New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League
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New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League
Membership Hockey New Brunswick
Hockey New Brunswick
Hockey New Brunswick is the governing body of all ice hockey in New Brunswick, Canada. Hockey New Brunswick is a branch of Hockey Canada.-Leagues & Entities:*Maritime Junior A Hockey League*New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League...

Founded 2009
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....

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First Champion Tri-County River Cats (2010)
Current Champion Tri-County River Cats (2010)

The New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League (NBJBHL) is a Canadian
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
Junior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...

 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 the Province of 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...

. The NBJBHL is a member of Hockey New Brunswick
Hockey New Brunswick
Hockey New Brunswick is the governing body of all ice hockey in New Brunswick, Canada. Hockey New Brunswick is a branch of Hockey Canada.-Leagues & Entities:*Maritime Junior A Hockey League*New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League...

 and competes for 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....

 at the interprovincial level. The league was founded in 2009.

History

In 2003, the original New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League folded. The league was formed in the 1980s from the five regional Jr. B leagues of New Brunswick when the New Brunswick Junior Hockey League
New Brunswick Junior Hockey League
The New Brunswick Junior C Hockey League was a Junior ice hockey league in New Brunswick, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the playoffs competed in the Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships.-History:...

 folded in 1983.

The void, in 2003, was filled by the New Brunswick Junior C Hockey League. In 2007-08, the league attempted to service both Jr. B and Jr. C needs in the province. A year later, the league elected to only send a Jr. C champion to interprovincial play, sending that years Junior C Champions , The Hampton Hurricanes to Atlantics and bailing on Jr. B.

In the summer of 2009, five of the top teams of the NBJCHL broke away formed their own Jr. B league, the NBJBHL. These teams were the Moncton Vito's, Grand Lake Moose Wild, Port City Ice Dawgs, Tri-County River Cats, and Black's Harbour Silver Kings.

Teams

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Team Centre
Grand Lake Moose Grand Lake
Hampton Hurricanes Hampton
Hampton, New Brunswick
Hampton is a Canadian town in Kings County, New Brunswick.Located on the Kennebecasis River 30 kilometres northeast of Saint John, Hampton is the shire town of Kings County...

Moncton Vito's Moncton
St. John Lancers St. John
Tri-County River Cats Fredericton Junction
Fredericton Junction, New Brunswick
Fredericton Junction is a Canadian village in Sunbury County, New Brunswick.Located on the Oromocto River in the western part of the county, approximately 45 km southwest of Fredericton, the community was originally named Hartt's Mills but was renamed in 1869 when the European and North American...


Old Jr. B League

  • 2003 Oromocto Crazy Canucks
  • 2002 Oromocto Crazy Canucks
  • 2001 Fredericton Falcons
  • 2000 Woodstock Slammers
    Woodstock Slammers
    The Woodstock Slammers are a Junior "A" team based out of Woodstock, New Brunswick. They play out of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League. The team plays their home games at the Carleton Civic Centre.-History:...

  • 1999 Richibucto Bears
    Richibucto Bears
    Richibucto Bears were a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Richibucto, New Brunswick. The Bears played in the New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League and New Brunswick Junior C Hockey League and were the 1999 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B Champions....

  • 1998 Richibucto Bears
  • 1997 Richibucto Bears
  • 1996 Neguac
  • 1995 Neguac
  • 1994 None
  • 1993 Fredericton
  • 1992 Fredericton
  • 1991 Cap-Pele
  • 1990 Cap-Pele
  • 1989 Saint John
  • 1988 Fredericton
  • 1987 Saint John Stingers
  • 1986 Fredericton Northside Pizza Delight Caps
  • 1985 Fredericton Northside Pizza Delight Caps
  • 1984 Oromocto
  • 1983 Sussex Ranagers
  • 1982 Fredericton Caps
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