East Hants Penguins
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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.
In 2007, the Penguins won their first league title and went on to the Don Johnson Cup
Maritime Junior B Championships. They defeated the host Cumberland County Blues
7-2, Central West Junior Hockey League's Central Jr. Cataracts 11-2, New Brunswick
's Madawaska 506 who played in Quebec
all season 12-4, and the Island Junior Hockey League
's Kensington Vipers
6-5 in overtime to finish first in the tournament round robin with a 4-0-0 record. In the semi-final, the Penguins again crushed Central 8-3 and in the final they defeated Cumberland County 2-0 to win their first and only Don Johnson Cup
.
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 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...
team from East Hants, Nova Scotia
East Hants, Nova Scotia
East Hants is a municipal district in Hants County, Nova Scotia.With its administrative seat in Milford Station, the district occupies the eastern half of Hants County from the Minas Basin to the boundary with Halifax County, sharing this boundary with the West Hants municipal district...
. The Penguins play in the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League
Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League
The Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Nova Scotia, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the Nova Scotia playoffs competes for the Don Johnson Cup, the Atlantic Junior "B" Crown.-History:The Mainland Junior B Hockey League was formed in 1980 by Al...
and are the 2007 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....
Maritime Junior B Champions.
History
The Penguins were founded in 2000, but East Hants has a history that dates back decades in junior hockey.In 2007, the Penguins won their first league title and went on to 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....
Maritime Junior B Championships. They defeated the host 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:...
7-2, Central West Junior Hockey League's Central Jr. Cataracts 11-2, New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
's Madawaska 506 who played in 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....
all season 12-4, and the Island Junior Hockey League
Island Junior Hockey League
The Island Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada.-History:Since being founded in 1996, the IJHL has been strictly a Junior "B" League—one tier below the Maritime Junior A Hockey League and two tiers below the Quebec Major...
's Kensington Vipers
Kensington Vipers
The Kensington Vipers are a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from Kensington, Prince Edward Island. They are members of the Island Junior Hockey League and are 2011 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B champions.-Team history:...
6-5 in overtime to finish first in the tournament round robin with a 4-0-0 record. In the semi-final, the Penguins again crushed Central 8-3 and in the final they defeated Cumberland County 2-0 to win their first and only 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....
.
Season-by-season record
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs | |
| 2000-01 | 35 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 119 | 213 | 14 | 9th NSJBHL | ||
| 2001-02 | 34 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 115 | 170 | 20 | 9th NSJBHL | ||
| 2002-03 | 32 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 125 | 133 | 26 | 6th NSJBHL | ||
| 2003-04 | 32 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 96 | 145 | 22 | 6th NSJBHL | ||
| 2004-05 | 32 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 120 | 20 | 8th NSJBHL | ||
| 2005-06 | 34 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 214 | 12 | 10th NSJBHL | ||
| 2006-07 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 225 | 122 | 60 | 1st NSJHL | Won League, Won DJC | |
| 2007-08 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 124 | 46 | 2nd NSJHL | ||
| 2008-09 | Leave of Absence | ||||||||||
| 2009-10 | 34 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 107 | 169 | 26 | 9th NSJHL | ||
| 2010-11 | 34 | 17 | 14 | ||||||||
| 3 | 133 | 163 | 37 | 5th NSJHL | |||||||