Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League
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The Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League (formerly the Nova Scotia Junior B Hockey League) is a Junior "B" ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
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
Canada
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, sanctioned by Hockey Canada
Hockey Canada
Hockey Canada, formally known as the Canadian Hockey Association, is the national governing body of ice hockey in Canada and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Hockey Canada controls a vast majority of ice hockey in Canada, with a few exceptions...
. The winner of the Nova Scotia playoffs competes for the Don Johnson Cup
Don Johnson Cup
The Don Johnson Cup is the Junior "B" ice hockey championship for the Atlantic Provinces of Canada -- Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island....
, the Atlantic Junior "B" Crown.
History
The Mainland Junior B Hockey League was formed in 1980 by Al Hollingsworth. In 1992, it took on the Cape Breton Jr. Mills and the Port Hawkesbury Pirates of the folded Cape Breton Junior B Hockey League (also known as the Eastern or Northumberland League) and was renamed the Nova Scotia Junior B Hockey League. In 2006, the league dropped the "B" from its name.The teams
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| Bay Ducks Bay Ducks Bay Ducks are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia. The Ducks play in the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League and are the 2006 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B Champions.-History:... |
Tantallon Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia Upper Tantallon is a community that extends from the Hammonds Plains Road to the crossroads of Trunk 3 and Route 333 within the Halifax Regional Municipality, 22.3 km west from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.-2008 fire:... |
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| Brookfield Elks | Brookfield Brookfield, Nova Scotia Brookfield is a Canadian rural community located in southern Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Brookfield is a growing community in the heart of Nova Scotia, just forty minutes from the provincial capital of Halifax, thirty minutes from the Stanfield International Airport and ten minutes... |
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| East Hants Penguins East Hants Penguins East Hants Penguins are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from East Hants, Nova Scotia. The Penguins play in the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League and are the 2007 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B Champions.-History:... |
Elmsdale Lantz, Nova Scotia Lantz is an unincorporated community located on the Shubenacadie River between the communities of Milford and Elmsdale, in the Municipality of East Hants and the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada... |
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| Eastern Shore Jr. Mariners | Musquodoboit Harbour Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia Musquodoboit Harbour is a Canadian rural community in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.The community is situated on the Eastern Shore at the mouth of the Musquodoboit River. the community lies 45 kilometres east of downtown Halifax... |
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| Sackville Blazers Sackville Blazers The Sackville Blazers are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. The Blazers play in the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League and are the only team in history to have won three consecutive Don Johnson Cups as Maritime Junior B Champions.-History:The Sackville Blazers... |
Sackville Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia Lower Sackville is a suburban community located in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is part of the urban area of Halifax .... |
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| Windsor Royals Windsor Royals (ice hockey) The Windsor Royals are a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from Windsor, Nova Scotia. They are members of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League and are 1998, 2001, and 2008 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B champions.-History:... |
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... |
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| Antigonish Bulldogs | 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:... |
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| Glace Bay Jr. Miners Glace Bay Jr. Miners The Glace Bay Jr. Miners are a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. They are members of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League and are 1989 and 1997 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B champions and 1976 and 1977 Eastern League Junior A Champions... |
Glace Bay Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Glace Bay is a community in the eastern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It forms part of the general area referred to as Industrial Cape Breton.... |
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| Cumberland County Blues Cumberland County Blues The Cumberland County Blues are a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from Springhill, Nova Scotia. They are members of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League and are 2010 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B champions.-History:... |
Springhill Springhill, Nova Scotia -Coal mining:The first industrial coal mining in the area took place in the 1870s after a rail connection was built by the Springhill and Parrsboro Coal and Railway Company to the newly completed Intercolonial Railway at neighbouring Springhill Junction.... |
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| Pictou County Scotians | Trenton Trenton, Nova Scotia Trenton is a town located in Pictou County, Nova Scotia.Trenton is situated on the east bank of the East River of Pictou, adjacent to and immediately north of the larger town of New Glasgow.- Economy :... |
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| Strait Pirates | Port Hawkesbury Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia -Historical residents:*Henry Nicholas Paint , member of Parliament for Richmond county, merchant and land owner. His family received land grants at Belle Vue on the Strait of Canso in 1817 and at Point Tupper in 1863, and did much to develop the local communities in the area.*Arthur John Langley ... |
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Playoff Champions
Bolded are teams who also won the Don Johnson CupDon Johnson Cup
The Don Johnson Cup is the Junior "B" ice hockey championship for the Atlantic Provinces of Canada -- Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island....
as Atlantic Jr. B Champions.
- 1981 Valley Jets
- 1982 Spryfield Lions
- 1983 Sackville Blazers
- 1984 Truro Bearcats
- 1985 East Hants Penguins
- 1986 Sackville Blazers
- 1987 Valley Jets
- 1988 Windsor Royals
- 1989 Sackville Blazers
- 1990 St. Margaret's Bay Mariners
- 1991 St. Margaret's Bay Mariners
- 1992 St. Margaret's Bay Mariners
- 1993 Windsor Royals
- 1994 Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates
- 1995 Windsor Royals
- 1996 Windsor Royals
- 1997 Cape Breton Alpines
- 1998 Windsor Royals
- 1999 Port Hawkesbury Strain Pirates
- 2000 Cape Breton Alpines
- 2001 Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates (Windsor Royals won Atlantics as hosts)
- 2002 Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates
- 2003 Sackville Blazers
- 2004 Sackville Blazers
- 2005 Sackville Blazers
- 2006 Antigonish Bulldogs (Bay Ducks won Atlantics as hosts)
- 2007 East Hants Penguins
- 2008 Windsor Royals
- 2009 Cumberland County Blues
- 2010 Cumberland County Blues
- 2011 Bay Ducks