As Canada’s National Junior A Championship prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in May in Portage la Prairie, Man., Hockey Canada, in partnership with the CJHL, has announced that Canada’s National Junior A Championship will return to its original name – the Centennial Cup – starting in 2020.
Portage la Prairie to host 2020 Centennial Cup Championship.
Winnipeg Blues sold to 50 Below Sports + Entertainment Inc., owner of the Winnipeg Ice of the WHL.
OCN Blizzard sold to a group of business owners in The Pas.
MJHL Draft held in Winnipeg on June 9th.
League schedules Prospect Development Camp for July 25th to 28th at the Seven Oaks Arena.
League schedules Showcase for September 29th to October 1st at Seven Oaks Sportsplex in Winnipeg.
SJHL and MJHL announced the MJHL/SJHL Showcase to be held in Regina, January 21st and 22nd.
League limits the number of 20-year-olds a team can register to seven.
League announced that they will be forming an elite team to participate in the Sirius Russia Junior Club World Cup in August 2020.
League announced the launch of the MJHL Podcast, every Thursday throughout the MJHL season.
League and Canadian Mental Health Association partner to support mental health of Jr. A hockey players.
CJHL announced Tim Hortons will be the presenting sponsor of the Centennial Cup.
League announced they will hold a U.S. Prospects Camp in Grand Forks, April 3rd to 5th, 2020.
League Commissioner Kim Davis announced he will be stepping down at the end of June 2020. League Director of Operations, Kevin Saurette, will take over as the next Commissioner.
League cancelled U.S. Prospects Camp in Grand Forks.
Sirius Russia Junior Club World Cup cancelled.
CJHL announced the Steinbach Pistons organization have won the prestigious 2018-19 Canadian Junior Hockey League Declaration of Principles Award. The Declaration of Principles was created by the National Hockey League and the NHL Player’s Association to inspire fans, players, and communities to create the best possible experience for the entire hockey community. The Pistons volunteered 1,300 hours of their time during the season to connect with Steinbach and the surrounding communities.
Brady Keeper, a Florida Panthers prospect and former MJHL star appeared in a segment of TSN’s “a kid from nowhere”. Another former MJHL star Jordin Tootoo narrated the episode and others.
The Canadian Junior Hockey League announced Friday, March 13, all games and hockey-related activity involving its member clubs have been cancelled, due to the continued threat of the global COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic as well as potential exposure and contamination of its players, team staff members, on and off-ice officials, volunteers and fans. The MJHL, in partnership with Hockey Canada and the CJHL, announces cancellation of the 2020 playoffs.
