The Sutherland Cup is the
ice hockey
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Ontario
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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
James Thomas Sutherland (October 10, 1870 – September 16, 1955) was a Canadian ice hockey administrator, and founding father of the game in Canada. Sutherland was a pioneer of hockey's early years, helping to develop amateur hockey, and sprea ...
.
The Sutherland Cup is now the championship trophy of the
Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
The Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL) is a Canadian junior ice hockey league based in Southern Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association, Ontario Hockey Federation, and Hockey Canada. The league is c ...
. Until 2007, the Cup served as an interleague provincial championship. From 1976 until 1978, as many as eight leagues competed for the Sutherland Cup in a massive playdown structure that took months to complete.
There is no National Championship for Junior B hockey in Canada, similar championships are held in
Western Canada
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(
Keystone Cup
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),
Quebec
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(
Coupe Dodge
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),
Eastern Ontario
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(
Barkley Cup), and
Atlantic Canada
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(
Don Johnson Memorial Cup)—leaving five teams at the end of each year with a shared claim to being the best Junior B team in Canada.
Competing leagues
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Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
The Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL) is a Canadian junior ice hockey league based in Southern Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association, Ontario Hockey Federation, and Hockey Canada. The league is c ...
(GOJHL) 2007 to present
Past competing leagues
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Border Cities Junior B Hockey League
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(BCJHL) 1958–1964
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Central Junior B Hockey League (CJBHL) 1954–1993
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Eastern Junior B Hockey League (EJBHL) 1955–1972
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Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League
The Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League (GHL) was a junior ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association from 1974 until 2007. In 2007, the league became a division of the newly formed Greater Ontario Junio ...
(GHJHL) 1974–2007
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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 ...
(MetJHL) 1956–1989
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Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League
The Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League was a Junior "B" ice hockey league based in Southern Ontario from 1970 to 1978. They were sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association and Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, and competed for the All-Ontari ...
(MOJBHL) 1968–1978
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Mid-Western Junior Hockey League
The Mid-Western Junior Hockey League (MWJHL) was a junior ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association from 1973 until 2007. In 2007, the league became a division of the newly formed Greater Ontario Junior ...
(MWJBHL) 1977–2007
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:*''a.k.a. Waterloo-Wellington Junior B Hockey League (WWJHL) 1974–1977''
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(NJBHL) 1956–1979
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Southwestern Junior B Hockey League
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(SWJBHL) 1976–1978
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Western Junior B Hockey League (WOJBHL) 1956–1968
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Western Ontario Hockey League
The Western Ontario Hockey League (WOHL) was a junior hockey, junior ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association from 1969 until 2007. In 2007, the league became a division of the newly formed Greater Ontari ...
(WOHL) 1969–2007
Sutherland Cup Champions
''(*) advanced to championship round as wild card. Lost in conference final, but advanced based on superior record over the other two conference finalists.''
References
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External links
GOJHL
Canadian ice hockey trophies and awards
Ice hockey tournaments in Canada
Ontario awards
Ontario Hockey Association