The Navan Grads are a Junior A ice hockey team based in Navan, Ontario . The Grads compete in the Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL) as a member of the East Division. The club was founded in 1974, and they play their home games at the Navan Memorial Centre.
29-694: In the Summer of 1974, the residents of Navan banded together and purchased the rights of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League 's Rockland Boomers. They moved them to Navan, and the Grads were born. In 1989, the board of directors for the Navan Grads felt that the region of Cumberland would be better suited with a team that reflected the region. The team's name from then on was the "Cumberland Grads" from 1989 to 2017. In
58-600: Is no BC representative. Round-robin play in two 5-team pools with top three in pool advancing to determine a Champion. Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Junior ice hockey league operating in Eastern Ontario , Canada. The league is sanctioned by Hockey Eastern Ontario and Hockey Canada and acts as a second tier to the Central Canada Hockey League . The 13 member teams of
87-911: The Casselman Vikings , began play in the 2008-09 season. In May 2009, the league dropped the Junior "B" designation from its name, becoming the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League (EOJHL). For the 2009-10 season, the Carleton Place Kings moved from the EOJHL to the Central Canada Hockey League . The Kings were replaced the same year by the new Almonte Thunder . In April 2014, the EOJHL Champion Casselman Vikings traveled to Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia to compete in
116-739: The Don Johnson Memorial Cup tournament, originally competed for by only Atlantic Canada teams. The Vikings finished the 2013-14 regular season with the top record in the St. Lawrence Division, their conference, and the entire EOJHL with 35 wins, 2 losses, and 4 overtime losses. In their division semi-final, the Vikings swept the Akwesasne Wolves in four games and then beat the Winchester Hawks 4-games-to-1 to win
145-740: The Eastern Canadian Junior B Championship . Cassleman became the first team west of Atlantic Canada to compete in the Don Johnson Memorial Cup tournament since its inception in 1982. Casselman went 6-0-0 and won the championship. At the beginning of the 2015-16 season, the league changed its name to the CCHL2 and cut down to 16 teams from 22 teams which saw the removal of the Shawville Pontiacs, Akwesasne Wolves, Gananoque Islanders, Almonte Thunder, Morrisburg Lions, and Gatineau Mustangs. The CCHL2 consists of two divisions,
174-597: The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League (EOJHL). Between 2014-15 and the end of the 2019-2020 seasons, the EOJHL and the CCHL set a new agreement in an attempt to create a better player development model. This resulted in the league re-branding itself as the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 (CCHL2), and shrinking to 16 teams and two divisions. The league reverted to the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League for 2021. Prior to 2015, their league
203-505: The 24th, Casselman faced the Avalon Jr. Capitals of the St. John's Junior Hockey League and beat them 6-2. In their final round robin game, the Vikings faced the host Strait Pirates but dispatched them with an 8-1 score. With the round robin over, Taylor Widenmaier was named to the tournament's all-star team, Nicolas Brazeau was given the most sportsmanlike player award, and Maxime Choquette
232-828: The CCHL2. During the 2023 off-season the Whitewater Kings and Brockville Tikis requested a leave of absence. Neither team appears to intend to return. the 2024 off-season had the Alexandria Glens and Char-Lan Rebels merge and re-brand as the Glengarry Brigade. There is no National Championship for Junior B hockey in Canada, similar championships are held in Ontario ( Sutherland Cup ), Western Canada ( Keystone Cup ), Quebec ( Coupe Dodge ), and Atlantic Canada ( Don Johnson Memorial Cup ). Up until
261-914: The Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) announced the purchase of the Clarence Beavers and relocated them to Carleton Place, naming them the Carleton Place Junior Canadians. The Rockland Nationals of the National Capital Junior Hockey League will relocate to Clarence to fill in for the departed Beavers. The Metcalfe Jets will move to the National Capital Junior Hockey League and in return the Embrun Panthers will move up to
