The Whitehorse Huskies are a Senior "AAA"

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team that is based in

Whitehorse Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas ...

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, Canada. They are one-time

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National Champions.

History

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

the Whitehorse Huskies won the

by defeating the Quesnel Kangaroos in the Final. After taking the coveted Allan Cup back to the

, the team hung up their skates. The Huskies are the only teams from the Yukon,

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, or

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to have ever won the Allan Cup. In 2009, after a 16-year hiatus,

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approved the revival of the Huskies, and the team was subsequently sanctioned by the

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to compete during the 2009-10 season. The current edition of the Triple A men's hockey team, coached by Dan Johnson, plays its home games at the Takhini Arena. In the 2009-10 playoffs, the Huskies were eliminated from 2010 Allan Cup contention when they were swept 3-games-to-none by the Powell River Regals in the Pacific finals. The franchise played in the AAA level league through the 2013-14 season, after which they moved to the AA level for 2014-15, playing in the BC Senior Hockey League. They went on to win the Coy Cup Championship in 2016, but could not find enough players for the 2016-17 season, and had to withdraw from competition as a result.

References

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