Tags: Ice Hockey League, Sports League.
The West Coast Hockey League was a professional minor ice hockey league active in the western United States from 1995 to 2003. The number of teams ranged from six to nine. The teams were located in Alaska Arizona California Colorado Idaho Nevada and Washington. The league was formed in part by a conversion of the Pacific Southwest Hockey League from semi-professional to professional status.The surviving remnants of the West Coast Hockey League currently form part of the ECHL.