  • 2/5: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Orphans (AB) 5:3
  • 2/6: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Orphans (AB) 9:6
  • 2/19: Great Falls VFW - Kimberley Lions (BC) 12:1
  • 2/20: Great Falls VFW - Kimberley Lions (BC) 12:9
  • 2/26: Great Falls VFW - Bellevue Lions (AB) 7:7
  • 2/27: Bellevue Lions (AB) - Great Falls VFW 12:4
  • 3/5: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Torpedoes 12:6
  • 3/6: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Torpedoes 12:10
  • 3/12: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Arena Dukes 7:6
  • 3/13: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Arena Dukes 8:7
  • 3/26: Bellevue Lions (AB) - Great Falls VFW 9:8
  • 3/27: Bellevue Lions (AB) - Great Falls VFW 6:5

Northwest Amateur Playoffs

  • 3/19: Spokane Flyers - Great Falls VFW 5:2
  • 3/20: Spokane Flyers - Great Falls VFW 14:4

1949-50

  • 11/12: Great Falls VFW - Canmore Legion (AB) 11:5
  • 11/13: Great Falls VFW - Canmore Legion (AB) 7:3
  • 11/19: Lethbridge Maple Leafs (AB) - Great Falls VFW 4:2
  • 11/20: Lethbridge Maple Leafs (AB) - Great Falls VFW 10:3
  • 11/26: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Native Sons (AB) 9:9
  • 11/27: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Native Sons (AB) 9:8
  • 12/3: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Hillhurst Hustlers 11:5
  • 12/4: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Hillhurst Hustlers 15:3
  • 2/11: Great Falls VFW - Southern Alberta Regiment 14:11
  • 2/12: Great Falls VFW - Southern Alberta Regiment 17:9
  • 2/18: Great Falls VFW - High River Flyers (AB) 17:4
  • 2/19: Great Falls VFW - High River Flyers (AB) 13:3
  • 2/25: Great Falls VFW - Okotoks Oilers (AB) 13:4
  • 2/26: Great Falls VFW - Okotoks Oilers (AB) 11:3
Montana-Alberta Hockey League
  • 12/10: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Maple Leafs 7:5
  • 12/11: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Maple Leafs 10:3
  • 12/17: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Universal Meteors 7:4
  • 12/18: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Universal Meteors 10:4
  • 12/26: Lethbridge Maple Leafs - Great Falls VFW 10:4
  • 1/14: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat SAR Flyers 9:2
  • 1/15: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat SAR Flyers 18:6
  • 1/21: Great Falls VFW - Coleman Grands 12:5
  • 1/22: Great Falls VFW - Coleman Grands 10:4
  • 1/28: Lethbridge Maple Leafs - Great Falls VFW 6:5
  • 1/29: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Maple Leafs 11:5

1950-51

  • 11/11: Lethbridge Maple Leafs (AB) - Great Falls HC 16:4
  • 11/12: Lethbridge Maple Leafs (AB) - Great Falls HC 13:10
  • 11/18: Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) - Great Falls HC 14:13
  • 11/19: Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) - Great Falls HC 13:8
  • 12/2: Olds Elks (AB) - Great Falls HC 6:2
  • 12/3: Olds Elks (AB) - Great Falls HC 8:7
  • 12/9: Claresholm Meteors (AB) - Great Falls HC 9:8
  • 12/10: Great Falls HC - Claresholm Meteors (AB) 5:4
  • 12/16: Great Falls HC - Fort Macleod Forts (AB) 10:7
  • 12/17: Great Falls HC - Fort Macleod Forts (AB) 18:6
  • 1/6: Great Falls HC - Claresholm Meteors (AB) 13:10
  • 1/7: Great Falls HC - Stavely (AB) 15:9
  • 1/13: Great Falls HC - Montana School of Mines 16:3
  • 1/14: Great Falls HC - Montana School of Mines 23:4
  • 1/20: Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) - Great Falls HC 9:6
  • 1/21: Great Falls HC - Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) 14:9
  • 1/27: Okotoks Oilers (AB) - Great Falls HC 8:3
  • 1/28: Great Falls HC - Nanton Palominos (AB) 6:4
  • 2/3: Great Falls HC - Stavely (AB) 8:4
  • 2/4: Great Falls HC - Stavely (AB) 28:3
  • 2/17: Great Falls HC - Nanton Palominos (AB) 7:5
  • 2/18: Great Falls HC - Nanton Palominos (AB) 17:4
  • 2/24: Great Falls HC - Okotoks Oilers (AB) 7:7
  • 2/25: Great Falls HC - Okotoks Oilers (AB) 4:2
  • 3/3: Great Falls HC - Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) 16:11
  • 3/4: Great Falls HC - Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) 15:4
  • 3/11: Great Falls HC - Montana School of Mines 11:6
  • 3/24: Great Falls Falcons - Medicine Hat All-Stars (AB) 18:5
  • 3/25: Great Falls Falcons - Medicine Hat All-Stars (AB) 12:12
  • 3/31: Calgary Buffaloes - Great Falls Falcons 10:5

