Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League

The Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League, or EOSHL, is a top Senior ice hockey league in Eastern Ontario that operated from 2003 to 2008, merged into the Major Hockey League in 2008 and resumed its operations from 2019 onwards. The EOSHL is governed by the Ontario Hockey Association.

Founded2003, 2019 (reactivated)
First season2003–04, 2019–20 (reactivation)
Most successful clubWhitby Dunlops

History

The EOSHL became a sanctioned Senior "A" league in 2003. In 2005, the league was promoted to Senior "AAA" to compete against the Major League Hockey (MLH) league and have a chance to win the Allan Cup. In 2006, the league dropped from six to four teams.

During the 2007-08 season, a new team known as the Cooks Bay Canucks joined the league. What ensued with this franchise his quite original, as the team, although successful on the ice, underwent two name changes in the same season. The team started the season as the Cooks Bay Canucks, but soon dropped it for the Simcoe County Canucks. Although that does not sound too strange, the Canucks made the playoffs and before game two of the league semi-final announced another name change to the Simcoe County Tundras, with new logos, and completely different jerseys and team colours.

In May 2008, due to major team losses in the MLH leaving the western league with two teams, the EOSHL and the MLH merged to operate as Major League Hockey. The league subsequently changed its name to Allan Cup Hockey.

The EOSHL is back in action after an 11 year break. It will resume for the 2019/2020 season with 4 teams. Cornwall Senior Prowlers, West Carleton Rivermen, Maxville Millionaires and Deseronto Bulldogs with hopes of adding teams for the 2020/2021 season. Each team will play a total of 18 regular season games. 6 games versus each opponents with 3 home and 3 away games against each team.

Teams
TeamCentreDuration
Cobourg LynxCobourg2003-2005
Deseronto BulldogsDeseronto2003-2006
Frankford HuskiesFrankford2004-2008
Kingston AcesKingston2005-2006
Marmora LakersMarmora2003-2008
Norwood VipersNorwood2004-2008
St. Lawrence FalconsPrescott2003-2005
Simcoe County TundrasColdwater2007-2008
Tamworth BravesTamworth2003-2005
Whitby DunlopsWhitby2004-2008

Champions
2008 Whitby Dunlops
2007 Whitby Dunlops
2006 Whitby Dunlops
2005 Norwood Vipers
2004 Belleville Macs

Bolded teams were the winners of the Robertson Cup as Ontario Hockey Association champions.

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