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1996–97 MetJHL Season
The 1996–97 MetJHL Season (sports), season is the List of OJHL seasons, 6th season of the Metro Junior A Hockey League (MetJHL). The 16 teams of the Central, Eastern, and Western Divisions competed in a 50-game schedule. The top 12 teams made the playoffs. The winner of the MetJHL playoffs, the Aurora Tigers, could not move into national playdowns as the Metro was not a member of the Ontario Hockey Association. Milestones On February 21, 1997, the Huntsville-Muskoka Otters, Muskoka Bears' Ryan Venturelli became the first known goaltender in hockey history to score two goals (both empty net) in a hockey game against the Durham Huskies Jr. A, Durham Huskies during the Metro Junior A Hockey League 1996-97 regular season. Changes *League switches from 2 divisions to 3, adding Central Division *Durham Huskies Jr. A, Durham Huskies, Quinte Hawks, Syracuse Jr. Crunch, and Port Hope Buzzards join the MetJHL *Shelburne Hornets become Shelburne Wolves Final standings ''Note: GP = Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Junior A 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 Junior A. It remained a Jr. A league from 1991 until 1998 when it was absorbed by the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. History The teams that formed the Metropolitan league played in the ''Big Six Junior B'' league in 1950 until 1953, when a new, nine-member OHA Jr.B league was formed. The league officially took on the Metropolitan Toronto junior hockey league name in 1956. For some time, was a part of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. As the name suggests, the league originally consisted of Junior B teams in the Toronto area. However, over time, with the defection of teams to the Junior A league, the Metro league accepted teams from wider regions. The league featured many future NHL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |