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41-483: TBJHL Champions : Abbott Cup Finalists : Columbus Club Canadians Canadiens This Ontario ice hockey team-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . TBJHL The Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League (TBJHL) was a Canadian junior ice hockey league that existed from c. 1920 to 1980. The TBJHL operated in Northwestern Ontario , primarily in

82-650: A record of 9 wins, no losses, no ties. They were given a berth directly into the league final where they met the Fort William Columbus Canadiens . The first game resulted in a 7–7 tie, and the Bruins won the second game 9–7. Game three sparked some controversy as the game was tied 5-5 and the Columbus Canadiens walked off the ice. In response, the league ruled the game a forfeit in the Bruins favour. Games four and five were won by

123-856: Is the indirect predecessor of the Superior International Junior Hockey League who brought a Junior A league back to the region in 2001, 21 years after the TBJHL folded. Although hockey in Thunder Bay dates back well before 1920, the Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League first competed in Memorial Cup action in 1921. In only their second year of operation at the Junior A level, the league celebrated their first National championship as

164-689: Is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), a consortium of three major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tournament played among the champions of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL), and a host team, which alternates on an annual basis between

205-575: The Canadian Hockey League : the Ed Chynoweth Cup Champs (WHL) , J. Ross Robertson Cup Champs (OHL) , and the President's Cup Champs (QMJHL) . From 1972 to 1973 these three teams played a single round-robin (two games each), with the top two teams advancing to a single-game final. A semi-final game was added in 1974 . In 1977 the tournament was expanded to a double round-robin (four games each), with no semi-final. The tournament

246-822: The Fort William War Veterans defeated the Regina Pats 5-4 and tied them 3–3 to win the championship. To get there, the Vets had to defeat Toronto Aura Lee in the Eastern Canada final, beating them 5–3 in a one-game showdown. It took 26 years for a team from the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League to repeat the feat. In 1947–48, the Port Arthur West End Bruins finished the regular season in first place with

287-1099: The Fort William Westfort Hurricanes defeated the Port Arthur Marrs 3-games-to-2 and the Fort William Canadiens 4-games-to-1 to win the TBJHL championship. They then played the Dauphin Kings of the MJHL in the Abbott Cup semi-final and defeated them 4-games-to-2. This advanced them to the Abbott Cup, essentially the final-four of Canadian junior hockey at the time. Up against the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League 's Weyburn Red Wings , were defeated 4-games-to-2 despite leading 2-games-to-none at one point. Weyburn ended up losing

328-753: The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions from the East would play the Abbott Cup champions from the West. From 1919 to 1928, the Memorial Cup Final was a two-game total goals affair between a champion from Eastern Canada and a champion from Western Canada, both of which were determined through a series of playdowns under the auspices of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association . In 1929,

369-754: The Maritime Provinces . To balance the power a bit, the CAHA assigned the TBJHL to the Eastern section of the national playdowns for the first time since 1927. In 1971, the TBJHL allowed for the expansion of the St. Paul, MN -sponsored Thunder Bay Vulcans . The Vulcans won the league title in their first season. In 1972, the St. Paul group were granted the right to create their own league in Minnesota. They brought

410-688: The Memorial Cup , even though, all but the TBJHL, retained the right to the Abbott Cup . Two leagues remained at Major Junior in Eastern Canada, the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League , formerly known as the OHA, and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League . All that remained for Tier II Junior A in Eastern Canada were a couple small leagues in Ontario ( SOJAHL , CJHL ) and even smaller leagues in

451-679: The Midwest Junior Hockey League . The only Canadian team that remained was the Hurricanes. The Hercs competed in the TBJHL playoffs in 1974, despite not being a league member, and won the region against the crowned league champion Fort William Canadiens . The Hercs returned to the TBJHL full-time for the 1974–75 season. In 1976, league expanded to 6 teams with the induction of the Atikokan Voyageurs and Thunder Bay Blades . The 1978–79 season began with

