Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League

The Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league operating in eastern Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Ottawa District Hockey Association and Hockey Canada.

History

The EOJBHL was founded in 1966 as the Rideau-St. Lawrence Junior "B" Hockey League. Through a merger with the Upper Ottawa Valley Junior "B" Hockey League and the folding of the Lanark-Renfrew Junior "C" Hockey League, the league has grown to 22 different teams. The EOJBHL is the biggest Junior "B" league in all of Canada and is the only Junior "B" league in the Ottawa District Hockey Association.

The EOJBHL is broken up into two traditional conferences that operate separately of each other. Each conference has two divisions. Each conference has its own commissioner and each one operates under variable rules allowed by the ODHA. Each division plays off to declare its own champion, after which the four champion teams play-off for the Metro/Valley Championship and Rideau/St. Lawrence Championship. The winner of these two championships playoff in a best-of-7 series for the D. Arnold Carson Memorial Trophy, the EOJBHL crown. The Metro Division champion had gone on to win the last seven EOJBHL championships, when the St. Lawrence Division's Alexandria Glens broke the streak in 2007.

In the playoffs, the Shawville Pontiacs and Gatineau Mustangs are both eligible and compete in Hockey Quebec's Coupe Dodge Junior "AA" Championships. Gatineau was the host of the 2006 Coupe Dodge.

In 2007, the Kemptville 73's moved from the EOJBHL to the Central Junior A Hockey League. A season later, the EOJBHL sold their franchise rights to the then-owners of the Casselman Stars of the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League and then town of Casselman, Ontario. The new team, the Casselman Vikings, will begin play in the 2008-09 season.

The Teams

2007-08 Playoffs

League Playdowns

16TeamBracket
RD1=Division Semi-finals
RD2=Division Finals
RD3=Conference Finals
RD4=Carson Memorial Trophy Finals
group1=Rideau/St. Lawrence
group2=Metro/Valley

RD1-seed01=R1
RD1-team01=Athens
RD1-seed02=R4
RD1-team02=Brockville
RD1-score01=4
RD1-score02=1

RD1-seed03=R2
RD1-team03=Westport
RD1-seed04=R3
RD1-team04=Gananoque
RD1-score03=4
RD1-score04=3

RD1-seed05=SL1
RD1-team05=Alexandria
RD1-seed06=SL4
RD1-team06=Morrisburg
RD1-score05=4
RD1-score06=0

RD1-seed07=SL2
RD1-team07=Winchester
RD1-seed08=SL3
RD1-team08=Char-Lan
RD1-score07=4
RD1-score08=0

RD1-seed09=M1
RD1-team09=Gatineau
RD1-seed10=M4
RD1-team10=Ottawa West
RD1-score09=2
RD1-score10=4

RD1-seed11=M2
RD1-team11=Clarence
RD1-seed12=M3
RD1-team12=Ottawa
RD1-score11=4
RD1-score12=1

RD1-seed13=V1
RD1-team13=Carleton Place
RD1-seed14=V6
RD1-team14=Arnprior
RD1-score13=4
RD1-score14=2

RD1-seed15=V2
RD1-team15=Perth
RD1-seed16=V3
RD1-team16=Shawville
RD1-score15=1
RD1-score16=4

RD2-seed01=R1
RD2-team01=Athens
RD2-seed02=R2
RD2-team02=Westport
RD2-score01=4
RD2-score02=2

RD2-seed03=SL1
RD2-team03=Alexandria
RD2-seed04=SL2
RD2-team04=Winchester
RD2-score03=4
RD2-score04=1

RD2-seed05=M4
RD2-team05=Ottawa West
RD2-seed06=M2
RD2-team06=Clarence
RD2-score05=4
RD2-score06=3

RD2-seed07=V1
RD2-team07=Carleton Place
RD2-seed08=V3
RD2-team08=Shawville
RD2-score07=4
RD2-score08=3

RD3-seed01=R1
RD3-team01=Athens
RD3-seed02=SL1
RD3-team02=Alexandria
RD3-score01=0
RD3-score02=4

RD3-seed03=M4
RD3-team03=Ottawa West
RD3-seed04=V1
RD3-team04=Carleton Place
RD3-score03=4
RD3-score04=2

RD4-seed01=SL1
RD4-team01=Alexandria
RD4-seed02=M4
RD4-team02=Ottawa West
RD4-score01=4
RD4-score02=2

Division Quarter-final Round

:Brockville Tikis (R5) defeated South Grenville Rangers (R4) "3-games-to-1":Morrisburg Lions (SL4) defeated Akwesasne Wolves (SL5) "3-games-to-none":Ottawa West Golden Knights (M4) defeated Metcalfe Jets (M5) "3-games-to-none":Perth Blue Wings (V2) defeated Renfrew Timberwolves (V5) "4-games-to-none":Shawville Pontiacs (V3) defeated Stittsville Royals (V4) "4-games-to-2"

D. Arnold Carson Memorial Trophy Champions

:2008 Alexandria Glens:2007 Alexandria Glens:2006 Ottawa West Golden Knights:2005 Ottawa West Golden Knights:2004 Metcalfe Jets:2003 Ottawa West Golden Knights:2002 Ottawa West Golden Knights:2001 Clarence Beavers:2000 Voisins de Papineau:1999 Kemptville 73's:1998 Westport Rideaus:1997 Kemptville 73's:1996 Perth Blue Wings:1995 Metcalfe Jets:1994 Clarence Beavers:1993 Renfrew Timberwolves:1992 Perth Blue Wings:1991 Navan Grads:1990 Renfrew Timberwolves:1989 South Ottawa Canadians:1988 Renfrew Timberwolves:1987 Metcalfe Jets:1986 Char-Lan Rebels:1985 Ottawa West Golden Knights:1984 Metcalfe Jets:1983 Metcalfe Jets:1982 South Ottawa Canadians:1981 South Ottawa Canadians:1980 St. Isidore Eagles:1979 South Ottawa Canadians:1978 Morrisburg Lions

:1977 Renfrew Lions:1976 Morrisburg Lions:1975 Vanier 72's:1974 Ottawa 67 Bees:1973 Gatineau Volants:1972 Metcalfe Jets:1971 :1970 :1969 Renfrew Lions:1968 Russell:1967 Cardinal Broncos

"(*) These are missing for one reason or another, there were probably champions in these years, but there is so far no resource that reflects who these champions may be."

Other Notable Awards

:Gill Trophy Awarded to Rideau Division Playoff Champions:Alex English Trophy Awarded to St. Lawrence Division Playoff Champions:Ottawa Nepean Sportsplex Trophy Awarded to Metro Division Playoff Champions:Carl Foley Trophy Awarded to Valley Division Playoff Champions:Don Valcour Trophy Awarded to Rideau/St. Lawrence Conference Playoff Champions:Dwaine Barkley Trophy Awarded to Metro/Valley Conference Playoff Champions

Former Member Teams

*Kemptville 73's
*Navan Grads
*St. Isidore Eagles

External links

* [http://www.eojbhl.ca/ Eastern Ontario Junior B Website]
* [http://www.ottawajuniorhockey.com/ Ottawa Junior Hockey Forum]