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The '''Brandon Wheat Cities''' ('''Wheat City Hockey Club''') was an early amateur [[ice hockey]] club in Brandon, Manitoba. The club fielded senior-level, junior and intermediate teams from 1898. The club fielded teams in the [[Manitoba & Northwestern Hockey Association]], followed by the [[Manitoba Hockey Association]], the [[Manitoba Hockey Association|Manitoba Professional Hockey League]] (MPHL) and the early [[Manitoba Hockey Association#Manitoba Hockey League|Manitoba Hockey League]].

==History==
The club was founded as the Brandon Hockey Club in 1898. The club first fielded teams in the intermediate division of the [[Manitoba & Northwestern Hockey Association]]. In 1902, the club started fielding teams in the senior division. In 1904, the senior team made its first challenge for the [[Stanley Cup]], in 1904 against the [[Ottawa Hockey Club]] (the ''Silver Seven''). In 1906, the club fielded its first professional senior team, which challenged for the Stanley Cup in 1907 in the MPHL playoff against the [[Kenora Thistles]]. The professional league folded after a few seasons, but the Wheat City club continued fielding senior-level amateur teams until 1935. The club challenged for the [[Allan Cup]] national senior championship in 1921.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Allan Cup |url=http://www.allancup.ca/allancuparchivescores.htm |title=Allan Cup archives |accessdate=February 11, 2014}}</ref>

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