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==Teams==
==Teams==
[[File:MHL_Team_Locations.jpg|right|thumbnail|Team Locations (Click to enlarge)|250px]]

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|colspan="4"|'''Eastlink Division'''
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| '''Team''' || '''Joined''' || '''Centre''' || '''Arena'''
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| '''[[Pictou County Crushers]]''' || 1972 || [[Stellarton, Nova Scotia|New Glasgow/Stellarton, Nova Scotia]] || [[Pictou County Wellness Centre]]
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| '''[[Truro Bearcats]]''' || 1997 || [[Truro, Nova Scotia]] || [[Rath Eastlink Community Centre]]
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| '''[[Amherst Ramblers]]''' || 1973 || [[Amherst, Nova Scotia]] || [[Amherst Stadium]]
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| '''[[Yarmouth Mariners]]''' || 1976 || [[Yarmouth, Nova Scotia]] || [[Mariners Centre]]
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| '''[[Valley Wildcats]]''' || 1986 || [[Annapolis Valley|Berwick or Kentville]] || TBD
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| '''[[Bridgewater Lumberjacks]]''' || 2004 || [[Bridgewater, Nova Scotia]] || [[Bridgewater Memorial Arena]]
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|colspan="4"|'''Roger Meek Division'''
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| '''Team''' || '''Joined''' || '''Centre''' || '''Arena'''
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| '''[[Woodstock Slammers]]''' || 2003 || [[Woodstock, New Brunswick]] || [[Carleton Civic Centre]]
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| '''[[Campbellton Tigers]]''' || 1996 || [[Campbellton, New Brunswick]] || [[Memorial Civic Center]]
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| '''[[Dieppe Commandos]]''' || 1983 || [[Dieppe, New Brunswick]] || [[Arthur-J-LeBlanc Centre]]
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| '''[[Miramichi Timberwolves]]''' || 2000 || [[Miramichi, New Brunswick ]] || [[Miramichi Civic Centre]]
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| '''[[Summerside Western Capitals]]''' || 1991 || [[Summerside, Prince Edward Island]] || [[Consolidated Credit Union Place]]
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==2013 MHL Playoff Bracket==
{{2TeamBracket
| RD1= Eastlink Division Best 2 of 3 Mini Series Winner Plays Truro

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| RD1-team1='''[[Pictou County Crushers]]'''
| RD1-score1=2
| RD1-seed2=5
| RD1-team2=[[Bridgewater Lumberjacks]]
| RD1-score2=0
}}
{{8TeamBracket


| RD1 = Quarter Finals
| RD1 = Quarter Finals

Revision as of 14:01, 6 June 2013

For the Original Maritime Junior A League, see Maritime Junior A Hockey League (1968–1971).
Maritime Junior Hockey League
File:MJAHL Logo.JPG
Region(s)New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island
PresidentDerryl Smith
ChairmanRory Beck
Former name(s)Metro Valley Junior Hockey League (1967-1991)
Maritime Junior A Hockey League (1991-2010)
Founded1967
No. of teams11
Associated Title(s)Fred Page Cup (Eastern Championship)
Royal Bank Cup (National Championship)
J. Pius Callaghan Cup (Atlantic Championship)[1]
Dudley Hewitt Cup (All-Eastern Championship)
Recent ChampionsSummerside Western Capitals (2013)
HeadquartersFredericton, New Brunswick
WebsiteMHL

The Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) is a Junior A ice hockey league under Hockey Canada, a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. It consists of four teams from New Brunswick and one team from Prince Edward Island, which make up the Roger Meek Division, and six teams from Nova Scotia which make up the Maurice Bent Division. The winner of the MJAHL playoffs competes for the Fred Page Cup against the winners of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League and the Central Junior A Hockey League. The winner of the Fred Page Cup then moves on to compete for the Canadian National Junior A Championships, the Royal Bank Cup.

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 six teams: East Hants Junior Penguins, Halifax Colonels, Dartmouth Hoyts, Windsor Royals, Kentville Riteways, and Berwick Shell Juniors. 1968 saw the Truro Bearcats and Amherst Ramblers replace the teams from Kentville and Berwick. In 1971–72 the New Glasgow Bombers and the Pictou Maripacs entered the league. Stellarton and a new Kentville franchise entered the league in 1973 and 1974 respectively.

