- Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League
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OHA Junior "B" WJBHL (1950-1968) EJBHL (1950-1972) MetJHL (1950-1989) NDJBHL (1954-1979) CJBHL (1954-1993) BCJHL (1958-1964) MOJBHL (1970-1978) SWJBHL (1976-1978) WOHL (1969-2007) MWJHL (1973-2007) GHL (1974-2007) GOJHL (2007-Present) Ontario Hockey Association Sutherland Cup 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, Hespeller 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, Hespeller 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
- Barrie Colts
- Bolton Bruins
- Burlington Mohawks
- Collingwood Blues
- Hespeller Shamrocks
- Kitchener Greenshirts
- Milton Flyers
- Newmarket Redmen
- Oakville Blades
- Orillia Terriers
- Oak Ridges Dynes
- Owen Sound Greys
- Streetsville Derbys
- Thornhill Thunderbirds
- Waterloo Siskins
Mid-Ontario Champions
- 1971
- 1972 Collingwood Blues
- 1973 Owen Sound Greys
- 1974 Owen Sound Greys
- 1975 Owen Sound Greys
- 1976 Collingwood Blues
- 1977 Oak Ridges Dynes
- 1978 Oak Ridges Dynes
Categories:- Defunct ice hockey leagues in Ontario
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