Los Angeles Monarchs

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The Los Angeles Monarchs were a professional ice hockey team, active from 1944–1950, in the Pacific Coast Hockey League (PCHL). The Monarchs are the first professional ice hockey team to win a league championship for the city of Los Angeles. They played in the southern division of the PCHL, alongside teams from the neighboring cities such as the Pasadena Panthers, the Hollywood Wolves, and the San Diego Skyhawks. The southern division also included the San Francisco Shamrocks, Oakland Oaks and, in 1947, the Fresno Falcons.^[1]

The Monarchs played their home games in the Pan Pacific Auditorium, which was located on Beverly Boulevard, next to the Hollywood Stars baseball field, Gilmore Field. The auditorium was also near Gilmore Stadium where football and midget auto races were held. Gilmore Stadium was the home field for the Loyola Marymount University football team and several professional football teams, including the Los Angeles Bulldogs, Los Angeles Mustangs and the Hollywood Bears, on Los Angeles's Westside. As ice hockey was a new sport in Southern California, the team enjoyed a decent amount of popularity during its tenure in Los Angeles.^[1]