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The Antigonish-Pictou-Colchester Senior Hockey League operated in western Nova Scotia under the authority of the Maritimes Amateur Hockey Association (MAHA) and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA). Its teams were eligible for the Allan Cup after 1927-28.

The league operated intermittently in this format from 1922-23 through 1954-55.

The league produced five Maritimes Senior Playoffs champions over its' history (noted in bold print below)

List of Champions[]

Season Champion Maritimes Playoffs Results
1922-23 APC Season Antigonish Bulldogs Lost Provincial Final
1923-24 APC Season New Glasgow Colts Lost Maritimes Final
1924-25 APC Season Truro Bearcats Won Maritimes Playoffs
Ineligible to participate in 1924-25 Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs
1925-26 APC Season Truro Bearcats Won Maritimes Playoffs
Ineligible to participate in 1925-26 Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs
1926-27 APC Season New Glasgow Colts Lost Provincial Semifinals
1927-28 APC Season St Francis Xavier University XMen Lost Maritimes quarterfinals
1928-29 APC Season New Glasgow Colts Lost Maritimes quaterfinals
1929-30 APC Season Stellarton Oaklands Lost Provincial semifinals
1931-32 APC Season New Glasgow Panthers Lost Provincial Final
1932-33 APC Season Antigonish Bulldogs Lost Maritmes Senior B Final
1933-34 APC Season Truro Bearcats Lost Maritimes semifinals
1934-35 APC Season Antigonish Bulldogs Lost Maritimes Senior B Final
1935-36 APC Season Antigonish Bulldogs Lost Maritmes Final
1939-40 APC Season New Glasgow Bombers Lost Provincial quarterfinals
1940-41 APC Season Truro Bearcats Lost Maritimes quarterfinals
1941-42 APC Season Truro Bearcats Lost Maritimes Final
1942-43 APC Season Pictou Shipyards Lost Maritimes Final
1943-44 APC Season Truro Bearcats Won Maritimes Playoffs
Lost Eastern Canada Semifinals
1944-45 APC Season New Glasgow Bombers Won Maritimes Playoffs
No Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs
1945-46 APC Season Pictou Royals Lost Provincial Final
1946-47 APC Season New Glasgow Bombers Lost Provincial first round
1947-48 APC Season Stellarton Royals Lost Provincial Final
1948-49 APC Season Antigonish Bulldogs Lost Maritimes semifinals
1949-50 APC Season Stellarton Royals Won Maritimes Senior B Playoffs
No Senior A-B Final this year
1950-51 APC Season St Francis Xavier University XMen Won Maritimes Playoffs
Lost Eastern Canada quarterfinals
1951-52 APC Season New Glasgow Rangers Lost Maritimes Final
1952-53 APC Season Pictou Maripacs Lost Maritimes semifinals
1953-54 APC Season Stellarton Royals Lost Maritimes Final
1954-55 APC Season New Glasgow Rangers Lost Maritimes Final
1956-57 APC Season New Glasgow Rangers Lost Quarterfinals


Teams[]

Team Tenure Notes
Antigonish Bulldogs 1922-1929
1932-1936
1939-1941
1945-1953
1956-1957
Cease playing
Cease playing
Cease playing
Cease playing
cease playing
New Glasgow Colts 1922-1929 renamed New Glasgow Bombers
Thorburn HC 1922-1923 Withdrew
Truro Bearcats 1922-1927
1932-1936
1939-1944
1945-1946
1948-1955
join Eastern Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League
play independent then join Nova Scotia Hockey League
suspend operations
join Maritime Senior Hockey League (1947-50)
folded
Stellarton Oaklands 1924-1930 withdew
St. Francis Xavier X-Men 1927-1928
1929-1930
1939-1940
1944-1945
1949-1951
1953-1955
was also a member of the Maritime Intercollegiate Athletic Association during all of the APCSHL's existence
Sydney Millionaires 1927-1930 Withdrew
New Glasgow Panthers 1931-1932 renamed New Glasgow Tigers
New Glasgow Pictonians 1931-1932 folded
New Glasgow Tigers 1932-1933 renamed New Glasgow Seven Ups
New Glasgow Seven Ups 1933-1936 join Nova Scotia Hockey League
Stellarton Hi Toppers 1934-1935 folded
New Glasgow Bombers 1939-1941
1942-1943
1944-1947
1950-1951
renamed New Glasgow Volcanos
renamed New Glasgow Guild Bombers
renamed New Glasgow Comets
renamed New Glasgow Rangers
Pictou Royals 1939-1940
1941-1942
1945-1946
1954-1955
renamed Pictou Regals
renamed Pictou Shipyards
renamed Pictou Sunbeams
Folded
Debert Canadian Scottish 1940-1941 withdrew
Debert Engineers 1940-1941 withdrew
Debert Reginas 1940-1941 withdrew
Debert Service Corps 1940-1941 withdrew
Debert Winnipegs 1940-1941 withdrew
Pictou Regals 1940-1941 revert to Pictou Royals name
New Glasgow Volcanos 1941-1942 revert to New Glasgow Bombers name
Pictou Shipyards 1942-1944 renamed Pictou Refitters
New Glasgow Guild Bombers 1943-1944 revert to New Glasgow Bombers name
Debert Army Bearcats 1944-1945 withdrew
Debert RCAF Flyers 1944-1945 withdrew
Pictou Refitters 1944-1945 renamed Pictou Sunbeams
Pictou Sunbeams 1946-1947 renamed Pictou Maripacs
New Glasgow Comets 1947-1948 withdrew
Pictou Maripacs 1947-1954 renamed Pictou Royals
Stellarton Royals 1947-1954 withdrew
New Glasgow Rangers 1951-1952
1954-1955
1956-57
withdrew
Inactive
continue as Independent team
Trenton Scotias 1952-1954 withdrew
Halifax Wolverines 1954-1955 withdrew
Pictou County Pontiacs 1956-1957 cease playing

See also[]

List of APC Seasons


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