The Island Junior Hockey League was a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada.
History The IJHL shares its name with a former league, which competed at the Junior "A" level in the same region from 1973 to 1991.
Since being founded in 1996, the IJHL has been strictly a Junior B League, one tier below the Junior A Maritime Junior Hockey League and two tiers below the Junior ice hockey#Major JuniorQuebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, which both have teams located in Prince Edward Island.
In 2002, the O'Leary Eagles won the Don Johnson Cup as Maritime Junior B champions. Nine years later, in 2011, the Kensington Vipers repeated the act as Maritime champions, following up their success again in 2013 and 2023 respectively.
Following the 2021-22, the league lost both the Western Red Wings and Eastern Maniacs but added the Kings County Rivermen. With only 3 remaining teams, the league negotiated to play regular season games with the New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League (NBJHL), with PEI holding their own playoff series.
For the 2023-24 season, the Sherwood Metros and Kings County Rivermen merged and, along with Kensington, will once again compete in the NBJHL to determine the PEI representative for the Don Johnson Memorial Cup. For the 2024-25 season the Sherwood Metros announced a one-year sabbatical, leaving only the Kensington Vipers representing PEI at the Junior B level. The 2025 Don Johnson Memorial Cup was initially scheduled to be hosted by the Kensington Vipers. However, the community did not want the championship which was re-located to Cognac New Brunswick. The Vipers did attend as the PEI representative.
Teams for 2024-25 Season Team Centre Joined Kensington Vipers Kensington1998
Champions +YearChampionRunner-upResult1997Sherwood Falcons1998Kings County Sharks1999Kings County Sharks2000Summerside Red Wings2001Sherwood Falcons2002O'Leary EaglesSherwood Falcons4–12003Sherwood FalconsKensington Vipers4–32004Kensington VipersSherwood Falcons4–12005Kensington VipersSherwood Falcons4–32006Sherwood FalconsKensington Vipers4–22007Kensington VipersSouth Shore Red Wings4–12008Kensington VipersSherwood Falcons4–22009Sherwood FalconsKensington Vipers4–22010Kensington VipersSherwood Falcons4–32011Kensington VipersDown East Maniacs4–02012Kensington VipersWestern Red Wings4–02013Kensington VipersWestern Red Wings4–02014Kensington VipersMontague Maniacs4–02015Kensington VipersWestern Red Wings4–02016Kensington VipersWestern Red Wings4–32017Western Red WingsKensington Vipers4–32018Western Red WingsSherwood Metros4–22019Western Red WingsKensington Vipers4–12020Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2021Western Red WingsSherwood Metros4–12022 Sherwood Metros Western Red Wings4–02023Kensington VipersSherwood Metros4–12024Kensington VipersSherwood Metros4–02025Kensington Vipersby default0–02026 No League
See also
List of ice hockey teams in Prince Edward Island
References
External links Island Junior Hockey League