Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-25 | Page 7 | Hockey League to Start Play Soon

HOCKEY LEAGUE TO START PLAY SOON VANCOUVER. B. C, Nov. 24. With the return of peace hotkey prospects aro brightening. Representatives of the Pacific Pa-cific -Coast Hockey association teams ore to meet soon lo discuss the TJ1S-19 season sea-son plans and to draw up a schedule. According to Frank Patrick of Vancouver, president of the league, the season will start aliout January 1. Victoria, B. C. which lias been out of the league several seasons, will ba on the S' lfedule this year, Patrick announced an-nounced recently. Workmen are now fitting fit-ting up the Vintorla ico rink and will have ft ready for opening early in De- g cember. Seattle and Vancouver aro two other fpams certain of places, Patrick said. Tho Sratile rink will open in a fovv weeks and thn Vancouver rink as soon as the influenza influ-enza ban is lifted. Portland. Ore., mny bo the fourth team in tho leieuo. Two years ago Portland won the championship. Last year it did not fare as well. .Spokane, which had a. team in the league two ears ago. pro'n-nWv pro'n-nWv will not he in tills year, Patrick said. All the trains, either this year or next, will have on their rolls a number of veterans of the nvo: t war, sixteen former for-mer Coast stars having joined the Canadian Cana-dian or American forces. Many of them, it is believed, will soon be back.