1951-52

  • 11/24: Ponoka Stampeders (AB) - Great Falls Merchants 12:4
  • 11/25: Ponoka Stampeders (AB) - Great Falls Merchants 10:7
  • 12/1: Olds Elks (AB) - Great Falls Merchants 11:5
  • 12/2: Great Falls Merchants - Olds Elks (AB) 8:6
  • 12/8: Great Falls Merchants - Claresholm RCAF Flyers (AB) 10:8
  • 12/9: Great Falls Merchants - Claresholm RCAF Flyers (AB) 12:7
  • 1/12: Great Falls Merchants - Claresholm Meteors (AB) 15:7
  • 1/13: Great Falls Merchants - Claresholm Meteors (AB) 11:9
  • 1/19: Great Falls Merchants - Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) 18:4
  • 1/20: Great Falls Merchants - Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) 8:5
  • 1/26: Red Deer Monarchs (AB) - Great Falls Merchants 10:9
  • 1/27: Great Falls Merchants - Red Deer Monarchs (AB) 12:4
  • 2/9: Okotoks Oilers (AB) - Great Falls Merchants 13:10
  • 2/10: Great Falls Merchants - Okotoks Oilers (AB) 13:7
  • 2/16: Great Falls Merchants - Montana School of Mines 16:13
  • 3/1: Great Falls Merchants - Fairchild AFB Blues (WA) 29:4
  • 3/2: Great Falls Merchants - Fairchild AFB Blues (WA) 24:5
  • 3/8: Great Falls Merchants - High River Pontiacs (AB) 15:9
  • 3/9: Great Falls Merchants - High River Pontiacs (AB) 10:9
  • 3/15: Great Falls Merchants - Fort Macleod Forts (AB) 16:4
  • 3/16: Great Falls Merchants - Fort Macleod Forts (AB) 11:6
  • 3/22: Great Falls Merchants - Claresholm RCAF Flyers (AB) 17:7
  • 3/23: Great Falls Merchants - Claresholm RCAF Flyers (AB) 16:8
  • 3/29: Great Falls Merchants - Red Deer Monarchs (AB) 14:8
  • 3/30: Great Falls Merchants - Red Deer Monarchs (AB) 11:7
  • 4/5: Great Falls Merchants - Olds Elks (AB) 16:10
  • 4/6: Great Falls Merchants - Olds Elks (AB) 12:5

1952-53

Alberta Big Six League

Standings 

Calgary CPR Beavers          14- 3-2-32  119- 83
Calgary Universal Meteors    14- 4-1-31   99- 62
Great Falls Americans        12- 5-0-26  111- 78
Canmore Legion                8-10-1-17   91-100
Calgary Hillhurst Hustlers    3-16-0- 6   71-102
Drumheller Miners             2-15-2- 6   56-122

Semi Finals

2 games total goals

First games

  • Great Falls 7 Meteors 5
  • Beavers 10 Canmore 4

League games were played every weekend and the playoffs were all played in Calgary. The weekend after the above games there was a bad snowstorm which prevented the Great Falls Americans from reaching Calgary for the second game. League officials had no flexibility in scheduling. They cancelled the original semi finals and instead had a sudden death game between Canmore and the Meteors. The winner went on to play the Beavers in the final.

Sudden death

  • Canmore 4 Meteors 3

Final

2 games total goals

  • Beavers 9 Canmore 5
  • Beavers 10 Canmore 6

Calgary CPR Beavers won 19 goals to 11.

1953-54

Alberta-Montana Intermediate Hockey League

Regular season

  1. Great Falls Americans
  2. Lethbridge Native Sons
  3. Medicine Hat Cantalinis
  4. Taber Merchants

Quarterfinal

  • Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Taber Merchants 7:3, ? (two games, total goals)

Semifinal

  • Lethbridge Native Sons - Medicine Hat Cantalinis 2:0 on series (6:2, 3:0)

Final

  • Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Native Sons 3:1 on series (6:4, 16:2, 5:6 OT, 12:6)
United States Senior Western Championship
United States National Senior Championship
  • 4/2: Great Falls - Clinton 11:9
  • 4/3: Clinton - Great Falls 8:0
  • 4/4: Great Falls - Clinton 8:7

Great Falls won series 2-1 over Clinton Comets.

