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The '''Heritage Junior B Hockey League''' is a [[Junior "B"]] [[ice hockey]] league in [[Alberta]], [[Canada]], sanctioned by [[Hockey Canada]]. The HJHL was founded in 1987 and is made up of teams from southern and central Alberta. The HJHL is the largest Junior B league in the province, with 15 teams competing in 2009-10.
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The '''Heritage Junior Hockey League''' is a [[Junior "B"]] [[ice hockey]] league in [[Alberta]], [[Canada]], sanctioned by [[Hockey Canada]]. The HJHL was founded in 1987 and is made up of teams from southern and central Alberta. The HJHL is the largest Junior B league in the province, with 15 teams competing in 2009-10.
   
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As one of the largest Junior B leagues in Alberta, both the league champion, and the losing finalist qualify for the [[Alberta Provincial Junior B Hockey Championship]]. The winner of this tournament earns the right to compete for the Western Canadian Junior "B" Crown, the [[Keystone Cup]].
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As one of the largest Junior B leagues in Alberta, both the league champion, and the losing finalist qualify for the [[Alberta Provincial Junior B Hockey Championship]]. The winner of this tournament earns the right to compete for the Western Canadian Junior "B" Crown, the [[Keystone Cup]].
   
 
The Cochrane Generals have captured the 2007-08 & 2008-09 league championships. The Blackfalds Ford Wranglers won the 2009-10 championship.
  
The Cochrane Generals have captured the 2007-08 & 2008-09 league championships. The Blackfalds Ford Wranglers won the 2009-10 championship.
   
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The [[Banff Academy Bears]] announced they would not be participating for the 2017-18 season.
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==Current Teams (2009-10)==
  
   
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The [[Lomond Lakers (junior)|Lomond Lakers]] were added to the league for 2018-19
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===North Divsion===
  
   
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==Teams==
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*[[Blackfalds Ford Wranglers]]
  
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*[[Red Deer Vipers]]
  
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*[[Stettler Lightning]]
  
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*[[Rimbey Rock]]
  
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*[[Ponoka Stampeders]]
  
   
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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===South Division===
  
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|-
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! Team !! Centre !! Arena
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|-
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! colspan=5 | North Division
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|-
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| '''[[Airdrie Thunder]]''' || [[Airdrie, Alberta|Airdrie]] || [[Ron Ebbesen Arena]]
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|-
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| '''[[Mountainview Colts]]''' || [[Didsbury, Alberta|Didsbury]] || [[Didsbury Recreation Complex]]
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|-
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| '''[[Ponoka Stampeders]]''' || [[Ponoka, Alberta|Ponoka]] || [[Ponoka Culture & Recreation Complex]]
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|-
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| '''[[Red Deer Vipers]]''' || [[Red Deer, Alberta|Red Deer]] || [[Servus Arena]]
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|-
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| '''[[Rocky Rams]]''' || [[Rocky Mountain House, Alberta|Rocky Mountain House]] || [[Rocky Arena Complex|Rocky Arena Complex-Bunch Arena]]
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|-
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| '''[[Stettler Lightning]]''' || [[Stettler, Alberta|Stettler]] || [[Stettler Recreation Centre]]
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|-
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| '''[[Sylvan Lake Wranglers]]''' || [[Sylvan Lake]] || [[Sylvan Lake NexSource Centre]]
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|-
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| '''[[Three Hills Thrashers]]''' || [[Three Hills, Alberta|Three Hills]] || [[Three Hills Centennial Place]]
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|-
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! colspan=5 | South Division
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|-
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| '''[[Coaldale Copperheads]]''' || [[Coaldale, Alberta|Coaldale]] || [[Coaldale Arena]]
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|-
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| '''[[Cochrane Generals]]''' || [[Cochrane, Alberta|Cochrane]] || [[Cochrane Arena]]
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|-
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| '''[[High River Flyers]]''' || [[High River]] || [[Bob Snodgrass Recreation Complex]]
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| '''[[Lomond Lakers (junior)|Lomond Lakers]] ''' || [[Lomond, Alberta|Lomond]] || [[Lomond Community Centre]]
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| '''[[Medicine Hat Cubs]]''' || [[Medicine Hat, Alberta|Medicine Hat]] || [[Kinplex]]
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|-
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| '''[[Okotoks Bisons]]''' || [[Okotoks]] || [[Murray Arena]]
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| '''[[Strathmore Wheatland Kings]]''' || [[Strathmore, Alberta|Strathmore]] || [[Strathmore Family Centre]]
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|}
   
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==Champions==
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*[[Okotoks Bisons]]
  
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*[[Coaldale Copperheads]]
  
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*[[High River Flyers]]
  
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*[[Medicine Hat Cubs]]
  
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*[[Strathmore Wheatland Kings]]
  
   
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===Central Division===
  
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*[[Airdrie Thunder]]
  
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*[[Three Hills Thrashers]]
  
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*[[Cochrane Generals]]
  
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*[[Banff Academy Bears]]
  
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*[[Mountainview Colts]]
  
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[[File:HJBHLTrophy.jpg|thumb|League Trophy]]
  
