The National Capital Junior Hockey League ( NCJHL ) is a Canadian Junior ice hockey league in Ontario , sanctioned by the Hockey Eastern Ontario and Hockey Canada . The league is meant to be an interprovincial league between Ontario and Quebec .
6-602: From 1968 until 2010, the league was known as the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League . At the start of the 2010-2011 regular season, the league was rebranded under its new name - National Capital Junior Hockey League (NCJHL). In April 2015, the NCJHL accepted the application of the Morrisburg Lions to join the league for starting in the 2015-2016 season. The Lions were one of six teams dropped when
12-711: The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League re-configured and re-branded as the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 . In March 2017, it was announced that the reigning NCJHL champions, Embrun Panthers , were joining CCHL Tier 2 in the fall of 2017. In April 2017, four new teams have been accepted to join the NCJHL: two brand new teams - Blackburn Inferno and Bytown Royals ; and two former CCHL Tier 2 teams - Metcalfe Jets and South Grenville Rangers , bringing
18-535: The 2015-16 season. Prior to this the Lions were members of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League (EOJBHL) of Hockey Eastern Ontario and Hockey Canada At the conclusion of the 2014-15 season, the league announced it was re-organized to be more of a dedicated developmental league to the Central Canada Hockey League and renamed the league Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2. Initially,
24-577: The league was to downsize to twelve teams (one feeder club for each Tier 1 team), however, it reduced to 16 teams, eliminating 6 of the current franchises, including the Akwesasne Wolves , Morrisburg Lions, Almonte Thunder , Gananoque Islanders , Gatineau Mustangs , and Shawville Pontiacs . Morrisburg applied for membership to the National Capital Junior Hockey League. In April the Lions were accepted by
30-782: The total to 12 teams. In July 2017, the Rockland Nationals became the Les Castors de Clarence (Clarence Castors) after originally moving to Clarence to become the Jr. C version of the CCHL 's Rockland Nationals . The CCHL2 Clarence Castors moved to Carleton Place to serve as an affiliation to the Carleton Place Canadians , calling themselves the Carleton Place Jr. Canadians . The 2019–2020 season
36-697: Was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, before resuming in 2021 (although with the Inferno relocated to Almonte.) This ice hockey league article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Morrisburg Lions The Morrisburg Lions are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Morrisburg, Ontario . They are members of the National Capital Junior Hockey Leaguecommencing with
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