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25-661: Founded in 1986, the Stars won the Cameron Trophy six times as the Ottawa District Hockey Association 's top Junior C club. The first time was in 1989, and then again in 1993. In 1997, the Stars set up a dynasty: winning in 1998, 1999, and 2000. The 2004-05 season was great for the Stars. After finishing first in the league with 28 wins in 36 games, the Stars defeated the Rockland Nationals 4-games-to-none in

50-668: A record of two wins, a loss, and a regulation tie. The Blazers started the tournament with a 5–4 win over the New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League 's Fredericton Caps . The next game, the Blazers lost 6–1 to the Island Junior Hockey League 's Kensington Vipers . In their third game, the Blazers lost 3–2 in overtime to the St. John's Junior Hockey League 's St. John's Jr. Caps . In their final round robin game, Sackville defeated

75-516: A spot in the semi-final. In the semi-final, they again defeated Conception Bay North 7–2 and in the final they avenged their only loss with a 3–2 win over Kensington to win their second straight Don Johnson Cup. In 2005, the Blazers again won their league championship, their third in consecutive years. They entered the Don Johnson Cup as one of only three teams to have won two consecutive titles ( Antigonish Bulldogs and St. John's Jr. 50's begin

100-783: The Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League . In 2007, the ownership of the team pulled their membership out of the EOJCHL with the intention of joining the Junior B Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League . After sitting out a year, the group was awarded a Junior B franchise and changed the team's name to the Vikings. The league's Junior C spot was given to a new team called the Cumberland Bandits . The Viking have won three Carson Trophies as EOJHL champions (2012, 2014 and 2015). On April 22, 2014,

125-580: The Ottawa District Hockey Association (ODHA) and the Ottawa and District Amateur Hockey Association (ODAHA), is the governing body of a variety of ice hockey Junior leagues and a minor hockey system based out of the Greater Ottawa area and Southwestern Quebec . It is one of thirteen regional branches of Hockey Canada . The ODHA became HEO in the Summer of 2013. The roots of Hockey Eastern Ontario date back to

150-812: The Winchester Hawks 4-games-to-1 to win the Division title. The Vikings then defeated the Gananoque Islanders 4-games-to-1 to win the Rideau-St. Lawrence Conference championship. The Vikings moved on to the Carson Trophy finals against the Metro-Valley Conference champion Ottawa West Golden Knights . Casselman quickly found themselves in trouble as the Golden Knights mounted a 3-games-to-1 lead, but

175-749: The 1890s. In 1890, the Ontario Hockey Association was organized and a senior league was formed. At the same time, the Ottawa City Hockey League was organized. In 1894, the Ottawa Hockey Association, owners of the senior Ottawa Hockey Club and organizer of the OCHL resigned from the OHA over a dispute over the Cosby Cup . Several organizations came and went over the next twenty years, such as

200-642: The 2002–03 season. After winning the NSJBHL Championship, the Blazers went on to the Don Johnson Cup . After finishing first in the round robin with winds including 7–3 over the St. John's Junior Hockey League 's St. John's Jr. Celtics , 6–1 over the Island Junior Hockey League 's Sherwood Falcons , and 5–1 over the host Mt. Pearl Jr. Blades , the Blazers received a bye directly into the final. Sackville met Mt. Pearl again and dispatched them 6–4 to win their first Maritime Junior B Championship. In 2004,

225-451: The 24th, Casselman faced the Avalon Jr. Capitals of the St. John's Junior Hockey League and beat them 6-2. In their final round robin game, the Vikings faced the host Strait Pirates but dispatched them with an 8-1 score. With the round robin over, Taylor Widenmaier was named to the tournament's all-star team, Nicolas Brazeau was given the most sportsmanlike player award, and Maxime Choquette

250-456: The Blazers won their second straight NSJBHL title to move on to the Don Johnson Cup again. Starting off with a 6–2 loss to the Island Junior Hockey League 's Kensington Vipers , the Blazers needed to win their final two games to guarantee another shot at the Cup. The Blazers knocked off the St. John's Junior Hockey League 's Conception Bay North Jr. Stars and the host Antigonish Bulldogs to clinch

275-723: The Carson Trophy, the Vikings became the first team to gain entry to the championship from west of the Atlantic Region. On April 22, the Vikings made this a reality by facing the Fredericton Jr. Caps of the New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia . The Viking took their first ever DoJo game by a score of 6-1. The next day, the Vikings took on the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League 's champion Sackville Blazers and defeated them 7-5. On

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300-946: The Eastern Ontario Hockey Association, and the Central Canada Hockey Association for teams in Eastern Ontario. Teams also played in leagues with Quebec teams. In 1920, the Ottawa and Valley branch of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada was formed. It eventually became the Ottawa District Hockey Association with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association . Under the jurisdiction of Hockey Canada , Hockey Eastern Ontario controls all senior and junior hockey in

