Maritime Junior A Hockey League
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The Maritime Junior A Hockey League is a Tier II Junior A ice hockey league under Hockey Canada, a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. The winner of the MJAHL playoffs competes for the Fred Page Cup with the winners of the Quebec AAA Junior Hockey League and the Central Junior A Hockey League. The winner of the Fred Page Cup then moves on to compete for the Royal Bank Cup.
- For the next round of the playoffs, please go to the Fred Page Cup.
- For the National Championship, please go to the Royal Bank Cup 2006.
History
Originally known as the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League, the league was founded in 1967 by Fred McGillivray and Louie Lewis of Halifax, Nova Scotia and Don Stewart of Berwick, Nova Scotia as a Junior "B" level hockey league. Originally an exclusively Nova Scotia hockey league, it included 6 teams: East Hants, Halifax, Dartmouth, Windsor, Kentville, and Berwick. 1968 saw the expansion of Truro and Amherst. The 1970s involved teams from New Glasgow, Pictou, and Stellarton.In 1977, still known as the "Metro Valley", the league entered into the Tier II Junior "A" level. The jump to Junior "A" was, in theory, to be a catalyst for the development of the league. The Scotia Colts, who entered the league in 1976, became the first team in league history to host the national championship, then known as the Centennial Cup, in 1980.
The 1983 season saw the expansion of the Moncton Midland Hawks of Moncton, New Brunswick, the league's first non-Nova Scotia team. The Hawks later became the Moncton Beavers. In 1986, the league expanded to Antigonish and the Scotia Colts, again, hosted the Centennial Cup. The Summerside Capitals of the Island Junior Hockey League, Prince Edward Island's junior hockey league, hosted the 1989 Centennial Cup.
In 1991, Summerside and Charlottetown of Prince Edward Island left the IJHL and joined the newly dubbed "Maritime Junior A Hockey League". The IJHL is still PEI's premier Junior league, but now is only a Junior "B" league. The winner of the IJHL's playoffs compete for the Don Johnson Cup, the Maritime Junior "B" Championship.
The Summerside Capitals won the leagues first ever National Title, clinching the Royal Bank Cup in 1997. The Halifax Oland Exports also won the 2002 Royal Bank Cup, but are now known as the Halifax Wolverines.
The current MJAHL has a healthy 12 teams and hired its first professional full time League President in 2003, Vernon Doyle. The MJAHL has hosted the Royal Bank Cup and Centennial Cup 7 times, winning twice. MJAHL teams have also won 3 Fred Page Cups as the Junior "A" Eastern Canadian Champions to earn the right to compete for the Royal Bank Cup.
Teams
| Maurice Bent Division |
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| Amherst Ramblers | Amherst, Nova Scotia | 33-18-3-2 | 1
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| Antigonish Bulldogs | Antigonish, Nova Scotia | 30-22-3-1 | 3
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| Halifax Wolverines | Halifax, Nova Scotia | 16-34-4-2 | 6
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| Truro Bearcats | Truro, Nova Scotia | 28-20-4-4 | 4
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| Weeks Crushers | New Glasgow, Nova Scotia | 31-19-5-1 | 2
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| Yarmouth Mariners | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia | 28-23-1-4 | 5
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| Roger Meek Division |
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| Team | Centre | 2005-06 Record | Finish
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| Charlottetown Abbies | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | 20-34-1-1 | 5
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| Miramichi Timberwolves | Miramichi, New Brunswick | 16-37-2-1 | 6
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| Moncton Beavers | Moncton, New Brunswick | 27-24-3-2 | 4
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| Restigouche Tigers | Campbellton, New Brunswick | 30-21-2-3 | 3
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| Summerside Capitals | Summerside, Prince Edward Island | 36-14-4-2 | 2
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| Woodstock Slammers | Woodstock, New Brunswick | 41-10-3-2 | 1 |
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