The Heritage Junior Hockey League (HJHL), formally the Heritage Junior B Hockey League, is a Junior B

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, Canada, sanctioned by

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. The HJHL was founded in 1987 and is made up of teams from southern and central Alberta. The HJHL is the largest Junior B league in the province, with 13 teams. The top two teams qualify for the

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, whose winner had an option to compete in the

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History

HJHL teams have won the gold medal at the Keystone Cup twice. Red Deer Vipers were the first in 2006 defeating

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in the final. Blackfalds Wranglers won the gold medal in 2011. The Lacombe Wranglers won the 2007 league championship over the Airdrie Thunder and Okotoks Bisons in a three team, round robin final. The Wranglers also captured the Alberta provincial title. The Wranglers chose not to participate in the Keystone Cup tournament due to scheduling conflicts. During the 2011 HJHL finals Okotoks Bisons won the best-of-three series versus Blackfalds Wrangers 2–1, their eighth league title. Both teams advanced to the Junior B Provincials in Leduc. Blackfalds won the final 2–1 over the Beaumont Chiefs ( CapJHL) to advance to the 2011 Keystone Cup in Sherwood Park. With a 4–1 record going into the final, Blackfalds defeated the host Sherwood Park Knights (CapJHL) 2–1 to win the Western Canadian crown.

Teams

League scoring records

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Former teams

* Indus Hurricanes (1999–2021) * Banff Academy Bears (2005–2017) * Barrhead Jr. Elks *

Blackfalds Wranglers The Sylvan Lake Wranglers are a junior "B" ice hockey team based in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the North Division of the Heritage Junior B Hockey League (HJHL). They play their home games at Nexsource Center. Prior to t ...

* Claresholm Storm * Drayton Valley Devils * Hobbema Knight Hawks* * Kainai Junior Braves (20??-2022) * Innisfail Blades * Lacombe Wranglers * Livingstone Rockmen * Lomond Lakers (??-2022) * Maskwacis Attack * Rimbey Rock * Rimbey West Stars * Siksika Ice *

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Nb: * Hobbema is now known as

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Champions

:Bold text denotes teams that won the Alberta provincial title.

History

Teams

League scoring records

Former teams

Champions

See also

References

External links