The United States Hockey League was a minor professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 league that operated from 1945 to 1951. It was a post-World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 revival of the American Hockey Association, which shut down in the fall of 1942 . The league playoff champion was awarded the Paul W. Loudon Trophy while the regular season champions were awarded the Directors' Cup.

Going into the league meetings in June 1951, there were rumors that half of the teams in the league were ready to pull out of the USHL. League vice-president, Harry Fowler of the Omaha Knights, said that a group in Wichita, Kansas

Wichita, Kansas

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 was expected to apply for membership, and Sioux City, Iowa

Sioux City, Iowa

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 had also been mentioned as a potential addition to the league. The league ended up folding.

Teams

• Dallas Texans
  Dallas Texans (USHL)
  The Dallas Texans were a professional ice hockey team in Dallas, Texas. They were a member of the United States Hockey League from 1945 to 1949. They played their home games in the Dallas Ice Arena....
  
   (1945-46 to 1948-49)
• Denver Falcons
  Denver Falcons
  The Denver Falcons were the first professional ice hockey team in Colorado. They were a member of the United States Hockey League. Playing their home games at the University of Denver Ice Arena, the team had a memorable season in Denver, starting with winning Colorado's first professional hockey...
  
   (1950-51)
• Ft. Worth Rangers (1945-46 to 1948-49)
• Houston Huskies
  Houston Huskies
  The Houston Huskies were a minor league ice hockey team based in Houston, Texas. Formerly known as the Houston Skippers, they were a member of the United States Hockey League, and were active from 1947 to 1949. They were affiliated with the Buffalo Bisons....
  
   (1947-48 to 1948-49)
• Houston Skippers
  Houston Skippers
  The Houston Skippers were a minor league ice hockey team based in Houston, Texas. They were a member of the United States Hockey League, and played for only season, 1946....
  
   (1946-47)
• Kansas City Mohawks (1949-50)
• Kansas City Pla-mors (1945-46 to 1949-50)
• Kansas City Royals (1950-51)
• Louisville Blades
  Louisville Blades
  The Louisville Blades were a minor league professional ice hockey team that played in the International Hockey League during the 1948–49 season, and the United States Hockey League during the 1949–50 season. The Blades were based in Louisville, Kentucky and played at the Louisville...
  
   (1949-50)
• Milwaukee Sea Gulls (1950-51)
• Minneapolis Millers
  Minneapolis Millers (AHA)
  The Minneapolis Millers were a minor league professional ice hockey team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Minneapolis Arena. The Millers originated in the Central Hockey League as a semi-professional team from the 1925-26 season. The team moved to the American Hockey Association along with...
  
   (1945-46 to 1949-50)
• Omaha Knights
  Omaha Knights
  The Omaha Knights were a minor league professional ice hockey team from 1959 to 1975, based in Omaha, Nebraska at the Ak-Sar-Ben arena. The Knights were founded in 1959 as members of the International Hockey League...
  
   (1945-46 to 1950-51)
• St. Paul Saints (1945-46 to 1950-51)
• Tulsa Oilers (1945-46 to 1950-51)

Champions

Season	Regular season	Playoffs
1950–51	Omaha Knights	Omaha Knights
1949–50	Omaha Knights	Minneapolis Millers
1948–49	St. Paul Saints	St. Paul Saints
1947–48	Houston Huskies	Houston Huskies
1946–47	Omaha Knights	Kansas City Pla-mors
1945–46	Kansas City Pla-mors	Kansas City Pla-mors