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The Eastern Junior A Hockey League (EJHL, EJAHL) was a Canadian
Canada
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Junior "A" ice hockey
Ice hockey
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league from Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island
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, Nova Scotia
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, Canada
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Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The Eastern Junior A Hockey League was in competition for the Manitoba Centennial Cup, the National Junior A Championship from 1975 until 1978.
History
In the mid-1970s, the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association allowed the Eastern Junior B Hockey League of Cape Breton Island to play at the Junior A level. The 1975 Champion Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates and 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 Sydney Millionaires were the cream of the crop in the EJAHL. Winning both the 1976 and 1977 Regular Season and Playoff Championships, the Millionaires twice made it into the Centennial Cup playdowns. In 1976, the Millionaires were dropped in five games by the Charlottetown Colonels of the Island Junior Hockey League
Island Junior Hockey League (1973–1991)
The Island Junior Hockey League , also sometimes called the PEI Junior A Hockey League, was a Canadian Junior ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island. Originally a Junior B team, the league was promoted to Junior A in 1973 after the folding of the Charlottetown Islanders in 1972.-History:The...
. A year later, the Millionaires first played the Corner Brook Jr. Royals of the Newfoundland Junior A Hockey League
Newfoundland Junior A Hockey League
The Newfoundland Junior A Hockey League was a Canadian Junior ice hockey league in the province of Newfoundland. The NJAHL was in competition for the Callaghan Cup and the Canadian National Junior A Championship, the Centennial Cup.-History:...
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 New Waterford Jets found their legs and took both the regular season and playoff crowns. In an anti-climatic ending to the league, the Jets took on the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League's first ever Junior A champion in 1978, the Cole Harbour Colts from Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
'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 Northside Trojans won the league. They lost to the MVJHL's 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 Nova Scotia Junior B Hockey League that exists to this day. Even now, the Strait Pirates of Port Hawkesbury still exist and the Cape Breton Canadians who were formed as 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
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- Charlottetown Colonels (IJHLIsland Junior Hockey League (1973–1991)The Island Junior Hockey League , also sometimes called the PEI Junior A Hockey League, was a Canadian Junior ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island. Originally a Junior B team, the league was promoted to Junior A in 1973 after the folding of the Charlottetown Islanders in 1972.-History:The...
) defeated Sydney Millionaires 4-games-to-1 in East MCC semi-final- 1977 - Lost Eastern Manitoba Centennial Cup Semi-final
- Sydney Millionaires defeated Corner Brook Jr. Royals (NJAHLNewfoundland Junior A Hockey LeagueThe Newfoundland Junior A Hockey League was a Canadian Junior ice hockey league in the province of Newfoundland. The NJAHL was in competition for the Callaghan Cup and the Canadian National Junior A Championship, the Centennial Cup.-History:...
) 4-games-to-none in East MCC quarter-final - Charlottetown Generals (IJHLIsland Junior Hockey League (1973–1991)The Island Junior Hockey League , also sometimes called the PEI Junior A Hockey League, was a Canadian Junior ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island. Originally a Junior B team, the league was promoted to Junior A in 1973 after the folding of the Charlottetown Islanders in 1972.-History:The...
) defeated Sydney Millionaires 4-games-to-none in East MCC semi-final- 1978 - Lost Eastern Manitoba Centennial Cup Quarter-final
- Cole Harbour Colts (MVJHL) defeated New Waterford Jets 4-games-to-none in East MCC quarter-final
- 1979 - Lost Eastern Manitoba Centennial Cup Semi-final
- Halifax LionsWeeks CrushersThe Pictou County Weeks Crushers are a Junior "A" hockey team based in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. They are in the Maritime Junior Hockey League's Bent Division along with five other Nova Scotia clubs. The Crushers play their home games at John Brother MacDonald Stadium.-History:The Crushers...
(MVJHL) defeated New Waterford Jets 4-games-to-none in East MCC semi-final- 1980 - Lost Eastern Manitoba Centennial Cup Semi-final
- Cole Harbour Colts (MVJHL) defeated Northside Trojans 4-games-to-none in East MCC semi-final
- Charlottetown Colonels (IJHL
See also
- Maritime Hockey LeagueMaritime Hockey LeagueThe Maritime Junior Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league under Hockey Canada, a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. It consists of four teams from New Brunswick and one team from Prince Edward Island, which make up the Roger Meek Division, and six teams from Nova Scotia which make...
- Canadian Junior Hockey League
- Fred Page CupFred Page CupThe Fred Page Cup is a championship ice hockey trophy, won by tournament, conducted by the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The award is given to the winner of a round robin and playoff between the Bogart Cup champions of the Central Junior Hockey League, the Kent Cup champions of the Maritime...
- Royal Bank CupRoyal Bank CupThe Royal Bank Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament held to determine the Canadian Junior A champion. The winner of the tournament wins the Royal Bank Cup...
- Hockey Nova ScotiaHockey Nova ScotiaHockey Nova Scotia is the governing body of all ice hockey in Nova Scotia, Canada. Hockey Nova Scotia is a branch of Hockey Canada.-Leagues:*Maritime Junior A Hockey League Tier II Junior "A"*Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League Junior "B"...