Midwestern Junior B Hockey League
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| OHA Junior "B" | |
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| WJBHL Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League ----The Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League was a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey that lasted from the late 1960s until 1977 in Southern Ontario, Canada. The league was swallowed by what is now called the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League in 1977.... |
(1950-1968) |
| EJBHL Eastern Junior B Hockey League The Eastern Junior B Hockey League was a Junior "B" ice hockey league based in Eastern Ontario. They were sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association and Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, and competed for the All-Ontario Junior "B" title, the Sutherland Cup.-History:In 1951, the Eastern Group... |
(1950-1972) |
| MetJHL 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... |
(1950-1989) |
| NDJBHL Niagara District Junior B Hockey League The Niagara District Junior B Hockey League was a Canadian Junior ice hockey league in the Golden Horseshoe of Ontario from 1954 until 1979. The league was a part of the Ontario Hockey Association of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and was eligible for the Sutherland Cup.-History:The... |
(1954-1979) |
| CJBHL | (1954-1993) |
| BCJHL | (1958-1964) |
| MOJBHL Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League The Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League was a Junior "B" ice hockey league based in Southern Ontario. They were sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association and Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, and competed for the All-Ontario Junior "B" title, the Sutherland Cup.-History:The league was formed... |
(1970-1978) |
| SWJBHL | (1976-1978) |
| WOHL | (1969-2007) |
| MWJHL | (1973-2007) |
| GHL | (1974-2007) |
| GOJHL Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League The Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League 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... |
(2007-Present) |
| Ontario Hockey Association Ontario Hockey Association The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the... |
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| Sutherland Cup Sutherland Cup The Sutherland Cup is the ice hockey Ontario Junior "B" Provincial Championship trophy. The Sutherland Cup is now the championship trophy of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. Until 2007, the Cup served as an interleague provincial championship... |
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The Mid-Western Junior Hockey League was a junior ice hockey
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league in Ontario
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, Canada
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, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association
Ontario Hockey Association
The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...
from 1973 until 2007. As of 2007, the league has become a division of the newly formed Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
The Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League 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...
. For the 2007-08 season, the MWJHL, with the Western Ontario Hockey League and Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League, will operate as three divisional leagues in one league with separate but cooperative governing bodies. In 2008, all three league will be dissolved and become divisions in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
The Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League 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...
under one governing body. In essence, this will by the MWJHL's final season.
- Southwestern Junior "B" Hockey League 1973 - 1974
- Waterloo-Wellington Junior "B" Hockey League 1974 - 1977
- Mid-Western Junior "B" Hockey League 1977 - 2007
History
The Mid-Western "B" was known as the Waterloo-Wellington Junior "B" Hockey League until 1977 when it donned its current name. Before 1974, the league was known as the Southwestern Junior "B" Hockey League for one season. The league was founded in 1973, taking aboard Kitchener Ranger BsKitchener Dutchmen
The Kitchener Dutchmen are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...
, Waterloo Siskins
Waterloo Siskins
The Waterloo Siskins are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...
from the Western Jr. B league, and expansion teams the Caledonia Corvairs and Brantford Diamond Kings. A year later the Stratford Warriors joined the Waterloo-Wellington league, along with the Preston Raiders, Hespeler Shamrocks and Elmira Sugar Kings.
As there is little information about the league pre-1977, it is easy to say that the Mid-Western "B" was easily dominated by the Stratford Cullitons
Stratford Cullitons
The Stratford Cullitons are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League...
and the Waterloo Siskins
Waterloo Siskins
The Waterloo Siskins are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...
for the first fourteen years of its current existence. Stratford won 8 championships in the league's early years, with Waterloo close behind with 6, but all other charter members were left without glory until the Kitchener Dutchmen
Kitchener Dutchmen
The Kitchener Dutchmen are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...
won their first championship in 1992. Since then, the Cullitons have won 5 league championships and the Siskins have won only once, making way for other teams like the Elmira Sugar Kings
Elmira Sugar Kings
The Elmira Sugar Kings are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Elmira, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...
, the Dutchmen, and the Cambridge Winterhawks
Cambridge Winterhawks
The Cambridge Winterhawks are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...
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In 2007, the MWJHL merged with the Western Ontario Hockey League and the Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League to create the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
The Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League 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...
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2007-08 Season
For information on the 2007-08 season, please see: Greater Ontario Junior Hockey LeagueGreater Ontario Junior Hockey League
The Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League 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...
