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Revision as of 08:11, 16 November 2009

Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League
File:Eastern Ontario Junior B.png
Head Office Ottawa, Ontario
Official Web site EOJHL
Commissioner Dwaine Barkley
Conference Presidents Ron McRostie
John Shorey
Founded 1966
Teams 22
2008-09 Champion Ottawa West Golden Knights

The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Canadian Junior ice hockey league operating in Eastern Ontario. The league is sanctioned by the Ottawa District Hockey Association and Hockey Canada. The 22 member team of the league compete for the D. Arnold Carson Memorial Trophy.

History

The EOJHL was founded in 1966 as the Rideau-St. Lawrence Junior "B" Hockey League. Through a merger with the Upper Ottawa Valley Junior "B" Hockey League and the folding of the Lanark-Renfrew Junior "C" Hockey League, the league has grown to 22 different teams. The EOJHL is the biggest Junior "B" league in all of Canada and is the only Junior "B" league in the Ottawa District Hockey Association.

The EOJHL is broken up into two traditional conferences that operate separately of each other. Each conference has two divisions. Each conference has its own president and each one operates under variable rules allowed by the ODHA. Each division plays off to declare its own champion, after which the four champion teams play-off for the Metro/Valley Championship and Rideau/St. Lawrence Championship. The winner of these two championships playoff in a best-of-7 series for the D. Arnold Carson Memorial Trophy, the EOJHL crown. The Metro Division champion had gone on to win the last seven EOJHL championships, when the St. Lawrence Division's Alexandria Glens broke the streak in 2007.

In the playoffs, the Shawville Pontiacs and Gatineau Mustangs are both eligible and compete in Hockey Quebec's Coupe Dodge Junior "AA" Championships. Gatineau was the host of the 2006 Coupe Dodge.

In 2007, the Kemptville 73's moved from the EOJHL to the Central Junior A Hockey League. A season later, the EOJHL sold their franchise rights to the then-owners of the Casselman Stars of the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League and then town of Casselman, Ontario. The new team, the Casselman Vikings, will begin play in the 2008-09 season.

In 2009, the Carleton Place Kings left the league to join the Central Junior A Hockey League, they were replaced by the new Almonte Thunder. In late May 2009, the league dropped the Junior "B" designation from its name, becoming the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.

The Teams

Rideau Division
Team Centre Founded 2009-10 Record Points
Athens Aeros Athens 1968 0-0-0-0 0
Brockville Tikis Brockville 1967 0-0-0-0 0
Gananoque Islanders Gananoque 1972 0-0-0-0 0
South Grenville Rangers Prescott 1971 0-0-0-0 0
Westport Rideaus Westport 1967 0-0-0-0 0
St. Lawrence Division
Team Centre Founded 2009-10 Record Points
Akwesasne Wolves Akwesasne 1998 0-0-0-0 0
Alexandria Glens Alexandria 1967 0-0-0-0 0
Casselman Vikings Casselman 2008 0-0-0-0 0
Char-Lan Rebels Williamstown 1979 0-0-0-0 0
Morrisburg Lions Morrisburg 1971 0-0-0-0 0
Winchester Hawks Winchester 1971 0-0-0-0 0
Metro Division
Team Centre Founded 2009-10 Record Points
Clarence Beavers Clarence 1993 0-0-0-0 0
Gatineau Mustangs Buckingham 0-0-0-0 0
Metcalfe Jets Metcalfe 1967 0-0-0-0 0
Ottawa West Golden Knights Ottawa 1983 0-0-0-0 0
Ottawa Jr. Canadians Ottawa 1973 0-0-0-0 0
Valley Division
Team Centre Founded 2009-10 Record Points
Almonte Thunder Almonte 2009 0-0-0-0 0
Arnprior Packers Arnprior 0-0-0-0 0
Perth Blue Wings Perth 1973 0-0-0-0 0
Renfrew Timberwolves Renfrew 1987 0-0-0-0 0
Shawville Pontiacs Shawville 1986 0-0-0-0 0
Stittsville Royals Stittsville 1968 0-0-0-0 0

(x-) denotes berth into playoffs, (y-) denotes elimination from playoffs, (z-) clinched division.

