Aldergrove Ironmen and six other Pacific Junior Hockey League teams have filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court under the Societies Act, saying the league acted in "an oppressive and unfairly prejudicial manner" when it cancelled the expansion Cloverdale team's season.

The PJHL announced the Cloverdale club, which had been added to the league in May, is not eligible to play in the 2025-26 season.

In court documents filed Sept. 3, the Ironmen, Abbotsford Pilots, Mission City Outlaws, North Vancouver Wolf Pack, Port Moody Panthers, Surrey Knights and White Rock Whalers say they believe the decision was not just and the team should be reinstated immediately.

The teams said they believe the cancellation is motivated by a failed attempt to split the league into two tiers,

The seven teams f

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