New Brunswick Junior Hockey League (1969–1983)

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New Brunswick Junior Hockey League
Membership Hockey New Brunswick
Founded
Ceased1983
Regional Champions 1
National Champions 0
First Champion Fredericton Chevies (1970)
Last Champion Moncton Hawks (1983)

The New Brunswick Junior Hockey League (NBJHL) was a Canadian Junior ice hockey league in the province of New Brunswick. The NBJHL was in competition for the Callaghan Cup and Centennial Cup as a Junior A league.

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History

The NBJHL was the premier Jr. A league of the province of New Brunswick. In 1970, the league was relegated to Tier II Junior A and competition for the Centennial Cup. In 1982–83, the league was in direct competition for fans with the American Hockey League, who put two of their semi-professional teams in the NBJHL's Jr. A markets. In 1983, the Fredericton Red Wings folded, leaving the Moncton Hawks as the only strong team in the league. Instead of continuing on in the depleted NBJHL, the Hawks elected to move to Nova Scotia's Jr. A league, the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League.[ citation needed ] The NBJHL folded in 1983. [1]

The core of the league through its entirety seems to have been the Moncton Beavers and teams from Fredericton, like the Fredericton Chevies, Fredericton High School, and Fredericton Red Wings.

Teams

Champions

References

  1. ↑ Hockey, RYNA. "New Brunswick Junior Hockey League - League Info" . Retrieved December 5, 2025. 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.
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