Amherst Ramblers (Junior A)

The Amherst Ramblers are a Junior A Hockey League team based in Amherst, Nova Scotia. The team is a member of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League and are in the Bent Division. All home games are played out of the 2,500 seat Amherst Stadium. The season usually runs from mid-September to early March every year.

Original Team
See Amherst Ramblers (junior)

Present Team History
The Amherst Ramblers were founded in 1966 as the Berwick Shell Junior Bruins, and were founding members of the "Metro Valley Junior Hockey League". The league, then a junior B league, was eventually renamed the Maritime Junior A Hockey League. In 1967 the Bruins were relocated to Amherst and renamed the Amherst Ramblers.

The Ramblers have been known by two different names since moving to Amherst. Between 1994 and 1998 the team was known as the Moosheads. The logo consisted of a large letter "A" and the moose from Moosehead beer - similar in design to the current Halifax Mooseheads logo.

The Ramblers are known to draw some of the largest crowds in the Maritime Junior A Hockey League, and have placed third in average attendance the last few years, only behind the Yarmouth Mariners and the Weeks Crushers.

The Ramblers hosted the Centennial Cup (now known as Royal Bank Cup) in 1993.



Notable alumni

 * Bill Riley
 * Mal Davis
 * Joey MacDonald
 * Andrew Sweetland
 * Bill Chapman
 * Mark Lee