The Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League was a Junior "B"

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league based in

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from 1970 to 1978. They were sanctioned by the

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and

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

History

The league was formed in 1970, bringing aboard several

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teams such as the Orillia Terriers, the Newmarket Redmen and the Bolton Bruins, the

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and

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, and the

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from the Niagara District Hockey League. Additional Junior C teams such as the

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, Hespeler Shamrocks and Milton Flyers joined in 1970. Other members were the

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and the Oak Ridges Dynes. In 1971, the Junior B leagues re-aligned themselves geographically, as the

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and Owen Sound Greys joined the Mid-Ontario junior B league, and the

, Milton Flyers,

, Hespeler Shamrocks and

moving to the Central Junior B. The Owen Sound Greys made the jump to the

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in 1975 after 3 straight Mid-Ontario titles. In 1976, they were followed into the Southern Ontario A by the

. In 1978, a weakened Mid-Ontario league folded and the Orillia Terriers,

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, the

, and Oak Ridges Dynes joined the

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History

Teams

Playoff champions

Regular season champions

References

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