Category : Canada
MJHL to move away from Player Draft beginning in 2025
WINNIPEG, MB – The Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) Board of Governors have voted to move away from the MJHL Draft moving forward. This decision will...
AJHL Makes Expansion To Devon Alberta Official
The Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) has awarded an expansion franchise to the Northern Alberta Xtreme (NAX) Athletics Group and community of Devon, AB for...
Changes Begin In Ontario – GOJHL Ownerships Shifting
The Cambridge Redhawks hockey club is proud to announce that it has been acquired by the ownership group from the Brantford Bandits, led by Rob...
BCHL And BC Hockey Tier II Updates And Expansion
Western Canada has been the epicenter for turmoil in Tier II or Junior A hockey for the last two years. From departing Hockey Canada, to...
The Death Pool – Merritt Centennials Leave BCHL For KIJHL
Dont you just love when things come together as you predicted they would? Silly season has officially begun and it begins in the BCHL. No,...
The GMHL’s Road To Respectability
The GMHL will soon be celebrating their twenty year anniversary. Twenty years in hockey is a long time by anyones measurement. Not many junior leagues,...
USPHL Premier Expands To Canada With New Division In Ontario And Quebec
By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com The Largest Junior Hockey League In The United States, the USPHL Premier, will become not only larger but even...
Why Canada No Longer Dominates NCAA Development – The Steady Predictable Decline Continues
Canadian Junior Hockey used to be the NCAA’s top recruiting grounds. Canadian players in the 1970’s dominated rosters and accounted for fifty percent of all...
Rating The Junior Hockey Leagues – Canada Junior B 2023 Edition
The criteria that was used in rating these six leagues, was how do teams within the leagues compare when developing players who move on to...
The Death Pool – BCHL Player Talent Problems Showing Up Already
The BCHL thought leaving the CJHL was a good idea in 2022, and they thought leaving Hockey Canada was an even better idea in 2023....
The Death Pool – BCHL Has Officials Problem Already
The BCHL in July of 2023 is already facing an officiating problem. The league announced a total of fifty officials that have committed to work...
Rating The Junior Hockey Leagues – Tier II United States And Canada 2023 Edition
I want to remind all readers that this series of articles rating the junior hockey leagues in North America is based upon independent opinions and...
An Advisers Life – BC Hockey To Meet Thursday On Junior A Applications
On Thursady July 20, 2023 British Columbia Hockey will be meeting and discussing the applications for Junior A status that have been submitted. As of...
New Female Junior Hockey League Starting In Saskatchewan 2023-24
New female junior hockey league starting in Saskatchewan in 2023-24, and it is long overdue. Hockey Saskatchewan announced Tuesday they’ve approved the creation of the Under-22...
Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Required For 2023 World Junior Tournament
The host provinces for the upcoming world junior hockey championship are requiring Hockey Canada to sign an anti-harassment policy and to ensure it oversees training...
BCHC Prospects Game experience
When Ryan Larsen was added to the KIJHL Top Prospects team late due to an injury/illness to another player, that gave the Kamloops Storm three players in the B.C....
GOJHL Future Stars & Top Prospects Games Announces Dairy Farmers of Ontario as Title Sponsor
November 24, 2022 – The Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL) is pleased to announce Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO) as the title sponsor of the...
Canada 2023 World Juniors – Dennis Williams to serve as head coach
CALGARY, Alta. – With less than two months until the puck drops on the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship, Hockey Canada has named the staff that will...
GOJHL Top Prospects and Future Stars Event Set for December 27
The GOJHL’s best young talent will be on display on Tuesday, December 27 in Ayr as the Centennials host 2022 Top Prospects and Future Stars...
Hockey Canada Goes Full Face Protection For All Levels Of Junior As Of December 15, 2022
Players in Junior A level or Tier II across Canada may soon look a bit different. According to Hockey Canada, players will have to move...