Pacific Hockey League (1994)

Pacific Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1994
No. of teams	6
Country(ies)	United States
Ceased	1995
Most championship(s)	Alaska Gold Kings (1)

The Pacific Hockey League (PHL) was a short lived semi-professional ice hockey league in the western United States in the 1990s. The league was formed by a merger of two previous semi-professional leagues, the Pacific Southwest Hockey League and Pacific Northwest Hockey League. Several PHL teams became charter members of the professional West Coast Hockey League in 1995.

The PHL played only one season, 1994–95. In addition to its league schedule the Anchorage Aces played several out-of-league games, while the Fresno Falcons also played opponents from the Florida-based Sunshine Hockey League. The Fairbanks-based Alaska Gold Kings were the league's sole champions.

After the season three PHL teams, the Aces, Falcons and Gold Kings, joined the WCHL. A fourth team, the Los Angeles Bandits, briefly joined the dubious North American League before folding.

Teams

Northwest Division

• Alaska Gold Kings
• Anchorage Aces
• Vancouver Thunderbirds

Pacific Southwest Division

• Bakersfield Oilers (formerly California Hawks)
• Fresno Falcons
• Los Angeles Bandits

Regular season

• 10/14: Anchorage Aces - Los Angeles Bandits 4:3
• 10/15: Anchorage Aces - Los Angeles Bandits 9:2
• 11/4: Fairbanks Gold Kings - Anchorage Aces 5:4 SO
• 11/5: Anchorage Aces - Fairbanks Gold Kings 9:2
• 11/11: Vancouver Thunderbirds - Fairbanks Gold Kings 5:4
• 11/11: Los Angeles Bandits - Fresno Falcons 5:3
• 11/12: Fairbanks Gold Kings - Vancouver Thunderbirds 6:3
• 11/12: Fresno Falcons - Los Angeles Bandits 3:2
• 11/18: Anchorage Aces - Fairbanks Gold Kings 8:5
• 11/18: Fresno Falcons - Bakersfield Oilers 8:4
• 11/19: Fairbanks Gold Kings - Anchorage Aces 6:4
• 11/19: Fresno Falcons - Bakersfield Oilers 5:2
• 12/3: Fresno Falcons - Anchorage Aces 6:5
• 12/4: Anchorage Aces - Fresno Falcons 5:3
• 12/9: Fairbanks Gold Kings - Bakersfield Oilers 11:5
• 12/9: Vancouver Thunderbirds - Fresno Falcons 6:5
• 12/10: Fairbanks Gold Kings - Bakersfield Oilers 9:5
• 12/10: Fresno Falcons - Vancouver Thunderbirds 5:1
• 1/14: Anchorage Aces - Vancouver Thunderbirds 4:2
• 1/15: Anchorage Aces - Vancouver Thunderbirds 6:3
• 1/20: Anchorage Aces - Fresno Falcons 5:4 SO
• 1/20: Fairbanks Gold Kings - Los Angeles Bandits 9:3
• 1/21: Anchorage Aces - Fresno Falcons 5:4
• 1/21: Los Angeles Bandits - Fairbanks Gold Kings 8:2
• 1/27: Fresno Falcons - Fairbanks Gold Kings 10:7
• 1/28: Fairbanks Gold Kings - Fresno Falcons 12:2
• 2/3: Fresno Falcons - Bakersfield Oilers 6:3
• 2/4: Fresno Falcons - Bakersfield Oilers 6:4
• 2/17: Fairbanks Gold Kings - Fresno Falcons 8:4
• 2/18: Fresno Falcons - Fairbanks Gold Kings 7:6 OT
• 2/24: Fairbanks Gold Kings - Bakersfield Oilers 9:6
• 2/25: Fairbanks Gold Kings - Bakersfield Oilers 10:7
• 2/25: Anchorage Aces - Los Angeles Bandits
• 2/26: Anchorage Aces - Los Angeles Bandits 11:1
• 3/3: Anchorage Aces - Fairbanks Gold Kings 6:1
• 3/4: Anchorage Aces - Fairbanks Gold Kings 5:2
• 3/10: Los Angeles Bandits - Fresno Falcons 5:3
• 3/11: Fresno Falcons - Los Angeles Bandits 7:3
• 3/18: Anchorage Aces - Bakersfield Oilers 7:2
• 3/19: Anchorage Aces - Bakersfield Oilers 8:4
• 3/24: Fairbanks Gold Kings - Vancouver Thunderbirds 7:5
• 3/25: Fairbanks Gold Kings - Vancouver Thunderbirds 9:6

Standings as of 12/9

Southwest Division

1. Fresno 4-2-0-8 28:23
2. Los Angeles 1-3-0-2 12:19
3. Bakersfield 0-2-0-0 6:13

Northwest Division

1. Anchorage 5-2-1-11 48:32
2. Fairbanks 3-3-0-6 30:33
3. Vancouver 2-2-0-4 8:20

Bakersfield 0-6 as of 2/5. Fresno 10-7-1, Los Angeles 7-11-0 as of 3/12.

Playoffs

Semifinal

• Fresno Falcons - Los Angeles Bandits 2:1 on series (2:5, 4:1, 2:0 in 20 minute mini-game)

Final

• Anchorage Aces - Fresno Falcons 6:5 OT

References

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