Central Canada Hockey League " For other leagues called the Central Hockey League , please see Central Hockey League and Central Hockey League ( 1963 - 1984 ) . " The Central Canada Hockey League ( CCHL ) is a Canadian Junior " A " ice hockey league operating in eastern Ontario , Canada . The league is sanctioned by the Ottawa District Hockey Association and Hockey Canada and are members of the Canadian Junior Hockey League . The winner of the CJHL playoffs competes for the Fred Page Cup — the " Eastern Zone " championship of the Canadian Junior Hockey League — with the winners of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League and the Maritime Junior A Hockey League and a pre - determined host team . The winner of the Fred Page Cup then moves on to compete for the national Royal Bank Cup . History . The league started in 1961 as the " Ottawa - Hull District Junior Hockey League " , under the sponsorship of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League , in hope of a better development program . The league has featured such NHL stars as Steve Yzerman and Larry Robinson , for which its two divisions are named . As this league was for the Ottawa District , teams out of the area were not allowed to compete , with one exemption - Pembroke . In the early years , any player in the league was automatically a member of the Montreal Canadiens , and were forced into a contract which would disallow them to sign with any other National Hockey League team if they were ever to achieve such greatness . The Canadiens also wanted the league to be strictly for development , allowing 4 19 - year - olds and 5 18 - year - olds per team with the rest of the players being 17 or younger . This was met with much anger and disappointment with players who had just reached their 20 ' s , but the league substantially gained in popularity , and they were ignored . A remarkable alumnus of the league is 4 - time Stanley Cup Champion Billy Smith of New York Islanders fame , a former member of the Smiths Falls Bears . In 1963 , the Montreal Canadiens allowed the Chicago Blackhawks - sponsored Brockville Braves into the league . In the late 1960s , the Cornwall Royals applied to enter into what is now the Ontario Hockey League , when they were turned away , they applied to join the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and were accepted . In 1973 , the Hull Hawks , also departed for the QMJHL . In 1975 , the Canadian Hockey Association informed the league that they had to allow 20 - year - olds into their league , as all other leagues of their calibre already were doing . In February 1966 , players from the Hawkesbury Braves went on strike over coaching issues . The Braves brought in replacement players from midget and Jr . B leagues for a game against the Cornwall Royals . The Braves went on to win 43 - 0 . It still stands as the highest margin of victory in the league to date . In 1976 , Bryan Murray , now General Manager of the NHL ' s Ottawa Senators , took over as head coach of the Rockland Nationals . With Murray at the wheel , the Nationals won the leagues , the region , and then went on to win the National Championship as Centennial Cup Champions . The financial cost of the playoff run was too much for the team ' s backers to handle , and , declaring bankruptcy , the team played their last game winning the Canadian National Championship . The Nationals have resurrected since then as a member of the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League . After the ruling that allowed 20 - year - olds to play in the league , teams began attempting to " buy " championship teams by going after former Major Junior players . The effect of this resulted in the labeling of the league as a " goon league " or " bush league " as the league got more violent . The fan base dwindled , and by 1984 there were only 5 teams left in the league , all on the verge of bankruptcy . The owners of the five teams approached the owners of Ottawa ' s Talisman Hotel and asked them to purchase the league . Through new management and rule changes , the league barred 20 - year - olds from the Major Junior ranks , created a limit of 5 20 - year - olds ( homegrown from the CJHL ) , and banned the paying of players . The new rules worked , and the league was once again successful . The league then approached the Canadian Hockey Association , and requested a new system . After the fall of the Rockland Nationals , the league realized there was a revenue problem amongst its teams . The league demanded longer regular seasons and a shorter National playdown schedule to determine the National Champion . This new system was guaranteed to increase revenue amongst all teams nation - wide as they were allowed to have more home games , increasing revenue through ticket sales , and decreased the travel expenditures that forced the Rockland Nationals to fold when they won the National Championship . The league began flourishing , and by the early 90 ' s , had expanded over 2 - fold . Teams that had folded during the " dark days " of the late 70 ' s and early 80 ' s came back . The league even allowed for the expansion of their first American hockey team , the Massena Americans . Also , now a member of the OHL , the Cornwall Royals moved from Cornwall . In response , the CJHL allowed the Messena Americans to move to Cornwall , hoping the