This is a list of 2018-19 Canadian junior hockey seasons by league.
Leagues[]
Major Junior[]
Junior A[]
The Canadian Junior Hockey League announced on September 1, 2018 that all 133 members of the CJHL will raise a special banner at their home arenas in tribute to the people killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash on April 6, 2018.[1]
The CJHL announced that an effort to focus on development of players has resulted in the CJHL reducing the number of 20-year olds playing in the leagues. Starting with 2018-19 the number of 20-year olds will be reduced by one with the maximum allowed being six by the start of the 2020-21 season. The teams can sign additional 20-year olds as affiliate players but the teams can not have the number of 20-year olds exceed the total number allowable for the season.[2]
- 2018-19 AJHL Season
- 2018-19 BCHL Season
- 2018-19 CCHL Season
- 2018-19 MJAHL Season
- 2018-19 MJHL Season
- 2018-19 NOJHL Season
- 2018-19 OJHL Season
- 2018-19 QJHL Season
- 2018-19 SIJHL Season
- 2018-19 SJHL Season
Junior B[]
- Based on a press release issued by the Metropolitaine Junior AA Hockey League the Lac-St-Louis and Mauricie regions are being combined into the MJAAHL for 2018-19.[3] As a result, the Lac St-Louis Junior AA Hockey League is not playing this year.
- The Capital Region Junior Hockey League was formed in the greater Winnipeg area by five members from the Keystone Junior Hockey League. Concerns over travel costs and the amount of bus travel require to reach some of the northern teams in the league.
- 2018-19 CalJHL Season
- 2018-19 CAJAAHL Season
- 2018-19 CapJHL Season
- 2018-19 CCHL2 Season
- 2018-19 CJAAHL Season
- 2018-19 CRJHL Season
- 2018-19 GOJHL Season
- 2018-19 HJBHL Season
- 2018-19 IJHL Season
- 2018-19 KJHL Season
- 2018-19 KIJHL Season
- 2018-19 LJHL Season
- 2018-19 LLJAAHL Season
- 2018-19 MJAAHL Season
- 2018-19 NBJHL Season (Mixed level Junior B and Junior C league)
- 2018-19 NEAJBHL Season
- 2018-19 NWJHL Season
- 2018-19 NSJHL Season
- 2018-19 PacJHL Season
- 2018-19 PJHL Season
- 2018-19 SJJHL Season
- 2018-19 SLSJJAAHL Season
- 2018-19 VIJHL Season
Junior C[]
As part of the consolidation with Hockey Montreal, the Lac St-Louis Junior A Hockey League is not operating this season.
The Rivers Junior A Hockey League and the Richelieu Valley Junior A Hockey League reunited after playing as separate leagues since the 2015-16 season. The league continues as the Richelieu Valley Junior A Hockey League
The Hockey Experts Junior A Hockey League and Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Junior A Hockey League are not operating this year.
- 2018-19 CalJCHL Season
- 2018-19 HTJHL Season
- 2018-19 LJAHL Season
- 2018-19 MaurJAHL Season
- 2018-19 MontJAHL Season
- 2018-19 NCJHL Season
- 2018-19 NJHL Season
- 2018-19 NSRJHL Season
- 2018-19 OSFJAHL Season
- 2018-19 PEIJHL Season
- 2018-19 ProvJHL Season
- 2018-19 QVJCHL Season
- 2018-19 RNJAHL Season
- 2018-19 RVJAHL Season
- 2018-19 YMJAHL Season
Junior D[]
The Yamaska-Missisquoi Junior B Hockey League may be playing again this season as a stand alone league. They played in a combined league with the Yamaska-Missisquoi Junior A Hockey League for 2017-18.
The Rivers Junior B Hockey League and the Richelieu Valley Junior B Hockey League reunited after playing as separate leagues since the 2015-16 season. The league continues as the Richelieu Valley Junior B Hockey League.
The Lac St-Louis Junior B Hockey League and Orford-Saint-Francois Junior B Hockey League all appear not to be operating for the 2018-19 season.
- 2018-19 LJBHL Season
- 2018-19 MaurJBHL Season
- 2018-19 MontJBHL Season
- 2018-19 RNJBHL Season
- 2018-19 RVJBHL Season
- 2018-19 YMJBHL Season
Other Junior[]
Independent[]
AAU/United Hockey Union[]
Note: The Western Provinces Hockey Association was consolidated into the Western States Hockey League and the remaining members formed the Provinces Division. Please see 2018-19 WSHL Season)
Championships[]
National[]
- 2019 Memorial Cup - National Major Junior
- 2019 National Junior A Championship - National Junior A
Regional[]
- 2019 Fred Page Cup - Eastern Junior A
- 2019 Doyle Cup - Pacific Junior A (AB-BC)
- 2019 Anavet Cup - Western Junior A (MB-SK)
- 2019 Keystone Cup - Western Junior B
- 2019 Don Johnson Memorial Cup - Maritime Junior B
- 2019 Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships - Maritime/Nunavut Junior C
Provincial[]
- 2019 Dudley Hewitt Cup - Central Junior A
- 2019 Coupe Dodge -Quebec Junior B
- 2019 Cyclone Taylor Cup - British Columbia Junior B
- 2019 Russ Barnes Trophy - Alberta Junior B
- 2019 Alberta Junior C Playoffs
The Baldy Northcott Trophy (Manitoba Junior B championship) is traditionally contested for when there is more than one Junior B league in the province. But it will not be awarded for 2019 as the two leagues involved had split and it was far from amicable and legal issues remain to be resolved.
See Also[]
- 2014-15 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
- 2015-16 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
- 2016-17 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
- 2017-18 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
- 2018-19 American Junior Hockey Season
- 2018-19 Canadian University Season
- 2018-19 Canadian Senior Hockey Season
- 2018-19 North American Professional Season
- 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
- 2018 World Junior A Challenge
- 2018 World U-17 Hockey Challenge
- 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
- 2019 IIHF World U18 Championships
- 2018-19 North American Women's Season
- 2018-19 American Senior Hockey Season