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 Cole Harbour Colts (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 came from the New Brunswick Junior Hockey League and are now known as the Dieppe Commandos. In 1986, the league expanded to Antigonish and the Scotia Colts, again, hosted the Centennial Cup. The Summerside Western 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.

In 1996–97 the league consisted of the Amherst Ramblers, Antigonish Bulldogs, Charlottetown Abbies, East Hants Penguins, Dartmouth Oland Exports, Moncton Gagnon Beavers, Saint John Alpines, and Summerside Western Capitals. At the beginning of the season the league welcomed the Cape Breton Islanders and Restigouche River Rats but unfortunately the Saint John Alpines did not survive the season. The league should have pride in this season as the Summerside Western Capitals won the leagues first ever National Title. The Summerside Western Capitals hosted the Royal Bank Cup and on the home ice of the Cahill Stadium, won the 1997 Royal Bank Cup championship game by a score 4–3 against the South Surrey Eagles.

The Truro Bearcats joined the league in 1997–98 but this was overshadowed by the failure of the Cape Breton Islanders which had become the Glace Bay Miners. With the arrival of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, they folded part way through the season leaving the league with nine teams again.

During the 1998–99 season two teams changed their names. The first was the Dartmouth Oland Exports when they moved to the Halifax Forum to become the Halifax Oland Exports. The second was the 1998–99 MJAHL champions, Restigouche River Rats, as they changed their name to the Campbellton Tigers.

Old Logo

A tenth team was added for the 2000–2001 season, the Miramichi Timberwolves. At the same time the East Hants Penguins moved to Dartmouth and became the Scotia Dairy Queen Blizzard. At the end of the 2001–02 season the league approved the transfer of the Blizzard to Yarmouth. The Yarmouth Motormart Mariners began play in September 2002. In early 2003 the league governors approved expansion into Woodstock, N.B. with the Slammers beginning play in the 2003–04 season.

The league got their second national Championship when the Halifax Oland Exports won the 2002 Royal Bank Cup on home ice. One year later, after financial trouble with Oland Brewery, the franchise's name was changed to Halifax Team Pepsi. In the spring of 2004, the Weeks Hockey Organization bought the club, moved it to New Glasgow and renamed it the Pictou County Weeks Crushers. On that same day Halifax got a new team as they were granted an expansion franchise, the Halifax Wolverines.

In the spring of 2008, the MJAHL had some big changes.

On 15 April, the Antigonish Bulldogs announced that they were applying for a leave of absence for one year.[2] On 26 April, the Bulldogs had to choose between two groups trying to buy the team and relocate it. The first group would move the franchise to New Richmond, Quebec. The other was a group based in Halifax and they would relocate the team to the Halifax area. At the Board of Governors meeting that day, the proposal to relocate the Antigonish franchise to New Richmond, Quebec was not considered to be in the best interests of the league and its members. The Goverors did leave the door open to the sale to a Halifax group and a move to Metro Halifax. The sale and relocation of the franchise to Halifax was later approved.

At the same Governors meeting, in response to the decision to leave the door open on the sale of the Bulldogs, the owners of the Halifax Wolverines announced their plans to move to Bridgewater. The Governors voted on the decision and it was approved.[3] Following a name the team contest, the franchise was dubbed the Bridgewater Lumberjacks.

Later that week on 29 April, the Moncton Beavers announced that they had failed to come to terms on a new lease for the Tim Hortons 4-Ice centre and had subsequently moved themselves to the neighboring city of Dieppe. The team was renamed the Dieppe Commandos.[4]

Rounding out this very busy month in the history of the MJAHL was the Charlottetown Abbies decision, on 1 May, to apply for a leave of absence for one year, which ended up being accepted.[5]

The Halifax franchise (former Antigonish Bulldogs) announced on 22 August 2008, that the club would be known as the Halifax Lions. This was the name of the successful Halifax team in the 1980s.[6]

The current MJAHL has eleven teams, down from a maximum of twelve at one time. The league has hosted the Royal Bank Cup and Centennial Cup seven times, winning twice. MJAHL teams have also won seven Fred Page Cups as the Junior "A" Eastern Canadian Champions to earn the right to compete for the Royal Bank Cup.

