Oakland Oaks (ice hockey)

{{About|the ice hockey team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey League||Oakland Oaks (disambiguation)}}

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| team = Oakland Oaks

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| city = Oakland, California

| league = Pacific Coast Hockey League

| operated = 1944–1949

| owner = Eddie Shore (1948–1949)

| coach = Denny Edge (1944–45)

| arena = Winterland Arena, San Francisco

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The Oakland Oaks were a minor professional ice hockey team based in Oakland, California that played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League from the 1944–45 season into the 1949–50 season. The team did not complete its final season, folding in December 1949.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63340810/hockey-outfit-in-calif-folds/ |title=Hockey Outfit in Calif. Folds |agency=AP |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |location=Tucson, Arizona |page=14 |date=December 20, 1949 |accessdate=November 15, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}} The team played its home games at Winterland Arena in San Francisco, a venue it shared with the San Francisco Shamrocks.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63346279/the-low-down-column/ |title=The Low Down (column) |first=Prescott |last=Sullivan |newspaper=San Francisco Examiner |page=20 |date=November 24, 1944 |accessdate=November 15, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}

The team's coach for its first season was Denny Edge, who had previously coached the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's ice hockey team.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63344158/pacific-coast-hockey-league-opens-today/ |title=Pacific Coast Hockey League Opens Today |agency=AP |newspaper=Calgary Herald |page=16 |date=November 25, 1944 |accessdate=November 15, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}} Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Eddie Shore bought the team for $50,000 in May 1948 and owned it through closure.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63341427/coast-loop-play-to-be-inviting/ |title=Coast Loop Play to be Inviting |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |page=8 |date=May 5, 1948 |accessdate=November 15, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}} In its six-season history, the team compiled a record of 131–143–10.{{cite web |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorhockey/t-10409 |title=Oakland Oaks Franchise History (1944-1949) |website=statscrew.com |accessdate=November 15, 2020}}