2008-09 Playoffs

League Playdowns

Division Semi-finals Division Finals Conference Finals Carson Memorial Trophy Finals
            
R1 Athens 3
R4 Gananoque 4
R3 Gananoque 4
R2 Westport 1
R2 Westport 4
R3 Brockville 1
R3 Gananoque 0
Rideau/St. Lawrence
SL1 Alexandria 4
SL1 Alexandria 4
SL4 Winchester 1
SL1 Alexandria 4
SL3 Char-Lan 2
SL2 Casselman 3
SL3 Char-Lan 4
SL1 Alexandria 0
M1 Ottawa West 4
M1 Ottawa West 4
M4 Gatineau 0
M1 Ottawa West 4
M2 Ottawa 3
M2 Ottawa 4
M3 Clarence 3
M1 Ottawa West 4
Metro/Valley
V1 Carleton Place 3
V2 Stittsville 3
V3 Arnprior 4
V1 Carleton Place 4
V3 Arnprior 0
V  
V  

Division Quarter-final Round

Gatineau Mustangs (M4) defeated Metcalfe Jets (M5) 3-games-to-none
Carleton Place Kings (V1) defeated Renfrew Timberwolves (V6) 4-games-to-none
Stittsville Royals (V2) defeated Perth (V5) 4-games-to-3
Arnprior (V3) defeated Shawville (V4) 4-games-to-2

D. Arnold Carson Memorial Trophy Champions

File:Glens with Carson Trophy.jpg
Alexandria Glens with Carson Trophy (2007)
2009 Ottawa West Golden Knights
2008 Alexandria Glens
2007 Alexandria Glens
2006 Ottawa West Golden Knights
2005 Ottawa West Golden Knights
2004 Metcalfe Jets
2003 Ottawa West Golden Knights
2002 Ottawa West Golden Knights
2001 Clarence Beavers
2000 Voisins de Papineau
1999 Kemptville 73's
1998 Westport Rideaus
1997 Kemptville 73's
1996 Perth Blue Wings
1995 Metcalfe Jets
1994 Clarence Beavers
1993 Renfrew Timberwolves
1992 Perth Blue Wings
1991 Navan Grads
1990 Renfrew Timberwolves
1989 South Ottawa Canadians
1988 Renfrew Timberwolves
1987 Metcalfe Jets
1986 Char-Lan Rebels
1985 Ottawa West Golden Knights
1984 Metcalfe Jets
1983 Metcalfe Jets
1982 South Ottawa Canadians
1981 South Ottawa Canadians
1980 St. Isidore Eagles
1979 South Ottawa Canadians
1978 Morrisburg Lions
1977 Renfrew Lions
1976 Morrisburg Lions
1975 Vanier 72's
1974 Ottawa 67 Bees
1973 Gatineau Volants
1972 Metcalfe Jets
1971 Ottawa 67 Bees
1970 Ottawa 67 Bees
1969 Renfrew Lions
1968 Ottawa 67 Bees
1967 Hawkesbury Combines

(*) These are missing for one reason or another, there were probably champions in these years, but there is so far no resource that reflects who these champions may be.

Other Notable Awards

Gill Trophy Awarded to Rideau Division Playoff Champions
Alex English Trophy Awarded to St. Lawrence Division Playoff Champions
Ottawa Nepean Sportsplex Trophy Awarded to Metro Division Playoff Champions
Carl Foley Trophy Awarded to Valley Division Playoff Champions
Don Valcour Trophy Awarded to Rideau/St. Lawrence Conference Playoff Champions
Dwaine Barkley Trophy Awarded to Metro/Valley Conference Playoff Champions

Former Member Teams