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Final teams
These are the teams that were in the league during its final independent season (2006-07).- Brantford Golden EaglesBrantford Golden EaglesThe Brantford Eagles are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western Conference of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...
- Cambridge WinterhawksCambridge WinterhawksThe Cambridge Winterhawks are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...
- Elmira Sugar KingsElmira Sugar KingsThe Elmira Sugar Kings are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Elmira, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...
- Guelph DominatorsGuelph DominatorsThe Guelph Hurricanes are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...
- Kitchener DutchmenKitchener DutchmenThe Kitchener Dutchmen are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...
- Listowel Cyclones
- Owen Sound GreysOwen Sound GreysThe Owen Sound Greys are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League...
- Stratford CullitonsStratford CullitonsThe Stratford Cullitons are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League...
- Waterloo SiskinsWaterloo SiskinsThe Waterloo Siskins are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...
Other former members
- Brantford Diamond KingsBrantford Golden EaglesThe Brantford Eagles are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western Conference of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...
- Caledonia CorvairsCaledonia CorvairsThe Caledonia Corvairs are a Canadian junior hockey team based in Caledonia, Ontario, Canada. They are playing in the Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League.-History:...
- Guelph Holody Platers
- New Hamburg HahnsNew Hamburg FirebirdsThe New Hamburg Firebirds are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Western Division of the Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.-History:...
- Orangeville CrushersOrangeville CrushersThe Orangeville Crushers were a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Orangeville, Ontario. They played in the Ontario Junior Hockey League, Midwestern Junior B Hockey League, and Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League.-History:...
- Preston RaidersPreston RaidersThe Preston Raiders were a Canadian Junior "B" ice hockey team from the town of Preston, Ontario which later became Cambridge, Ontario.-History:...
Cherrey Cup Playoff Champions
- 2007 Cambridge Winterhawks
- 2006 Cambridge Winterhawks
- 2005 Listowel Cyclones
- 2004 Stratford Cullitons
- 2003 Stratford Cullitons
- 2002 Elmira Sugar Kings
- 2001 Elmira Sugar Kings
- 2000 Cambridge Winterhawks
- 1999 Stratford Cullitons
- 1998 Elmira Sugar Kings
- 1997 Elmira Sugar Kings
- 1996 Stratford Cullitons
- 1995 Stratford Cullitons
- 1994 Waterloo Siskins
- 1993 Kitchener Dutchmen
- 1992 Kitchener Dutchmen
- 1991 Waterloo Siskins
- 1990 Stratford Cullitons
- 1989 Waterloo Siskins
- 1988 Waterloo Siskins
- 1987 Stratford Cullitons
- 1986 Stratford Cullitons
- 1985 Waterloo Siskins
- 1984 Waterloo Siskins
- 1983 Stratford Cullitons
- 1982 Stratford Cullitons
- 1981 Stratford Cullitons
- 1980 Waterloo Siskins
- 1979 Stratford Cullitons
- 1978 Stratford Cullitons
Pre Mid-Western Era
- 1977 Stratford Cullitons
- 1976 Waterloo Siskins
- 1975 Waterloo Siskins
- 1974 Elmira Sugar Kings
Records
Taken from league 25th Anniversary Program.- Best record: 1985-86 Stratford Cullitons (36-3-1)
- Worst record: 1997-98 Ohsweken Golden Eagles (0-47-1)
- Largest margin of victory: Waterloo Siskins 23 - Listowel Cyclones 3 on December 11, 1983
- Most goals, one season: Jason Mervyn (79) -- 1991-92 Stratford Cullitons
- Most assists, one season: Dan Haylow (98) -- 1989-90 Owen Sound Greys
- Most points, one season: Erik Anderson (145) -- 1996-97 Stratford Cullitons
- Most goals, career: Ron White (163) -- 143 games with the Stratford Cullitons
- Most assists, career: Jamie Hartnett (212) -- 188 games with Stratford Cullitons
- Most points, career: Jamie Hartnett (371) -- 188 games with Stratford Cullitons
- Most penalty minutes, season: Chris Brine (398) -- 1993-94 Cambridge Winterhawks
- Lowest goals against average, one season: Greg Dreveny (1.96) -- 1988-89 Waterloo Siskins
- Most shutouts, one season: Matt Barnes (6) -- 1993-94 Stratford Cullitons