Western Junior C Hockey League

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Western Ontario Junior "C" Hockey League
Head Office	Cambridge, Ontario
Official Web site	WJCHL
Convenor	Bill Fisher
Chairman	John Kastner
Founded	1960s

The Western Junior C Hockey League is a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. The Champion of the Western will compete for the All-Ontario Championship and the Clarence Schmalz Cup.

Central Junior "C" Hockey League 1960s - 1970s

Grey-Bruce Junior "C" Hockey League 1970s - 1988

Western Junior "C" Hockey League 1988 to Present

Contents 1 History 2 The Teams 3 2006-07 League Playoffs 4 Western Junior "C" Champions 5 Former Member Teams 6 External links

[edit] History

The earliest obtainable reference to this league exists in 1969, the year that the Hanover Hurricanes made the jump from the Western Junior D Hockey League to the Central Junior "C". Early powerhouses in the league were the Listowel Cyclones, Kincardine Kinucks, Clinton Mustangs, and New Hamburg Hahns. The league became one of at least four different leagues in the OHA to be known by this name since 1960. The league may have changed it name in 1970 to the Grey-Bruce Junior C Hockey League. This lasted until 1988, as the league granted expansion to 2 teams that were not in Grey or Bruce County -- in 1987, the Mount Forest Patriots and in 1989, the Brussels Bulls. In 1988, the league donned its present name, the Western Junior "C" Hockey League.

During the 2004-05 season, the WJCHL played an interlocking schedule with the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League. The WJCHL lost the series with 44 losses, 32 victories, and 6 ties.

[edit] The Teams

Team	Centre	2006-07 Record	Rank
Goderich Sailors	Goderich	0-0-0-0	6
Hanover Barons	Hanover	0-0-0-0	4
Kincardine Bulldogs	Kincardine	0-0-0-0	1
Mount Forest Patriots	Mount Forest	0-0-0-0	5
Walkerton Hawks	Walkerton	0-0-0-0	3
Wingham Ironmen	Wingham	0-0-0-0	2

[edit] 2006-07 League Playoffs

For the Ontario Hockey Association "All-Ontario Jr. "C" Championship", please go to the Clarence Schmalz Cup.

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Western Finals
		--
						1	Kincardine	4
						4	Hanover	1
	4	Hanover	3
	5	Mount Forest	1
											1	Kincardine	4
											3	Walkerton	1
		--
						2	Wingham	0
						3	Walkerton	4
	3	Walkerton	3
	6	Goderich	1

[edit] Western Junior "C" Champions

2007 Kincardine Bulldogs 2006 Kincardine Bulldogs 2005 Wingham Ironmen 2004 Wingham Ironmen 2003 Hanover Barons 2002 Kincardine Bulldogs 2001 Hanover Barons 2000 Kincardine Bulldogs 1999 Kincardine Bulldogs 1998 Kincardine Bulldogs 1997 Kincardine Bulldogs 1996 Mount Forest Patriots 1995 Mount Forest Patriots 1994 Mount Forest Patriots 1993 Hanover Barons 1992 Hanover Barons 1991 Hanover Barons 1990 Hanover Barons 1989 Hanover Barons 1988 Hanover Barons 1987 Hanover Barons 1986 Hanover Barons 1985 Hanover Barons 1984 1983

1982 1981 1980 1979 Kincardine Kinucks 1978 1977 Listowel Cyclones 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 Hanover Hurricanes

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[edit] Former Member Teams

Brussels Bulls

Clinton Mustangs

Listowel Cyclones

Owen Sound Salvagemen

Port Elgin Bears

Wiarton Wolves

[edit] External links

• Western Jr. "C" Website
• OHA Website

Teams of the Western Junior C Hockey League
Current Teams: Goderich Sailors | Hanover Barons | Kincardine Bulldogs | Mount Forest Patriots | Walkerton Hawks | Wingham Ironmen Former Member Teams: Brussels Bulls | Clinton Mustangs | Listowel Cyclones | Owen Sound Salvagemen | Port Elgin Bears | Wiarton Wolves Clarence Schmalz Cup | Ontario Hockey Association

Ontario Hockey Association Junior "C"
Central Junior C Hockey League | Empire Junior C Hockey League | Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League | Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League | Niagara Junior C Hockey League | Western Junior C Hockey League Clarence Schmalz Cup | Ontario Hockey Federation | Hockey Canada