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Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL)
Seasons 1922-1926 (5 seasons)

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In 1921, the WCHL was organized under the presidency of E. L. Richardson of Calgary, to compete with the NHL, but was centered in smaller cities with populations of under 100,000 people. In an era where professional sport was considered to be a seasonal occupation to be supplemented by off-season work, salaries even at the major professional level were relatively small and thought to be within the means of clubs located in small markets.

The WHL was never particularly stable. The beginning of the end came in 1924 when the NHL first expanded into the United States. With the NHL rapidly expanding, salaries were on the rise and the WCHL was finding it difficult to keep its star players. By the 1925-26 season, WHL teams were openly selling players to their richer NHL rivals to stay afloat. The NHL board of governors intervened by purchasing the contracts of every player in the WCHL for $258,000 and the league formally disbanded The WHL's collapse left the NHL as the only top-level professional league in North America.

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Other concurrent hockey leagues:    
PCHA  ·  NHL
1925-26 WCHL Season
1925-26 WCHL Season
Victoria Cougars
1924-25 WCHL Season
1924-25 WCHL Season
Victoria Cougars
1923-24 WCHL Season
1923-24 WCHL Season
Calgary Tigers
1922-23 WCHL Season
1922-23 WCHL Season
Edmonton Eskimos
1921-22 WCHL Season
1921-22 WCHL Season
Regina Capitals

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