[1] With the relative success of the Pacific Southwest Hockey League in and around Los Angeles, four teams in the northern part of the state were created in 1975 and formed the CWHL.
Similar to their southern counterparts, the CWHL was a typical low-level hockey league of the era; rife with goals and fights while beered-up crowd looked on.
[2] The circuit started as a 4-team league and lost the Squaw Valley Eagles after only one season.
The Berkeley Blazers replaced them for the second year and, other than that, the league was made up of the same teams for its existence.
In 1978, both Stockton and Twin City folded after the end of the third season, leaving the future of the league in doubt.