The Cumberland County Blues were a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from Springhill, Nova Scotia. They are members of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League and were the 2010 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B champions.

History In 2007, the Blues hosted the Don Johnson Cup, the Maritime Junior B Championship. They would go on to lose in the final to the East Hants Penguins 2–0. They finished the tournament with a 4–2–0 record.

In 2010, the Cumberland County Blues won their second consecutive NSJHL championship. They won the right to attend their second straight Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B Championship. In 2009, after an impressive 3–1–0 record in the round robin, they were dropped 6–5 in the semi-final by the St. John's Junior Hockey League's St. John's Jr. Caps in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2010, in St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia, the Blues had a chance for redemption. In the first game of the round robin, the Blues clipped the host Bay Ducks 6–4. In their second game, they defeated the defending Jr. Caps 3–2 in an overtime shootout. The Blues third game was lost to the New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League's Charlotte County Jr. Silverkings 4–3, but they closed out the round robin strong the next day by beating the Island Junior Hockey League's Kensington Vipers 7–2 to clinch first in the tournament. On April 24, the Blues again played the Jr. Caps in the semi-final. The Blues again defeated them 3–2 to enter the finals. On April 25, in the final, the Blues beat the Bay Ducks 4–1 to clinch their first ever Don Johnson Cup as Maritime Champions.

Just prior to the start of the 2023-24 season, the Blues announced the termination of the franchise. It was so late the league maintain the schedule and showed the Blues as a forfeit for their 32 games.

Season-by-season record Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs2002–03 32 7 24 1 0 141 225 15 9th NSJBHL 2003–04 Leave of Absence2004–05 32 9 22 1 0 101 157 19 9th NSJBHL 2005–06 34 15 17 1 1 122 126 32 6th NSJBHL 2006–07 34 18 15 - 1 128 138 37 6th NSJHL DJC as Host2007–08 34 27 7 - 0 190 101 54 1st NSJHL2008–09 34 27 6 - 1 162 85 55 1st NSJHLWon League2009–10 34 26 4 - 4 191 90 56 1st NSJHLWon LeagueWon DJC2010–11 34 20 10 - 4 176 139 44 2nd Sid Rowe Div4th NSJHLWon Div SemiFinal, 4–3 (Bulldogs)Lost Div Finals, 3–4 (Pirates)2011–12 34 11 19 - 4 153 177 26 4th Sid Rowe Div10th NSJHLLost Div SemiFinal, 4–3 (Pirates)2012–13 34 10 23 - 1 101 163 21 5th Sid Rowe Div11th NSJHL Didn't Qualify2013–14 34 9 24 - 1 102 179 19 5th Sid Rowe Div11 of 11 NSJHL Didn't Qualify2014–15 34 6 29 - 2 98 244 14 5th Sid Rowe Div11 of 11 NSJHL Didn't Qualify Season GP W OTW/SOW T/OTL L GF GA P Results Playoffs2015–16 34 8 2 3 17 - - 25 4th of 5 Sid Rowe10th of 11 NSJHL Lost Div Semifinal, 0–4 (Jr. Miners)2016–17 34 9 2 7 20 104 140 24 5th of 5 Sid Rowe10th of 11 NSJHL did not qualify2017–18 34 1 - 1 32 93 248 3 5th of 5 Sid Rowe11th of 11 NSJHL did not qualify2018–19 32 4 - 0 28 80 245 8 6th of 6 Sid Rowe11th of 12 NSJHL did not qualify2019–20 31 5 - 2 24 88 164 12 6th of 6 Sid Rowe11th of 12 NSJHL did not qualify2020–21 5 1 - 1 3 12 22 3 6th of 6 Sid Rowe12th of 12 NSJHL season -covid2021–22 20 5 - 2 13 52 91 12 6th of 6 Sid Rowe10th of 12 NSJHL Lost quarterfinals. 0-3 (Jr. Miners)2022–23 30 2 - 1 27 79 222 5 6th of 6 Sid Rowe12th of 12 NSJHL did not qualify

Don Johnson Cup Eastern Canada Jr B Championships

Year Round Robin Record Standing SemiFinal Bronze Medal Game Gold Medal Game 2007HOST L, East Hants 2–7 W, Madawska (Quebec) 12–1W, Central 15–1W, Kensington 8–2 3–1–0 2nd of 5 W, Kensington 3–2n/aL, East Hants 0–2Silver Medal 2009 W, Central 7–2 W, Conception Bay 6–4SOW, St John's 7–4OTL, Sherwood 4–5 3–1–0 2nd of 5 L, St John's 5–6 n/an/a 2010 W, Bay 6–4SOW, St John's 3–2L, Charlotte County 3–4W, Kensington 7–2 3–1–0 1st of 5 W, St John's 3–2 n/aW, Bay 4–1Don JohnsonCup Champions

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