Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
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| Sport | Ice hockey |
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| Founded | 2007 |
| Commissioner | Chuck Williams |
| No. of teams | 27 |
| Countries | Canada (26 teams) United States (1 team) |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Ontario |
| Continent | North America |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Caledonia Corvairs (3rd title) |
| Official website | GOJHL |
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| OHA Junior "B" | |
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| WJBHL | (1950–1968) |
| EJBHL | (1950–1972) |
| MetJHL | (1950–1989) |
| NDJBHL | (1954–1979) |
| CJBHL | (1954–1993) |
| BCJHL | (1958–1964) |
| MOJBHL | (1970–1978) |
| SWJBHL | (1976–1978) |
| WOHL | (1969–2007) |
| MWJHL | (1973–2007) |
| GHL | (1974–2007) |
| GOJHL | (2007–Present) |
| Ontario Hockey Association | |
| Sutherland Cup | |
The Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL) is a Canadian junior ice hockey league based in Southern Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association, Ontario Hockey Federation, and Hockey Canada. The league is considered Junior B by the OHA, although it has attempted several times to be promoted to Junior A.
The league was created in 2007 through the merging of the Western Ontario Hockey League, Mid-Western Junior Hockey League, and Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League to dissuade perceived "player raiding" from teams in the then-Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. The twenty-seven teams of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League come from Southwestern Ontario, the Golden Horseshoe, and includes one team from upstate New York.
In July 2013, TheHockeyWriters.com listed the GOJHL as the eighth best developmental league, professional or amateur, in North America. The GOJHL was the only Junior B league to make their list.
In the late 1990s, the Western Ontario Junior B Hockey League began complaining about their top level players being pulled from their teams at trade deadline time by Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League clubs without permission or compensation. A common view in Southern Ontario Junior B circles is that Junior "A" and Junior "B" are approximately the same skill level. In fact the OPJHL was known as the Central Ontario Junior B Hockey League until 1993, as well the Metro Junior A Hockey League which folded in 1998 was a Junior "B" league until 1991.
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