New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League
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The New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League (NBJBHL) is a Canadian Junior ice hockey league in the Province of New Brunswick. The NBJBHL is a member of Hockey New Brunswick and competes for the Don Johnson Cup at the interprovincial level. The league was founded in 2009.
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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 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 Jr. C champions to interprovincial play, sending that year's Junior C Champions, The Hampton Hurricanes to Atlantics.
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 Wild Moose, Port City Ice Dawgs, Tri-County River Cats, and Black's Harbour Silver Kings.
In the Spring of 2012, the Moncton Vito's dropped the fifth game of the NBJBHL final to Tri-County to give them their third provincial title. Just like in 2010, the River Cats unceremoniously dropped the right to play for the Don Johnson Cup, the Atlantic Junior B Championship. The Vito's went in their place and with a 1-3-0 record in the round robin, advanced to the playoff rounds. In the semi-final, the Vito's defeated the 4-0-0 host St. John's Jr. Caps 5-4 in overtime. In the final, the Vito's defeated the 4-1-0 East Hants Penguins of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League 2-1 in overtime to become the first New Brunswick team to win the Atlantica Junior B Champion in a decade and the first Atlantic Championship for the new NBJBHL.
For the 2013-14 season the league lost the Miramici River Maniacs but gained the Kent Coyotes and Fundy Cobras. For the 2014-15 season the league accepted another pair of new teams, the Sackville Storm and the Sunny Corners Thunder.
Teams
Former teams
- Fundy Cobras - folded following 2014-15 season
- Miramichi River Maniacs
- Port City Ice Dawgs
- Sackville Storm - folded following 2014-15 season
- St. Andrews Whalerfolded
Champions
- 2015 Moncton Vito's
- 2014 Fredericton Caps
- 2013 Moncton Vito's
- 2012 Tri-County River Cats
- 2011 Tri-County River Cats
- 2010 Tri-County River Cats
Don Johnson Cup Atlantic Champions
- 2012 Moncton Vito's
- 2015 Moncton Vito's