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492-648: The Superior International Junior Hockey League was formed, following in the footsteps of the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League. The winner of the TBJHL Playoffs was awarded the Jack Adams Trophy as Thunder Bay Amateur Hockey Association Junior "A" Champions. Since this was a branch championship, Champions from the North Shore or Kenora-Fort Frances Leagues were eligible to challenge for it. The TBJHL Champions probably exclusively won

533-636: The Thunder Bay region. The Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League was what is now known as a Major Junior hockey league from roughly 1920 until the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association realignment of 1970. After 1970, the TBJHL was relegated to Tier II Junior A and competed for the Manitoba Centennial Trophy until the league folded in 1980. Thunder Bay and the TBJHL was considered on the border region of what people would call Eastern Canada and Western Canada . Due to its location,

574-866: The Thunder Bay Flyers and joined the United States Hockey League . They won the Anderson Cup as USHL regular season champs in 1988, 1989, 1991, and 1992; the Clark Cup as American Junior A National Champions in 1988 and 1989; the Dudley Hewitt Cup as Central Canadian Champions in 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, and 1995; the Manitoba Centennial Cup as Canadian Tier II Junior A National Champions in 1989 and 1992. The Flyers folded in 2000. In 2001,

615-531: The junior ice hockey champion of Canada. From its inception until 1971, the Memorial Cup was open to all Junior A teams in the country and was awarded following a series of league, provincial and regional playoffs culminating in an east–west championship. The three-league tournament format began in 1972 , a season after the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association divided the Junior A rank into two tiers, naming

656-597: The Abbott Cup. This earned them a berth in the Memorial Cup against the Ontario Hockey Association 's Barrie Flyers in Toronto . Ignited by the Abbott Cup final comeback, the Bruins kept on rolling, sweeping the Flyers 4-games-to-none with scores of 10–8, 8–1, 5–4, and 9-8 respectively. This would be the final Memorial Cup won by a TBJHL team. From the 1964 until 1969, the TBJHL had a rivalry and

697-609: The Bill Fero Trophy as Lakehead Junior Champions. Tier II Junior A National Champions . Champions Finalists Eastern Canadian Champions . Champions Finalists Western Canadian Champions . Champions Finalists In 1980, the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League had been reduced to three teams: the Degagne Buccaneers , Thunder Bay North Stars , and Nip-Rock Rangers or nearby Nipigon, Ontario . Instead of continuing with

738-567: The Bruins 8-3 and 5–3 to give the series and league championship to the Bruins 4-games-to-none with 1 tie. In the Eastern Canadian semi-final, the Bruins had to play the Manitoba Junior Hockey League 's Winnipeg Monarchs . Port Arthur won game one 12–3, game two 6–4, and game three 10–4. The Monarchs started to rally, winning game four 7-5 and game five 5–3. Finally, in game six, the Bruins were able to put

779-515: The Cup that year, becoming the first American team to win the Memorial Cup, as well as becoming the first host team to win it. The four teams played a single round-robin (three games each). If two teams are tied for third place, then a tie-breaker game is played on Thursday, followed by a semi-final game between the second and third-place teams and a final between the first-place team and the semi-final winner. This format continues to be used to this day, with

820-540: The Junior 'A' rank was further split into the Major Junior rank and a second-tier rank (referred nowadays as Junior 'A'), with the Memorial Cup serving as the Major Junior championship trophy, and the Manitoba Centennial Trophy , and later the Royal Bank Cup , serving as the second tier championship trophy. In 1972 , the Memorial Cup was contested between three teams: the champions of the three leagues of

861-462: The Memorial Cup Final became a best-of-three series. In 1934, when the junior hockey teams were further divided between Junior 'A' and Junior 'B', the Memorial Cup served as the Junior 'A' championship trophy, and the Sutherland Cup became the Junior 'B' trophy. From 1937 the Memorial Cup was a best-of-five series, and in 1943 reverted to a best-of-seven series. For the 1970–1971 season ,

