National Capital Junior Hockey League
| Membership | Hockey Eastern Ontario |
|---|---|
| President | Ian McRae |
| Directors | Richard Charest & Hubert Seguin |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Recent champions | Gatineau Hull-Volants (2025) |
| Website | NCJHL Website |
The National Capital Junior Hockey League (NCJHL) is a Canadian Junior ice hockey league in Ontario, sanctioned by the Hockey Eastern Ontario and Hockey Canada. The league is meant to be an interprovincial league between Ontario and Quebec.
History
From 1968 until 2010, the league was known as the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League. At the start of the 2010-2011 regular season, the league was rebranded under its new name - National Capital Junior Hockey League (NCJHL).
In April 2015, the NCJHL accepted the application of the Morrisburg Lions to join the league for starting in the 2015-2016 season. The Lions were one of six teams dropped when the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League re-configured and re-branded as the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2.[1]
In March 2017, it was announced that the reigning NCJHL champions, Embrun Panthers, were joining CCHL Tier 2 in the fall of 2017.
In April 2017, four new teams have been accepted to join the NCJHL: two brand new teams - Blackburn Inferno and Bytown Royals; and two former CCHL Tier 2 teams - Metcalfe Jets and South Grenville Rangers, bringing the total to 12 teams.[2][3]
In July 2017, the Rockland Nationals became the Les Castors de Clarence (Clarence Castors) after originally moving to Clarence to become the Jr. C version of the CCHL's Rockland Nationals. The CCHL2 Clarence Castors moved to Carleton Place to serve as an affiliation to the Carleton Place Canadians, calling themselves the Carleton Place Jr. Canadians.
The 2019–2020 season was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, before resuming in 2021 (although with the Inferno relocated to Almonte.)
Current teams
John A. Cameron Trophy League Champions
| Year | Champion | Finalist |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | North Eamers Corners | |
| 1970 | Osnabruck Township Angels | |
| 1971 | Glen Walter Flyers | |
| 1972 | Char-Lan Optimist | |
| 1973 | Char-Lan Rebels | |
| 1974 | Cornwall Township Polaris | |
| 1975 | Char-Lan Rebels | |
| 1976 | Char-Lan Rebels | |
| 1977 | Chesterville Jets | |
| 1978 | Embrun 72's | |
| 1979 | Char-Lan Rebels | |
| 1980 | Embrun 72's | |
| 1981 | Crysler Raiders | |
| 1982 | Embrun 72's | |
| 1983 | Embrun 72's | |
| 1984 | Alexandria Glens | |
| 1985 | Chesterville Flyers | |
| 1986 | Chesterville Flyers | |
| 1987 | St. Isidore Eagles | |
| 1988 | Rockland Nationals | |
| 1989 | Casselman Stars | |
| 1990 | St. Isidore Eagles | |
| 1991 | St. Isidore Eagles | |
| 1992 | Vankleek Hill Cougars | |
| 1993 | Casselman Stars | |
| 1994 | Embrun 72's | |
| 1995 | Embrun 72's | |
| 1996 | Embrun 72's | |
| 1997 | Embrun 72's | |
| 1998 | Casselman Stars | |
| 1999 | Casselman Stars | |
| 2000 | Casselman Stars | |
| 2001 | Embrun Panthers | Vankleek Hill Cougars |
| 2002 | Embrun Panthers | Vankleek Hill Cougars |
| 2003 | Vankleek Hill Cougars | Rockland Nationals |
| 2004 | Embrun Panthers | Rockland Nationals |
| 2005 | Casselman Stars | Embrun Panthers |
| Year | Champion | Finalist |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Embrun Panthers | Casselman Stars |
| 2007 | East Ottawa Thunder | Embrun Panthers |
| 2008 | East Ottawa Thunder | Embrun Panthers |
| 2009 | Embrun Panthers | East Ottawa Thunder |
