Western International Hockey League 1946-1988 - Page 2
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| March 12, 1961 Trail Smoke Eaters win World Amateur Championship in Geneva. | 1978-79 Calgary Stampeders return to the league after a 36-year absence. They fold the following January. Spokane moves to the PHL for a year. They return in 1979-80, but leave again 1980-82 and in 1985 join the WHL. |
| 1961-62 Kimberley Dynamiters return to the league. | December 21, 1978 Nelson Maple Leafs fold, but re-group the following season. |
| 1962-63 League inactive as Trail Smoke Eaters play overseas. |
1979-80 Fernie-based Elk Valley Blazers admitted to the league. |
| 1963-64 Spokane returns to the league, this time known as the Jets. | 1982-83 Spokane re-named the Chiefs. |
| 1965-66 Cranbrook is granted a franchise. | 1984-85 Trail Smoke Eaters drop out of the WIHL to become an AA senior team and play exhibition games. They return the next year. |
| December 1966 Moscow Selects play the WIHL All-Stars. |
January 18-19, 1986 WIHL all-star weekend, celebrating 25th anniversary of the 1961 Smoke Eaters World Championship. |
| 1966-67 At year's end, Rossland folds. | January 29, 1987 Trail Smoke Eaters fold after failing to come up with $900 needed for a two-game East Kootenay road trip. Nelson follows suit. |
| Spring 1973 Three Lethbridge businessmen (Harold Norln, Herb Christie and Stan Maxwell) bid unsuccessfully for a franchise. |
Spring 1988 The league folds for good. |
| 1974-75 Spokane changes its name back to the Flyers. Portland admitted to the league on a trial basis. | September 3-4, 1999 Several hundred ex-players, coaches and officials attend WIHL reunion in Trail. |