The league hired its first professional full-time League President in 2003, Vernon Doyle. In 2010, the league dropped the "A" from their name and changed their abbreviation to "MHL".

Teams

| RD1 = Quarter Finals | RD2 = Semi Finals | RD3 = Kent Cup Finals

| group1 =Eastlink Division | group2 =Roger Meek Division

| seed-width = | team-width = | score-width =

| RD1-seed1 =1 | RD1-team1 =Truro Bearcats | RD1-score1 =4 | RD1-seed2 =4 | RD1-team2 = Pictou County Crushers | RD1-score2 =3

| RD1-seed3 =2 | RD1-team3 =Yarmouth Mariners | RD1-score3 =2 | RD1-seed4 =3 | RD1-team4 =Amherst Ramblers | RD1-score4 =4

| RD1-seed5 =1 | RD1-team5 =Summerside Western Capitals | RD1-score5 =4 | RD1-seed6 =4 | RD1-team6 =Miramichi Timberwolves | RD1-score6 =0

| RD1-seed7 =2 | RD1-team7 =Woodstock Slammers | RD1-score7 =4 | RD1-seed8 =3 | RD1-team8 =Dieppe Commandos | RD1-score8 =1

| RD2-seed1 =1 | RD2-team1 =Truro Bearcats | RD2-score1 =4 | RD2-seed2 =3 | RD2-team2 =Amherst Ramblers | RD2-score2 =2

| RD2-seed3 =1 | RD2-team3 =Summerside Western Capitals | RD2-score3 =4 | RD2-seed4 =2 | RD2-team4 =Woodstock Slammers | RD2-score4 =0

| RD3-seed1 =2 | RD3-team1 =Truro Bearcats | RD3-score1 =1 | RD3-seed2 =1 | RD3-team2 =Summerside Western Capitals | RD3-score2 =4 }}

  • * = If Nesscessary

(4) Pictou County Crushers Vs. (5) Bridgewater Lumberjacks

March 11 Bridgewater Lumberjacks 3 - 5 Pictou County Crushers Bridgewater Memorial Arena Recap
March 13 Pictou County Crushers 7 - 1 Bridgewater Lumberjacks Pictou County Wellness Centre Recap
Pictou County wins series 2 - 0


Round One

(1) Meek Semi Final 1 Summerside Western Captials Vs. (4) Miramichi Timberwolves

March 17 Summerside Western Captials 4 - 2 Miramichi Timberwolves Consolidated Credit Union Place
March 19 Miramichi Timberwolves 1 - 2 Summerside Western Captials Miramichi Civic Centre
March 21 Summerside Western Captials 8 - 2 Miramichi Timberwolves Consolidated Credit Union Place
March 23 Miramichi Timberwolves 3 - 5 Summerside Western Captials Miramichi Civic Centre
Summerside Wins Series 4 - 0


Meek Semi Final 2 (2) Woodstock Slammers vs. (3) Dieppe Commandos

March 16 Woodstock Slammers 6 - 0 Dieppe Commandos Carleton Civic Centre
March 20 Dieppe Commandos 3 - 6 Woodstock Slammers Arthur-J-LeBlanc Centre
March 22 Woodstock Slammers 6 - 2 Dieppe Commandos Carleton Civic Centre
March 24 Dieppe Commandos 2 - 1 2OT Woodstock Slammers Arthur-J-LeBlanc Centre
March 26 Woodstock Slammers 5 - 4 2OT Dieppe Commandos Carleton Civic Centre
Woodstock wins series 4 – 1


March 16 Truro Bearcats 1 - 3 Pictou County Crushers Rath Eastlink Community Centre
March 19 Pictou County Crushers 4 - 3 Truro Bearcats Pictou County Wellness Centre
March 21 Truro Bearcats 6 - 3 Pictou County Crushers Rath Eastlink Community Centre
March 23 Pictou County Crushers 3 - 5 Truro Bearcats Pictou County Wellness Centre
March 26 Truro Bearcats 2 - 1 2OT Pictou County Crushers Rath Eastlink Community Centre
March 28 Pictou County Crushers 4 - 2 Truro Bearcats Pictou County Wellness Centre
March 30 Truro Bearcats 3 - 1 Pictou County Crushers Rath Eastlink Community Centre
Truro wins series 4 – 3


