Heritage Junior B Hockey League

The Heritage Junior B Hockey League (HJHL) is a Junior B ice hockey league in Alberta, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The HJHL was founded in 1987 and is made up of teams from southern and central Alberta. The HJHL is the largest Junior B league in the province, with 15 teams. The top two teams qualify for the Alberta Provincial Junior B Hockey Championship, whose winner had an option to compete in the Keystone Cup.

Heritage Jr "B"

History

HJHL teams have won the gold medal at the Keystone Cup twice. Red Deer Vipers were the first in 2006 defeating Campbell River Storm in the final. Blackfalds Wranglers won the gold medal in 2011.

The Lacombe Wranglers won the 2007 league championship over the Airdrie Thunder and Okotoks Bisons in a three team, round robin final. The Wranglers also captured the Alberta provincial title. The Wranglers chose not to participate in the Keystone Cup tournament due to scheduling conflicts.

During the 2011 HJHL finals Okotoks Bisons won the best-of-three series versus Blackfalds Wrangers 2–1, their eighth league title. Both teams advanced to the Junior B Provincials in Leduc. Blackfalds won the final 2–1 over the Beaumont Chiefs (CapJHL) to advance to the 2011 Keystone Cup in Sherwood Park. With a 4–1 record going into the final, Blackfalds defeated the host Sherwood Park Knights (CapJHL) 2–1 to win the Western Canadian crown.

Teams
TeamCentre
North Division
Airdrie ThunderAirdrie
Mountainview ColtsDidsbury
Ponoka StampedersPonoka
Red Deer VipersRed Deer
Rocky RamsRocky Mountain House
Stettler LightningStettler
Sylvan Lake Thrashers Sylvan Lake
Three Hills ThrashersThree Hills
South Division
Coaldale CopperheadsCoaldale
Cochrane GeneralsCochrane
High River FlyersHigh River
Lomond LakersLomond
Medicine Hat CubsMedicine Hat
Okotoks BisonsOkotoks
Strathmore Wheatland KingsStrathmore

Former teams
  • Banff Academy Bears (2005–2017)
  • Barrhead Jr. Elks
  • Claresholm Storm
  • Drayton Valley Devils
  • Hobbema Knight Hawks
  • Innisfail Blades
  • Lacombe Wranglers (became the Blackfalds Wranglers)
  • Livingstone Rockmen
  • Maskwacis Attack
  • Rimbey Rock
  • Rimbey West Stars
  • Siksika Ice
  • Southern Express

Champions
HJHL champions
Season Winner Runner-up Result
1987 Drayton Valley Devils
1988 Barrhead Jr. Elks
1989 Red Deer Cowboys
1990 Terraco Knights
1991 Hobberma Knight Hawks
1992 Ponoka Knight Hawks
1993 Lacombe Wranglers
1994 Lacombe Wranglers
1995 Lacombe Wranglers
1996 Foothills Bisons
1997 Foothills Bisons
1998 Airdrie Thunder
1999 Red Deer Vipers
2000 Airdrie Thunder
2001 Foothills Bisons
2002 Foothills Bisons
2003 Foothills Bisons
2004 Red Deer Vipers
2005 Okotoks Bisons
2006 Okotoks Bisons Red Deer Vipers
2007 Lacombe Wranglers
2008 Cochrane Generals
2009 Cochrane Generals
2010 Blackfalds Wranglers
2011 Okotoks Bisons Blackfalds Wranglers
2012 Okotoks Bisons
2013 Okotoks Bisons Red Deer Vipers 3-0[1]
2014 Okotoks Bisons
2015 Coaldale Copperheads
2016 Mountainview Colts
2017 Red Deer Vipers Cochrane Generals 4-0[2]
2018 Red Deer Vipers Coaldale Copperheads 2-1
2019 Airdrie Thunder[3] Coaldale Copperheads 3-0
2020 none --- ---
Bold text denote teams that won the Alberta provincial title.

See also

References
  1. "Vipers part of stacked provincial pool". Okotoks Today. April 13, 2013.
  2. "The Vipers clinch Junior B Hockey League championship". Red Deer Express. March 24, 2017.
  3. "Thunder Wrap Up Remarkable Season With Team Awards". Discover Airdrie. June 20, 2019.


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