290-866: The Division title. The Vikings then defeated the Gananoque Islanders 4-games-to-1 to win the Rideau-St. Lawrence Conference championship. The Vikings moved on to the Carson Trophy finals against the Metro-Valley Conference champion Ottawa West Golden Knights . Casselman quickly found themselves in trouble as the Golden Knights mounted a 3-games-to-1 lead, but the Vikings came back with 3-2 and 4-1 victories to force game seven. In Game 7, Taylor Widenmaier scored in
319-414: The Grads 4 games to 2 in the semi-finals, when game 6 went to triple overtime and Ottawa scored the game-winning goal on a penalty shot in the third overtime period. Craig Nooyan, Christian Boucher, Jason Murfitt, Jonathon Matsumoto, Brent Patry, Brendan MacIntyre, and Craig Baxter were among several returning players for 2003-04. The Grads wound up finishing second overall, and suffered a first-round upset to
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#1732786606267348-697: The Junior "A" expansion of the Kemptville 73's . When the Casselman franchise could not be put together fast enough, the Stars program was suspended for the 2007-08 Eastern Junior C season. The Casselman Stars were founded in 1986 as members of the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League . In 2007, the ownership of the team pulled their membership out of the EOJCHL with the intention of joining
377-483: The Junior B Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League . After sitting out a year, the group was awarded a Junior B franchise and changed the team's name to the Vikings. The league's Junior C spot was given to a new team called the Cumberland Bandits . The Viking have won three Carson Trophies as EOJHL champions (2012, 2014 and 2015). On April 22, 2014, the Vikings became the first Ontario team to ever play at
406-646: The Kanata Stallions in seven games, in spite of having led the series 3 games to 1. Assistant coach Mark Grady took over Bruce Johnson's duties as head coach in 2004-05. Claude Giroux made his rookie debut with the Grads in 2005, and he was selected by the QMJHL's Gatineau Olympiques after having been passed over at the Ontario Hockey League 2005's draft. The Grads missed the playoffs multiple times since then or have failed to make it past
435-654: The Lanark-Renfrew Junior "C" Hockey League, the league had grown to 22 different teams. For the 2007-08 season, the Kemptville 73's moved from the EOJBHL to the Central Junior A Hockey League . A season later, the EOJBHL sold their franchise rights to the then-owners of the Casselman Stars of the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League and then town of Casselman, Ontario . The new team,
464-740: The Martin Division and Richardson Division. The league offers a 52-game balanced schedule where everyone plays everyone at least once. The two Divisional Playoff champions battle for the Barkley Cup every April. In March 2017, the Pembroke Lumber Kings (CCHL) announced the purchase of the Prescott Flyers as their CCHL2 affiliate and relocating the team to Cobden and calling them the Whitewater Kings. Also in March,
493-502: The Stars set up a dynasty: winning in 1998, 1999, and 2000. The 2004-05 season was great for the Stars. After finishing first in the league with 28 wins in 36 games, the Stars defeated the Rockland Nationals 4-games-to-none in the league semi-final and then their rivals, the Embrun Panthers , 4-games-to-1 to win their sixth crown. In the 2005-06 season, the Stars again finished in first place with 27 wins in 36 games. In
522-581: The Summer of 1991, the Grads became the 10th team in the Central Junior A Hockey League and have been a member of the CJHL ever since. The Grads best season came in 2002-03 when the team finished 1st overall and were major contenders to qualify for the Fred Page Cup . The Grads won their first-ever playoff series against the Kanata Stallions defeating them 4 games to 0. The Ottawa Jr. Senators upset
551-761: The championship from west of the Atlantic Region. On April 22, the Vikings made this a reality by facing the Fredericton Jr. Caps of the New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia . The Viking took their first ever DoJo game by a score of 6-1. The next day, the Vikings took on the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League 's champion Sackville Blazers and defeated them 7-5. On
