Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League
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Ice hockey
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league in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
, Canada
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, sanctioned by Hockey Canada
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. The winner of the playoffs competes in the Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships
Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships
The Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships are the Junior "C" ice hockey championships for the Martime Junior "C" leagues and Hockey North's Team Nunavut of the Territory of Nunavut.-History:...
. The league plays 2, 15 minutes periods, and then the traditional 20 minutes in the third period.
The teams
| Team | Centre |
| Avon River Rats | Windsor Windsor, Nova Scotia Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Mainland Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,779 and was at one time the shire town of the county. The region encompassing present day Windsor was... |
| Barrington Ice Dogs Barrington Ice Dogs The Barrington Ice Dogs are a Junior hockey franchise based in Barrington, Nova Scotia.They play in the Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League.The Ice Dogs are five time Nova Scotia Provincial Jr. C Champions, winning titles in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2009. They also have won two Maritime-Hockey... |
Barrington Barrington, Nova Scotia Barrington is a municipal district in western Shelburne County, Nova Scotia.Barrington forms the southernmost part of the province and contains Cape Sable, the eastern boundary between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine.- Demographics :... |
| Clare Lions | Clare Clare, Nova Scotia Clare is a municipal district in western Nova Scotia, Canada.Primarily an Acadian region, Clare occupies the western half of Digby County. Most of the municipality's settled areas are located along St. Marys Bay, a sub-basin of the Gulf of Maine... |
| Chester Clippers Chester Clippers Jr. Hockey Club The Chester Clippers are an ice hockey team based in Chester, Nova Scotia, 45 minutes west of Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia.The team is currently in its third season in the Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League.... |
Chester Chester, Nova Scotia Chester is an incorporated Canadian village located in and part of Nova Scotia's Chester Municipal District in the southeastern part of Lunenburg County.-History:... |
| Fundy Phantoms | Tatamagouche Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia Tatamagouche is a Canadian village in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.Tatamagouche is situated on the Northumberland Strait 50 kilometers north of Truro and 50 kilometres west of Pictou. The village is located along the south side of Tatamagouche Bay at the mouths of the French and Waugh Rivers... |
| Oxford Colts | Oxford Oxford, Nova Scotia Oxford is a town in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada east of Amherst. The town is directly serviced by Routes 104, 204, 301, and 321.-History:... |
| South Shore Wild | Liverpool Liverpool, Nova Scotia Liverpool is a Canadian community and former town located along the Atlantic Ocean of the Province of Nova Scotia's South Shore. It is situated within the Region of Queens Municipality which is the local governmental unit that comprises all of Queens County, Nova Scotia... |
| Spryfield Silver & Black Attack | Spryfeild Spryfield, Nova Scotia Spryfield is a community in Mainland Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was founded about 1770, by Captain William Spry, who purchased land there and established the settlement with the aid of stationed soldiers from the nearby Halifax garrison... |
Defunct teams
| Defunct Team | Centre |
| Antigonish Jr. C Hockey Club | Antigonish Antigonish, Nova Scotia Antigonish is a Canadian town in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. The town is home to St. Francis Xavier University and the oldest continuous highland games in North America.-History:... |
| Chebucto Canadians | Chebucto West End, Halifax The West End is a neighbourhood of Halifax Regional Municipality in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located on the western half of the Halifax Peninsula. The West End is predominantly middle class with many blocks of tree-lined older residential streets. However, it is also home to many... |
| Eastern Shore Jr. Mariners | Eastern Shore |
| Halifax Thunder Halifax Thunder The Halifax Thunder are a defunct Ice-hockey team from Halifax, Nova Scotia. They played in the Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League. The 2006-07 season was their first in Halifax and the 2008-09 season was their last. They were previously the East Hants Penguins... |
Halifax |
| New Waterford Jets | New Waterford New Waterford, Nova Scotia New Waterford is a Canadian urban community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.-Geography:New Waterford is located north of Sydney and northwest of Glace Bay. It is named after the city of Waterford, in Ireland. It is located near the ocean and is bordered on one side by cliffs... |
| Thorburn Mohawks | Thorburn Thorburn, Nova Scotia Thorburn is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Pictou County.- The Community :This small rural Nova Scotia town has a hair salon, sports arena, a few churches, a fire hall and a pizza and convenience store called Pete's Pizza. Thorburn is a quiet town and has... |
| Valley Fuelers | Valley Valley, Nova Scotia Valley is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Colchester County. There is a school located there called Valley Elementary School, and right across the road there is a convenience store called 'Valley Variety'. Next door to the school is the Valley United... |
| Yarmouth Kings | Yarmouth Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Yarmouth is a town and fishing port located on the Gulf of Maine in rural southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the shire town of Yarmouth County. The town is located in the heart of the world's largest lobster fishing grounds and has Canada's highest lobster catch.- History :The townsite may... |
Champions
- 2011 Eastern Shore Jr. Mariners
- 2010 Eastern Shore Jr. Mariners
- 2009 Barrington Ice Dogs
- 2008 Harbour Crunch
- 2007 New Waterford Jets
- 2006 Barrington Ice Dogs
- 2005 Barrington Ice Dogs
- 2004 Barrington Ice Dogs
- 2003 Chebucto Canadians
- 2002 Yarmouth Raiders
- 2001 Barrington Ice Dogs
- 2000 Thorburn Mohawks