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Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League

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Current season or competition:
2024–25 season
CountriesCanada
Founded2019
Divisions4
No. of teams16
Most successful clubWhitby Dunlops
Websiteeoshl.hockeyshift.com

The Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League is a senior ice hockey league in with 16 franchises based in Eastern Ontario.

History

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The EOSHL became a sanctioned Senior "A" league in 2003. In 2005, the league was promoted to Senior "AAA" to compete against the Major League Hockey (MLH) league and have a chance to win the Allan Cup. In 2006, the league dropped from six to four teams.[citation needed]

During the 2007-08 season, a new team known as the Cooks Bay Canucks joined the league. What ensued with this franchise his quite original, as the team, although successful on the ice, underwent two name changes in the same season. The team started the season as the Cooks Bay Canucks, but soon dropped it for the Simcoe County Canucks. Although that does not sound too strange, the Canucks made the playoffs and before game two of the league semi-final announced another name change to the Simcoe County Tundras, with new logos, and completely different jerseys and team colours.[citation needed]

The Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League merged with Major League Hockey in 2008, when AAA-level senior hockey in the OHA shrunk to only five teams.[1]

The league incorporated as the Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League (EOSHL) ahead of the 2019–20 season with 4 teams: Cornwall Senior Prowlers, West Carleton Rivermen, Maxville Millionaires and Deseronto Bulldogs.[2][3]

Teams

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The league has 16 teams as of the 2024–25 EOSHL season.[4]

East West
A Arnprior Rivermen Frontenac Phantoms
Manotick Mariners Gananoque Islanders
Paugan Falls Rapids Smiths Falls Rideaus
Pontiac Senior Comets Westport Lumberjacks
B Glengarry Pipers Deseronto Bulldogs
North Dundas Rockets Lindsay Barncats
South Grenville Rangers MV Wolves
South Stormont Mustangs Tweed Oil Kings

Champions

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2008 Whitby Dunlops
2007 Whitby Dunlops
2006 Whitby Dunlops
2005 Norwood Vipers
2004 Belleville Macs

Bolded teams were the winners of the J. Ross Robertson Cup as Ontario Hockey Association champions.

References

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  1. ^ "Senior hockey leagues merge". Brantford Expositor. Brantford, Ontario. 16 May 2008. p. 13.Free access icon
  2. ^ Weir, Laurie (25 January 2021). "New senior hockey league sprouts with Smiths Falls Rideaus in the fray". InsideOttawaValley.com. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  3. ^ MacAlpine, Ian (19 March 2021). "Two area senior hockey teams hope to make debut in fall". thewhig.com. Postmedia. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  4. ^ Hambleton, Todd (14 May 2024). "Cornwall Prowlers' move to Manotick leaves senior-hockey void in city". standard-freeholder.com. Postmedia. Retrieved 14 September 2024.

Further reading

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