The Island Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B"

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league in

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, Canada, sanctioned by

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History

Since being founded in 1996, the IJHL has been strictly a Junior "B" League—one tier below the

Maritime Junior A Hockey League The Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) is a Junior A ice hockey league under Hockey Canada, a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. It consists of five teams from New Brunswick and one team from Prince Edward Island, which make up the Ea ...

and two tiers below the

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec; abbreviated ''QMJHL'' in English, ''LHJMQ'' in French) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The l ...

which both draw from the same region. The IJHL shares its name with the former Junior "A" league that played in the same region, the

Island Junior Hockey League The Island Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. History Since being founded in 1996, the IJHL has been strictly a Junior "B" League—one tier below the Maritime Ju ...

. In 2002, the

O'Leary Eagles The O'Leary Eagles were a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from O'Leary, Prince Edward Island. They were members of the Island Junior Hockey League and were 2002 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B champions. History In their final year of operati ...

won the

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, ...

as Maritime Junior B champions. Nine years later, in 2011, the

Kensington Vipers The Kensington Vipers are a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from Kensington, Prince Edward Island. They are members of the Island Junior Hockey League and are 2011 and 2013 Don Johnson Memorial Cup Atlantic Junior B champions. Team history The K ...

repeated the act as Maritime champions, following up their success again in 2013. The

has been generally dominated by the

Nova Scotia Junior B Hockey League The 'Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League'' (formerly the Nova Scotia Junior B Hockey League) is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Nova Scotia, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the Nova Scotia playoffs competes for the Don Johnson ...

Teams

Former teams

*Evangeline Loggers/Pownal Metro Builders/ Charlottetown Jr. B Abbies (2005-2013) * Holland College Hurricanes (2012-2015) *Kings County Sharks/Kings County Boathaulers/Down East Maniacs (became Eastern Maniacs in 2016) *

(2001–02) *Summerside Red Wings/South Shore Red Wings (became Western Red Wings in 2008)

Champions

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