Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League

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Thunder Bay Junior "B" Hockey League
Head Office Thunder Bay, Ontario
Official Web site TBJBHL
Chairman Ray Habel
Vice Chairman Bob Marks
Founded 1994

The Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Northwestern Ontario and Hockey Canada.

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[edit] History

The TBJBHL league has mixed itself in with Juvenile and Midget "AAA" teams in the Thunder Bay region for regular season games. Only the Junior teams are eligible for the playoffs. The league is sometimes referred to as the Thunder Bay Junior B/Juvenile/AAA Hockey League. The playoff champions earn the right to compete for the Keystone Cup, the Western Canadian Junior "B" Crown. This is the only Ontario Junior "B" league with this distinction as the Ontario Hockey Association Junior "B" leagues playoff for the Sutherland Cup and the 22-team Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League plays for the D. Arnold Carson Memorial Trophy.

From 1996 until 2004, the TBJBHL competed against the North of Superior Junior B Hockey League in the Northwestern Ontario Regionals for the right to compete at the Keystone Cup. After the 2003-04 season, the NSHL folded with their last champion, the Wawa Travellers, losing the league's final game in the Regionals to the TBJBHL's Thunder Bay Northern Hawks.

The Fort William Hurricanes, best known for winning the TBJBHL's only Keystone Cup, have announced on their webpage that they are interested in restarting their Junior "B" franchise for the first time since the 2000-01 season[1]. The Hurricanes won four league titles in six years between 1995 and 2000.

[edit] The Teams

Team Centre 2006-07 Record Finish
K&A Wolverines Thunder Bay 0-0-0-0 -
Nipigon Elks Nipigon 0-0-0-0 -
Thunder Bay Northern Hawks Thunder Bay 0-0-0-0 -

[edit] 2005-06 Playoffs

  Semi-finals Thunder Bay Jr. B Finals
                 
1  K&A Wolverines 7 Pts  
4  Nipigon Elks 1 Pt  
    1  K&A Wolverines 8 Pts
  3  Thunder Bay Northern Hawks 6 Pts
2  Westfort Maroons 1 Pt
3  Thunder Bay Northern Hawks 7 Pts  

Note:The Semi-finals are first team to 6 Pts, and Finals are the first to 8 Pts. A Win is worth 2 Pts, a Tie is worth 1, and there is no Overtime.

[edit] Playoff Champions

  • 2006 K&A Wolverines
  • 2005 Northern Hawks
  • 2004 Northern Hawks
  • 2003 Nipigon Elks
  • 2002 Westfort Maroons
  • 2001 Westfort Maroons
  • 2000 Fort William Hurricanes
  • 1999 Fort William Hurricanes
  • 1998 Fort William Hurricanes
  • 1997 Northwestern Wildcats
  • 1996 Northwestern Wildcats
  • 1995 Fort William Hurricanes
  • 1994 Westfort Maroons

[edit] Current "Minor" Interleague Members

  • North End Flames "Juvenile"
  • Superior Eagles "AAA"
  • Thunder Bay Kings "AAA"

[edit] Former Member Teams

[edit] External links

Leagues competing for the Keystone Cup
British Columbia: Kootenay International Junior Hockey League | Pacific International Junior Hockey League | Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League

Alberta: Calgary Junior Hockey League | Capital Junior Hockey League | Heritage Junior B Hockey League | North Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League | Northwest Junior Hockey League

Saskatchewan: North Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League | Prairie Junior Hockey League

Manitoba: Keystone Junior Hockey League | Ontario: Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League

Cyclone Taylor Cup | Alberta Provincials | Saskatchewan Provincials | Manitoba Provincials | Northwestern Ontario Regionals | Hockey Canada


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