Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championship Explained

The Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championship are the Junior "C" ice hockey championships for the Maritime Junior "C" leagues and Hockey North's Team Nunavut of the Canadian Territory of Nunavut.

History

The championship was officially adopted by Hockey Canada during a summer meeting in 2002.

The first ever Maritime-North Championship was won by the Chebucto Canadians of Nova Scotia in the Spring of 2003. Chebucto defeated the Dieppe/Memramcook Voyageurs of the New Brunswick Junior C Hockey League 4–3 in triple overtime to win the title.

On April 14, 2012, the tenth anniversary of the tournament, Nunavut's Kivalliq Canucks defeated Prince Edward Island's Pownal Red Wings 3–1 to become the first Hockey North-based team in the tournament's history to make the final.[1] Kivalliq would eventually lose the final 7–3 to Nova Scotia's Chester Clippers.

The 2015 tournament in Sherwood, Prince Edward Island marked the first time in tournament history that neither team in the final represented New Brunswick or Nova Scotia. Baffin made the final by upsetting New Brunswick's Western Valley Panthers while PEI's South Side Lynx beat Nova Scotia's Truro Rhinos to reach the championship game. This would mark only the second time a Hockey North team made the final and the first time ever a PEI team had made it. Baffin led 6-1 early in the second, only to have South Side battle back to within one goal. Baffin won the game 6–5 to win Nunavut's first Maritime-Hockey North junior hockey title.[2]

2024 competition

2024 Tournament
Rank Team League W-L-OTL GF GA
1 Tri-County River Cats 2-0-0 19 3
2 Sunny Corner Thunder Host 2-0-0-1 19 9
3 Pownal Ice DogsPEIJCHL1-0-2-0 12 19
4 0-0-0-3 5 24

Results

April 24

Pownal Ice Dogs - 0 vs. Tri-County River Cats - 5

South West Storm - 0 vs. Sunny Corner Thunder - 7

April 25

South West Storm - 2 vs. Tri-County River Cats - 11

Sunny Corner Thunder - 11 vs. Pownal Ice Dogs - 6

April 26

Pownal Ice Dogs - 6 vs. South West Storm - 3

Tri-County River Cats - 3 vs. Sunny Corner Thunder -

April 27 - Semi Final

Tri-County River Cats - 5 vs. South West Storm - 3

South West Storm - 4 vs. Pownal Ice Dogs - 3

April 28 - Final

Tri-County River Cats - 6 vs. South West Storm - 2

Competing leagues

Champions

Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Champions
Year Champions Runners-Up Host City
2003Chebucto CanadiansDieppe/Memramcook VoyageursYarmouth, Nova Scotia
2004Fredericton RangersBarrington Ice DogsFredericton, New Brunswick
2005Barrington Ice DogsKent-Sud FlamesTignish, Prince Edward Island
2006 Shediac/Cap-Pele PredatorsBarrington Ice DogsLantz, Nova Scotia
2007Shediac/Cap-Pele PredatorsDieppe/Memramcook VoyageursShediac, New Brunswick
2008 Shediac/Cap-Pele PredatorsHarbour CrunchCornwall, Prince Edward Island
2009 Barrington Ice DogsClare LionsBarrington, Nova Scotia
2010 Eastern Shore Jr. MarinersShediac/Cap-Pele PredatorsFredericton, New Brunswick
2011 Clare LionsEastern Shore Jr. MarinersChurch Point, Nova Scotia
2012Chester ClippersKivalliq CanucksTignish, Prince Edward Island
2013Hampton HurricanesWestern Valley PanthersHampton, New Brunswick
2014Spryfield Silver & Black AttackHampton HurricanesLiverpool, Nova Scotia
2015Baffin BlizzardSouth Side LynxSherwood, Prince Edward Island
2016Western Valley PanthersSpryfield Silver & Black AttackFredericton Junction, New Brunswick
2017Southern StingMetro JaguarsSpringhill, Nova Scotia
2018Sherwood MetrosSouth Side LynxCrapaud, Prince Edward Island
2019Tri-County RivercatsWestern Valley PanthersWoodstock, New Brunswick
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemicHartland, New Brunswick
2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022Western Valley PanthersSouth West StormEast Hants, Nova Scotia
2023South West StormTri-County RivercatsSherwood, Prince Edward Island
2024Tri-County RivercatsSouth West StormMiramichi, New Brunswick

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-04-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150920071344/http://www.hockeyscene.com/hockeyscene/league_full_story.jsp?lid=55&nid=12084 . 2015-09-20 .
  2. Web site: Baffin Blizzard return home victorious. March 31, 2015. Nunatsiaq News.