| 2010 | Embrun Panthers | Rockland Nationals |
| 2011 | Embrun Panthers | Rockland Nationals |
| 2012 | Embrun Panthers | St. Isidore Eagles |
| 2013 | Cumberland Bandits | St. Isidore Eagles |
| 2014 | Embrun Panthers | Vankleek Hill Cougars |
| 2015 | Papineauville Vikings | Embrun Panthers |
| 2016 | Papineauville Vikings | Embrun Panthers |
| 2017 | Embrun Panthers | North Dundas Rockets |
| 2018 | Papineau Vikings | North Dundas Rockets |
| 2019 | Vankleek Hill Cougars | Clarence Castors |
| 2020 | Playoffs cancelled - covid | |
| 2021 | Playoffs cancelled - covid | |
| 2022 | Clarence Castors | South Grenville Rangers |
| 2023 | Gatineau Hull-Volants | Clarence Castors |
| 2024 | Gatineau Hull-Volants | Vankleek Hill Cougars |
| 2025 | Gatineau Hull-Volants | Vankleek Hill Cougars |
| 2026 | TBD | TBD |
2026 playoffs
| Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Vankleek Hill | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Morrisburg | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Vankleek Hill | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | South Grenville | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | St-Isidore | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Kanata | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Metcalfe | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Kanata | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Westport | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Westport | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Cumberland | 0 | ||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
(1) Vankleek Hill Cougars vs. (8) Morrisburg Lions
| February 14 | Morrisburg Lions | 2 - 4 | Vankleek Hill Cougars | Vankleek Hill Community Centre | Recap | |||
| 11:42 - (1) Eliott Chisholm | First period | 16:50 - (1) Drew Synnott | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:10 - (1) Avery MacCuaig 7:10 - (1) Bruno Laframboise | ||||||
| 5:10 - (1) Zach Wilson | Third period | 16:40 - (1) Ryder Hill | ||||||
| Jesse Rabuka (0-1, 30 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Mael Gendron (1-0, 20 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| February 15 | Vankleek Hill Cougars | 3 - 2 | Morrisburg Lions | Morrisburg Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| 10:43 - (1) Jacob Crete | Second period | 7:04 - (1) Peter Ford 6:26 - (1) Evan Rice | ||||||
| 16:55 - (1) Nolan MacMillan 12:13 - (1) Bradley Horner |
Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
| February 21 | Morrisburg Lions | 0 - 7 | Vankleek Hill Cougars | Vankleek Hill Community Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:37 - (1) Rylan Wolowicz 12:03 - (1) Mike Fournier 4:39 - (1) Xavier Plante | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:04 - (2) Nolan MacMillan 4:06 - (2) Ryder Hill | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 6:55 - (3) Nolan MacMillan 6:17 - (4) Nolan MacMillan | ||||||
| February 22 | Vankleek Hill Cougars | 10-1 | Morrisburg Lions | Morrisburg Arena | Recap | |||
| 10:45 - (1) Cody Horner | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 14:04 - (2) Cody Horner 2:35 - (1) Liam Lynn 1:54 - (2) Liam Lynn 0:37 - (2) Mike Fournier |
Second period | 17:36 - (1) Jordan Elliott | ||||||
| 15:38 - (1) Zach Sullivan 12:29 - (2) Zach Sullivan (2) Bruno Laframboise 7:03 - (3) Liam Lynn 4:12 - (4) Liam Lynn |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Vankleek Hill wins 4-0 | |
(4) South Grenville Rangers vs. (5) St-Isidore Eagles
