EWLINE Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League Head Office Ottawa, Ontario Official Web site EOJHL Commissioner Dwaine Barkley Conference Presidents Ron McRostie John Shorey Founded 1966 Teams 22 2010-11 Champion Clarence Beavers Clarence Beavers The Clarence Beavers are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Clarence, Ontario. They play in the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.-Season-by-season results:-External links:**...

The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Canadian

Canada

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 Junior

Junior ice hockey

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 ice hockey

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 league operating in Eastern Ontario

Eastern Ontario

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. The league is sanctioned by the Ottawa District Hockey Association

Ottawa District Hockey Association

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 and Hockey Canada

Hockey Canada

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. 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 only Junior "B" league in the Ottawa District Hockey Association

Ottawa District Hockey Association

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.

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

Alexandria Glens

The Alexandria Glens are a Canadian Junior "B" ice hockey team based in Alexandria, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the St. Lawrence Division of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League . They play at the Billy Gebbie Arena, also known as the Glengarry Sports Palace. In their history, the...

 broke the streak in 2007.

In the playoffs, the Shawville Pontiacs

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 and Gatineau Mustangs

Gatineau Mustangs

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 are both eligible and compete in Hockey Quebec

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's Coupe Dodge

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 Junior "AA" Championships. Gatineau was the host of the 2006 Coupe Dodge.

In 2007, the Kemptville 73's

Kemptville 73's

The Kemptville 73's are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team based out of Kemptville, Ontario. They play in the Central Canada Hockey League of the Ottawa District Hockey Association.-History:Founded in 1969. Changed name in 1973...

 moved from the EOJHL to the Central Junior A Hockey League

Central Junior A Hockey League

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. A season later, the EOJHL sold their franchise rights to the then-owners of the Casselman Stars

Casselman Stars

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 of the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League

Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League

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 and then town of Casselman, Ontario

Casselman, Ontario

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. The new team, the Casselman Vikings

Casselman Vikings

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, will begin play in the 2008-09 season.

In 2009, the Carleton Place Kings

Carleton Place Kings

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 left the league to join the Central Junior A Hockey League

Central Junior A Hockey League

The Central Canada Hockey League is a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey league operating in eastern Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Ottawa District Hockey Association and Hockey Canada and is a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League...

, they were replaced by the new Almonte Thunder

Almonte Thunder

The Almonte Thunder are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Almonte, Ontario. They play in the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:The Almonte Thunder were granted expansion into the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League in 2009...

. In late May 2009, the league dropped the Junior "B" designation from its name, becoming the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.

