The National Capital Junior Hockey League (NCJHL) is a Canadian Junior

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league in

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, sanctioned by the

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and

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. The league is meant to be an interprovincial league between

and

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History

From 1968 until 2010, the league was known as the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League. At the start of the 2010-2011 regular season, the league was rebranded under its new name - National Capital Junior Hockey League (NCJHL). In April 2015, the NCJHL accepted the application of the Morrisburg Lions to join the league for starting in the 2015-2016 season. The Lions were one of six teams dropped when the

Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Junior ice hockey league operating in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by Hockey Eastern Ontario and Hockey Canada and acts as a junior B league to the Central Canada Hockey League. ...

re-configured and re-branded as the

Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Junior ice hockey league operating in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by Hockey Eastern Ontario and Hockey Canada and acts as a junior B league to the Central Canada Hockey League. ...

. In March 2017, it was announced that the reigning NCJHL champions,

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, were joining CCHL Tier 2 in the fall of 2017. In April 2017, four new teams have been accepted to join the NCJHL: two brand new teams - Blackburn Inferno and Bytown Royals; and two former CCHL Tier 2 teams -

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and South Grenville Rangers, bringing the total to 12 teams. In July 2017, the Rockland Nationals became the Les Castors de Clarence (Clarence Castors) after originally moving to Clarence to become the Jr. C version of the CCHL's

Rockland Nationals The Rockland Nationals (French: ''National de Rockland''), colloquially known as the Nats, are a Junior A ice hockey team based in Rockland, Ontario. The Nationals compete in the Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL) as a member of the East Divisio ...

. The CCHL2 Clarence Castors moved to

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to serve as an affiliation to the

Carleton Place Canadians The Carleton Place Canadians are a Junior A ice hockey team based in Carleton Place, Ontario. The Canadians compete in the Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL) as a member of the West Division. The team was established in 1969, along with the Kemp ...

, calling themselves the Carleton Place Jr. Canadians. The 2019–2020 season was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, before resuming in 2021 (although with the Inferno relocated to Almonte.)

Current teams

John A. Cameron Trophy League Champions

2025 playoffs

Former teams

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* Blackburn Inferno 2017-2018 expansion team from Blackburn Hamlet re-located to Carp 2018 and eventually Almonte in 2021. * Bytown Royals 2017-2021 *

Char-Lan Rebels The Char-Lan Rebels were a junior ice hockey team in Williamstown, Ontario. Between 2014–15 and the end of the 2019–20 seasons, the EOJHL and the CCHL set a new agreement in an attempt to create a better player development model. This result ...

Casselman Stars The Cumberland Bandits are a junior ice hockey team based in Cumberland, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the National Capital Junior Hockey League but were inactive for the 2018–19 season. As of 2021, they have not returned to leagu ...

* Cumberland Bandits 1986-2018 took leave of absence - never returned *

(1972-2017) - join the CCHL2 *Cornwall Township Flyers *Long Sault Vipers * Outaouais Jr. Académie * Papineau Vikings 1998-2018. relocated to Stittsville as Ottawa Valley Lightning *Russell Lions *North Stormont Express * Maxville Mustangs

References

External links

Website
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