Pacific Coast Hockey League
{'<entity_0>': 'ice hockey minor league with teams in the western United States and western Canada', '<entity_1>': 'Pacific Coast Hockey League', '<entity_2>': 'Canada', '<entity_3>': 'PCHL'}
[['Pacific Coast Hockey League', 'country', 'Canada'], ['Pacific Coast Hockey League', 'alternative', 'PCHL'], ['Pacific Coast Hockey League', 'description', 'ice hockey minor league with teams in the western United States and western Canada']]
The <entity_1> was an <entity_0> that existed in several incarnations: from 1928 to 1931, from 1936 to 1941, and from 1944 to 1952. From 1931 to 1936, no league called the <entity_3> existed, although teams from the first <entity_3> joined the Western <entity_2> Hockey League or the North West Hockey League.
['sports league']