Cornwall Colts could help the city fill its competitive hockey " void " . The Gloucester Rangers hosted the last Centennial Cup tournament in 1995 before it was transformed into the Royal Bank Cup . The Rangers boosted NHL stars like Mathieu Dandenault and Robert Esche . The Gloucester Rangers were seconds away from defeating the Calgary Canucks in the final , until the Canucks scored a last - minute goal and won it all in overtime , to continue the drought of a CJHL team winning the National Junior " A " Championship . In 2004 - 05 , the Central Junior Hockey League saw higher attendance figures in all arenas with the NHL lockout . All teams in the CJHL had doubled their attendance . In April 2007 , it was announced that the Kemptville 73 ' s were joining the CJHL as its 11th member team . The 73 ' s formerly played in the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League . The Cornwall Colts became the 4th team in CJHL history to play host to a Centennial / Royal Bank Cup tournament in 2008 . The Colts managed to qualify for the semi - finals , but were ousted 7 - 1 by the Humboldt Broncos . Since 1995 , no other CJHL teams qualifty for the Royal Bank Cup finals , as seven different teams came short since 1997 . In 2009 , the Carleton Place Canadians , another former EOJBHL team , was announced as the league ' s 12th franchise . They will begin play during the 2009 - 10 season . At the beginning of the 2009 - 10 season , the league dropped the " A " from their name , switching to the Central Junior Hockey League . In February 2010 , it was announced that the Smiths Falls Memorial Centre - one of the leagues oldest facilities and home to the Smiths Falls Bears was staging it ' s final home game of the 2009 - 10 season . The Bears will be moving into a brand - new multipurpose facility for the fall , while the Memorial Centre will be demolished to accomidate parking spaces for the new facility . In April 2010 , the Pembroke Lumber Kings made CJHL history by winning four - consecutive Art Bogart Cup championships , which is now the most - consecutive championships won by a CJHL team , however the Pembroke Lumber Kings qualified for the Fred Page Cup the fifth consecutive year , but lost the finals to the Brockville Braves , who advance to the Royal Bank Cup in Dauphin , Manitoba . The 2012 Fred Page Cup was awarded to the Kanata Stallions to commemorate their 25 years of Jr . A hockey in Kanata . On April 26 , 2010 , the league re - branded by changing their league to the Central Hockey League , from the Central Junior Hockey League . A league , by the same name " Central Hockey League " already exists , which is a minor professional league below the East Coast Hockey League , which is 15 teams throughout the mid - western United States . The league was subsequently renamed the Central Canada Hockey League in January of 2011 . On May 8 , 2011 , at the 2011 Royal Bank Cup in Camrose , Alberta , the Pembroke Lumber Kings defeated the BCHL ' s Vernon Vipers 2 - 0 to win the CCHL ' s second ever National Title during the league ' s 50th anniversary season . For the 2015 - 16 the CCHL made a significant move to the development model for the league . The Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League was aligned directly with the CCHL to establish direct affiliations and specific guidelines for players to move up and down between leagues . The EOJBHL also took on a re - branding to become the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 . The development model is also to be extended to affiliation with midget ( under18 ) teams . David Frost incident . David Frost , the agent of jailed former NHL player for the St . Louis Blues Mike Danton was banned from all Central Junior " A " Hockey League games and events in fall 2005 after Frost entered an off limits to fans area at the Jim Durrell Arena , home to the Ottawa Jr . Senators , in which Frost " accosted , harassed and threatened an official of the CJHL " . League commissioner Mac MacLean stated " We don ' t want him around period " . The Lumber Kings were fined $ 1000 for David Frost ' s actions , because the league considered Frost to be associated with owner Sheldon Keefe . MacLean sent posters to each league arena to help security staff identify Frost if he were to show up at games , and to refuse entry to Frost . Weeks later , the ban was lifted after Mac MacLean was relieved of his duties of CJHL commissioner . Newly appointed commissioner John Comerford lifted the ban , stating " We can ' t stop David Frost from entering the rink and I haven ' t received any complaints from anybody about him " . League ' s former vice president , who was fired tried to extend the ban throughout the 2005 - 06 season . David Frost had no affiliation with the Pembroke Lumber Kings hockey organization . He was allowed to attend league games , but was barred from restricted areas . Frost disregarded the advisement not to entire restricted areas , and was seen getting off the Lumber Kings team bus by " CBC Fifth Estate " film crew , and was filmed following the team to dressing room during a playoff game in Nepean . At the end of the season , David Frost severed un - affiliated ties with the league and informed that he would not attend any more league games or events . Bogart Cup Champions . " Please note : In chart , league champions are bolded . "