March 17 Yarmouth Mariners 4 - 5 Amherst Ramblers Mariners Centre
March 19 Amherst Ramblers 3 - 2 Yarmouth Mariners Amherst Stadium
March 21 Yarmouth Mariners 4 - 2 Amherst Ramblers Mariners Centre
March 23 Amherst Ramblers 2 - 4 Yarmouth Mariners Amherst Stadium
March 26 Yarmouth Mariners 3 - 4 2OT Amherst Ramblers Mariners Centre
March 28 Amherst Ramblers 2 - 0 Yarmouth Mariners Amherst Stadium
Amherst wins series 4 – 2


Round Two

Meek Final(1) Summerside Western Captials Vs. (2) Woodstock Slammers

March 31 Summerside Western Captials 5 - 1 Woodstock Slammers Consolidated Credit Union Place
April 2 Woodstock Slammers 2 - 5 Summerside Western Captials Carleton Civic Centre
April 5 Summerside Western Captials 6 - 2 Woodstock Slammers Consolidated Credit Union Place
April 7 Woodstock Slammers 1 - 5 Summerside Western Captials Carleton Civic Centre
Summerside wins series 4 - 0


April 2 Truro Bearcats 2 - 3 Amherst Ramblers Rath Eastlink Community Centre
April 5 Amherst Ramblers 3 - 5 Truro Bearcats Amherst Stadium
April 7 Truro Bearcats 7 - 2 Amherst Ramblers Rath Eastlink Community Centre
April 9 Amherst Ramblers 4 - 3 Truro Bearcats Amherst Stadium
April 10 Truro Bearcats 3 - 2 Amherst Ramblers Rath Eastlink Community Centre
April 13 Amherst Ramblers 2 - 4 Truro Bearcats Amherst Stadium
Truro Wins series 4 - 2

Kent Cup Finals

Kent Cup Final (1) Summerside Western Capitals vs. (2) Truro Bearcats

April 16 Summerside Western Capitals 4 - 3 Truro Bearcats Consolidated Credit Union Place
April 19 Truro Bearcats 4 - 3 2OT Summerside Western Capitals Rath Eastlink Community Centre
April 21 Summerside Western Capitals 3 - 2 Truro Bearcats Consolidated Credit Union Place
April 22 Truro Bearcats 2 - 3 2OT Summerside Western Capitals Rath Eastlink Community Centre
April 24 Summerside Western Capitals 3 - 0 Truro Bearcats Consolidated Credit Union Place
Summerside wins series 4 - 1


League Champions

For the Eastern Regional playoffs, see Fred Page Cup.
For the National Championship, see 2012 Royal Bank Cup.

From the 1970s until 1991, the Callaghan Cup was the Atlantic Junior A Championship of Canada. The winners of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland would playdown for this trophy during the Dudley Hewitt Cup and Manitoba Centennial Cup playdowns.

In 1991, the Callaghan Cup became exclusive to the MJAHL. The Callaghan Cup was their championship trophy until after the 2006 playoffs, when it was replaced by the Kent Cup,

