Countries | Canada |
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Commissioner | Chris Hedefine |
Junior Council Chair | Clifford Affleck |
Former name(s) | PEI Minor Junior Hockey League |
Founded | 1991 |
No. of teams | 5 |
Recent Champions | Tignish Aces (2019) |
Most successful club | Tignish Aces (10 titles) |
Website | peijuniorc.com |
The Prince Edward Island Junior C Hockey League is a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The league was known as the Prince Edward Island Minor Junior Hockey League until 2009.
The winner of the playoffs competes in the Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championship.
In 2015 the South Side Lynx won their first league championship and then proceeded to be the first PEI representative to advance to the Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championship final game. In the championship game the Lynx played against the Baffin Blizzard with both teams vying to be the first team from their province/territory to claim a Maritime-Hockey North title. The Baffin Blizzard prevailed, winning 6–5.
After a one-year absence a Summerside team, now known as the Crunch, was announced as returning to the league for the 2016–17 season.
Sherwood Metros became the first PEI team to win the Maritime-Hockey North Championship in 2018. The Metros defeated South Side Lynx 4–1 in the final. [1]
In January 2019 the South Side Lynx ceased operations due to a lack of healthy players. The team posted a 5–13–0–2 record, last in the five-team league. [2] The team announced a return for 2020–21.
Team | Centre | First Season |
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North River Flames | Cornwall | 2005–06 |
Pownal Ice Dogs | Pownal | 2019–20 |
Sherwood Metros | Sherwood | 2015–16 |
South Side Lynx | Crapaud | 2001–02 |
Tignish Aces | Tignish | 2002–03 |
Season | Champion | Finalist | Result |
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1992 | Kings County Kings | ||
1993 | Sherwood Falcons | ||
1994 | North River Flames | ||
1995 | Sherwood Falcons | ||
1996 | North River Flames | ||
1997 | North River Flames | ||
1998 | Tignish Aces | Charlottetown Abbies | 4–3 |
1999 | Charlottetown Abbies | Morell Mustangs | 4–0 |
2000 | Charlottetown Abbies | Souris Hawks | 2–0 |
2001 | Montague Norsemen | Sherwood Falcons | 3–0 |
2002 | Sherwood Falcons | Rustico Whitecaps | 4–2 |
2003 | Tignish Aces | Sherwood Falcons | 4–3 |
2004 | Sherwood Falcons | South Side Lynx | 4–2 |
2005 | Tignish Aces | Sherwood Falcons | 4–1 |
2006 | Sherwood Falcons | Tignish Aces | 4–3 |
2007 | Sherwood Falcons | North River Flames | 3–2 |
2008 | Tignish Aces | North River Flames | 4–1 |
2009 | Tignish Aces | North River Flames | 4–3 |
2010 | Tignish Aces | Charlottetown Abbies | 4–0 |
2011 | Charlottetown Abbies | Tignish Aces | 4–3 |
2012 | Tignish Aces | Pownal Red Devils | 4–2 |
2013 | Tignish Aces | South Side Lynx | 4–0 |
2014 | Tignish Aces | Southside Lynx | 4–1 |
2015 | South Side Lynx | Belfast Sabres | 4-2 |
2016 | South Side Lynx | Belfast Sabres | 4–0 |
2017 | South Side Lynx | Sherwood Metros | 4–2 |
2018 | Sherwood Metros [3] | Tignish Aces | 4–3 |
2019 | Tignish Aces [4] | Sherwood Metros | 4–1 |
2020 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic | ||
2021 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic | ||
2022 | Pownal Ice Dogs | Sherwood Metros | 3–0 |
2023 | Tignish Aces | Pownal Ice Dogs | 4-1 |
2024 | Tignish Aces | Pownal Ice Dogs | 4-1 |
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