New Westminster Royals

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The New Westminster Royals were a men's senior-level ice hockey team based in New Westminster, British Columbia.

The first team played from 1912 - 1914 in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) which was established in 1911.

The name was revived for a club that played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League from 1945 to 1952 and the Western Hockey League from 1952 to 1959. The Royals won the President's Cup in 1949-50 as PCHL champions.

The name was again used for junior A teams in New Westminster, who played in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League from 1967-78 until 1970-71 and from 1988-89 to 1990-91.

Their home arena was the Denman Arena in downtown Vancouver and later Queen's Park Arena in New Westminster.