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37-477: The Frontaliers were Quebec champions in 1998 and 2000. Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Eastern Canada Championships MHL - QAAAJHL - CCHL - Host Round robin play with 2nd vs 3rd in semi-final to advance against 1st in the finals. This Quebec -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Canadian ice hockey team-related article

74-607: A number of changes in the spring of 2008. On April 15, the Antigonish Bulldogs announced that they were applying for a leave of absence for one year. On April 26, the Bulldogs had to choose between two groups trying to buy the team and relocate it. The first group would move the franchise to New Richmond , Quebec. The other group would relocate the team to the Halifax area. At the board of governors meeting that day,

111-606: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Maritime Hockey League The Maritime Junior Hockey League ( MHL ) is a Junior A ice hockey league under Hockey Canada , a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). It consists of six teams from New Brunswick , which make up the EastLink North Division (formerly Roger Meek), five teams from Nova Scotia , and one team from Prince Edward Island , which make up

148-690: The Bouctouche Seals 3-games-to-none (9-3, 9–3, forfeit) in the semi-final and then defeated the Memramcook Legionnaires 3-games-to-none (8-1, 10–2, forfeit) in the League Final. The Abbies then failed to qualify for the 5-team New Brunswick provincial championship round robin because they lost the Southeast New Brunswick qualifier to the independent Moncton Flyers 2-games-to-none (4-3, 3-1). In 1973,

185-668: The Dudley Hewitt Cup and Manitoba Centennial Cup playdowns. In 1991, the Callaghan Cup became exclusive to the MJAHL. The Callaghan Cup was their championship trophy until after the 2006 playoffs, when it was replaced by the Kent Cup, In the Kent Cup era the bold team indicates the Kent Cup winner. Note: Those listed in yellow are currently home to an MHL franchise. All champions in this table are from

222-679: The Island Junior Hockey League in the 1970s. They folded in the summer of 1977 after winning multiple league championships. The Generals folded due to financial trouble. The full name of the team was the Charlottetown Colonel Grays from their founding up until 1976 as they were affiliated with Colonel Gray High School in Charlottetown. 1974 1975 1976 1977 The Charlottetown Islanders were founded in 1968 to represent

259-856: The Valley Wildcats . After one season in Kentville they moved to Berwick . In 2014 the league approved an expansion team in St. Stephen named the County Aces . As a result of the expansion, the league was back up to 12 teams for the first time since the folding of the Charlottetown Abbies in April 2008. In November 2014, the league took over the ownership of the Bridgewater Lumberjacks after owner Ken Petrie left

296-787: The 1971–72 season, the Islanders did not play a game until March 1972, playing a two-game exhibition series against the Hamilton Red Wings of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League (2-2 Tie and 4-3 Win) and then jumping directly into National Playdowns as PEI's only representative. In the playoffs, the Islanders dropped the Moncton Hawks of the New Brunswick Junior Hockey League 4-games-to-1 to advance to

333-634: The 2002 Royal Bank Cup on home ice. One year later, after financial trouble with Oland Brewery , the franchise's name was changed to Halifax Team Pepsi. In the spring of 2004, the Weeks Hockey Organization bought the club, moved it to New Glasgow and renamed it the Pictou County Weeks Crushers . On that same day Halifax was granted an expansion franchise, the Halifax Wolverines . The MJAHL made

370-615: The 2018–19 season; the team is later sold and relocated to Grand Falls, New Brunswick and renamed the Grand Falls Rapids . In April 2019, the St. Stephen Aces were sold to a group from Fredericton, New Brunswick and became the third team in three years to relocate. The Aces relocated to Fredericton, New Brunswick for the 2019–20 season and were renamed the Fredericton Red Wings . The current MHL has twelve teams, six in each division. The league has hosted

407-670: The Abbies would not operate again. On June 4, 2009, CBC reported the folding of the Abbies franchise. The end of the Charlottetown Abbies meant that, for the first time since 1972, the City of Charlottetown did not have a Junior A team. The Abbies have had many versions of the same logo until the 2007–08 season when they switched to their current script logo. 1978 1985 1987 1990 1991 1999 2003 The Charlottetown Generals were members of

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444-607: The Cape Breton Islanders and Restigouche River Rats. In 1996–97 the league consisted of the Amherst Ramblers, Antigonish Bulldogs, Charlottetown Abbies, East Hants Penguins, Dartmouth Oland Exports, Moncton Gagnon Beavers, Saint John Alpines, and Summerside Western Capitals. The Saint John Alpines folded in January. With financial losses totalling $ 40,000 and an additional $ 50,000 shortfall projected should

481-791: The Eastern Canadian Championship in six games over the Detroit Jr. Red Wings of the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League , but lose the inaugural 1971 Centennial Cup 4-games-to-2 to the Alberta Junior Hockey League 's Red Deer Rustlers . In 1971, the MJAHL folded and the Islanders opted to play an independent schedule in instead of joining the neighbouring Junior A leagues in New Brunswick or Newfoundland . For

