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There are four levels of Junior hockey in the Canadian Club System: [1] 1. Major Junior, 2. Junior A, 3. Junior B, and 4. Junior C. Not all teams playing in Canadian Junior leagues are based in Canada. As of 2024, there were approximately twelve US-based teams playing in various Major Junior and Junior A leagues in Canada.
Western Ontario Junior C Hockey League (1966-2016; formerly Western Junior C Hockey League, 1966–1970; Central Junior C Hockey League, 1970–1980; and the Grey-Bruce Junior C Hockey League, 1980–1988) – became Pollock Division of the PJHL; West Coast Hockey League (1995–2003)
The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) is the governing body for Major Junior hockey (formerly known as Tier One Junior A), the top level of amateur hockey in Canada. The CHL currently oversees the Western Hockey League (WHL), the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), with the OHL and WHL having teams in both Canada and the United States.
The summer of 1982 saw the folding of the Quebec Junior A League. In 1983, the New Brunswick Junior Hockey League folded and merged with the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League. In 1985, the NorMan Junior Hockey League faltered and folded. In 1987, the OPJHL, then known as the Ontario Junior Hockey League, folded after dropping to only four teams.
The teams played an interlocking schedule that was, predictably, dominated by the professionals. The USHL's split existence would last just two seasons. The minor-pro wing of the league folded following the 1978–79 season, providing junior hockey operators with the opportunity to redefine the circuit.
This list includes active professional, university, and junior men's ice hockey teams. Alphabetical list of teams. The leagues are correct for the 2024–25 season.
The Cherokee, a junior hockey team that competes in the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL), posted a solid 33-9-1-1 record during the regular season. The Toledo team swept the Pittsburgh ...
The North American Hockey League (NAHL) is one of the top junior hockey leagues in the United States and is in its 50th season of operation in 2024–25. [1] It is the only Tier II junior league sanctioned by USA Hockey, and acts as an alternative for those who would not or did not make the roster of a team in the Major Junior Canadian Hockey League (CHL) nor Tier I United States Hockey League ...