The National Capital Junior Hockey League (NCJHL) is a Junior

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league in

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, Canada, sanctioned by the

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History

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 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 the 2015-16 season. Prior to this the Lions were members of the Eastern Ontario ...

to join the league for starting in the 2015-2016 season. The Lions were one of six teams dropped when the

Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Junior ice hockey league operating in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by Hockey Eastern Ontario and Hockey Canada and acts as a second tier to the Central Canada Hockey League. The 1 ...

re-configured and re-branded as the

Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Junior ice hockey league operating in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by Hockey Eastern Ontario and Hockey Canada and acts as a second tier to the Central Canada Hockey League. The ...

. In March 2017, it was announced that the reigning NCJHL champions,

Embrun Panthers The Embrun Panthers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Embrun, Ontario. They play in the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League. Prior to 2017, the Panthers were members of the National Capital Junior Hockey League. History Founded in ...

, 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 The Metcalfe Jets are a Junior "C" ice hockey team based out of Metcalfe, Ontario. They initially played in Junior "B" out of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League which was re-branded to the Central Canada Hockey League 2. For the 2017-18 ...

and

South Grenville Rangers The Whitewater Kings are a Canadian junior ice hockey team from Cobden, Ontario. The Kings play in the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League. Between 2014-15 and the end of the 2019-2020 seasons, the EOJHL and the CCHL set a new agreement in a ...

, bringing the total to 12 teams. In July 2017, the Rockland Nationals became the Les Castors de Clarence (Clarence Castors) after originally moving to

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to become the Jr. C version of the CCHL's

Rockland Nationals The Rockland Nationals are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Rockland, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Central Canada Hockey League. The Rockland Nationals will begin play in 2017-18, after the Gloucester Rangers relocated to Rockland af ...

. The CCHL2 Clarence Castors moved to

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to serve as an affiliation to the

Carleton Place Canadians The Carleton Place Canadians are a junior ice hockey team based in Carleton Place, Ontario Canada. The Canadians are members of the Central Canada Hockey League and Canadian Junior Hockey League, and as such are eligible for the Eastern Canadian ...

, calling themselves the

Carleton Place Jr. Canadians The Carleton Place Jr. Canadians are a Junior ice hockey team based in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League (CCHL2). The team was initially founded in 1980 as the ''Clarence Beavers'' based in C ...

. The 2019-2020 season was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, before resuming in 2021 (although with the Inferno relocated to Almonte.)

Current teams

On hiatus

John A. Cameron Trophy League Champions

Former teams

Alexandria Glens The Alexandria Glens are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Alexandria, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Martin Division of the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 (CCHL2). They play at the Billy Gebbie Arena, also known as the G ...

* Blackburn Inferno 2017-2018 expansion team from Blackburn Hamlet re-located to Carp 2018 and eventually Almonte in 2021. *

Char-Lan Rebels The Char-Lan Rebels are a junior ice hockey team in Williamstown, Ontario South Glengarry is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada on the Saint Lawrence River in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. South Glengarry borders Que ...

* Casselman Stars *

(1972-2017) - join the

CCHL2 The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Junior ice hockey league operating in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by Hockey Eastern Ontario and Hockey Canada and acts as a second tier to the Central Canada Hockey League. The ...

*Cornwall Township Flyers *Long Sault Vipers * Outaouais Jr. Académie * Papineau Vikings 1998-2018. relocated to Stittsville as Valley Golden Knights *Russell Lions *North Stormont Express * Maxville Mustangs

References

External links

Website
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