The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a

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league operating in

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, Canada. The league is sanctioned by

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and Hockey Canada and acts as a second tier to the

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. The 16 member teams of the league compete for the Barkley Cup. Dating back to the 1960s, the league was known until 2015 as the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League. The League was known from 2015 to 2020 as the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2.

History

The EOJHL 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 had grown to 22 different teams. For the 2007-08 season, 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

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and then town of

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. The new team, the Casselman Vikings, began play in the 2008-09 season. In May 2009, the league dropped the Junior "B" designation from its name, becoming the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League (EOJHL). For the 2009-10 season, the Carleton Place Kings moved from the EOJHL to the

. The Kings were replaced the same year by the new

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. In April 2014, the EOJHL Champion Casselman Vikings traveled to

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to compete in the Eastern Canadian Junior B Championship. Cassleman became the first team west of Atlantic Canada to compete in the Don Johnson Memorial Cup tournament since its inception in 1982. Casselman went 6-0-0 and won the championship. At the beginning of the 2015-16 season, the league changed its name to the CCHL2 and cut down to 16 teams from 22 teams which saw the removal of the Shawville Pontiacs, Akwesasne Wolves, Gananoque Islanders, Almonte Thunder, Morrisburg Lions, and Gatineau Mustangs. The CCHL2 consists of two divisions, the Martin Division and Richardson Division. The league offers a 52-game balanced schedule where everyone plays everyone at least once. The two Divisional Playoff champions battle for the Barkley Cup every April. In March 2017, the Pembroke Lumber Kings (CCHL) announced the purchase of the

Prescott Flyers The Whitewater Kings are a Canadian junior ice hockey team from Cobden, Ontario. The Kings play in the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League. Between 2014-15 and the end of the 2019-2020 seasons, the EOJHL and the CCHL set a new agreement in ...

as their CCHL2 affiliate and relocating the team to Cobden and calling them the Whitewater Kings. Also in March, the Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) announced the purchase of the Clarence Beavers and relocated them to Carleton Place, naming them the Carleton Place Junior Canadians. The Rockland Nationals of the National Capital Junior Hockey League will relocate to Clarence to fill in for the departed Beavers. The

Metcalfe Jets The Metcalfe Jets are a Junior "C" ice hockey team based out of Metcalfe, Ontario. They initially played in Junior "B" out of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League which was re-branded to the Central Canada Hockey League 2. For the 2017-18 ...

will move to the

National Capital Junior Hockey League The National Capital Junior Hockey League (NCJHL) is a Junior ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Hockey Eastern Ontario and Hockey Canada. The league is meant to be an interprovincial league between Ontario and Quebec. Histo ...

and in return the

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will move up to the CCHL2.

Teams

Playoff champions

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( Sutherland Cup),

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(

Keystone Cup The Keystone Cup is the Junior B ice hockey championship and trophy for Western Canada. From 1983 to 2017, the championship was the culmination of the champions of 12 hockey leagues in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Northw ...

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( Coupe Dodge), and Atlantic Canada ( Don Johnson Memorial Cup). Up until the end of the 2015 playoffs, each team listed is a division champion, both the league champion and finalists are either "Metro/Valley" or "Rideau/St. Lawrence" Conference champions. Bolded are league champions, ''Italicized'' are finalists. The EOJHL became the CCHL2 for the 2015-16 season reducing to just two divisions.

2022 playoffs

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 :John Shorey Cup Awarded to Rideau/St. Lawrence Conference Playoff Champions :Dwaine Barkley Trophy Awarded to Metro/Valley Conference Playoff Champions

Former member teams

External links

Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League
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