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902-463: The Memorial Cup as the championship of the Major Junior level. The Memorial Cup is sometimes referred to as one of the hardest championships to win in hockey, factoring in the number of teams across the CHL's member leagues nationwide, the Memorial Cup tournament being played between their top teams, and the limited eligibility period for players to compete at the major junior level. Capt. Sutherland, who

943-626: The Memorial Cup final to the Montreal Junior Canadiens . During them summer, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association decided to demote five of the six Junior A league of Western Canada to Tier II Junior A and rename Junior A to Major Junior. The effected leagues were the BCJHL , AJHL , SJHL , MJHL , and TBJHL . The only league that was left at the Major Junior level was the rebellious Western Canada Junior Hockey League . The five remaining leagues were barred from competing for

984-783: The North Stars and Buccaneers went out of business on July 6, 1980, when the TBAHA revoked their Junior A status in favour of what would be the Kings. In 1980, the Thunder Bay Kings were created as a powerhouse Junior A team and helped create a new league called the Thunder Bay Hockey League with the Sr. A Thunder Bay Twins , Int. A Thunder Bay Blazers , and CIAU Lakehead Nor'Westers . In 1984, they were renamed

1025-756: The Thunder Bay franchise with them, renaming it the Thunder Bay Centennials, and lured away the Thunder Bay Hurricanes . For the 1972–73 season, the newly formed Can-Am Junior Hockey League was actually allowed to represent the Thunder Bay district at the National level. In 1973–74, the Centennials fled the league and were renamed the Thunder Bay Beavers. The Can-Am league joined USA Hockey and were renamed

1066-582: The Thunder Bay league often switched from East to West year-to-year in National playdowns. The league's remoteness resulted in keeping the league's few teams from competing in the neighbouring Manitoba Junior Hockey League or Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League , making the league's existence a necessity to the region's hockey community. Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League teams made the Memorial Cup finals four times in fifty years, winning Canada 's top junior hockey prize in 1922 ( Fort William War Veterans ) and 1948 ( Port Arthur West End Bruins ). The TBJHL

1107-853: The Twins as the Intermediate level was ended by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association , the Twins moved to the Central Senior Amateur Hockey League in Manitoba , and the Nor'Westers moved into the Ontario University Association . The League was rearranged into a multi-tier Junior league with the Kings at the Jr. A level, the new Thunder Bay Hornets and Schreiber North Stars at Jr. B, eligible for

1148-558: The final nail in the coffin as they won 7-2 and took the series 4-games-to-2. Next, Port Arthur found themselves in the Abbott Cup final against the Southern Alberta Junior Hockey League 's Lethbridge Native Sons . Lethbridge took game one 6-1 and game two 7–6. Port Arthur came back with a 7–4 win. Lethbridge put the series on the brink with a 5–4 win before Port Arthur came back with three solid victories; 5–0, 6–4, 11–1; to come from behind and take

1189-621: The honour of hosting the tournament rotated amongst the CHL's three member leagues. If the host team also wins its respective league championship, the Memorial Cup berth reserved for the league champion is instead awarded to that league's runner-up. This was the case in 2006 , when the Quebec Remparts lost to the Moncton Wildcats in the QMJHL Finals. However, since Moncton was hosting the Memorial Cup that year, Quebec

1230-587: The ice after the game, broke apart as captain Chris Bruton of the victorious Spokane Chiefs tried to hand it off to a teammate after being presented the cup on the ice. The crowd started heckling after the replica cup broke apart, while the Chiefs took apart the trophy and shared it around with teammates. In 2012 , defenceman Dillon Donnelly of the Shawinigan Cataractes accidentally dropped

1271-435: The merging of the Beavers, Canadians, and Hurricanes into the Degagne Buccaneers and Case Eagles and Blades into the Thunder Bay North Stars . The Voyageurs folded late in the season and were replaced by the league-bolstered "Rural Voyageurs". For 1979–80, they were replaced by the Nip-Rock Rangers . On June 26, 1980, the league was liquidated in favour of a single Jr. An entity in Thunder Bay—the Thunder Bay Kings . Both