The teams

EWLINE Rideau Division Team Centre Founded 2010-11 Record Points z-Athens Aeros Athens Athens, Ontario Athens is a township in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located approximately 25 km north of the St. Lawrence River, near Brockville, west of Addison, and about 90 km south west of Ottawa....   1968 38-7-0-1 77 x-Brockville Tikis Brockville Brockville, Ontario Brockville is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region. Though it serves as the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Brockville is politically independent and is grouped with Leeds and Grenville for census purposes only.Known as the "City of the 1000...   1967 15-28-0-3 33 x-Gananoque Islanders Gananoque Gananoque, Ontario Gananoque is a town in Leeds and Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. The town had a population of 5,287 year-round residents in the Canada 2006 Census, as well as summer residents sometimes referred to as "Islanders" because of the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River, Gananoque's most...   1972 15-30-0-1 31 South Grenville Rangers South Grenville Rangers The South Grenville Rangers are a Junior "B" team encompassing South Grenville, Ontario.The team plays its home games based out of Prescott, Ontario. They play out of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.-Season-by-Season results:-External links:**... Prescott Prescott, Ontario Prescott is a town of approximately 4,180 people on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada. The Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge, 5 km east of Prescott in Johnstown, connects it with Ogdensburg, New York...   1971 13-31-0-2 28 x-Westport Rideaus Westport Westport, Ontario Westport is a village in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It lies at the west end of Upper Rideau Lake, at the head of the navigable Rideau Canal system, between Kingston and Ottawa....   1967 28-18-0-0 56 St. Lawrence Division Team Centre Founded 2010-11 Record Points Akwesasne Wolves Akwesasne Wolves The Akwesasne Wolves are a Junior ice hockey team based out of Cornwall Island, Ontario. They play out of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.-Season-by-season results:-External links:**... Cornwall Cornwall, Ontario Cornwall is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada and the seat of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario. Cornwall is Ontario's easternmost city, located on the St...   1998 12-24-1-5 30 x-Alexandria Glens Alexandria  1967 29-9-0-4 62 z-Casselman Vikings Casselman Casselman, Ontario Casselman is a village in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell on the South Nation River.It is a village on the Trans-Canada Highway 417 between Ottawa and Montreal at the crossroads of Regional Road 7, about 55 km southeast of downtown Ottawa. Highway 138 to...   2008 35-5-1-1 72 Char-Lan Rebels Char-Lan Rebels The Char-Lan Rebels are a Junior "B" ice hockey team based out of Williamstown, Ontario. They play out of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.... Williamstown  1979 8-32-0-2 18 x-Morrisburg Lions Morrisburg  1971 14-25-0-3 31 x-Winchester Hawks Winchester  1971 29-11-1-1 60 Metro Division Team Centre Founded 2010-11 Record Points z-Clarence Beavers Clarence  1993 30-8-3-1 64 Gatineau Mustangs Gatineau Mustangs The Gatineau Mustangs are a Junior "B" team based out of Buckingham, Quebec. They play out of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:... Buckingham Buckingham, Quebec Buckingham was a city located in the Outaouais region of the province of Quebec. Since January 1, 2002, it has been part of the amalgamated city of Gatineau which merged five former municipalities, including Masson-Angers, Buckingham, Hull, Aylmer and Gatineau, into a single entity...   14-26-1-1 30 x-Metcalfe Jets Metcalfe Metcalfe, Ontario Metcalfe is a large village in the Osgoode Ward of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The local agricultural fair, the Metcalfe Fair, has been held each fall since 1856....   1967 15-23-3-1 34 x-Ottawa West Golden Knights Ottawa  1983 27-14-0-1 55 x-Ottawa Jr. Canadians Ottawa  1973 25-14-2-1 53 Valley Division Team Centre Founded 2010-11 Record Points x-Almonte Thunder Almonte Almonte, Ontario Almonte is a Canadian exurb and former mill town located in Lanark County, in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, Canada. Formerly a separate municipality, Almonte is now a ward of the town of Mississippi Mills, which was created on January 1, 1998 by the merging of Almonte with Ramsay and...   2009 21-18-2-1 45 x-Arnprior Packers Arnprior Arnprior, Ontario Arnprior is a town in Renfrew County, in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, Canada. It is located at the mouth of the Madawaska River, as it enters the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley...   1953 21-18-3-0 45 z-Perth Blue Wings Perth Perth, Ontario Perth is a town in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, Canada . It is located on the Tay River, 83 km southwest of Ottawa, and is the seat of Lanark County.-History:...   1973 30-10-1-1 62 x-Renfrew Timberwolves Renfrew Renfrew, Ontario Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, is a town on the Bonnechere River in Renfrew County. Located one hour west of Ottawa in Eastern Ontario, Renfrew is the third largest town in the county after Petawawa and Pembroke. The town is a small transportation hub connecting Ontario Highway 60 and Highway 132 with...   1987 20-18-4-0 44 Shawville Pontiacs Shawville Pontiacs The Shawville Pontiacs are a Junior "B" team based out of Shawville, Quebec. They play out of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.-Season-by-Season results:-External links:**... Shawville  1986 9-30-1-2 21 Stittsville Royals Stittsville Royals The Stittsville Royals are a Junior team based out of Stittsville, Ontario. They play out of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.-Season-by-Season results:-External links:***... Stittsville Stittsville, Ontario Stittsville is a suburban community in the western part of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. A part of the National Capital Region, Stittsville is located immediately to the south-west of Kanata, and about from downtown Ottawa.-History:...   1968 12-27-1-2 27

(x-) denotes berth into playoffs, (z-) clinched division.

League Playdowns

D. Arnold Carson Memorial Trophy Champions

2011 Clarence Beavers 2010 Ottawa Jr. Canadians 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 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

(*) 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

• Carleton Place Kings
  Carleton Place Kings
  The Carleton Place Canadians are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Carleton Place, Ontario. The Canadians are members of the Central Junior A Hockey League and Canadian Junior Hockey League, and as such are eligible for the Eastern Canadian Fred Page Cup championship and Royal Bank Cup...
  
  
• Kemptville 73's
  Kemptville 73's
  The Kemptville 73's are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team based out of Kemptville, Ontario. They play in the Central Canada Hockey League of the Ottawa District Hockey Association.-History:Founded in 1969. Changed name in 1973...
  
  
• Navan Grads
  Cumberland Grads
  The Cumberland Grads are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Navan, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Central Canada Hockey League.-History:...
  
  
• St. Isidore Eagles
  Saint-Isidore Eagles
  The St-Isidore Eagles are a Junior ice hockey team based out of St. Isidore, Ontario. They play out of the National Capital Junior Hockey League.-Season-by-Season record:...
  
  
• Spencerville Bruins
• Prescott Falcons
• Cardinal Broncos
• Cardinal Spencerville Combines

External links

• Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League Website
• Ottawa Junior Hockey Forum