The Maritime Major (U 18) Female Hockey League is a female U-18 Hockey league. The league plays under the sanction of Hockey Nova Scotia and Hockey Canada. Its' three provincial champions advance to the Atlantic Regional tournament qualifier for the Esso Cup.
During the 2020 off-season the league was going through the process of being renamed from the Nova Scotia Female Midget AAA Hockey League due to the league having several teams from outside of Nova Scotia and that Hockey Canada renamed the playing level to U-18.[1]
The Cape Breton Panthers left the league after the completion of the 2019-20 season and the league announced plans to seek a replacement team for Cape Breton. On May 19th the league announced the addition of the Cape Breton Lynx to be based out of the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre in Membertou, Nova Scotia which start play with the 2020-21 season which was also home of the Panthers organization.[2]
previous logo until 2020
Teams[]
Former Teams[]
MMFHL Era[]
| Team | Centre | Arena |
| EDZA West Reds | Fredericton, New Brunswick | Aitken Centre, Tri-County Complex, Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre, and Willie O'Ree Place |
| Fundy Nationals | Miramichi and Quispamsis, New Brunswick | Lord Beaverbrook Arena & Quispamsis QPlex |
| (Halifax) Station Six Fire | Halifax Regional Municipality (Bedford) | BMO Centre Halifax |
| Northern Lightning | Bathurst | K. C. Irving Regional Centre |
Champions[]
Nova Scotia League Years[]
| Season | Champion | Atlantic Regional Result |
| 2009 | Metro Boston Pizza | Lost Final |
| 2010 | Metro Boston Pizza | Lost Final |
| 2011 | Metro Boston Pizza | 3rd Place |
| 2012 | Metro Boston Pizza | Won Championship 4th at 2012 Esso Cup |
| 2013 | Metro Boston Pizza | Won Championship 6th at 2013 Esso Cup |
| 2014 | East Hants Penguins AAA | Lost Final |
| 2015 | Metro Boston Pizza | Lost Final |
| 2016 | Metro Boston Pizza | Won Championship 6th at 2016 Esso Cup |
| 2017 | Northern Selects | Lost Final |
| 2018 | Northern Selects | Won Championship 5th at 2018 Esso Cup Metro Boston Pizza 6th as host |
| 2019 | Halifax Fire | Won Championship 5th at 2019 Esso Cup |
Maritime League Years[]
| Team | New Brunswick Champion |
Nova Scotia Champion |
PEI Champion |
Atlantic Champion Esso Cup Result |
| 2020 | Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | Moncton Rockets | Northern Selects | N/A | N/A |
| 2022 | Fredericton Reds | Northern Selects | N/A | Northern Selects Lost Semifinals |
| 2023 | Western Flames | Northern Selects | Eastern Stars | Northern Selects Fourth Place |
| 2024 | Western Flames | Northern Selects | Eastern Stars | Northern Selects Fifth place |
References[]
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| Leagues |
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| Invitational Tournaments | Mac's Midget AAA World Invitational Tournament - Richmond International Midget Hockey Tournament | ||||||||||||