Island Junior Hockey League

This article is about the current Island Junior Hockey League that was founded in 1996. For the original IJHL, see Island Junior Hockey League (1973–1991).
Island Junior Hockey League
ClassificationJunior B
SportIce hockey
Founded1996
No. of teams2
CountryCanada
Most recent
champion(s)		Kensington Vipers (13)
Most titlesKensington Vipers (13)
Official websiteijhl.ca Edit this at Wikidata

The Island Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada.

History

The IJHL shares its name with a former league, which competed at the Junior "A" level in the same region from 1973 to 1991.

Since being founded in 1996, the IJHL has been strictly a Junior B League, one tier below the Junior A Maritime Junior Hockey League and two tiers below the Junior ice hockey#Major JuniorQuebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, which both have teams located in Prince Edward Island.

In 2002, the O'Leary Eagles won the Don Johnson Cup as Maritime Junior B champions. Nine years later, in 2011, the Kensington Vipers repeated the act as Maritime champions, following up their success again in 2013 and 2023 respectively.

Following the 2021-22, the league lost both the Western Red Wings and Eastern Maniacs but added the Kings County Rivermen. With only 3 remaining teams, the league negotiated to play regular season games with the New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League (NBJHL), with PEI holding their own playoff series.

For the 2023-24 season, the Sherwood Metros and Kings County Rivermen merged and, along with Kensington, will once again compete in the NBJHL to determine the PEI representative for the Don Johnson Memorial Cup.

Teams for 2023-24 Season

Team Centre Joined
Kensington Vipers Kensington 1998
Sherwood Metros Sherwood 2001

Champions

Year Champion Runner-up Result
1997 Sherwood Falcons
1998 Kings County Sharks
1999 Kings County Sharks
2000 Summerside Red Wings
2001 Sherwood Falcons
2002 O'Leary Eagles Sherwood Falcons 4–1
2003 Sherwood Falcons Kensington Vipers 4–3
2004 Kensington Vipers Sherwood Falcons 4–1
2005 Kensington Vipers Sherwood Falcons 4–3
2006 Sherwood Falcons Kensington Vipers 4–2
2007 Kensington Vipers South Shore Red Wings 4–1
2008 Kensington Vipers Sherwood Falcons 4–2
2009 Sherwood Falcons Kensington Vipers 4–2
2010 Kensington Vipers Sherwood Falcons 4–3
2011 Kensington Vipers Down East Maniacs 4–0
2012 Kensington Vipers Western Red Wings 4–0
2013 Kensington Vipers Western Red Wings 4–0
2014 Kensington Vipers Montague Maniacs 4–0
2015 Kensington Vipers Western Red Wings 4–0
2016 Kensington Vipers Western Red Wings 4–3
2017 Western Red Wings[1] Kensington Vipers 4–3
2018 Western Red Wings[2] Sherwood Metros 4–2
2019 Western Red Wings[3] Kensington Vipers 4–1
2020 Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Western Red Wings Sherwood Metros 4–1
2022 Sherwood Metros Western Red Wings 4–0
2023 Kensington Vipers Sherwood Metros 4–1
2024 Kensington Vipers Sherwood Metros 4–0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Red Wings win IJHL title". The Guardian. April 18, 2017.
  2. ^ "Red Wings repeat as IJHL champs". The Journal Pioneer. April 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "Red Wings win IJHL championship". The Journal Pioneer. April 14, 2019.