325-612: The Vikings became the first Ontario team to ever play at the Don Johnson Memorial Cup tournament, originally competed for by only Atlantic Canada teams. The Vikings finished the 2013-14 regular season with the top record in the St. Lawrence Division, their conference, and the entire EOJHL with 35 wins, 2 losses, and 4 overtime losses. In their division semi-final, the Vikings swept the Akwesasne Wolves in four games and then beat

350-473: The Vikings came back with 3-2 and 4-1 victories to force game seven. In Game 7, Taylor Widenmaier scored in the first to take an early lead, with Ottawa West tying the game in the second. With 37 seconds left in regulation, the Golden Knights scored a possible game-winning goal, but with only 14 seconds left Thierry Henry tied up the game forcing overtime. 1:18 into the second extra frame, Captain Joel Adam scored

375-516: The final they avenged their loss to Strait 1–0 to clinch their third consecutive Don Johnson Cup—the only team in history to win three in a row. In 2012–13, the Blazers would finish the season in second place with a record of 20-12-2. The Blazers would win the Nova Scotia playoffs and move on to the Don Johnson Memorial Cup in Moncton, New Brunswick . The Blazers finished second in the round robin with

400-655: The first team outside of the Atlantic Provinces to compete for a DoJo Championship, the first to win a game at the event, and the first to win the championship itself, all while keeping an undefeated 6-0-0 record. Eastern Canada Jr B Championships This was the only year the EOJHL was part of the Don Johnson Championships Ottawa District Hockey Association Hockey Eastern Ontario (HEO), formerly

425-456: The game-winning goal to give the Vikings their second Carson Trophy as EOJHL champions. As of 2014, the hockey organizations of Atlantic Canada decided to allow a representative of Eastern Ontario into their Junior B championship tournament, the Don Johnson Memorial Cup . Since 1982, the "DoJo" has been exclusive to Atlantic Canadian provinces, but beginning in 2014 has rebranded itself the "Eastern Canadian Junior B Championship". By winning

450-583: The league quarter-final by the East Ottawa Thunder . In 2007, the Stars ownership attempted to fill the void left in the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League by the Junior "A" expansion of the Kemptville 73's . When the Casselman franchise could not be put together fast enough, the Stars program was suspended for the 2007-08 Eastern Junior C season. The Casselman Stars were founded in 1986 as members of

475-587: The league semi-final and then their rivals, the Embrun Panthers , 4-games-to-1 to win their sixth crown. In the 2005-06 season, the Stars again finished in first place with 27 wins in 36 games. In the semi-final they defeated the Saint-Isidore Eagles 4-games-to-1 and then were upset by the Embrun Panthers in the final 4-games-to-3. After a disappointing 2006-07 season, in which the Stars finished seventh place overall, they were swept 4-games-to-none in

500-436: The only team in history to have won three consecutive Don Johnson Cups as Maritime Junior B Champions. The Sackville Blazers became a reality for the 1982/83 season. This came after seven years of hard work to gain entry into Junior hockey for Sackville . Starting with the 1997/98 season, the Blazers have had a continuous run of finishing first overall season after season. The Sackville Blazers' Maritime dynasty began with

525-470: The other two) with an opportunity to make history. The Blazers kicked off the tournament with a 6–1 romp over the Kensington Vipers and a 10–3 demolishing of the St. John's League's Trinity Placentia Flyers . In their final round robin game, they dropped a win to the host Strait Pirates and lost their bye to the tournament final. In the semi-final, the Blazers again beat Trinity Placentia 4–2 and in

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550-407: The part of Ontario east of and including Lanark County , Renfrew County , and Leeds County , but not including the town of Gananoque which is under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Hockey Association . Sackville Blazers The Sackville Blazers are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia . The Blazers play in the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League and are

575-527: The third, Sackville tied the game to force overtime. At 6:18 into the overtime frame, Simon Cousineau popped in the game-winning goal to secure the Eastern Canadian Championship. Goalie Gianmarco De Meis was named the championship's most valuable player with 36 saves on 38 shots. The Casselman Vikings finished the season with 57 wins and 11 losses, won their second Carson Trophy, and their first Don Johnson Memorial Cup . With this, they became

600-541: The third, before the Viking popped three quick goals. The final score was 4-2 and Casselman was into the Final against Sackville (who just dispatched the defending champion Kensington Vipers in overtime). In the final, Sackville opened up the score early in the first and held a 1-0 lead until the third period. Casselman stepped up the pressure in third period and responded with goals from Widenmaier and Luc Forget. With 1:22 to go in

625-484: Was named the tournament's most valuable player. Widenmaier and Brazeau would lead the round robin in scoring (13 points each) and Gianmarco De Meis would lead all goalies with a 0.925 save percentage. With a perfect 4-0-0 record, the Vikings earned the first seed in the semi-final and faced fourth seed Fredericton again. The Jr. Caps were ready for the Vikings this time and clogged up the middle, stymieing their high speed offence. The Jr. Caps had it tied up 1-1 going into

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