The Edmundston Blizzard are a junior ice hockey team from Edmundston , New Brunswick , Canada. They play in the Maritime Junior Hockey League .
5-581: Moncton Beavers and also as Richview Junior Canucks and Moncton Hawks were members in the now defunct Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League (1958-1965) from 1961 to 1965. The Moncton Hawks were New Brunswick Junior Hockey League Junior A champions in 1981, 1982, and 1983. In 1983, the Moncton Hawks abandoned the faltering New Brunswick Junior Hockey League and joined the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League which until then
10-672: The city of Edmundston, New Brunswick for the start of the 2017-18 season. On February 8, 2017 it was announced that they would become the Edmundston Blizzard, beginning at season end. In their first season in Edmundston, the Blizzard won the divisional season championship, finished first overall and won the league playoffs. Source: Eastern Canada Championships MHL - QAAAJHL - CCHL - Host Round robin play with 2nd vs 3rd in semi-final to advance against 1st in
15-532: The finals. New Brunswick Junior Hockey League (1969%E2%80%931983) The New Brunswick Junior Hockey League (NBJHL) was a Canadian Junior ice hockey league in the province of New Brunswick . The NBJHL was in competition for the Callaghan Cup and Centennial Cup as a Junior A league. Possibly founded in 1969, the NBJHL was the premier Jr. A league of the province of New Brunswick . In 1970,
20-688: The league was relegated to Tier II Junior A and competition for the Centennial Cup . In 1982–83, the league was in direct competition for fans with the American Hockey League , who put two of their semi-professional teams in the NBJHL's Jr. A markets. In 1983, the Fredericton Red Wings folded, leaving the Moncton Hawks as the only strong team in the league. Instead of continuing on in the depleted NBJHL,
25-621: Was a Nova Scotia -based league. In the summer of 2008, the Moncton Beavers moved to neighbouring Dieppe and became the Commandos. The Commandos played host to the 2009 Fred Page Cup . The Commandos lost their first game after moving to Dieppe on September 13, 2008 2-1 to the Yarmouth Mariners . On November 2, 2016 it was announced that Dieppe could not support a Jr. A team and that the franchise would be relocating to
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