Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League

The Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League was a Junior "B" ice hockey league based in Southern Ontario. They were sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association and Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, and competed for the All-Ontario Junior "B" title, the Sutherland Cup.

OHA Junior "B"
WJBHL (1950-1968)
EJBHL (1950-1972)
MetJHL (1950-1989)
NDJBHL (1954-1979)
CJBHL (1954-1993)
BCJHL (1958-1964)
MOJBHL (1970-1978)
SWJBHL (1976-1978)
WOHL (1969-2007)
MWJHL (1973-2007)
GHL (1974-2007)
GOJHL (2007-Present)
Ontario Hockey Association
Sutherland Cup

History

The league was formed in 1970, bringing aboard several Suburban Junior C Hockey League teams such as the Orillia Terriers, the Newmarket Redmen and the Bolton Bruins, the Midland Flyers and Streetsville Derbys, and the Burlington Mohawks from the Niagara District Hockey League. Additional Junior C teams such as the Oakville Blades, Hespeler Shamrocks and Milton Flyers joined in 1970. Other members were the Barrie Colts and the Oak Ridges Dynes.

In 1971, the Junior B leagues re-aligned themselves geographically, as the Collingwood Blues and Owen Sound Greys joined the Mid-Ontario junior B league, and the Oakville Blades, Milton Flyers, Burlington Mohawks, Hespeler Shamrocks and Streetsville Derbys moving to the Central Junior B.

The Owen Sound Greys made the jump to the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League in 1975 after 3 straight Mid-Ontario titles. In 1976, they were followed into the Southern Ontario A by the Collingwood Blues.

In 1978, a weakened Mid-Ontario league folded and the Orillia Terriers, Thornhill Thunderbirds, the Barrie Colts, and Oak Ridges Dynes joined the Central League.

Teams
TeamCityJoinedLeftLeft for
Barrie ColtsBarrie19701978Joined CJBHL
Bolton BruinsBolton19701972Folded
Burlington MohawksBurlington19701971Joined CJBHL
Collingwood BluesCollingwood19711976Joined SOJAHL
Downsview Boys ClubNorth York19701971Joined MetJHL
Hespeler ShamrocksHespeler19701971Joined CJBHL
Midland AthleticsMidland19721977Folded
Milton MerchantsMilton19701971Joined CJBHL
Newmarket RedmenNewmarket19701975Joined OPJHL
Oak Ridges DynesOak Ridges19751978Joined CJBHL
Oakville BladesOakville19701971Joined CJBHL
Orillia TerriersOrillia19701978Joined CJBHL
Owen Sound GreysOwen Sound19711975Joined SOJAHL
Owen Sound SalvagemenOwen Sound19751978Joined MWJHL
Streetsville DerbysMississauga19701971Joined CJBHL
Thornhill ThunderbirdsThornhill19751978Joined CJBHL

Playoff champions
YearChampionFinalistResult in Provincials
1971Orillia TravelwaysLost SC QF vs. Peterbourgh (E)
1972Collingwood BluesLost SC QF vs. Peterbourgh (E)
1973Owen Sound GreysLost SC SF vs. Toronto (Met)
1974Owen Sound GreysLost SC SF vs. Bramalea (Met)
1975Owen Sound GreysCollingwood BluesLost SC QF vs. Waterloo (WW)
1976Collingwood BluesLost SC Final vs. St. Marys (W)
1977Oak Ridges DynesThornhill ThunderbirdsLost SC QF vs. Stratford (WW)
1978Barrie ColtsOak Ridges DynesLost SC QF vs. Stratford (WW)

Regular season champions
SeasonChampionRecordPoints
1970-71Orillia Travelways28-3-3-059
1971-72Orillia Travelways28-9-3-059
1972-73Collingwood Blues28-9-3-059
1973-74Owen Sound Greys30-6-4-064
1974-75Collingwood Blues27-8-4-058
1975-76Collingwood Blues25-7-4-054
1976-77Oak Ridges Dynes31-6-3-064
1977-78Oak Ridges Dynes20-7-5-045
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