| February 14 | St-Isidore Eagles | 4 - 6 | South Grenville Rangers | Alaine Chartrand Community Centre | Recap | |||
| 3:49 - (1) Tyler Proulx | First period | 13:41 - (1) Eric Judson 12:50 - (1) Brock Seed | ||||||
| 4:47 - (2) Tyler Proulx | Second period | 1:54 - (1) Evan Deir | ||||||
| 2:04 - (1) Justin Cloutier 1:39 - (1) Eloi Cayer |
Third period | 15:07 - (1) Mason Wight 9:56 - (1) Ethan Woller 0:01 - (1) Rhett Cleverdon | ||||||
| February 15 | South Grenville Rangers | 1 - 4 | St-Isidore Eagles | St. Isidore Recreation Centre | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 6:03 - (1) Nicolas Elie 5:38 - (3) Tyler Proulx | ||||||
| 7:53 - (1) Ty Chevrier | Second period | 13:42 - (1) Maxime Patenaude (1) Justin-Samuel Fortin | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| February 20 | South Grenville Rangers | 6 - 2 | St-Isidore Eagles | St. Isidore Recreation Centre | Recap | |||
| 10:56 - (2) Eric Judson 1:46 - (2) Brock Seed |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 10:08 - (1) Logan Rasa 7:51 - (2) Mason Wight 3:41 - (3) Mason Wight |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:16 - (4) Mason Wight | Third period | 18:35 - (1) Hugo Gagne 13:18 - (2) Hugo Gagne | ||||||
| February 21 | St-Isidore Eagles | 3 - 4 | OT | South Grenville Rangers | Alaine Chartrand Community Centre | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 10:16 - (1) Samuel Bisaillon | Second period | 15:32 - (1) Ethan Wooller 1:54 - (2) Logan Rasa | ||||||
| 4:51 - (3) Brock Seed | Third period | 10:57 - (2) Justin Cloutier 6:05 - (1) Vincent Bastien | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 4:57 - (1) Cole Hennessy | ||||||
| Noah Allard (0-2, 49 saves / 53 shots) | Goalie stats | Bryce Kijewski (3-0, 37 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| February 22 | South Grenville Rangers | 4 - 6 | St-Isidore Eagles | St. Isidore Recreation Centre | Recap | |||
| 6:43 - (2) Ethan Wooller 1:59 - (5) Mason Wight |
First period | 2:53 - (2) Maxime Patenaude 2:37 - (1) Sydney Benoit | ||||||
| 10:36 - (6) Mason Wight | Second period | 6:42 - (1) Yanik Major 3:06 - (2) Yanik Major | ||||||
| 7:43 - (7) Mason Wight | Third period | 12:25 - (3) Maxime Patenaude 0:13 - (2) Nicholas Elie | ||||||
| February 28 | St-Isidore Eagles | 0 - 0 | South Grenville Rangers | Alaine Chartrand Community Centre | ||||
| TBD | First period | TBD | ||||||
| TBD | Second period | TBD | ||||||
| TBD | Third period | TBD | ||||||
| March 1 | South Grenville Rangers | 0 - 0 | St-Isidore Eagles | St. Isidore Recreation Centre | ||||
| TBD | First period | TBD | ||||||
| TBD | Second period | TBD | ||||||
| TBD | Third period | TBD | ||||||
| South Grenville leads 3-2 | |
(2) Kanata Kings vs. (7) Metcalfe Jets
| February 13 | Kanata Kings | 5 - 4 | OT | Metcalfe Jets | Larry Robinson Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 0:29 - (1) Zach Branchaud | ||||||
| 12:17 - (1) Jordan Cruz 7:05 - (1) Andrew Colley |
Second period | 17:35 - (1) Carter Marshall 17:15 - (1) Simon Gagne | ||||||
| 7:08 - (2) Jordan Cruz 0:16 - (3) Jordan Cruz |
Third period | 15:27 - (1) George Carson | ||||||
| 0:46 - (1) Chase Peck- | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| February 14 | Metcalfe Jets | 2 - 3 | OT | Kanata Kings | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 17:43 - (2) Carter Marshall | Second period | 10:07 - (1) Landon Lowes | ||||||
| 7:08 - (1) Ryan Spenst | Third period | 17:06 - (1) Owen Brown | ||||||
| No Scoring | First overtime period | 4:59 - (2) Andrew Colley | ||||||
