Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League

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The Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League was a Junior "B" ice hockey league based in Southern Ontario from 1970 to 1978. [1] They were sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association and Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, and competed for the All-Ontario Junior "B" title, the Sutherland Cup.

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History

The league was formed in 1970, bringing aboard several Suburban Junior C Hockey League teams such as the Orillia Terriers, the Newmarket Redmen and the Bolton Bruins, the Midland Flyers and Streetsville Derbys, and the Burlington Mohawks from the Niagara District Hockey League. Additional Junior C teams such as the Oakville Blades, Hespeler Shamrocks and Milton Flyers joined in 1970. Other members were the Barrie Colts and the Oak Ridges Dynes.

In 1971, the Junior B leagues re-aligned themselves geographically, as the Collingwood Blues and Owen Sound Greys joined the Mid-Ontario junior B league, and the Oakville Blades, Milton Flyers, Burlington Mohawks, Hespeler Shamrocks and Streetsville Derbys moving to the Central Junior B.

The Owen Sound Greys made the jump to the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League in 1975 after 3 straight Mid-Ontario titles. In 1976, they were followed into the Southern Ontario A by the Collingwood Blues.

In 1978, a weakened Mid-Ontario league folded and the Orillia Terriers, Thornhill Thunderbirds, the Barrie Colts, and Oak Ridges Dynes joined the Central League.

Teams

TeamCityJoinedLeftLeft for
Barrie Colts Barrie 19701978Joined CJBHL
Bolton Bruins Bolton 19701972Folded
Burlington Mohawks Burlington 19701971Joined CJBHL
Collingwood Blues Collingwood 19711976Joined SOJAHL
Downsview Boys Club North York 19701971Joined MetJHL
Hespeler Shamrocks Hespeler 19701971Joined CJBHL
Midland Athletics Midland 19721977Folded
Milton Merchants Milton 19701971Joined CJBHL
Newmarket Redmen Newmarket 19701975Joined OPJHL
Oak Ridges Dynes Oak Ridges 19751978Joined CJBHL
Oakville Blades Oakville 19701971Joined CJBHL
Orillia Terriers Orillia 19701978Joined CJBHL
Owen Sound Greys Owen Sound 19711975Joined SOJAHL
Owen Sound Salvagemen Owen Sound 19751978Joined MWJHL
Streetsville Derbys Mississauga 19701971Joined CJBHL
Thornhill Thunderbirds Thornhill 19751978Joined CJBHL

Playoff champions

YearChampionFinalistResult in Provincials
1971 Orillia Travelways Lost SC QF vs. Peterbourgh (E)
1972 Collingwood Blues Lost SC QF vs. Peterbourgh (E)
1973 Owen Sound Greys Lost SC SF vs. Toronto (Met)
1974 Owen Sound Greys Lost SC SF vs. Bramalea (Met)
1975 Owen Sound Greys Collingwood Blues Lost SC QF vs. Waterloo (WW)
1976 Collingwood Blues Lost SC Final vs. St. Marys (W)
1977 Oak Ridges Dynes Thornhill Thunderbirds Lost SC QF vs. Stratford (WW)
1978 Barrie Colts Oak Ridges Dynes Lost SC QF vs. Stratford (WW)

Regular season champions

SeasonChampionRecordPoints
1970-71 Orillia Travelways 28-3-3-059
1971-72 Orillia Travelways 28-9-3-059
1972-73 Collingwood Blues 28-9-3-059
1973-74 Owen Sound Greys 30-6-4-064
1974-75 Collingwood Blues 27-8-4-058
1975-76 Collingwood Blues 25-7-4-054
1976-77 Oak Ridges Dynes 31-6-3-064
1977-78 Oak Ridges Dynes 20-7-5-045

References

  1. "Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League history and statistics". hockeyDB. Retrieved June 17, 2022.