Year Champion Runner Up Series
Metro Valley Jr. B Champions
1968 Windsor Royals
1969 East Hants Penguins
1970 Truro Bearcats East Hants Penguins 4-3
1971 Truro Bearcats
1972 Truro Bearcats
1973 New Glasgow Bombers
1974 Truro Bearcats
1975 Dartmouth Arrows Truro Bearcats 4-2
1976 Truro Bearcats Dartmouth Arrows 4-3
Metro Valley Jr. A Champions
1977 Dartmouth Arrows
1978 Cole Harbour Colts
1979 Halifax Lions
1980 Cole Harbour Colts
1981 Cole Harbour Colts
1982 Halifax Lions
1983 Halifax Lions
1984 Halifax Lions
1985 Cole Harbour Colts
1986 Moncton Hawks
1987 Dartmouth Fuel Kids
1988 Halifax Lions
1989 Moncton Hawks
1990 Amherst Ramblers
1991 Halifax Jr. Canadians
Callaghan Cup Champions
1992 Halifax Mooseheads Chalottetown Abbies
1993 Antigonish Bulldogs Halifax Mooseheads
1994 Antigonish Bulldogs Halifax Oland Exports
1995 Moncton Beavers
1996 Dartmouth Oland Exports
1997 Summerside Western Capitals
1998 Restigouche River Rats
1999 Charlottetown Abbies Antigonish Bulldogs 4-3
2000 Halifax Oland Exports
2001 Antigonish Bulldogs
2002 Halifax Oland Exports
2003 Charlottetown Abbies Amherst Ramblers 4-1
2004 Campbellton Tigers Yarmouth Mariners 4-1
2005 Truro Bearcats Campbellton Tigers 4-1
2006 Woodstock Slammers Amherst Ramblers 4-1
Kent Cup Champions
2007 Truro Bearcats Summerside Western Capitals 4-2
2008 Yarmouth Mariners Woodstock Slammers 4-2
2009 Summerside Western Capitals Truro Bearcats 4-1
2010 Woodstock Slammers Pictou County Crushers 4-1
2011 Summerside Western Capitals Pictou County Crushers 4-0
2012 Woodstock Slammers Yarmouth Mariners 4-3
2013 Summerside Western Capitals Truro Bearcats 4-1

Fred Page Cup Eastern Canadian Champions

All champions in this table are from the Maritime Junior Hockey League

Year Champion Runner Up Host (if applicable)
1996 Moncton Beavers Dartmouth Oland Exports Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1999 Charlottetown Abbies Hawkesbury Hawks (CJHL) Charlottetown, PEI
2002 Halifax Oland Exports Ottawa Jr. Senators (CJHL) Truro, Nova Scotia
2008 Pictou County Crushers Pembroke Lumber Kings (CJHL) New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
2009 Summerside Western Capitals Dieppe Commandos Moncton, New Brunswick
2012 Woodstock Slammers Nepean Raiders (CCHL) Kanata, Ontario
2013 Truro Bearcats Summerside Western Capitals Truro, Nova Scotia