| Matthew Saari (0-2, 49 saves / 52 shots) | Goalie stats | Ethan Dinsdale (1-0, 33 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| February 20 | Kanata Kings | 3 - 2 | Metcalfe Jets | Larry Robinson Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 14:09 - (1) Nolan Shail 6:59 - (1) Yamato Montcalm 5:27 - (3) Andrew Colley |
Second period | 2:00 - (1) Nick Spirito | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:20 - (2) Ryan Spenst | ||||||
| February 22 | Metcalfe Jets | 3 - 4 | Kanata Kings | Recap | ||||
| 6:13 - (3) Ryan Spenst | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 14:53 - (1) Jake Fisher | Second period | 4:05 - (4) Andrew Colley 2:29 - (1) Serhii Levchenko | ||||||
| 5:17 - (2) Zach Branchaud | Third period | 16:39 - (1) Brayden Brown 11:18 - (4) Jordan Cruz | ||||||
| Cedric Nadon (0-1, 28 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Ethan Dinsdale (2-0, 34 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| Kanata wins 4-0 | |
(3) Westport Rideaus vs. (6) Cumberland Castors
| February 13 | Cumberland Castors | 1 - 3 | Westport Rideaus | WTC Communications Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:00 - (1) Noah Cyr | ||||||
| 3:11 - (1) Liam Kirby | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 17:16 - (2) Noah Cyr 0:36 - (1) Nolan Campbell | ||||||
| February 15 | Westport Rideaus | 3 - 2 | Cumberland Castors | Ray Friel Recreation Complex | Recap | |||
| 13:43 - (1) Lukas Hannah 9:59 - (1) Braeden Belot 8:52 (1) Ethan Fowler |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:57 - (1) Cohen George 14:52 - (1) Andrew Baccardax | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ben Spicer (2-0, 37 saves / 39 shots) | Goalie stats | Cedrik Dandenault (0-2, 28 saves / 31 shots) Tristan Batista (6 saves / 6 shots) | ||||||
| February 21 | Cumberland Castors | 1 - 3 | Westport Rideaus | WTC Communications Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 17:29 - (1) Connor Jackson | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 15:27 - (2) Liam Kirby | Third period | 15:21 - (1) Chad Carroll 1:03 - (2) Braden Belot | ||||||
| Cedrik Dandenault (37 saves / 40 shots) | Goalie stats | Ben Spicer (3-0, 31 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| February 22 | Westport Rideaus | 8 - 3 | Cumberland Castors | Ray Friel Recreation Complex | Recap | |||
| 16:52 - (2) Connor Jackson 10:45 - (3) Chad Carroll |
First period | 13:55 - (1) Ethan Silvestre 1:16 - (1) Sebastien Cossette | ||||||
| Second period | No scoring | |||||||
| Third period | ||||||||
| Westport wins 4-0 | |
Former teams
- Alexandria Glens
- Almonte Inferno 2011-2025. Sold and relocated to become the Kanata Kings 2025.
- Blackburn Inferno 2017-2018 expansion team from Blackburn Hamlet re-located to Carp 2018 and eventually Almonte in 2021.
- Bytown Royals 2017-2021
- Char-Lan Rebels
- Casselman Stars
- Cumberland Bandits 1986-2018 took leave of absence - never returned
- Embrun Panthers (1972-2017) - join the CCHL2
- Cornwall Township Flyers
- Long Sault Vipers
- Outaouais Jr. Académie
- Papineau Vikings 1998-2018. relocated to Stittsville as Ottawa Valley Lightning
- Russell Lions
- North Stormont Express
- Maxville Mustangs
- Gatineau Hull-Volants 2015-2025 - left to join Laurentides-Lanaudière/Laval Jr B league.
References
- ^ "Morrisburg Junior Lions cut from EOJHL". Morrisburg Leader. 2015-04-15.
- ^ "Junior hockey makes a comeback in Prescott". Brockville Recorder. 2017-04-29.
- ^ "New coach, new opponents, same goal for VKH Cougars in upcoming season". The Review. 2017-08-02.