518-793: The Eastlink South Division. The winner of the MHL playoffs competes for the Centennial Cup against the winners of the 8 other tier 2 junior A leagues across Canada (host team also participates). Prior to the pandemic the MHL champions participated in the Fred Page Cup. This tournament involved the Bogart Cup champions from the Central Canada Hockey League (Ontario), the Kent Cup champions from

555-923: The Halifax Forum to become the Halifax Oland Exports. The second was the 1998–99 MJAHL champions, the Restigouche River Rats, as they changed their name to the Campbellton Tigers. A tenth team was added for the 2000–01 season, the Miramichi Timberwolves . At the same time, the East Hants Penguins moved to Dartmouth and became the Scotia Dairy Queen Blizzard. At the end of the 2001–02 season, the league approved

592-683: The IJHL and the Maritime Junior A Hockey League . Their home rink from 2003 to 2008 was the MacLauchlan Arena on the campus of UPEI . Before then, it was the Charlottetown Civic Centre (now Eastlink Centre ). In 1972, the Charlottetown Abbies were a Midget Hockey program with little competition. They applied for entry into the Island Junior Hockey League in 1972. The IJHL turned down their application on

629-607: The IJHL was promoted to Junior A and the Abbies were granted expansion into the league. The Abbies were an institution in Junior hockey in Charlottetown for several decades. In the 70s the Island Junior Hockey League (IJHL) boasted two Charlottetown teams, the Generals who played in the old Charlottetown Forum, and the Abbies who were based at the Simmons Sports Centre. The league also included at one time or another

666-727: The Kent Cup have been played since 2022, and instead all the league champions directly advance to the Centennial Cup. Originally known as the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League (MVJHL) , the league was founded in 1967 by Fred McGillivray and Louie Lewis of Halifax, Nova Scotia and Don Stewart of Berwick, Nova Scotia as a Junior "B" level hockey league. Originally an exclusively Nova Scotia hockey league, it included six teams: East Hants Junior Penguins, Halifax Colonels, Dartmouth Hoyts, Windsor Royals, Kentville Riteways, and Berwick Shell Juniors. 1968 saw

703-772: The Kings County Kings, Summerside Crystals ( Summerside Western Capitals ), West Prince Bluefins, North River North Stars, and the Sherwood-Parkdale Metros. Eventually the two Charlottetown teams merged, maintaining the Abbies moniker. As costs became prohibitive for an Island wide league at the Junior A level in the late 80s, teams in the league folded. Eventually, in 1991 the Abbies and the Summerside Western Capitals left to join teams in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to form

740-807: The MHL (Maritimes) and the winner of La Coupe Napa of the Quebec Junior Hockey League (Quebec) as well as a predetermined host. The winner moved on to compete for the Canadian National Junior A Championship . However with the departure of the British Columbia Hockey League from affiliation with the CJHL in March 2021 as well as Hockey Canada in June 2023, no Centennial Cup qualifying tournaments such as

777-693: The Maritime Junior Hockey League All champions in this table are from the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League against interleague opponents. Note: Current teams are shaded in dark blue. Gold stars denote league championships. Bolded teams indicate the original names of active franchises. Charlottetown Abbies The Charlottetown Abbies were a Tier II Junior "A" team based in Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island . They played in

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814-559: The Maritime Junior Hockey League. In May 2008, it was announced that the Abbies' management had applied for a year's leave of absence from the Maritime Junior Hockey League, citing financial problems. The team almost relocated to Lewiston, Maine when the Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL) tried to relocate to Boisbriand, Quebec. In May 2009, the commissioner of the MHL stated in a newspaper interview that

851-748: The Royal Bank Cup and Centennial Cup seven times, winning twice. MHL teams have also won seven Fred Page Cups as the Junior "A" Eastern Canadian champions to earn the right to compete for the Royal Bank Cup. In September 2024, female goaltender Rhyah Stewart signed with the West Kent Steamers . *relocated franchise From the 1970s until 1991, the Callaghan Cup was the Atlantic Junior A Championship of Canada. The winners of New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , Nova Scotia , and Newfoundland would playdown for this trophy during

888-537: The Summerside Western Capitals and the Charlottetown Abbies left Prince Edward Island 's IJHL and joined the MVJHL, which was immediately renamed the Maritime Junior A Hockey League (MJAHL) . According to league officials, it is believed that goaltender Lisa Herritt of the Dartmouth Oland Exports became the first female MHL player in the 1995–96 season. For the 1996–97 season, the league added