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==Champions==
  
 
<table><tr><td valign=top>
  
<table><tr><td valign=top>
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*2020 - '''Playoffs Cancelled'''
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*2011 - Okotoks Bisons
  
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*2019 - Airdrie Thunder
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*2018 - Red Deer Vipers
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*2017 - Red Deer Vipers
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*2016 - Mountainview Colts
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*2015 - Coaldale Copperheads
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*2014 - Okotoks Bisons<sup>3</sup>
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*'''2013 - Okotoks Bisons'''
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*2012 - Okotoks Bisons
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*2011 - Okotoks Bisons<sup>2</sup>
 
*2010 - Blackfalds Ford Wranglers
  
*2010 - Blackfalds Ford Wranglers
 
*2009 - Cochrane Generals
  
*2009 - Cochrane Generals
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*2005 - Okotoks Bisons
  
*2005 - Okotoks Bisons
 
*'''2004 - Red Deer Vipers'''
  
*'''2004 - Red Deer Vipers'''
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</td><td valign=top>
 
*2003 - Foothills Bisons
  
*2003 - Foothills Bisons
 
*2002 - Foothills Bisons
  
*2002 - Foothills Bisons
 
*2001 - Foothills Bisons
  
*2001 - Foothills Bisons
 
*2000 - Airdrie Thunder
  
*2000 - Airdrie Thunder
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*1999 - Red Deer Vipers
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*1999 - Red Deer Viper
 
*1998 - Airdrie Thunder
  
*1998 - Airdrie Thunder
 
*1997 - Foothills Bisons
  
*1997 - Foothills Bisons
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</td><td valign=top>
  
 
*1996 - Foothills Bisons
  
*1996 - Foothills Bisons
 
*1995 - Lacombe Wranglers
  
*1995 - Lacombe Wranglers
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*1988 - Barrhead Jr. Elks
  
*1988 - Barrhead Jr. Elks
 
</td></tr></table>
  
</td></tr></table>
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:'''Bold''' denotes won Alberta provincial title
  
:'''Bold''' denotes won Alberta provincial title
 
:<sup>1</sup>League finalists Red Deer Vipers captured the Alberta Provincials and Keystone Cup championship
  
:<sup>1</sup>League finalists Red Deer Vipers captured the Alberta Provincials and Keystone Cup championship
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:<sup>2</sup>League finalists Blackfalds Wranglers captured the Alberta Provincials and Keystone Cup championship
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:<sup>3</sup>League finalists Blackfalds Wranglers captured the Alberta Provincials
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==See also==
  
==See also==
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*[http://www.highriverjuniorflyers.com/ High River]
  
*[http://www.highriverjuniorflyers.com/ High River]
 
*[http://www.livingstonerockmenjuniorb.com/ Livingstone]
  
*[http://www.livingstonerockmenjuniorb.com/ Livingstone]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/medhatcubs/ Medicine Hat]
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*[http://web.archive.org/20020420195601/www.geocities.com/medhatcubs/ Medicine Hat]
 
*[http://www.bisons-hockey.com/ Okotoks]
  
*[http://www.bisons-hockey.com/ Okotoks]
 
*[http://www.reddeervipers.com/ Red Deer]
  
*[http://www.reddeervipers.com/ Red Deer]
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*[http://www.southernexpressjrb.ca/ Southern]
  
*[http://www.southernexpressjrb.ca/ Southern]
 
*[http://www.eteamz.com/threehillsthrashers Three Hills]
  
*[http://www.eteamz.com/threehillsthrashers Three Hills]
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[[Category:Alberta Junior B Hockey]]
  
[[Category:Alberta Junior B Hockey]]

Revision as of 23:18, 16 March 2020

Heritage B Logo

Heritage Jr "B"

The Heritage Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Alberta, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The HJHL was founded in 1987 and is made up of teams from southern and central Alberta. The HJHL is the largest Junior B league in the province, with 15 teams competing in 2009-10.

As one of the largest Junior B leagues in Alberta, both the league champion, and the losing finalist qualify for the Alberta Provincial Junior B Hockey Championship. The winner of this tournament earns the right to compete for the Western Canadian Junior "B" Crown, the Keystone Cup.

The Cochrane Generals have captured the 2007-08 & 2008-09 league championships. The Blackfalds Ford Wranglers won the 2009-10 championship.

The Banff Academy Bears announced they would not be participating for the 2017-18 season.

