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unusual facts about junior hockey



Bill Heindl, Jr.

Heindl began his junior hockey career in Winnipeg, Manitoba, playing for the Winnipeg Braves, and then joined the Oshawa Generals of the OHA for the 1965–66 season.

Cairns Arena

It was the former home to the Green Mountain Glades Junior A ice hockey team of the Eastern Junior Hockey League, who have since moved operations to Portland, Maine.

Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League

The Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League was a Junior "B" ice hockey league based in Southern Ontario.

Steve Tambellini

Steve Tambellini played his junior hockey for the Lethbridge Broncos of the WHL from the 1975–76 season until the 1977–78 season, where he scored 155 goals and notched 181 assists in 193 games.


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2006–07 GMHL season

The National Junior Hockey Alliance championship between the WHA Junior Hockey League champion New Westminster Whalers and the GMHL champion Bradford Rattlers was hosted by the Rattlers in Bradford, Ontario.

2011–12 Toledo Walleye season

Rauch, a native of the Toledo suburb of Temperance, Michigan, had previously played for two of Toledo's junior hockey clubs, the Toledo Cherokee of the Central States Hockey League (2003–04) and the Toledo IceDiggers of the North American Hockey League (2004–05), before playing collegiate hockey under former Toledo Storm defenceman B.J. Adams at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.

Barry Pederson

To the offense-starved Vancouver Canucks, who were the 3rd-lowest scoring team in the league the previous year, he looked like a saviour and had the added attraction of being a 'local boy' - while originally from Saskatchewan, he'd played his junior hockey nearby in Nanaimo and Victoria from the age of 15 onward.

Brock McPherson

McPherson had previously played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League for the Brampton Battalion and the Belleville Bulls and then spent six years at Lakehead University before signing his first professional contract with Braehead in 2011.

Bryan Leitch

Raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Leitch played three seasons of junior hockey in the British Columbia Hockey League with the Coquitlam Express and Merritt Centennials before attending Quinnipiac University where he played four seasons with the Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey team, which competes in NCAA's Division I in the ECAC conference.

Cal Botterill

Jason Botterill played with the Canadian National Junior Hockey team and is currently an assistant general manager with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Collège Français

Verdun Collège Français, a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team based in Verdun, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Daniel Alfredsson

Henric decided to stay in Ottawa after his junior hockey career with the 67's was complete, and now works for the Ottawa Police Service.

Dave Tyler Junior Player of the Year Award

The award is named after Dave Tyler, who served on USA Hockey's Board of Directors for 32 years and played an instrumental role in the development and growth of junior hockey in the United States.

Dennis Hull

Upon retirement as a player, he became a broadcaster, as well as an educator, returning to St. Catharines, Ontario, where he played Ontario Hockey League Junior hockey (St. Catharines Teepees 1960-1964), to study at Brock University, graduating with a degree in History and Physical Education.

Fransaskois

Comeau was a member of the 2004 Memorial Cup champion Kelowna Rockets and a member of two Gold medal winning World Junior Hockey championship teams.

Hockey Eastern Ontario

Empowered by Hockey Canada, the Ottawa District controls all senior and junior hockey in the part of Ontario East of and including Lanark County, Renfrew County, and Leeds County, but not including the town of Gananoque which is controlled by the Ontario Hockey Association.

Jeff Hansen

Born in Calgary, Alberta, Hansen played junior hockey with the Cochrane Generals of the HJHL, before commencing his professional career in 2003 with the Knoxville Ice Bears of the South East Hockey League.

John Druce

After playing, Druce became a junior hockey analyst on Rogers Sportsnet.

Junior de Montréal

Montreal Juniors – A former team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Montreal Junior Hockey Club – A current team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Keith A. Sei

Sei played junior hockey for the Saskatoon Quakers in 1982–83, and then joined the Washington Eagles of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League for the 1984–85 season, followed by a year with the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League.

Lance Galbraith

Galbraith played five seasons of junior hockey with the Ottawa 67's.

Mark Pavelich

Koch played junior hockey for the Delta Ice Hawks in his native Canada before concussions ended his career.

Moncton Alpines

Moncton Wildcats - the former name of a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Montréal Junior

Montreal Juniors – A former team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1975 until 1982, who relocated and became the Verdun Juniors

Prescott Flyers

In the early 1980s, future National Hockey League player Todd Gill started his junior hockey career with the Broncos.

Sioux Lookout

Ryan Parent, first round NHL draft pick and two-time World Junior Hockey champion, was raised in Sioux Lookout.

Ted Dushinski

Dushinski loved hockey when younger, playing junior hockey with the Saskatoon Quakers as a young boy.

The Osoyoos Spurs

The Town of Osoyoos had a very successful Junior "B" team in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League known as the Osoyoos Storm until 2006.

Zach Hamill

His brother, Carson, played junior hockey for the Langley Hornets of the BCHL and currently plays at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.