Lakehead Junior Hockey League The Lakehead Junior Hockey League is a Junior " B " league in Ontario , Canada , sanctioned by Hockey Northwestern Ontario and Hockey Canada . The Thunder Bay League has produced one Keystone Cup Western Canada Junior " B " champion and five Brewers Cup Western Canada Junior " C " champions . History . The TBJBHL league has mixed itself in with Juvenile and Midget " AAA " teams in the Thunder Bay region for regular season games . Only the Junior teams are eligible for the playoffs . The league is sometimes referred to as the Thunder Bay Junior B / Juvenile / AAA Hockey League . The playoff champions earn the right to compete for the Keystone Cup , the Western Canadian Junior " B " Crown . This is the only Ontario Junior " B " league with this distinction as the Ontario Hockey Association Junior " B " leagues playoff for the Sutherland Cup and the 22 - team Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League plays for the D . Arnold Carson Memorial Trophy . The league was renamed during the 2016 offseason from the Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League to the Lakehead Junior Hockey League . From 1996 until 2004 , the TBJBHL competed against the North of Superior Junior B Hockey League in the Northwestern Ontario Regionals for the right to compete at the Keystone Cup . After the 2003 - 04 season , the NSHL folded with their last champion , the Wawa Travellers , losing the league ' s final game in the Regionals to the TBJBHL ' s Thunder Bay Northern Hawks . The Fort William Hurricanes , best known for winning the TBJBHL ' s only Keystone Cup , have announced on their webpage that they are interested in restarting their Junior " B " franchise for the first time since the 2000 - 01 season . The Hurricanes won four league titles in six years between 1995 and 2000 . 1994 Hurricanes . The Fort William Hurricanes did not manage to win the league championship in its first year , but it won the league ' s first National medal . The Westfort Maroons won the league championship , and the Hurricanes played host to the Keystone Cup . The Hurricanes finished the round robin with a 3 - 1 - 1 record and lost second place to the North Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League ' s Kinistino Tigers do to a head - to - head 4 - 1 loss . The Hurricanes defeated the North Okanagan Knights of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 8 - 7 to win the Keystone Cup Bronze medal game . 1999 Huricanes . The Fort William Hurricanes were 1999 Thunder Bay Jr . League champions . In the Northern Ontario regionals , the Hurricanes were dropped by the Hearst Elans of the North of Superior Junior B Hockey League . Fortunately for the Herks , they were due to host the 1999 Keystone Cup regardless of qualifying . The Hurricanes finished the Keystone Cup round robin in a 3 - way tie for second place and a berth into the gold medal game with the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League ' s Campbell River Storm and the South Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League ' s Assiniboia Southern Rebels . During the robin , the Herks defeated Assiniboia 7 - 5 and Campbell River 6 - 4 , thus winning the tie breaker . In the final they met the Edmonton Royals of the Capital Junior Hockey League and defeated them 5 - 3 to win the Keystone Cup . This championship marked the first and so far only Western Canada Jr . B championship since the leagues inception in 1993 . 2004 Northern Hawks . In the 2004 playoffs , the Thunder Bay Northern Hawks came at out as the dominant champion with a 22 - 0 - 2 perfect record and a Thunder Bay Junior B championship to boot . In the Northern Ontario Regional Junior B Hockey Championship , the Northern Hawks defeated the Wawa Travellers 4 - games - straight to advance to the Keystone Cup tournament in Schreiber , Ontario . At the Keystone Cup , the Norther Hawks finished with 2 wins , 1 loss , and 2 ties , which earned them a spot in the tournament ' s bronze medal game . The Hawks fell in the Bronze Medal Game 7 - 5 to the Heritage Junior B Hockey League ' s Red Deer Vipers . 2009 Wolverines . The K & A Wolverines were awarded the right to host the 2009 Keystone Cup . For the first time in over ten years , a Thunder Bay Junior B team finished the Keystone Cup round robin with a perfect record . The Wolverines , 5 - 0 , went into the final against the Pacific International Junior Hockey League ' s Richmond Sockeyes , but fell 6 - 5 in double overtime to take the Silver Medal . The finish was the best performance by a Thunder Bay Junior B club since the 1999 Fort William Hurricanes , who won the Keystone Cup . At the end of the season , the Wolverines jumped to Junior A with the Superior International Junior Hockey League . 2011 - 12 Northern Hawks . The Northern Hawks finished first in the league with a 30 - 2 - 0 record . They blasted the Schreiber Falcons 3 - games - to - none in a lopsided semifinal playoff series and then defeated the Nipigon Elks 4 - games - to - 1 to win the Thunder Bay championship in a very hard - fought series . The Northern Hawks shipped out to Saskatoon , Saskatchewan for the 2012 Keystone Cup . Despite leading 3 - 1 at one point , the Northern Hawks lost their opening game to the Abbotsford Pilots of the Pacific International Junior Hockey League 7 - 4 . The Northern Hawks then went on a tear , defeating the Host Saskatoon Royals 6 - 3 , Keystone Junior Hockey League ' s Arborg Ice Dawgs 7 - 5 , North West Junior Hockey League ' s Whitecourt Wolverines 7 - 4 , and the Prairie Junior Hockey League ' s Pilot Butte Storm 3 - 1 to earn a berth into the gold medal game with a 4 - 1 - 0 record . After four victories in - a - row , the Northern Hawks fell to the Pilots in the gold medal game 9 - 1 .