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27-634: The CPJHL was announced in the spring of 2016. Originally, eleven teams were divided into two divisions and scheduled to begin play in September. The league plans to feature a 48-game schedule concluding in March and include an all-star game, college showcase event, and a league playoff. The league gained sanctioning by the United Hockey Union (UHU) in June 2016. Before the league's first season would start, several of

54-660: A United Hockey Union -sanctioned junior ice hockey team from Severn, Ontario , Canada. They are a member of the Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League and began play in the 2016–17 season . For the team's first three seasons, it was known as the Essa Stallions in Essa, Ontario . On May 4, 2016, proposals were made to Essa Township Council where it was agreed the Essa Stallions would be allowed to play in

81-566: A July 2021 league update, CPJHL president Barry DeGray stated the league would focus on reduced travel with teams only located in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. The league announced a new team called Montreal-Est Oilers, but the announcement was removed a couple of weeks later. In September 2021, a schedule was announced with four teams: Les Buffalos de Ferme-Neuve, Maniwaki Mustangs, Smiths Falls Settlers, and Universal College. Le Bécard de Senneterre announced they would not be participating in

108-774: A western Canada-based Tier II league in 2018, called the Western Provinces Hockey Association (WPHA), that began play as the Provinces Division of the WSHL in 2018–19. After one season, the WPHA's relationship with the WSHL dissolved and the WPHA teams left for the Ontatio-based Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League . In the 2019–20 season, both the UHU's junior leagues had to cancel their postseasons due to

135-658: The International Ice Hockey Federation . In 2011, the AAU expressed interest in sanctioning junior ice hockey leagues. Until this time, USA Hockey was the only governing body of ice hockey in the United States and is still the only organization recognized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . In the summer of 2011, the Western States Hockey League (WSHL) defected from USA Hockey to join

162-1209: The O-Town Rebels , forfeited the second game and the Stallions played in the four team round-robin where they were eliminated. The Essa Stallions then won the league championship in 2018 and 2019. After three season in Angus , the team relocated to the Coldwater Community Centre in Severn, Ontario , and was renamed the Severn Stallions. Goaltenders: - David Barrett - Parker Simpson Defence: - Jeremy Fortin - Brendan Jang - Gage Polhill - Thomas Zwiers Forwards: - Dylan Beattie - Caleb Boylan - Christopher Champaigne - Colton Cunnington - Owen Gouin - Jake Grinnell - Theron Iron-Opikokew - Seth Keltamaki - Carson Latimer - Colton Latimer - Kevin Logan - Steven Van Hoorelbeke https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/22638/severn-stallions This Ontario ice hockey team-related article

189-565: The Smiths Falls Settlers , splitting the series after two games in a best-of-three series. However, after the second game, the league cancelled the series in favor of the Settlers when it was found that EOHA had been using players from the Jr. Sharpshooters in the playoffs. The Essa Stallions defeated the Settlers in the championship. Both the Jr. Sharpshooters and EOHA were immediately removed from

216-624: The 2015–16 season. In 2015, the AAU announced that WSHL had been promoted to "Tier II" and that it was adding a "Tier III" prospect league for WSHL development teams called the Western Prospects League. Despite using the USA Hockey sanctioning terms of Tier II and III, the UHU-sanctioned leagues continued to operate under pay-to-play terms (called tuition) similar to USA Hockey Tier III or Hockey Canada Junior A guidelines. In 2016,

243-635: The AAU. As a test case, their 2011–12 season went without a hitch. In 2012, they were joined by the Northern States Junior Hockey League (NSHL) and the Midwest Junior Hockey League (MWJHL). At this point, their partnership, under AAU supervision, was named the United Hockey Union. The UHU finished off the 2012–13 hockey season with the first-ever UHU National Junior Hockey Championship. The UHU Championship went to

270-611: The Colorado Jr. Eagles, Casper Coyotes, El Paso Rhinos , Ogden Mustangs , Oklahoma City Blazers , and the Springfield Express , although Ogden was later removed. However, sometime in early 2017, the C1HL website was taken down, replaced near the end of the year, and removed again in March 2018. Some teams have since mentioned that the launch of the C1HL had been postponed to the 2018–19 season. The UHU has also announced plans to launch

297-589: The Langton Royals, Le Bécard de Senneterre, and Les Buffalos de Ferme-Neuve. In the first week of the season, the Grey Highlands Hawks were removed from the league and the Essa Stallions relocated to Coldwater as the Severn Stallions . On February 15, 2020, the league banned team owner Brian Fish for life for repeatedly not upholding the contract obligations to his players and terminated both his teams,

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324-607: The Muskoka Anglers and Scarborough Wexford Raiders, midseason. Prior to playing the for the league playoff championship between the Seaforth Generals and Le Bécard de Senneterre, the series was cancelled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 12, 2020. Due to the ongoing restrictions during the pandemic, the league did not play a 2020–21 season with only a few teams playing a couple of exhibition games in late 2020. In

351-542: The NCPHL, it appeared the Western Prospects League had been dissolved. On September 5, 2016, the UHU announced they would be launching a free-to-play Tier I league for the 2017–18 season. The new league was to consist of six founding teams affiliated with the current Tier II and Tier III leagues. On September 12, the new league was announced as the Central One Hockey League (C1HL) and composed of six WSHL organizations:

378-613: The Smiths Falls Settlers and the Cobourg Galaxy , respectively. The Barley Kings and Brampton Royals were removed later in the offseason. In September 2017, the league added the four remaining teams from the recently folded National College Prospects Hockey League : the Almonte Jr. Sharpshooters, Eastern Ontario Hockey Academy (EOHA), Lake Erie Eagles, and Maniwaki Mustangs. The Lake Erie Eagles had every scheduled game cancelled for

405-496: The UHU added two new junior hockey leagues; the Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League and the National College Prospects Hockey League , The CPJHL planned to have no more than 12 teams centered around Barrie, Ontario , for the 2016–17 season and would start the season with eight teams. The NCPHL began its season with six teams. With the launch of these two leagues and several WSHL teams' affiliating with

432-714: The WSHL's Idaho Jr. Steelheads in its inaugural run, with the Steelheads going undefeated in a six-team tournament held in Las Vegas , Nevada in April 2013. In May 2014, the UHU added a fourth league, the Canadian International Hockey League (CIHL). In July 2014, the Canadian Independent Junior Hockey League (CIJHL) of British Columbia applied for AAU sanctioning as well, but despite

459-634: The announced teams had some further organizational changes. Burk's Falls was initially introduced as the Warriors, but an ownership change saw the team renamed the Bruins. The Almonte Jr. Sharpshooters were initially announced as the Ottawa Sharpshooters before making Almonte Community Center the home for the junior club. The Sharpshooters also included a U-18 team that compete in the National College Prospects Hockey League , another UHU league. On September 16,

486-532: The day the first games were set to take place, the league announced that the Akwesasne Chiefs and Coldwater Falcons would not play in the first season due to lack of players on each team. After delaying the Burk's Falls Bruins first game by two weeks, the Bruins still struggled to roster enough players and the club delayed their entry to the league. The Muskoka Wild finished the regular season as champions before losing

513-540: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic limiting travel and arena availability. The WSHL subsequently lost 11 teams to the United States Premier Hockey League (which had left USA Hockey sanctioning in 2017) and the North American 3 Hockey League . In May 2020, the WSHL also announced they had cancelled their 2020–21 season due to the pandemic. Severn Stallions The Severn Stallions were

540-680: The fall of 2016 in the Angus Recreation Centre. Their first head coach would be Sylvain Cloutier, a 20-year hockey journeyman who has played in North America and England. Cloutier has coached several teams including the Corpus Christi IceRays ( CHL ) in 2008–09. The Stallions qualified for 2017 playoffs after their inaugural season. The first round consisted of a two-game series with an aggregate total score to move on. Their opponent,

567-450: The first seven weeks, citing prohibitive costs of international insurance, before playing their first CPJHL game on October 21. The Cobourg Galaxy, Muskoka Wild, and Madawaska Valley Falcons also folded early in the season. During the 2018 playoffs, the Jr. Sharpshooters and EOHA, both owned by Angelo Gallo, were scheduled to face each other in an elimination game, which was then forfeited by the lower seeded Jr. Sharpshooters. EOHA then faced

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594-632: The joining the CPJHL. The league then announced the addition of the Shawville Express. Universel College Unik was removed from the league website prior to the release of the 2018–19 schedule, the Bracebridge Pioneers were removed after the schedule was released, while Shawville postponed their start and then announced they would join the next season. During the season, the Brampton Royals' franchise

621-472: The league upon the end of the season. For the 2018–19 season, the league announced additions of the Brampton Royals, Muskoka Anglers, Niagara-on-the-Lake Nationals, Universel College Unik, and Wexford Raiders. The Lake Erie Eagles left the league after one season citing insurance and travel costs. The Nationals left for the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League , joining the Jr. Sharpshooters, instead of

648-491: The playoff championship game to the Jr. Sharpshooters. After the inaugural season, the league removed the Almonte Jr. Sharpshooters and O-Town Rebels. Soon after, the league began announcing further changes with expansion teams the Bracebridge Pioneers, Brampton Royals, Coldwater Ice Wolves, Creemore Barley Kings, and the Madawaska Valley Falcons. The Glengarry Highlanders and Norwood Nemesis also relocated and became

675-721: The sanctioning, the league shuttered its doors in September without playing a single game. On September 10, 2014, the NSHL left the AAU umbrella. On November 10, the CIHL also left the AAU umbrella over insurance and expansion disagreements. In turn, half the CIHL broke away and formed the World United Hockey League as UHU members. In March 2015, the MWJHL announced it was joining the United States Premier Hockey League (a USA Hockey-sanctioned league) as part of its new Midwest Division starting in

702-543: The season. A week before the 2021–22 season was scheduled to begin, the league cancelled the season. As of August 2022, the league appears to be defunct. United Hockey Union The United Hockey Union ( UHU ), founded in 2012, is a group of ice hockey leagues in North America . The UHU is overseen and insured by the Amateur Athletic Union . Neither body is recognized by USA Hockey , Hockey Canada , or

729-516: Was revoked by the league and given to an organization called the Greater Toronto Jaguars under new ownership. The Jaguars were also removed from the schedule in December 2018. Following the 2018–19 season, the ownership of the league was transferred from founder Stephane Laveault to Smiths Falls Settlers' general manager Barry DeGray. The expansion teams for the 2019–20 season was announced as

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