Eastern Junior A Hockey League
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The Eastern Junior A Hockey League (EJHL, EJAHL) was a
Manitoba Centennial Cup
, the National Junior A Championship from 1975 until 1978.
History
In the mid-1970s, the
Antigonish Bulldogs
refused to jump to Junior A and elected to play in the Northumberland Junior B Hockey League. The EJAHL expanded with a new team in New Waterford and continued on with four teams.
Over the next two seasons, the
Charlottetown Colonels of the Island Junior Hockey League. A year later, the Millionaires first played the Corner Brook Jr. Royals of the Newfoundland Junior A Hockey League
sweeping them in the process. In the second round of the playoffs, the Millionaires met Charlottetown again and were swept again.
In the 1977–78 season, the
Cole Harbour Colts from Nova Scotia
's mainland and were defeated by them.
In 1979, New Waterford repeated as champions. They lost to the MVJHL's Halifax Lions 4-games-to-none in the provincial final.
In 1980, the
Cole Harbour Colts
in four straight games.
In the early 1980s, the league was demoted to Jr. B and merged with the Northumberland Junior B Hockey League. In 1992, that league merged with the Mainland Junior B Hockey League to form the
Sydney Millionaires
in the 1970s are still playing in the NSJHL.
Teams
- Antigonish Bulldogs
- County Centennials
- Glace Bay Miners
- New Waterford Jets
- North Sydney Victorias/Northside Trojans
- Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates
- Sydney Millionaires
Regular Season Champions
- 1975 Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates
- 1976 Sydney Millionaires
- 1977 Sydney Millionaires
- 1978 New Waterford Jets
- 1979 New Waterford Jets
- 1980 Glace Bay Miners
Playoff Champions
- 1975 Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates
- 1976 Sydney Millionaires
- 1977 Sydney Millionaires
- 1978 New Waterford Jets
- 1979 New Waterford Jets
- 1980 Northside Trojans
National Playdowns
- 1976 - Lost Eastern Manitoba Centennial Cup Semi-final
- Sydney Millionaires4-games-to-1 in East MCC semi-final
- 1977 - Lost Eastern Manitoba Centennial Cup Semi-final
- Sydney Millionaires defeated Corner Brook Jr. Royals (NJAHL) 4-games-to-none in East MCC quarter-final
- Sydney Millionaires4-games-to-none in East MCC semi-final
- 1978 - Lost Eastern Manitoba Centennial Cup Quarter-final
- MVJHL) defeated New Waterford Jets4-games-to-none in East MCC quarter-final
- 1979 - Lost Eastern Manitoba Centennial Cup Semi-final
- MVJHL) defeated New Waterford Jets4-games-to-none in East MCC semi-final
- 1980 - Lost Eastern Manitoba Centennial Cup Semi-final
- MVJHL) defeated Northside Trojans4-games-to-none in East MCC semi-final
See also
- Maritime Hockey League
- Canadian Junior Hockey League
- Fred Page Cup
- Royal Bank Cup
- Hockey Nova Scotia
External links
- MHL website
- CJHL website Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine