Sutherland Cup
The Sutherland Cup is the ice hockey Ontario Junior "B" Provincial Championship trophy. The trophy was first awarded in 1934, and named in honour of former OHA and CAHA president, James T. Sutherland.
The Sutherland Cup is now the championship trophy of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. Until 2007, the Cup served as an interleague provincial championship. From 1976 until 1978, as many as eight leagues competed for the Sutherland Cup in a massive playdown structure that took months to complete.
There is no National Championship for Junior B hockey in Canada, similar championships are held in Western Canada, Quebec, Eastern Ontario, and Atlantic Canada —leaving five teams at the end of each year with a shared claim to being the best Junior B team in Canada.Competing leagues
- Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League 2007 to present
Past competing leagues
- Border Cities Junior B Hockey League 1958-1964
- Central Junior B Hockey League 1954-1993
- Eastern Junior B Hockey League 1955-1972
- Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League 1974-2007
- Metro Junior B Hockey League 1956-1989
- Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League 1968-1978
- Mid-Western Junior Hockey League 1977-2007
- Niagara District Junior B Hockey League 1956-1979
- Southwestern Junior B Hockey League 1976-1978
- Western Junior B Hockey League 1956-1968
- Western Ontario Hockey League 1969-2007
Sutherland Cup Champions
advanced to championship round as wild card. Lost in conference final, but advanced based on superior record over the other two conference finalists.