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1312-414: The newly created Keystone Cup . Schreiber left after one year and were replaced by the Thunder Bay Maple Leafs . In 1984, the league was disbanded. The Kings changed their names to the Flyers and joined the United States Hockey League , the Maple Leafs folded, and the Hornets were promoted to the Manitoba Junior Hockey League . Memorial Cup The Memorial Cup ( French : Coupe Memorial )

1353-420: The slowly faltering league, the Thunder Bay Amateur Hockey Association decided it would more efficient to form a Citywide superleague with one top-level team from each major level. In the league would be the Thunder Bay Twins (eligible for the Allan Cup ), Thunder Bay Blazers ( Hardy Cup ), Thunder Bay Kings ( Centennial Cup ), and Lakehead Nor'Wester ( University Cup ). By 1982 the Blazers merged with

1394-428: The splendid work done by Canadian boys in France and suggested the erection of a suitable memorial to hockey players who have fallen."— The Globe, Toronto, Ontario, Dec. 9, 1918 . "The (Memorial) cup, coveted prize of Canadian junior hockey, was the brainchild of Capt. Jim (Sutherland) when he was overseas in the Great War (1914–18) and at the time, President of the Ontario Hockey Association (1915–17). He wrote suggesting

1435-417: The three member leagues. The Memorial Cup trophy was established by Captain James T. Sutherland to honour those who died in service during World War I . It was rededicated during the 2010 tournament to honour all soldiers who died fighting for Canada in any conflict. The trophy was originally known as the OHA Memorial Cup and was donated by the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) in 1919 to be awarded to

1476-508: The trophy in memory of the boys who were killed in the war and no doubt a big part of the idea was instigated by his devotion to his beloved (Alan) Scotty Davidson*, who fell (June 6, 1915) with many other hockey players in the world conflict (including Capt. George T. Richardson*, who died in France, Feb. 9, 1916. (*Both are members of the Hockey Hall of Fame.) --William J. Walshe, Comments on Sport, The Kingston Whig-Standard , January 6, 1939. It started as an East-versus-West format, where

1517-405: The trophy, significantly damaging it. The official cup is typically kept at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto , Ontario, Canada. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , both the 2020 (scheduled for Kelowna) and the 2021 (to be hosted by the OHL) editions of the tournament were cancelled as a result of provincial restrictions. The QMJHL was the only league of the CHL to declare a champion during

1558-431: Was awarded the QMJHL berth to the Memorial Cup tournament. The Remparts went on to win the Memorial Cup that season, the first time that a team has won the tournament without qualifying as the tournament host or as the champions of their respective league. In the history of the cup, there have been two major mishaps with the cup itself. At the 2008 tournament , a replica trophy, which is the one teams are presented with on

1599-404: Was held at a pre-determined site which was rotated among the three leagues. The 1983 Memorial Cup tournament saw the inclusion of a fourth team, the team hosting the event, which was done to boost tournament attendance. The first tournament under this format was held in Portland, Oregon , and marked the first time that an American city hosted the Memorial Cup. The host Winter Hawks also won

1640-415: Was in direct competition annually for the TBAHA seed to the Memorial Cup against the neighbouring Northwestern Ontario Junior Hockey League . By 1969, the NWOJHL had dropped to Junior B and may have become the Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League, the TBJHL's feeder league in the 1970s. In 1970, the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League was caught in the transformation of Junior hockey. In the spring of 1970,

1681-482: Was serving overseas, was President of the Ontario Hockey Association and he brought forward the idea to present a trophy to honour all the young Canadian hockey players who died in battle and have it awarded to the best junior hockey team in Canada. The Ontario Hockey Association (OHA)'s annual meeting was unanimous that a fitting memorial be established to members of the OHA who had fallen on the field of war. "Past President Capt. J. T. Sutherland, now in France, spoke of

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