Quebec Junior A Hockey League
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The Quebec Junior A Hockey League was a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
Junior
Junior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
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 from Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
that operated from 1972 until 1982. The QJAHL was a member of Hockey Quebec
Hockey Québec
Hockey Québec is the governing body of all ice hockey in Quebec, Canada. Hockey Québec is a branch of Hockey Canada.-History:Hockey Québec was organized in 1976 to take over from the various organizations governing hockey in Quebec, such as the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association which had existed...
and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association was the national governing body of amateur ice hockey play in Canada from 1914 until 1994 when it merged with the Canadian Hockey Association or Hockey Canada....
and was eligible for the Dudley Hewitt Cup
Dudley Hewitt Cup
The Dudley Hewitt Cup is a championship ice hockey trophy, won by tournaments conducted by the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The trophy was first awarded in 1979. The winner of the Dudley Hewitt Cup competes at the 2011 Royal Bank Cup.-History:...
and Centennial Cup.
History
The Quebec Junior A Hockey League was formed in 1972 to give the Province of Quebec an entry in the Canadian Amateur Hockey AssociationCanadian Amateur Hockey Association
The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association was the national governing body of amateur ice hockey play in Canada from 1914 until 1994 when it merged with the Canadian Hockey Association or Hockey Canada....
's Centennial Cup playoffs.
In 1982, the QJAHL folded. Quebec would not see Junior "A" hockey again until the Black Lake Miners jumped from Junior "B" into the 1988 Dudley Hewitt Cup
Dudley Hewitt Cup
The Dudley Hewitt Cup is a championship ice hockey trophy, won by tournaments conducted by the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The trophy was first awarded in 1979. The winner of the Dudley Hewitt Cup competes at the 2011 Royal Bank Cup.-History:...
playoffs. A year later the Quebec Provincial Junior Hockey League was formed.
Teams
- Beauport Cascades
- Cape Madeleine Barons
- Granby Vics
- Grand'Mere
- Joliette Cyclones
- La Prairie Flames
- La Tuque Wolves
- Lac Megantic Royals
- Lachine
- Longueuil Rebels
- Pierrefonds Pirates
- Rosemont Bombardiers
- St. Eustache Patriotes
- St. Foy Roosters
- St. Jean
- St. Jerome Alouettes
- Thetford Mines Fleur de Lys
- Waterloo Maroons
Champions
- 1973 St. Jerome Alouettes
- 1974 Lac-Megantic Royals
- 1975 St. Jerome Alouettes
- 1976 Lac-Megantic Royals
- 1977 La Tuque Wolves
- 1978 Thetford Mines Fleur de Lys
- 1979 Thetford Mines Fleur de Lys
- 1980 Joliette Cyclones
- 1981 Joliette Cyclones
- 1982 La Prairie Flames