Heritage Junior B Hockey League

Heritage Jr "B"

The Heritage Junior B Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Alberta, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The HJHL was founded in 1987 and is made up of teams from southern and central Alberta. The HJHL is the largest Junior B league in the province, with 15 teams that competed in 2006-07.

As one of the largest Junior B leagues in Alberta, both the league champion, and the losing finalist qualify for the Alberta Provincial Junior B Hockey Championship. The winner of this tournament earns the right to compete for the Western Canadian Junior "B" Crown, the Keystone Cup.

The Lacombe Wranglers won the 2007 league championship over the Airdrie Thunder and Okotoks Bisons in a three team, round robin final. The Wranglers also captured the Alberta provincial title. The Wranglers chose not to participate in the Keystone Cup tournament due to scheduling conflicts.

During the 2010-2011 HJHL finals, Okotoks won the best-of-three series vs. Blackfalds (formerly Lacombe) 2-1, winning their 8th league title. Both teams advanced to the Junior 'B' Provincials in Leduc. Blackfalds won the final 2-1 over the Beaumont Chiefs to advance to the 2011 Keystone Cup in Sherwood Park. With a 4-1 record going into the final, Blackfalds defeated the host Sherwood Park 2-1 to win the Western Canadian Crown.

Current teams

The HJHL has 3 divisions for the 2010-2011 season.

Team	Centre	2009-10 Record (W–L–T–OTL)	Points	Finish
North Division
Blackfalds Wranglers	Blackfalds	32–3–1–0	65	1
Red Deer Vipers	Red Deer	24–9–1–2	51	2
Stettler Lightning	Stettler	13–21–2–0	28	3
Rimbey Rock	Rimbey	6–29–0–1	13	4
Ponoka Stampeders	Ponoka	6–29–0–0	12	5
South Division
Okotoks Bisons	Okotoks	29–2–2–3	63	1
Medicine Hat Cubs	Medicine Hat	24–11–1–0	49	2
Coaldale Copperheads	Coaldale	19–14–1–2	41	3
High River Flyers	High River	14–19–2–1	31	4
Strathmore Wheatland Kings	Strathmore	7–25–1–3	18	5
Central Division
Airdrie Thunder	Airdrie	24–10–2–0	50	1
Three Hills Thrashers	Three Hills	22–11–1–2	47	2
Cochrane Generals	Cochrane	21–13–1–1	44	3
Mountainview Colts	Didsbury	11–19–4–1	27	4
Banff Academy Bears	Banff	7–27–1–1	16	5

Champions

2011 - Okotoks Bisons* 2010 - Blackfalds Wranglers 2009 - Cochrane Generals 2008 - Cochrane Generals 2007 - Lacombe Wranglers 2006 - Okotoks Bisons1 2005 - Okotoks Bisons 2004 - Red Deer Vipers 2003 - Foothills Bisons 2002 - Foothills Bisons 2001 - Foothills Bisons 2000 - Airdrie Thunder 1999 - Red Deer Vipers 1998 - Airdrie Thunder 1997 - Foothills Bisons

1996 - Foothills Bisons 1995 - Lacombe Wranglers 1994 - Lacombe Wranglers 1993 - Lacombe Wranglers 1992 - Ponoka Knight Hawks 1991 - Hobbema Knight Hawks 1990 - Terraco Knights 1989 - Red Deer Cowboys 1988 - Barrhead Jr. Elks

Bold denotes won Alberta provincial title

¹League finalists Red Deer Vipers captured the Alberta Provincials and Keystone Cup championship

• 2011- Blackfalds win 2011 Provincials as HJHL finalists, and went on too win the 2011 Keystone Cup

See also

• List of ice hockey teams in Alberta

External links

• Heritage Jr "B"
• Airdrie
• Banff
• High River
• Medicine Hat
• Okotoks
• Red Deer
• Rimbey
• Three Hills
• Ponoka
• Cochrane
• Coaldale