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| Formerly | West Coast Junior Hockey League (1966–1992) Pacific International Junior Hockey League (1992–2004) |
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| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Founded | 1965 |
| First season | 1966-67 |
| No. of teams | 15 |
| Country |  Canada |
| Most recent champion(s) | Ridge Meadows Flames |
| Official website | www |
The Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL) is a junior ice hockey league which operates in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Although the PJHL has included American teams in the past, the league's fifteen franchises all currently reside in the districts of Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley, and the Sunshine Coast. Several National Hockey League stars began their junior hockey careers in the PJHL, but the main focus of the league is player development and education with strong ties to the local hockey community. The PJHL Championship is awarded annually to the league playoff champion and the winner moves on to compete against the champions of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League for the provincial title, the Cyclone Taylor Cup. From 1983 to 2017, the winner of the Cyclone Taylor Cup moves on to compete for the Western Canada Junior "B" Crown, the Keystone Cup.