2014–15 NOJHL season
2014–15 NOJHL season | |
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League | Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League |
Duration | September 3, 2014 – April 19, 2015 |
Champions | Soo Thunderbirds |
Number of teams | 9 |
Commissioner | Robert Mazzuca |
NOJHL seasons | |
← 2013–14 |
2015–16 → |
The 2014–15 NOJHL season was the 37th season of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL). The nine teams of the NOJHL played 56-game schedules.
Come February, the top teams of each division will play down for the Copeland-McNamara Trophy, the NOJHL championship. The winner of the Copeland-McNamara Trophy will compete in the Central Canadian Junior "A" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup. If successful against the winners of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League, the champion would then move on to play in the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the 2015 Royal Bank Cup.
Changes
- Elliot Lake Bobcats relocate to Cochrane, Ontario and become Cochrane Crunch.[1]
- Espanola Rivermen leave league for CIHL.[2]
- North Bay Trappers relocate to Mattawa, Ontario and become Mattawa Blackhawks.[3]
- Elliot Lake Wildcats of Elliot Lake, Ontario are granted expansion.[4]
- Powassan Voodoos of Powassan, Ontario are granted expansion.[5]
Final Standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title
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Teams listed on the official league website.[6]
Standings listed on official league website.[7]
2015 Copeland-McNamara Trophy Playoffs
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | McNamara Trophy Finals | |||||||||||
W1 | Soo | 4 | |||||||||||
W4 | Blind River | 0 | |||||||||||
W1 | Soo | 4 | |||||||||||
W2 | Elliot Lake | 1 | |||||||||||
W2 | Elliot Lake | 4 | |||||||||||
W3 | Sudbury | 2 | |||||||||||
W1 | Soo | 4 | |||||||||||
E2 | Cochrane | 1 | |||||||||||
E1 | Kirkland Lake | 2 | |||||||||||
E4 | Powassan | 4 | |||||||||||
E4 | Powassan | 0 | |||||||||||
E2 | Cochrane | 4 | |||||||||||
E2 | Cochrane | 4 | |||||||||||
E3 | Abitibi | 2 |
Playoff results are listed on the official league website.[8]
Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship
Hosted by the Fort France Lakers in Fort Frances, Ontario.
Awards
- Top Defenceman (NOJHL Award) -
- Most Improved (Gilles Laperriere Trophy) -
- Top Defensive Forward (Mitch Tetreault Memorial Trophy) -
- Team Goaltending (NOJHL Award) -
- Top GAA (Wayne Chase Memorial Award) -
- Top Scorer (Jimmy Conners Memorial Trophy) -
- Most Valuable Player (Carlo Catterello Trophy) -
- Top Rookie (John Grignon Trophy) -
- Most Gentlemanly Player (Onaping Falls Huskies Trophy) -
- Top Team Player (NOJHL Trophy) -
- Scholastic Award (NOJHL Trophy) -
- CJHL Scholastic Nominee Award -
- Playoff's Most Valuable Player (NOJHL Trophy) -
- Coach of the Year (Mirl "Red" McCarthy Memorial Award) -
- Top Executive (Joe Drago Trophy) -
See also
- 2015 Royal Bank Cup
- Dudley Hewitt Cup
- List of NOHA Junior A seasons
- Ontario Junior Hockey League
- Superior International Junior Hockey League
- Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
- 2014 in ice hockey
- 2015 in ice hockey
References
- ↑ http://www.timminspress.com/2014/03/02/bobcats-morph-into-crunch
- ↑ http://www.hockeynewsnorth.com/aaa/cihl-moving-forward/
- ↑ http://www.hockeynewsnorth.com/nojhl/trappers-setting-up-in-mattawa/
- ↑ http://www.elliotlakestandard.ca/2014/06/11/junior-a-hockey-to-be-back-on-the-ice-in-elliot-lake
- ↑ http://www.baytoday.ca/content/sports/details.asp?c=63467
- ↑ http://www.nojhl.com/?content=teams.php
- ↑ http://www.nojhl.com/?content=standings.php
- ↑ http://www.nojhl.com/?content=playoffs.php
External links
- Official website of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
- Official website of the Canadian Junior Hockey League
Preceded by 2013–14 NOJHL season |
NOJHL seasons | Succeeded by 2015–16 NOJHL season |
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