11 Facts About Junior hockey

Junior hockey is a level of competitive ice hockey generally for players between 16 and 21 years of age.

The second tier is Junior A, governed nationally by the Canadian Junior Hockey League and is composed of several regional leagues.

In Canada, junior hockey is one level above minor ice hockey, the level of ice hockey played by younger players.

Major junior hockey is overseen by the Canadian Hockey League, which acts as the governing body for its three constituent leagues:.

Junior hockey B was created in 1933, to differentiate between teams eligible for Memorial Cup competition and those who were not.

Related searches

In Ontario, Manitoba, and the Maritimes, Junior C is run independently of minor hockey systems, though with the same mostly recreational purpose.

Junior hockey D was popular in the 1960s and 1970s in dense population centers, but fell off in the early 1990s.

In Quebec, Junior D is known as Junior B and is run strictly by minor hockey associations.

Some leagues that refer to themselves as Junior A operate outside the control of the Hockey Canada and USA Hockey, typically due to restrictions from the governing bodies over player recruitment and finances.

Junior hockey stated that of the 527 Czech Republic players who went to North American junior hockey, only 22 of them played more than 400 NHL games.

Junior hockey sought to establish a European system that was competitive enough to deter players from entering into the CHL Import Draft.