1954-55

Alberta-Montana Intermediate Hockey League

Regular season

  • Great Falls Americans
  • Medicine Hat Cantalinis
  • Taber Merchants (folded due to internal issues)

Final

  • Great Falls Americans - Medicine Hat Cantalinis 14:10 on goals (10:5, 4:5)
United States Senior Western Championship

Best of 7

  • Seattle Bombers - Great Falls Americans 4:4, 9:1, 3:5, 4:3, 6:8, 6:1, 6:2

Seattle was disqualified for using ineligible players. Great Falls advanced to the final.

United States National Senior Championship

Best of 3

  • 3/19: Warroad Lakers - Great Falls Americans 11:8
  • 3/20: Warroad Lakers - Great Falls Americans 7:6

1955-56

Alberta-Montana Intermediate Hockey League

Teams

  • Great Falls Americans
  • Lethbridge Allister Furriers
  • Medicine Hat Cantalinis (finished first in regular season)

Final

  • Medicine Hat beat Lethbridge
Western United States Intermediate Championship

Two games total goals

1956-57

Alberta-British Columbia-Montana Hockey League

Standings 

Coleman Grands     11- 5-0-22  116- 59
Great Falls        10- 6-0-20   92- 75
Fernie              9- 7-0-18   90- 79
Cranbrook           9- 7-0-18   83- 69
Michel              1-15-0- 2   53-102
Western United States Intermediate Championship

Two games total goals

1957-58

Western United States Intermediate Championship

Semi-Final

Two games total goals

Final

Two games total goals

1958-59

Butte Bombers

See Butte Bombers for results

Western United States Intermediate Championship

Best of 3

1959-60

Butte Bombers

See Butte Bombers for results

1961-62

Alberta Big Six League

Standings

  1. Calgary Adderson Builders 30-5-0
  2. Coleman Grands
  3. Calgary Buffalos
  4. Great Falls Americans 8-25-3
  5. Taber Chefs

The Lethbridge Maple Leafs dropped out on Jan. 10 because of financial reasons and poor fan support.

Semi Finals

Best of 5

  • Adderson 5 Great Falls 4
  • Adderson 6 Great Falls 1
  • Adderson 6 Great Falls 3

Calgary Adderson Builders beat Great Falls Americans 3 wins to none.

  • Coleman 6 Buffalos 5
  • Coleman beat Buffalos
  • Buffalos 7 Coleman 1
  • Coleman 9 Buffalos 4

Coleman Grands beat Calgary Buffalos 3 wins to 1.

Final

Best of 7

  • Calgary 5 Coleman 2
  • Coleman 3 Calgary 2
  • Coleman 6 Calgary 4
  • Calgary 4 Coleman 3
  • Calgary 4 Coleman 2
  • Calgary 10 Coleman 4

Calgary Adderson Builders beat Coleman Grands 4 wins to 2.

The Coleman Grands defaulted the final in the 1961-62 Alberta Intermediate Playoffs in order to finish this series.

1962-63

Alberta Big Six League

Northern Division 

Calgary Adderson Builders   23- 3-4  .833
Okotoks Oilers              13- 8-4  .672
Calgary Stephenson Beavers  16- 9-3  .625
Strathmore Flyers            4-21-3  .196
Canmore Flyers               3-21-1  .130

Southern Division 

Medicine Hat Cantalinis     18- 3-3  .813
Taber Chefs                 11-12-1  .479
Great Falls Americans        6-20-0  .288


Quarter Finals

Best of 3

  • Beavers 4 Okotoks 2
  • Okotoks 7 Beavers 6
  • Beavers 1 Okotoks 0

Calgary Stephenson Beavers beat Okotoks Oilers 2 wins to 1.

Semi Finals

Best of 5'

  • Builders 7 Beavers 1
  • Builders 9 Beavers 2
  • Builders 7 Beavers 5

Calgary Adderson Builders beat Calgary Stephenson Beavers 3 wins to none.

Best of 7

  • Medicine Hat beat Taber
  • Taber 5 Medicine Hat 4
  • Medicine Hat 10 Taber 6
  • Medicine Hat beat Taber
  • Medicine Hat 6 Taber 2

Medicine Hat Cantalinis beat Taber Chefs 4 wins to 1.

Final

Best of 7

  • Medicine Hat 6 Builders 2
  • Medicine Hat 5 Builders 3
  • Builders 6 Medicine Hat 4
  • Builders 4 Medicine Hat 3
  • Builders 10 Medicine Hat 5
  • Builders 8 Medicine Hat 5

Calgary Adderson Builders beat Medicine Hat Canatalinis 4 wins to 2.

Since the Calgary Adderson Builders were classified as a senior team, they advanced to the 1962-63 Alberta Senior Playoffs.

The Medicine Hat Canatalinis were the top intermediate team in the league and advanced to the 1962-63 Alberta Intermediate Playoffs.

Sources

  • Great Falls Tribune
  • Montana Standard
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