925-664: The Truro Bearcats and Amherst Ramblers replace the teams from Kentville and Berwick. In 1971–72 the New Glasgow Bombers and the Pictou Maripacs entered the league. Stellarton and a new Kentville franchise entered the league in 1973 and 1974 respectively. In 1977, the MVJHL entered into the Tier II Junior "A" level. The jump to Junior "A" was, in theory, to be a catalyst for the development of

962-709: The Truro Bearcats would be the sole new team. The Cape Breton Islanders moved to Glace Bay and became the Glace Bay Miners, but with the arrival of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, they folded in December of that season, leaving the league with nine teams again. During the 1998–99 season two teams changed their names. The first was the Dartmouth Oland Exports when they moved to

999-557: The basis that they were too weak for Junior B competition. The Abbies, undeterred, applied for entry into the Southeast New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League instead. The New Brunswick league allowed the Abbies to join and after a slow start the Abbies ended up finishing second in the regular season (to the Dieppe Voyageurs ) and winning the league playoffs. To win the playoffs, the Abbies defeated

1036-560: The league's first non-Nova Scotia team. The Hawks came from the New Brunswick Junior Hockey League and are now known as the Edmundston Blizzard . In 1986, the league expanded to Antigonish and the Scotia Colts, again, hosted the Centennial Cup. Future Maritime Junior Hockey League team Summerside Western Capitals , then competing in the Island Junior Hockey League (IJHL), hosted the 1989 Centennial Cup. In 1991,

1073-572: The league. However The budgets necessary to play at the Jr. 'A' level resulted in the immediate withdrawal of the Chester Ravens and the East Hants Penguins. The Cole Harbour Colts (Scotia Colts), who entered the league in 1976, became the first team in league history to host the national Junior A championship, then known as the Centennial Cup, in 1980. The 1983 season saw the addition of the expansion Moncton Midland Hawks of Moncton, New Brunswick ,

1110-407: The neighboring city of Dieppe . The team was renamed the Dieppe Commandos. On May 1, with the fifth and final change for the MJAHL within a span of 16 days, the Charlottetown Abbies ' applied for a leave of absence for one year, which was accepted. The Halifax franchise (former Antigonish Bulldogs ) announced on August 22 that the club would be known as the Halifax Lions . This was the name of

1147-399: The owners of the Halifax Wolverines announced their plans to move to Bridgewater . The Governors approved the move. Following a name the team contest, the franchise was dubbed the Bridgewater Lumberjacks . Later that week on April 29, the Moncton Beavers announced that they had failed to come to terms on a new lease for the Tim Hortons 4-Ice centre and had subsequently moved themselves to

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1184-405: The proposal to relocate the franchise to Quebec was deemed to not be in the best interests of the league and its members. The Governors did leave the door open to the sale to a Halifax group and a move to Metro Halifax. The sale and relocation of the franchise to Halifax was later approved. At the same Governors meeting, in response to the decision to leave the door open on the sale of the Bulldogs,

1221-409: The province of Prince Edward Island in the Memorial Cup playoffs. From 1968 until 1971, the Islanders played in the Maritime Junior A Hockey League . In 1970, Major Junior A and Tier II Junior A were created from the Junior A classification and the Islanders and their league found themselves in the Tier II level playing for the Centennial Cup . Their first year of Tier II saw them go deep and win

1258-616: The successful Halifax team in the 1980s. In 2010, the MJAHL changed its name to the Maritime Junior Hockey League and unveiled a new logo. In 2011, the Halifax Lions moved to Dartmouth and were renamed the Metro Marauders . Two years later the Marauders were renamed the Metro Shipbuilders for the 2012–13 season. That season was a disaster for the Shipbuilders, as they only recorded four wins in their 52-game schedule and averaged just 232 fans per game. The relocation rumours had them moving back to Halifax after three years in Dartmouth but they finally moved to Kentville and were renamed

1295-401: The team because of financial trouble. The team was sold two weeks later to a local businessman and the team was renamed the South Shore Lumberjacks . In November 2016, the Dieppe Commandos announced they would be moving to Edmundston, New Brunswick after the 2016–17 season, and be renamed the Edmundston Blizzard . In May 2018, the Woodstock Slammers applied for a leave of absence for

1332-425: The team finish the season, they simply ran out of money. The Summerside Western Capitals won the league's first ever national title. The Capitals hosted the Royal Bank Cup at Cahill Stadium and won the championship game 4–3 over the South Surrey Eagles . Truro and Bathurst received approval for new teams to start in 1997–98 but due to the relocation of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Laval Titan to Bathurst,

1369-425: The transfer of the Blizzard to Yarmouth . The Yarmouth Motormart Mariners began play in September 2002. In early 2003 the league governors approved expansion into Woodstock, N.B., with the Slammers beginning play in the 2003–04 season. The league hired its first professional full-time league president in 2003, Vernon Doyle. The league won their second national Junior A championship when the Halifax Oland Exports won

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