Montreal Junior Canadiens

The Montreal Junior Canadiens were a Canadian junior ice hockey team from 1933 to 1972, operating as a farm team to the Montreal Canadiens. The junior team played in the Junior Amateur Hockey Association (1933–1949), the Quebec Junior Hockey League (1949–1955), then were an independent team without a league from 1955 to 1958. The team later played in the Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League (1958–59), the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League (1959–60), the Senior Interprovincial Hockey League (1960–61), then finally in the Ontario Hockey Association from 1961 to 1972. They were mostly based in Montreal and played home games at the Montreal Forum, except for a five-year span in Ottawa, Hull, Quebec, and Brockville, Ontario. The Junior Canadiens were national champions four times, winning the Memorial Cup in 1950, 1958, 1969, and 1970.