Defunct Teams

Timeline of teams in the MHL

  • 1967 – Metro Valley Junior Hockey League is founded at Junior B level
  • 1967 - East Hants Junior Penguins, Halifax Colonels, Dartmouth Hoyts Arrows, Windsor Royals, Kentville Riteway Rangers, and Berwick Shell Junior Bruins are founding members of the league.
  • 1968 – Kentville Riteway Rangers move to Truro and are renamed the Truro Bearcats
  • 1968 - Berwick Shell Junior Bruins move to Amherst and are renamed the Amherst Ramblers
  • 1969 - The Halifax Colonels become the Halifax Blazers sometime between the inaugural season and the 1972-73 season.
  • 1972 - Chester Ravens enter league?
  • 1972 - New Glasgow Bombers enter league
  • 1972 - Pictou Maripacs enter league
  • 1973 – Stellarton Spitfires join league
  • 1974 – Kentville Colonels join league
  • 1975 – Stellarton Spitfires leave league
  • 1975 – Pictou Maripacs leave league
  • 1975 – Halifax Blazers are renamed Halifax Centennials
  • 1976 – Cole Harbour Colts join league
  • 1976 – New Glasgow Bombers leave league
  • 1977 – League is promoted to Junior A
  • 1977 – East Hantz Penguins leave league
  • 1977 – Chester Ravens leave league but franchise is demoted to Jr. B in 1980
  • 1977 – Halifax Centennials are renamed Halifax Lions
  • 1978 – Windsor Royals expelled from league mid-season for short roster
  • 1980 – Kentville Colonels leave league
  • 1980 – Valley Wildcats join league
  • 1983 – Truro Bearcats fold mid-season (November)
  • 1983 – Moncton Hawks join league from New Brunswick Junior Hockey League
  • 1984 – Valley Wildcats leave league
  • 1986 – Antigonish Bulldogs join league
  • 1987 – Dartmouth Arrows renamed Dartmouth Fuel Kids
  • 1988 – Dartmouth Fuel Kids renamed Dartmouth Eagles
  • 1989 – Dartmouth Eagles renamed Dartmouth Pepsis
  • 1989 – Halifax Lions renamed Halifax DQ Blizzards
  • 1990 – Moncton Hawks renamed Moncton Classics
  • 1990 – Halifax DQ Blizzards renamed Halifax Canadians
  • 1991 – Metro Valley Junior Hockey League is renamed Maritime Junior A Hockey League
  • 1991 – Charlottetown Abbies join league from Island Junior Hockey League
  • 1991 - Summerside Western Capitals join league from Island Junior Hockey League
  • 1991 – Halifax Canadians renamed Halifax Mooseheads
  • 1991 – Moncton Classics renamed Moncton-Dieppe Classics
  • 1992 – Dartmouth Pepsis leave league
  • 1993 – Moncton-Dieppe Classics become Moncton-Dieppe Beavers
  • 1993 – Halifax Mooseheads renamed Halifax Oland Exports
  • 1994 – Moncton-Dieppe Beaves renamed Moncton Beavers
  • 1994 – Amherst Ramblers renamed Amherst Mooseheads
  • 1994 – Charlottetown Abbies take one year leave
  • 1995 – Charlottetown Abbies return to league
  • 1995 – Saint John Alpines join league
  • 1995 – Halifax Oland Exports move to Dartmouth and are renamed Dartmouth Oland Exports
  • 1995 – Cole Harbour Colts move to East Hants and are renamed East Hants Penguins
  • 1996 – Restigouche River Rats join league
  • 1996 – Cape Breton Islanders join league
  • 1997 – Saint John Alpines fold mid-season (January)
  • 1997 – Truro Bearcats join league
  • 1997 – Cape Breton Islanders leave league
  • 1998 – Dartmouth Oland Exports move to Halifax and are renamed Halifax Oland Exports
  • 1998 – Amherst Mooseheads renamed Amherst Ramblers
  • 1999 – Restigouche River Rats renamed Campbellton Tigers
  • 2000 – Miramichi Timberwolves join league
  • 2000 – East Hants Penguins move to Darmouth and are renamed Dartmouth DQ Blizzard
  • 2002 – Dartmouth DQ Blizzard move from Dartmouth and renamed Yarmouth Mariners
  • 2003 – Halifax Oland Exports renamed Halifax Team Pepsi
  • 2003 – Woodstock Slammers join league
  • 2004 – Halifax Team Pepsi move from Halifax to New Glasgow and renamed Pictou County Weeks Crushers
  • 2004 – Halifax Wolverines join league
  • 2005 – Campbellton Tigers change their name to Restigouche Tigers
  • 2008 – Charlottetown Abbies leave league
  • 2008 – Halifax Wolverines move from Halifax to Bridgewater and are renamed Bridgewater Lumberjacks
  • 2008 – Antigonish Bulldogs move from Antigonish to Halifax and are renamed Halifax Lions
  • 2008 – Moncton Beavers move from Moncton to Dieppe and are renamed Dieppe Commandos
  • 2009 – Restigouche Tigers renamed Campbellton Tigers
  • 2010 – Halifax Lions move from Halifax to Darmouth and are renamed Metro Marauders (Dartmouth)
  • 2010 – Maritime Junior A Hockey League changes their name to Maritime Junior Hockey League
  • 2012 - Metro Marauders renamed the Metro Shipbuilders
  • 2013 - Metro Shipbuilders move from Dartmouth to Annapolis Valley and renamed Valley Wildcats town being decided.

Bolded teams indicate the original names of active franchises.

References

  1. ^ Callaghan Cup became exclusive to MJAHL in 1991, retired in 2006.
  2. ^ Hockeyscene.com – Your Source For Hockey Information In Atlantic Canada
  3. ^ Hockeyscene.com – Your Source For Hockey Information In Atlantic Canada
  4. ^ MJAHL
  5. ^ Charlottetown, The Guardian: Sports | Abbies taking break
  6. ^ http://www.hockeyscene.com/hockeyscene/league_full_story.jsp?lid=4&nid=3596[
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