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MetJHL The Metro Junior "A" Hockey League was a junior level ice hockey league based out of Southern Ontario. The league originated in 1956 as the Metro Junior "B" Hockey League, which lasted until 1991, when it changed its designation from Junior B to ...

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BCJHL The British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) is a Junior A ice hockey league from British Columbia under Hockey Canada and BC Hockey. Founded in Vernon in 1961, the BCHL now includes 18 teams. From 1993 to 2021, the league was a member of the Cana ...

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Ontario Hockey Association The Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) is the governing body for the majority of junior and senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey As ...

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Sutherland Cup The Sutherland Cup is the ice hockey Ontario Junior "B" Provincial Championship trophy. The trophy was first awarded in 1934, and named in honour of former OHA and CAHA president, James T. Sutherland. The Sutherland Cup is now the championship t ...

The Eastern Junior B Hockey League (EJBHL) was a Junior "B"

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league based in

Eastern Ontario Eastern Ontario (census population 1,763,186 in 2016) (french: Est de l'Ontario) is a secondary region of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River. It sh ...

. They were sanctioned by the

and

Canadian Amateur Hockey Association The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA; french: Association canadienne de hockey amateur) was the national governing body of amateur ice hockey in Canada from 1914 until 1994, when it merged with Hockey Canada. Its jurisdiction include ...

, and competed for the All-Ontario Junior "B" title, the

History

In 1951, the Eastern Group of the

Junior B grouping was segregated and named the Eastern Junior B Hockey League. In 1960, the league consisted of entries from Peterborough, Whitby, Belleville, Kingston, Picton, and Cobourg. A year later, the EJBHL added Gananoque. From 1963 until 1965, the league dropped to two full-time members: Kingston and Peterborough. Belleville moonlit as a Junior C team in a Junior B league and the rest of the teams dropped to Junior C. In 1965, Cobourg and Oshawa jumped on board with the league. Although Trenton missed some time, the league consisted of Trenton, Peterborough, Belleville, Oshawa, Cobourg, and Kingston. In 1972, the league was closed and divided between the original

Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) is a Junior A ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada. It is under the supervision of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) and the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). The league was listed as the 7th best d ...

and the

Metro Junior B Hockey League The Metro Junior "A" Hockey League was a junior level ice hockey league based out of Southern Ontario. The league originated in 1956 as the Metro Junior "B" Hockey League, which lasted until 1991, when it changed its designation from Junior B to ...

. In 1973, the

Kingston Frontenacs The Kingston Frontenacs are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, based in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The Frontenacs play home games at Leon's Centre, which opened in 2008. Team history predates the OHA, back to 1945, to a te ...

made the jump to the

Ontario Major Junior Hockey League In 1970, the Junior A level was divided into two more levels, Tier I (Major Junior A) and Tier II (Minor Junior A). In 1974, the "Major Junior A" division of the OHA became the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League (OMJHL) and began to operate indepe ...

. The other five remaining teams are all one way or another members of the current

. In their final years, the EJBHL was dominated by Peterborough, Kingston, and Oshawa. These three teams combined for the league's final nine championships.

Teams

Belleville Bobcats The Belleville Bobcats were a Junior "B" ice hockey team. The Bobcats played in the Metro Junior B Hockey League. History The Belleville Bobcats were first formed in 1972 as a member of the Metro Junior "B" league. In 1980 the team won the M ...

Cobourg Cougars The Cobourg Cougars are a junior ice hockey team from Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the East division of the Ontario Junior Hockey League, a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The Cougars won the 2017 Royal Bank Cup nati ...

Cobourg Rockets Cobourg ( ) is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Southern Ontario east of Toronto and east of Oshawa. It is the largest town in and seat of Northumberland County. Its nearest neighbour is Port Hope, to the west. It ...

Gananoque Islanders The Gananoque Islanders are a Canadian Senior team based out of Gananoque, Ontario. They play in the Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League. They were members of the Junior C Provincial Junior Hockey League from 2016-2019. For the 15/16 season the ...

Napanee Red Wings Greater Napanee is a town in southeastern Ontario, Canada, approximately west of Kingston and the county seat of Lennox and Addington County. It is located on the eastern end of the Bay of Quinte. Greater Napanee municipality was created by am ...

* Oshawa Crushmen * Peterborough Lions *

Picton Merchants Picton may refer to: Places *Picton Castle, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK * Picton, Cheshire, England, UK *Picton (ward), an electoral ward of the Liverpool City Council, England, UK *Picton, New South Wales, Australia * Picton, Western Australia, a ...

* Trenton Apple Kings *

Trenton Golden Hawks The Trenton Golden Hawks are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Trenton, Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historical ...

* Whitby Hillcrests

League Champions

*1952 Belleville Snowmen *1953 Belleville Snowmen *1954 Kingston Frontenacs *1955 Peterborough Canucks *1956 Kingston Frontenacs *1957 Peterborough Canucks *1958 Peterborough Canucks *1959 Peterborough Canucks *1960 Peterborough Canucks *1961 Peterborough Canucks *1962 Belleville McFarlands *1963 Kingston Frontenacs *1964 Kingston Frontenacs *1965 Kingston Frontenacs *1966 Oshawa Crushmen *1967 Peterborough Lions *1968 Oshawa Crushmen *1969 Oshawa Crushmen *1970 Kingston Frontenacs *1971 Peterborough Lions *1972 Peterborough Lions

External links

OHA Website
Defunct ice hockey leagues in Ontario