Midwestern Junior B Hockey League

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Mid-Western Junior "B" Hockey League
Head Office Cambridge, Ontario
Official Web site MWJBHL
Chairman Paul Collins
Vice Chairman
Founded 1977

The Midwestern Junior B Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. The league's playoff champion will compete with the champions of the Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League and Western Junior B Hockey League for the Sutherland Cup, the Provincial Championship.

Southwestern Junior "B" Hockey League 1973 - 1974
Waterloo-Wellington Junior "B" Hockey League 1974 - 1977
Mid-Western Junior "B" Hockey League 1977 to Present

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[edit] History

The Mid-Western "B" was known as the Waterloo-Wellington Junior "B" Hockey League until 1977 when it donned its current name. Before 1974, the league was known as the Southwestern Junior "B" Hockey League for one season. The league was founded in 1973, taking aboard Kitchener Ranger Bs, Waterloo Siskins from the Western Jr. B league, and expansion teams the Caledonia Corvairs and Brantford Diamond Kings. A year later the Stratford Warriors joined the Waterloo-Wellington league, along with the Preston Raiders, Hespeller Shamrocks and Elmira Sugar Kings.

As there is little information about the league pre-1977, it is easy to say that the Mid-Western "B" was easily dominated by the Stratford Cullitons and the Waterloo Siskins for the first fourteen years of its current existence. Stratford won 8 championships in the league's early years, with Waterloo close behind with 6, but all other charter members were left without glory until the Kitchener Dutchmen won their first championship in 1992. Since then, the Cullitons have won 5 league championships and the Siskins have won only once, making way for other teams like the Elmira Sugar Kings, the Dutchmen, and the Cambridge Winterhawks.

[edit] The Teams

Team Centre 2006-07 Record Finish
Cambridge Winterhawks Cambridge 36-8-3-1-76 1
Elmira Sugar Kings Elmira 36-8-4-0-76 2
Listowel Cyclones Listowel 25-16-5-2-57 3
Guelph Dominators Guelph 24-21-2-1-51 4
Kitchener Dutchmen Kitchener 21-23-2-2-46 5
Brantford Golden Eagles Brantford 20-22-4-2-46 6
Stratford Cullitons Stratford 19-24-4-1-43 7
Waterloo Siskins Waterloo 15-15-2-1-33 8
Owen Sound Greys Owen Sound 3-39-4-2-12 9

[edit] 2006-07 Playoffs

For the Ontario Hockey Association "All-Ontario Jr. "B" Championship", please go to the Sutherland Cup.
  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Midwestern Finals
                           
  1  Cambridge 4  
8  Waterloo 1  
  1  Cambridge 4  
  4  Guelph 0  
4  Guelph 4
  5  Kitchener 1  
    1  Cambridge 4
  2  Elmira 0
  2  Elmira 4  
7  Stratford 1  
  2  Elmira 4
  3  Listowel 2  
3  Listowel 4
  6  Brantford 1  

[edit] Cherrey Cup Playoff Champions

  • 2007 Cambridge Winterhawks
  • 2006 Cambridge Winterhawks
  • 2005 Listowel Cyclones
  • 2004 Stratford Cullitons
  • 2003 Stratford Cullitons
  • 2002 Elmira Sugar Kings
  • 2001 Elmira Sugar Kings
  • 2000 Cambridge Winterhawks
  • 1999 Stratford Cullitons
  • 1998 Elmira Sugar Kings
  • 1997 Elmira Sugar Kings
  • 1996 Stratford Cullitons
  • 1995 Stratford Cullitons
  • 1994 Waterloo Siskins
  • 1993 Kitchener Dutchmen
  • 1992 Kitchener Dutchmen
  • 1991 Waterloo Siskins
  • 1990 Stratford Cullitons
  • 1989 Waterloo Siskins
  • 1988 Waterloo Siskins
  • 1987 Stratford Cullitons
  • 1986 Stratford Cullitons
  • 1985 Waterloo Siskins
  • 1984 Waterloo Siskins
  • 1983 Stratford Cullitons
  • 1982 Stratford Cullitons
  • 1981 Stratford Cullitons
  • 1980 Waterloo Siskins
  • 1979 Stratford Cullitons
  • 1978 Stratford Cullitons

[edit] Pre Mid-Western Era

  • 1977 Stratford Cullitons
  • 1976
  • 1975 Waterloo Siskins
  • 1974 Elmira Sugar Kings

[edit] Previous Member Teams

[edit] External links

Teams of the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League
Current Teams: Brantford Golden Eagles | Cambridge Winterhawks | Elmira Sugar Kings | Guelph Dominators | Kitchener Dutchmen | Listowel Cyclones | Owen Sound Greys | Stratford Cullitons | Waterloo Siskins

Former Member Teams: New Hamburg Hahns | Orangeville Crushers

Sutherland Cup | Ontario Hockey Association

Ontario Hockey Association Junior "B"
Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League | Midwestern Junior B Hockey League | Western Junior B Hockey League

Sutherland Cup | Ontario Hockey Federation | Hockey Canada