The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Canadian Junior ice hockey league operating in Eastern Ontario. The league is sanctioned by the Ottawa District Hockey Association and Hockey Canada. The 22 member team of the league compete for the D. Arnold Carson Memorial Trophy.
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 has grown to 22 different teams. The EOJHL is the biggest Junior "B" league in all of Canada and is the only Junior "B" league in the Ottawa District Hockey Association.
The EOJHL is broken up into two traditional conferences that operate separately of each other. Each conference has two divisions. Each conference has its own president and each one operates under variable rules allowed by the ODHA. Each division plays off to declare its own champion, after which the four champion teams play-off for the Metro/Valley Championship and Rideau/St. Lawrence Championship. The winner of these two championships playoff in a best-of-7 series for the D. Arnold Carson Memorial Trophy, the EOJHL crown. The Metro Division champion had gone on to win the last seven EOJHL championships, when the St. Lawrence Division's Alexandria Glens broke the streak in 2007.
In the playoffs, the Shawville Pontiacs and Gatineau Mustangs are both eligible and compete in Hockey Quebec's Coupe Dodge Junior "AA" Championships. Gatineau was the host of the 2006 Coupe Dodge.
In 2007, the Kemptville 73's moved from the EOJHL to the Central Junior A Hockey League. A season later, the EOJHL sold their franchise rights to the then-owners of the Casselman Stars of the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League and then town of Casselman, Ontario. The new team, the Casselman Vikings, will begin play in the 2008-09 season.
In 2009, the Carleton Place Kings left the league to join the Central Junior A Hockey League, they were replaced by the new Almonte Thunder. In late May 2009, the league dropped the Junior "B" designation from its name, becoming the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.
The Teams
(x-) denotes berth into playoffs, (y-) denotes elimination from playoffs, (z-) clinched division.
2008-09 Playoffs
League Playdowns
Division Quarter-final Round
- Gatineau Mustangs (M4) defeated Metcalfe Jets (M5) 3-games-to-none
- Carleton Place Kings (V1) defeated Renfrew Timberwolves (V6) 4-games-to-none
- Stittsville Royals (V2) defeated Perth (V5) 4-games-to-3
- Arnprior (V3) defeated Shawville (V4) 4-games-to-2
D. Arnold Carson Memorial Trophy Champions
Alexandria Glens with Carson Trophy (2007)
- 2009 Ottawa West Golden Knights
- 2008 Alexandria Glens
- 2007 Alexandria Glens
- 2006 Ottawa West Golden Knights
- 2005 Ottawa West Golden Knights
- 2004 Metcalfe Jets
- 2003 Ottawa West Golden Knights
- 2002 Ottawa West Golden Knights
- 2001 Clarence Beavers
- 2000 Voisins de Papineau
- 1999 Kemptville 73's
- 1998 Westport Rideaus
- 1997 Kemptville 73's
- 1996 Perth Blue Wings
- 1995 Metcalfe Jets
- 1994 Clarence Beavers
- 1993 Renfrew Timberwolves
- 1992 Perth Blue Wings
- 1991 Navan Grads
- 1990 Renfrew Timberwolves
- 1989 South Ottawa Canadians
- 1988 Renfrew Timberwolves
- 1987 Metcalfe Jets
- 1986 Char-Lan Rebels
- 1985 Ottawa West Golden Knights
- 1984 Metcalfe Jets
- 1983 Metcalfe Jets
- 1982 South Ottawa Canadians
- 1981 South Ottawa Canadians
- 1980 St. Isidore Eagles
- 1979 South Ottawa Canadians
- 1978 Morrisburg Lions
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- 1977 Renfrew Lions
- 1976 Morrisburg Lions
- 1975 Vanier 72's
- 1974 Ottawa 67 Bees
- 1973 Gatineau Volants
- 1972 Metcalfe Jets
- 1971 Ottawa 67 Bees
- 1970 Ottawa 67 Bees
- 1969 Renfrew Lions
- 1968 Ottawa 67 Bees
- 1967 Hawkesbury Combines
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(*) These are missing for one reason or another, there were probably champions in these years, but there is so far no resource that reflects who these champions may be.
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
- Don Valcour Trophy Awarded to Rideau/St. Lawrence Conference Playoff Champions
- Dwaine Barkley Trophy Awarded to Metro/Valley Conference Playoff Champions
Former Member Teams
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