580-526: The end of the 2015 playoffs, each team listed is a division champion, both the league champion and finalists are either "Metro/Valley" or "Rideau/St. Lawrence" Conference champions. Bolded are league champions, Italicized are finalists. The EOJHL became the CCHL2 for the 2015-16 season reducing to just two divisions. Casselman Vikings The Casselman Vikings are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team in Casselman , Ontario . The Vikings play in
609-592: The first round in the CJHL playoffs. Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Canadian Jr. A National Championships Maritime Junior Hockey League , Quebec Junior Hockey League , Central Canada Hockey League , Ontario Junior Hockey League , Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League , Superior International Junior Hockey League , Manitoba Junior Hockey League , Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League , Alberta Junior Hockey League , and Host . The BCHL declared itself an independent league and there
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#1732786606267638-474: The first to take an early lead, with Ottawa West tying the game in the second. With 37 seconds left in regulation, the Golden Knights scored a possible game-winning goal, but with only 14 seconds left Thierry Henry tied up the game forcing overtime. 1:18 into the second extra frame, Captain Joel Adam scored the game-winning goal to give the Vikings their second Carson Trophy as EOJHL champions. As of 2014,
667-423: The hockey organizations of Atlantic Canada decided to allow a representative of Eastern Ontario into their Junior B championship tournament, the Don Johnson Memorial Cup . Since 1982, the "DoJo" has been exclusive to Atlantic Canadian provinces, but beginning in 2014 has rebranded itself the "Eastern Canadian Junior B Championship". By winning the Carson Trophy, the Vikings became the first team to gain entry to
696-546: The league compete for the Barkley Cup. Dating back to the 1960s, the league was known until 2015 as the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League . The League was known from 2015 to 2020 as the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 . The EOJHL was founded in 1966 as the Rideau-St. Lawrence Junior "B" Hockey League . Through a merger with the Upper Ottawa Valley Junior "B" Hockey League and the folding of
725-576: The semi-final they defeated the Saint-Isidore Eagles 4-games-to-1 and then were upset by the Embrun Panthers in the final 4-games-to-3. After a disappointing 2006-07 season, in which the Stars finished seventh place overall, they were swept 4-games-to-none in the league quarter-final by the East Ottawa Thunder . In 2007, the Stars ownership attempted to fill the void left in the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League by
754-539: The third, Sackville tied the game to force overtime. At 6:18 into the overtime frame, Simon Cousineau popped in the game-winning goal to secure the Eastern Canadian Championship. Goalie Gianmarco De Meis was named the championship's most valuable player with 36 saves on 38 shots. The Casselman Vikings finished the season with 57 wins and 11 losses, won their second Carson Trophy, and their first Don Johnson Memorial Cup . With this, they became
783-550: The third, before the Viking popped three quick goals. The final score was 4-2 and Casselman was into the Final against Sackville (who just dispatched the defending champion Kensington Vipers in overtime). In the final, Sackville opened up the score early in the first and held a 1-0 lead until the third period. Casselman stepped up the pressure in third period and responded with goals from Widenmaier and Luc Forget. With 1:22 to go in
812-575: Was known as the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League of the Ottawa District Hockey Association . The Vikings have won the Carson Trophy three times and were the 2014 Don Johnson Memorial Cup Eastern Canadian Jr. B Champions. Founded in 1986, the Stars won the Cameron Trophy six times as the Ottawa District Hockey Association 's top Junior C club. The first time was in 1989, and then again in 1993. In 1997,
841-487: Was named the tournament's most valuable player. Widenmaier and Brazeau would lead the round robin in scoring (13 points each) and Gianmarco De Meis would lead all goalies with a 0.925 save percentage. With a perfect 4-0-0 record, the Vikings earned the first seed in the semi-final and faced fourth seed Fredericton again. The Jr. Caps were ready for the Vikings this time and clogged up the middle, stymieing their high speed offence. The Jr. Caps had it tied up 1-1 going into
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