The Lomond Lakers were added to the league for 2018-19

Teams

Team Centre Arena
North Division
Airdrie Thunder Airdrie Ron Ebbesen Arena
Mountainview Colts Didsbury Didsbury Recreation Complex
Ponoka Stampeders Ponoka Ponoka Culture & Recreation Complex
Red Deer Vipers Red Deer Servus Arena
Rocky Rams Rocky Mountain House Rocky Arena Complex-Bunch Arena
Stettler Lightning Stettler Stettler Recreation Centre
Sylvan Lake Wranglers Sylvan Lake Sylvan Lake NexSource Centre
Three Hills Thrashers Three Hills Three Hills Centennial Place
South Division
Coaldale Copperheads Coaldale Coaldale Arena
Cochrane Generals Cochrane Cochrane Arena
High River Flyers High River Bob Snodgrass Recreation Complex
Lomond Lakers Lomond Lomond Community Centre
Medicine Hat Cubs Medicine Hat Kinplex
Okotoks Bisons Okotoks Murray Arena
Strathmore Wheatland Kings Strathmore Strathmore Family Centre

Champions

  • 2020 - Playoffs Cancelled
  • 2019 - Airdrie Thunder
  • 2018 - Red Deer Vipers
  • 2017 - Red Deer Vipers
  • 2016 - Mountainview Colts
  • 2015 - Coaldale Copperheads
  • 2014 - Okotoks Bisons3
  • 2013 - Okotoks Bisons
  • 2012 - Okotoks Bisons
  • 2011 - Okotoks Bisons2
  • 2010 - Blackfalds Ford Wranglers
  • 2009 - Cochrane Generals
  • 2008 - Cochrane Generals
  • 2007 - Lacombe Wranglers
  • 2006 - Okotoks Bisons1
  • 2005 - Okotoks Bisons
  • 2004 - Red Deer Vipers
  • 2003 - Foothills Bisons
  • 2002 - Foothills Bisons
  • 2001 - Foothills Bisons
  • 2000 - Airdrie Thunder
  • 1999 - Red Deer Viper
  • 1998 - Airdrie Thunder
  • 1997 - Foothills Bisons
  • 1996 - Foothills Bisons
  • 1995 - Lacombe Wranglers
  • 1994 - Lacombe Wranglers
  • 1993 - Lacombe Wranglers
  • 1992 - Ponoka Knight Hawks
  • 1991 - Hobbema Knight Hawks
  • 1990 - Terraco Knights
  • 1989 - Red Deer Cowboys
  • 1988 - Barrhead Jr. Elks


Bold denotes won Alberta provincial title
1League finalists Red Deer Vipers captured the Alberta Provincials and Keystone Cup championship
2League finalists Blackfalds Wranglers captured the Alberta Provincials and Keystone Cup championship
3League finalists Blackfalds Wranglers captured the Alberta Provincials

See also

External links

Junior ice hockey leagues in North America
Canada
Major Junior
CHL: Ontario Hockey League • Western Hockey League • Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Junior A
CJHL: Alberta • Central Canada • Manitoba • Maritime • Northern Ontario • Ontario • Quebec • Saskatchewan • Superior International
Junior B
Calgary • Capital  • Capital Region  • Capitale  • Chaudiere-Appalaches  • Eastern Ontario  • Greater Ontario • Heritage • Island • Keystone • Kootenay International  • Lakehead • Metropolitaine • New Brunswick • North Eastern Alberta • North West • Nova Scotia • Pacific • Prairie  • Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean • St. John's • Vancouver Island
Junior C
Beauce-Frontenac  • Calgary  • Hanover Tache  • Hockey North (Nunavut)  • Laurentides-Lanaudiere  • Laval  • Mauricie  • Montreal  • National Capital  • Noralta • Nova Scotia  • Orford-St. Francois  • PEI  • Provincial  • Qu'Appelle Valley
Junior D
Laurentides-Lanaudiere  • Laval  • Mauricie  • Montreal  • Orford-St. Francois
Independent
British Columbia  • Can-Am Junior Hockey League  • Greater Metro  • Manitoba Major (affiliated with Hockey Canada)  • National Junior Hockey League  • North American Hockey Association
National
Championships
Memorial Cup (Major Junior)  • Centennial Cup (Junior A)
Regional
Championships
Keystone Cup (Western Junior B)  • Don Johnson Memorial Cup (Atlantic Junior B)  • Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championship (Atlantic/Nunavut Junior C)  • Central Canada Cup (Manitoba-Northwestern Ontario Junior B)
Provincial
Championships
(Multi-league)
Cyclone Taylor Cup (BC Junior B)  • Russ Barnes Trophy (AB Junior B)  • Baldy Northcott Trophy (MB Junior B)  • Coupe Chevrolet (PQ Junior B)  • Alberta Junior C Playoffs (AB Junior C)
Former
Championships
Abbott Cup (former Western Canada Junior)  • George Richardson Memorial Trophy (former Eastern Canada Junior)  • Doyle Cup (former Pacific Junior A)  • Anavet Cup (former Western Junior A)  • Dudley Hewitt Cup (former Central Junior A)  • Fred Page Cup (Former Eastern Junior A)  • Western Canada Cup (former Western Junior A)  • Keystone Cup (former Western Canada Junior B)
United States
USA Hockey Tier I
United States Hockey League
USA Hockey Tier II
North American Hockey League
USA Hockey Tier III
North American 3 Hockey League
USPHL (Independent)
National Collegiate Development Conference  • USPHL Premier Division  • USPHL Elite Division
Other Independent
Eastern Hockey League  • Eastern Hockey League Premier
Related articles: Hockey Canada  • USA Hockey  • Amateur Athletic Union  • World Junior Championship  • IIHF World U18 Championships  • World Junior A Challenge  • World U-17 Hockey Challenge
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