Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

St. John's Junior Hockey League

Junior ice hockey league From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

St. John's Junior Hockey League
Remove ads

The St. John's Junior Hockey League is a Junior B ice hockey league in Newfoundland and Labrador, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. It was founded in 1980. In 2022, the name of the league championship was changed from the President's Cup to the Taylor Cup in honour of the late founder, Gerry Taylor.

Quick Facts Countries, Region(s) ...
Remove ads

History

Founded in 1980, the SJJHL competed as a Junior A league from 1989 until 1991. In that time period, they were eligible for the Centennial Cup Canadian National championship of Junior A hockey. Every other year the SJJHL has operated at the Junior B level and its champion represents the league in the Veitch Memorial Cup playdowns against the winner of the Central/West Junior Hockey League for the right to play at the Don Johnson Cup.

In the 1970s, there was another league known as the St. John's Junior Hockey League. Much like the Corner Brook League, Southern Shore League, amongst other leagues, the old SJJHL was a junior-aged town league. Although the St. John's Jr. Capitals were a top team in this town league, they would represent St. John's for the Veitch Memorial Trophy as an all-star team of players from the old SJJHL. On one such occasion, in 1972, the Jr. Capitals entered into the first-year Newfoundland Jr. A playdowns, only to win and compete in the 1972 Centennial Cup National Playdowns.

The St. John's Junior Hockey league did not have a team attend the Don Johnson Memorial Tournament, emblematic of the Maritime Jr. B hockey champion.

Remove ads

Teams

The SJJHL is made up of 8 teams:

More information Team, Home ...

Defunct teams

  • Brother Rice Celtics 1980-1982
  • St. John's Guards 1980-1982
  • St. John’s PWC 1980-1981
  • St. John’s Jr. Shamrocks 1980-1987
  • St. John’s Gonzaga 1981-1982
  • St. John's Jr. 50's 1982-1993
  • Conception Bay South Raiders 1982-1995
  • Clarenville Jr. Caribous 1983-1989
  • St John's Jr. Celtics 1984-2014
  • St John’s Jr. Canadiens 1985
  • St John’s AAA Midgets 1988-2000
  • Bay Arena Rovers 1988-1989
  • Bell Island Jr. Blues 1996-2010
  • Conception Bay South Coachman 1998-2001
  • Northeast Jr. Eagles 1998-2002
  • Avalon Pacers 1999-2000
  • St John’s AAA Maple Leafs 2000-2007
  • Goulds Pacers 2001
  • Mount Pearl Jr. Wild 2013-2014
  • Northeast Celtics 2014-2016
  • Trinity-Placentia Flyers 2011-2021

Champions

Summarize
Perspective

Italics represent Veitch Memorial Trophy Champions Bold represents Provincial Junior A Champions

In 2022, the League renamed the SJJHL Championship from the President's Cup to the Taylor Cup in honour of the late Gerry Taylor, the founding father of the SJJHL who was affectionately known as Mr. Junior Hockey in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the SJJHL did not award the championship in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons.

Non-league provincial champions

These teams won the Veitch Memorial Trophy without winning the SJJHL playoffs.

Atlantic Jr. B Champions

These teams won the Don Johnson Cup as Atlantic Junior B Champions.

Remove ads

Executive

The league is governed by an elected executive with ten members, nine of whom are voting members.

More information Position, Name ...
Remove ads

See also

External links

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads
Remove ads