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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 in 1970, bringing aboard several Suburban Junior C Hockey League teams such as the Orillia Terriers , the Newmarket Redmen and the Bolton Bruins, the Midland Flyers and Streetsville Derbys , and the Burlington Mohawks from the Niagara District Hockey League . Additional Junior C teams such as the Oakville Blades , Hespeler Shamrocks and Milton Flyers joined in 1970. Other members were the Barrie Colts and the Oak Ridges Dynes.
In 1971, the Junior B leagues re-aligned themselves geographically, as the Collingwood Blues and Owen Sound Greys joined the Mid-Ontario junior B league, and the Oakville Blades , Milton Flyers , Burlington Mohawks , Hespeler Shamrocks and Streetsville Derbys moving to the Central Junior B.
The Owen Sound Greys made the jump to the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League in 1975 after 3 straight Mid-Ontario titles. In 1976, they were followed into the Southern Ontario A by the Collingwood Blues .
In 1978, a weakened Mid-Ontario league folded and the Orillia Terriers , Thornhill Thunderbirds , the Barrie Colts , and Oak Ridges Dynes joined the Central League .
Teams
Playoff champions
Regular season champions
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