Mid-Western Junior Hockey League

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Mid-Western Junior Hockey League
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Association Ontario Hockey Association
Founded1973
Ceased2007
Last
champion(s)
Cambridge Winterhawks
(2007)

The Mid-Western Junior Hockey League (MWJHL) was a junior ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association from 1973 until 2007. In 2007, the league became a division of the newly formed Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League along with the Western Ontario Hockey League and Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League.

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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, Hespeler 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.

In 2007, the MWJHL merged with the Western Ontario Hockey League and the Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League to create the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.

2007-08 season

For information on the 2007-08 season, please see: Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League .

Final teams

These are the teams that were in the league during its final independent season (2006-07).

Other former members

Cherrey Cup Playoff Champions

YearChampionFinalistResult in Provincials
Southwestern Junior B Hockey League
1974Elmira Sugar KingsLost QF vs. Owen Sound (MO)
Waterloo-Wellington Junior B Hockey League
1975Waterloo Siskins
1976Waterloo SiskinsLost QF vs. Collingwood (MO)
1977Stratford CullitonsWon SC vs. Streetsville (C)
Mid-Western Junior B Hockey League
1978Stratford CullitonsWaterloo SiskinsWon SC vs. Streetsville (C)
1979Stratford CullitonsElmira Sugar KingsLost QF vs. Windsor (WO)
1980Waterloo SiskinsStratford CullitonsLost QF vs. Windsor (WO)
1981Stratford CullitonsKitchener Ranger B'sLost Final vs. Burlington (C)
1982Stratford CullitonsKitchener Ranger B'sLost SF vs. Sarnia (WO)
1983Stratford CullitonsWaterloo SiskinsLost Final vs. Henry Carr (Met)
1984Waterloo SiskinsStratford CullitonsWon SC vs. Streetsville (C)
1985Waterloo SiskinsStratford CullitonsWon SC vs. Bramalea (Met)
1986Stratford CullitonsWaterloo SiskinsWon SC vs. Streetsville (C)
1987Stratford CullitonsElmira Sugar KingsLost QF vs. Niagara Falls (GH)
1988Waterloo SiskinsElmira Sugar KingsWon SC vs. Bramalea (Met)
1989Waterloo SiskinsStratford Cullitons
1990Stratford CullitonsWaterloo SiskinsWon SC vs. St. Catharines (GH)
1991Waterloo SiskinsStratford CullitonsWon SC vs. Oakville (C)
1992Kitchener DutchmenStratford CullitonsWon SC vs. Milton (C)
1993Kitchener DutchmenStratford CullitonsLost Final vs. Barrie (C)
1994Waterloo SiskinsCambridge WinterhawksWon SC vs. St. Catharines (GH)
1995Stratford CullitonsElmira Sugar KingsWon SC vs. St. Thomas (WO)
1996Stratford CullitonsOwen Sound GreysLost in Round Robin
1997Elmira Sugar KingsStratford CullitonsWon SC vs. St. Catharines (GH)
1998Elmira Sugar KingsStratford CullitonsLost Final vs. Niagara Falls (GH)
1999Stratford CullitonsCambridge WinterhawksLost Final vs. Chatham (WO)
2000Cambridge WinterhawksOwen Sound GreysWon SC vs. St. Catharines (GH)
2001Elmira Sugar KingsCambridge WinterhawksWon SC vs. Thorold (GH)
2002Elmira Sugar KingsStratford CullitonsLost Final vs. Sarnia (WO)
2003Stratford CullitonsKitchener DutchmenWon SC vs. Thorold (GH)
2004Stratford CullitonsKitchener DutchmenWon SC vs. Thorold (GH)
2005Listowel CyclonesOwen Sound GreysLost in Round Robin
2006Cambridge WinterhawksBrantford Golden EaglesWon SC vs. Niagara Falls (GH)
2007Cambridge WinterhawksElmira Sugar KingsWon SC vs. Strathroy (WO)

Records

Taken from league 25th Anniversary Program.