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14-681: The Mainland Junior B Hockey League was formed in 1980 by Al Hollingsworth. In 1992, it took on the Cape Breton Jr. Mills and the Port Hawkesbury Pirates of the folded Cape Breton Junior B Hockey League (also known as the Eastern or Northumberland League) and was renamed the Nova Scotia Junior B Hockey League. In 2006, the league dropped the "B" from its name. Defunct Bolded are teams who also won

28-625: A 5-2 win at their home rink. They would win another league title in 2000, but lost the Don Johnson Cup final to New Brunswick 's Woodstock Slammers 4-1. In 2005, with a sponsorship from Molson Breweries , the team moved to Whitney Pier, Nova Scotia and became the Whitney Pier Canadians . In 2007, they moved to Dominion, Nova Scotia and became the Cape Breton Canadians . In the summer of 2010,

42-619: A player for the St. John's Jr. Celtics . There is no National Championship for Junior B hockey in Canada, similar championships are held in Southern Ontario ( Sutherland Cup ), Eastern Ontario ( Barkley Cup ), Quebec ( Coupe Dodge ), and Western Canada ( Keystone Cup )—leaving five teams at the end of each year with a shared claim to being the best Junior B team in Canada. In the 1980s, Newfoundland and Labrador teams dominated

56-693: A seventh straight Nova Scotia crown. Going into the semi-final round of the Don Johnson Cup, the three NL teams present were 0–6 against PEI's Sherwood Falcons and NS's Cumberland County Cool Blues. In the semi-final, the third seeded St. John's Caps of the St. John's Junior Hockey League upset the second seeded Cumberland County 6–5. The Caps advanced to the final to play the Falcons and upset them 3–2 in overtime to win Newfoundland and Labrador's first Atlantic Jr. B championship in 21 years. With

70-552: The Don Johnson Cup as Atlantic Jr. B Champions. This ice hockey article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Glace Bay Jr. Miners The Membertou Junior Miners are a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from Membertou, Nova Scotia . They are members of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League and are 1989 and 1997 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B champions and 1976 and 1977 Eastern League Junior A Champions. The team

84-849: The New Waterford Jets 4-games-to-none and then the Glace Bay Miners 4-games-to-2 in the final. In the Eastern Canada Junior A quarter-final, the Millionaires defeated the Newfoundland Champion Corner Brook Jr. Royals 4-games-to-none. In the semi-final, the Mills ran into PEI's Charlottetown Generals and were themselves swept 4-games-to-none from the playoffs. In the 1980s, the Millionaires dropped down to Junior B in

98-710: The Northumberland Junior B Hockey League . They were league and Provincial Junior B Champions in 1988, 1989, and 1990. In the 1989, at the Maritime Junior B Don Johnson Cup , the Millionaires would win their first Maritime Junior B Championship. In 1992, their league merged with the Mainland Junior B Hockey League and Mills became the Cape Breton Jr. Mills . In 1996, the Mills became the Cape Breton Alpines . They would win

112-829: The 1970s, the Millionaires joined the Eastern Junior B Hockey League. In 1975, the league became the Eastern Junior A Hockey League . The Millionaires won the league in 1976 by defeating the Glace Bay Miners 4-games-to-1 and the New Waterford Jets 4-games-to-none in the final. They moved on to the Eastern Canada Hewitt-Dudley Memorial Trophy semi-final where they lost 4-games-to-1 to the Island Junior Hockey League 's Charlottetown Colonels . The Millionaires repeated as champions in 1977 defeating

126-583: The 1997 league title and move on to the Maritime Junior B Championship, the Don Johnson Cup , where they went undefeated, beating the New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League 's Richibucto Bears 7-5, the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League 's Windsor Royals 5-4 in double overtime, and the Island Junior Hockey League 's Sherwood-Parkdale Kings 8-4. In the final, the Alpines faced Windsor again, clinching their second Maritime Jr. B Championship with

140-815: The Canadians were moved to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia , Sydney's territorial rival, and renamed after their old nemesis the Glace Bay Jr. Miners. In 2016 they renamed themselves as the Kameron Jr. Moners and rebranded again in 2021 as Membertou Jr. Miners. Eastern Canada Jr B Championships Don Johnson Cup The Don Johnson Memorial Cup , formerly Don Johnson Cup , is the Junior B ice hockey championship for Atlantic Canada , including Nova Scotia , Newfoundland , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island as of 2014. From 1982 until 1990 and 1997 until 2013,

154-542: The Don Johnson Cup was emblematic of the Junior B championship of the Atlantic Provinces of Canada -- Nova Scotia , Newfoundland , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island . The cup is named in honour of Don Johnson , a sports enthusiast who dedicated his efforts to the growth of hockey in Atlantic Canada. Johnson, who died in 2012, awarded the first ever Don Johnson Cup in 1982 to his own son,

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168-477: The early tournaments. NL teams won five of the first seven Don Johnson Cups. In 1990, the tournament was retired, only to be resurrected a few years later. Since 2002, the Don Johnson Cup has been dominated by teams from Nova Scotia . From 2003 until 2008, the teams of the NSJHL have won six consecutive Atlantic titles. The streak was broken in 2009 as St. John's of Newfoundland and Labrador eliminated all hopes of

182-792: The passing of Don Johnson , starting with the 2013 tournament, the trophy was renamed the Don Johnson Memorial Cup. On April 22, 2014, the Casselman Vikings of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League played in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia and became the first non- Atlantic Canada team to compete at the event. The Vikings would defeat the Fredericton Jr. Caps 6–1 in their debut. The 2014 tournament would also mark

196-536: Was located in Sydney, Nova Scotia up until 2005. First observed in the 1932-33 Cape Breton Junior Hockey League , the Sydney Millionaires (named after an earlier professional team ) would win their league title in 1933, 1951, 1964, and 1965. In the 1950s they dabbled with other names like the "Steel Kings" and the "Bombers" as their sponsors changed, but they always came back to the Millionaires. In

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