Island Junior Hockey League
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The Island Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" 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...
league in Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
, Canada
Canada
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, sanctioned by Hockey Canada
Hockey Canada
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History
Since being founded in 1996, the IJHL has been strictly a Junior "B" League—one tier below the Maritime Junior A Hockey LeagueMaritime Junior A Hockey League
The Maritime Junior Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league under Hockey Canada, a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. It consists of four teams from New Brunswick and one team from Prince Edward Island, which make up the Roger Meek Division, and six teams from Nova Scotia which make...
and two tiers below the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...
which both draw from the same region.
The IJHL shares its name with the former Junior "A" league that played in the same region, the Island Junior Hockey League
Island Junior Hockey League (1973–1991)
The Island Junior Hockey League , also sometimes called the PEI Junior A Hockey League, was a Canadian Junior ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island. Originally a Junior B team, the league was promoted to Junior A in 1973 after the folding of the Charlottetown Islanders in 1972.-History:The...
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In 2002, the O'Leary Eagles
O'Leary Eagles
The O'Leary Eagles were a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from O'Leary, Prince Edward Island. They were members of the Island Junior Hockey League and were 2002 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B champions.-History:...
won 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....
as Maritime Junior B champions. Nine years later, in 2011, the 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:...
repeated the act as Maritime Champions. 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....
has been generally dominated by the Nova Scotia Junior B Hockey League.
The teams
| Team | Centre |
| Charlottetown Abbies | Charlottetown Charlottetown Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885... |
| 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:... |
Kensington Kensington, Prince Edward Island Kensington is a town located 15 kilometres northeast of Summerside in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; As of 2001, the population was 1,385.... |
| Sherwood Falcons | Sherwood Sherwood, Prince Edward Island Sherwood is a neighbourhood of the city of Charlottetown in central Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.Sherwood is centrally located in Charlottetown on the border of Queens Royalty and the township of Lot 33.... |
| Western Red Wings | Tyne Valley Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island Tyne Valley is a Canadian village in Prince County, Prince Edward Island.Incorporated in 1966, the community is located in the township of Lot 13 at the intersection of Routes 12 and 167.- History :... |
Champions
Modern Jr. B Era- 1997 Sherwood Falcons
- 1998 Kings County Sharks
- 1999 Kings County Sharks
- 2000 Summerside Red Wings
- 2001 Sherwood Falcons
- 2002 O'Leary Eagles
- 2003 Sherwood Falcons
- 2004 Kensington Vipers
- 2005 Kensington Vipers
- 2006 Sherwood Falcons
- 2007 Kensington Vipers
- 2008 Kensington Vipers
- 2009 Sherwood Falcons
- 2010 Kensington Vipers
- 2011 Kensington Vipers