In 1975, the
Quesnel Millionaires and
Prince George Spruce Kings joined the Peace Junior B Hockey League (PJBHL). The PJBHL already included the
Fort St. John Huskies,
Dawson Creek Canucks, and
Grande Prairie North Stars. Previously, Fort St. John won the
Cyclone Taylor Cup as British Columbia Jr. B Champions in 1969 as a member of the Peace Jr. B League. With the expansion, the PJBHL became the Peace-Cariboo Junior Hockey League (PCJHL). The first championship of the new PCJHL was won by Prince George, but Quesnel won the league and the
Cyclone Taylor Cup as BC Champions in 1977, 1978, and 1979 and the
Grande Prairie North Stars won the
Russ Barnes Trophy and
Alberta champions in 1976. In 1980 the PCJHL became a Junior "A" League, one season after the
British Columbia Junior Hockey League-
Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League merger. The league's most successful team, by far, was the
Prince George Spruce Kings. Every season, their playoff champion earned the right to play for the
Mowat Cup, the British Columbia Junior "A" Title. The PCJHL/RMJHL was eligible for the
Royal Bank Cup, the Junior "A" National Title. In 1991, the PCJHL doubled in size when it took in a portion of the Jr. B
KIJHL and was renamed the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League (RMJHL). The newcomers, which were concentrated in the southern region, formed the Kootenay Division, and the teams in the northern region formed the Peace-Cariboo Division. In 1995, the
Trail Smoke Eaters moved to the
British Columbia Hockey League. In 1996, the entire Peace-Cariboo Division departed the league: the
Prince George Spruce Kings and
Quesnel Millionaires moved to the
BCHL, the
Grande Prairie Chiefs moved to the
AJHL, the
Williams Lake Mustangs folded, and the
Fort St. John Huskies moved to
Hockey Alberta's
North West Junior Hockey League. The
Castlegar Rebels joined in 1996, but returned to the
KIJHL in 1998. The
Cranbrook Colts folded in 1998. The remaining four teams (
Creston Valley Thunder,
Kimberley Dynamiters,
Nelson Leafs, and
Fernie Ghostriders) played an interlocking schedule with the
AWHL of
USA Hockey. In 1999, the RMJHL proposed that the remaining four teams join the
BCHL as a "Kootenay Division", however the
BCHL rejected the proposal. == Teams ==