The Island Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island , Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada .
6-634: The IJHL shares its name with a former league , which competed at the Junior "A" level in the same region from 1973 to 1991. Since being founded in 1996, the IJHL has been strictly a Junior B League, one tier below the Junior A Maritime Junior Hockey League and two tiers below the Junior ice hockey#Major Junior Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League , which both have teams located in Prince Edward Island. In 2002,
12-715: The New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League (NBJHL), with PEI holding their own playoff series. For the 2023-24 season, the Sherwood Metros and Kings County Rivermen merged and, along with Kensington, will once again compete in the NBJHL to determine the PEI representative for the Don Johnson Memorial Cup. Island Junior Hockey League (1973%E2%80%931991) The Island Junior Hockey League (IJHL), also sometimes called
18-685: The O'Leary Eagles won the Don Johnson Cup as Maritime Junior B champions. Nine years later, in 2011, the Kensington Vipers repeated the act as Maritime champions, following up their success again in 2013 and 2023 respectively. Following the 2021-22, the league lost both the Western Red Wings and Eastern Maniacs but added the Kings County Rivermen. With only 3 remaining teams, the league negotiated to play regular season games with
24-715: The PEI Junior A Hockey League , was a Junior ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island , Canada. Originally Junior B, the league was promoted to Junior A in 1973 after the folding of the Charlottetown Islanders in 1972. The league was promoted to Junior A in 1973. Most of the teams originated from the Island Junior B Hockey League, except for the Charlottetown Abbies who played the previous season in
30-826: The Central New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League. In its early years, their champions would play the winners of the New Brunswick Junior Hockey League , Eastern Junior A Hockey League , and Newfoundland Junior A Hockey League for advancement in the Centennial Cup playdowns. In 1989, the Summerside Western Capitals hosted the Canadian Junior A Championship, then known as the Manitoba Centennial Cup , and represented
36-702: The IJHL at the tourney. The Western Capitals came in second place, losing to the Thunder Bay Flyers of the United States Hockey League 4–1 in the final after beating the Moncton Hawks 3–2 in a triple-overtime thriller in the semi-final. In 1991, the IJHL folded when two teams, Charlottetown Abbies and Summerside Western Capitals, jumped to the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League (MVJHL). The MVJHL immediately changed its name to
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