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| Vancouver Canucks | |
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| City | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| League | WHL |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Operated | 1945–70 |
| Home arena | PNE Forum Pacific Coliseum |
| Affiliate | Rochester Americans (AHL) (1968–1970) |
| Franchise history | |
| 1945–1952 | Vancouver Canucks (PCHL) |
| Championships | |
| Playoff championships | 6 (1946, 1948, 1958, 1960,1969, 1970) |
The Vancouver Canucks were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Hockey League, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Inaugurated in 1945 with the PCHL, they became a WHL team with the merger of the PCHL with the Western Canada Senior Hockey League in 1952. The Canucks played 25 seasons in the WHL between 1945 and 1970. In 1970 they joined the National Hockey League along with fellow expansion team, the Buffalo Sabres.
The Vancouver Canucks won six President's/Lester Patrick Cups (the trophy was renamed in 1960 after the death of Lester Patrick), two PCHL titles (1946 and 1948) and four WHL titles (1958, 1960, 1969 and 1970). They were also regular season champions four times. They played home games in the PNE Forum arena at the Pacific National Exhibition in east Vancouver, before moving for their last two seasons into the Pacific Coliseum just to the north.