The Central Ontario Hockey League (COHL) was a highly competitive Intermediate ice hockey

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 league in the central Grey County

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 area of Ontario

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, Canada

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 until the late 1970s. The league was originally sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association

Ontario Hockey Association

The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...

, but later the Western Ontario Athletic Association

Western Ontario Athletic Association

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 incorporated it into their WOAA Senior Hockey League.

History

The league COHL was a Southwestern Ontario

Southwestern Ontario

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 Intermediate level league. All Intermediate was merged with Senior in 1986, but this league was merged into the WOAA Intermediate Hockey League in 1980. The WOAA now exists as a Senior "AA" hockey league.

The league was fed new players by the local Central Junior C Hockey League

Western Junior C Hockey League

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, under that name from 1960 until 1980, is now known as the Western Junior C Hockey League. The league was supported by the local Northern Junior D Hockey League, which folded in 1985.

Their 1976-77 Season was a competitive won. The top team in the league was Dromore, followed by Badjeros, Dundalk, Priceville, El-Ron, Flsherton, and Markdale. The next year, they were joined by the Shelburne Muskies

Shelburne Muskies

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. They jumped to the Ontario Hockey Association

Ontario Hockey Association

The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...

 Senior ranks in 1980, and the rest of the league was absorbed by the WOAA. They stayed under their name as a division of the WOAA until 1982, when they finally were fully integrated into the league.

Former Member Teams

• Badjeros
• Barhead Blues
• Chatsworth
• Dundalk Flyers
• Durham Flyers
• Dromore
• El-Ron Inn
• Feversham
• Flesherton Saints
• Glenelg
• Honeywood
• Markdale Majors
  Markdale Majors
  The Markdale Majors were a Canadian Intermediate team from the town of Markdale, Ontario. An entry which competed in the Central Ontario Hockey League, later swallowed by the WOAA Senior Hockey League.-History:...
  
  
• Meaford
• Priceville
• Rocklyn
• Shelburne Muskies
  Shelburne Muskies
  The Shelburne Muskies are a men's senior hockey team based out of Shelburne, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League.-Championships:...
  
  
• Thornbury
• Williamsford

Champions

• 1982 Markdale Majors
• 1981 Honeywood
• 1980 Dundalk Flyers
• 1979
• 1978
• 1976
• 1975
• 1974
• 1973
• 1972
• 1971