1961-62 would have been the 16th season of the Western International Hockey League; however, the Trail Smoke Eaters had represented Canada, and won, at the 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships, and Spokane had placed a team (the Spokane Comets in the professional Western Hockey League commencing with the 1960-61 season. League play resumed for the 1963–64 WIHL season.
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1962–63 WIHL season Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA