Allan Cup Hockey Allan Cup Hockey ( ACH ) is the top tier Canadian Senior ice hockey league in the province of Ontario . As a member of the Ontario Hockey Association and Hockey Canada , the league contends for the famed Allan Cup . The league came to its latest incarnation when it lost several teams leaving it with two and as a result it merged with the Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League in 2008 . History . Major League Hockey gained its name in 2003 . Since 1990 , Major League Hockey was known as the Southwestern Senior " A " Hockey League . This league was created through a merger between the Central Senior " B " Hockey League , the Seaway - Cyclone Senior " B " Hockey League , and the Southern Ontario Senior " A " Hockey League . The formation of the Major League Hockey marked the first time since 1987 and the folding of the OHA Senior A Hockey League that the Ontario Hockey Association has crowned a top level senior league . In 2005 , the OHA also granted the Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League the same status . Major League Hockey , despite its fruitation in 1990 , has its roots scattered across a variety of leagues dating back as far as 1959 . The first season of Ontario Hockey Association senior hockey was the 1890 - 91 season , for the Cosby Cup . Ottawa won the first ever Senior title defeating Toronto St . Georges 5 – 0 . The first " Major " league came in 1929 , known as the OHA Senior A Hockey League . The league lasted for fifty season , its teams winning 16 Allan Cup s . The league was replaced by the Continental Senior A Hockey League in 1979 . The Continental league was renamed the OHA Senior A Hockey League in 1980 and lasted until 1987 . Teams of the Continental league won 4 Allan Cups . In 2008 , the Brantford Blast became the first OHA team since the Brantford Motts Clamatos in 1987 to win the Allan Cup . As hosts of the 2008 Allan Cup , the Blast failed to win their league and were allowed to bypass the OHA Final against the Whitby Dunlops and the Renwick Cup against the Thunder Bay Hawks . After almost a months rest , the Blast competed at home for the Allan Cup and won the entire thing . After suffering their only loss of the tournament to the Shawinigan Xtreme in the first game , the Blast defeated the Bentley Generals to clinch second in their division . They defeated the Robertson Cup and EOSHL champion Whitby Dunlops in the quarter - final . They then knocked off the " Major League Hockey " and Renwick Cup champion Dundas Real McCoys in the semi - final . They met Bentley again in the final , and defeated them 3 - 1 to win the Canadian National Senior " AAA " crown . In the 2008 off - season , Major League Hockey ran into some issues . The Windsor St . Clair Saints , the league ' s only college team , walked away from the league . The Tillsonburg Vipers have officially left the league , as they have applied for expansion into the independent Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League . The Petrolia Squires are stranded far away from Brantford and Dundas and have also been accepted into the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League . In the EOSHL , the Frankford Huskies and Marmora Lakers have walked away as well . In May 2008 , it was announced that Major League Hockey was going to merge with the Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League . Major Hockey League was down to two teams and the Eastern League down to three at the time , but this brings the MLH up to five again . In June , 2008 after some reorganization , the Frankford Huskies were revived with a new owner but same management in the town of Baltimore which is just north of Cobourg . The team will be known as the Baltimore Clippers . Thus the new MLH will play its first season with six teams . In the Summer of 2009 , the Brantford Blast took a leave of absence from the MLH . The Baltimore Clippers left the league during the 2009 off season For the 2010 - 11 season , the Brantford Blast returned to the league ; the Orillia / Coldwater Tundras abandoned Coldwater with the opening of the new Rotary Place Rink , which is part of the West Orillia Sports Complex . The league was renamed Allan Cup Hockey for the 2011 - 12 season . The league added the Welland Whalers and had the Norwood Vipers sit out the 2012 - 13 season . The 2013 - 14 season had the addition of the Stoney Creek Generals , the return of the Norwood Vipers and the departure of the Orillia Tundras . The Welland Whalers withdrew on October 20 , 2014 citing a lack of players stating that they had tried to invite as many players as they could to training camp but to no avail . On May 15 , 2015 the league announced the addition of a team to be based in Hamilton to play out of the Hamiliton Mountain Arena and a team to be based out of Thorold , Ontario to play out of the Thorold Community Centre . On June 3rd the Hamilton team announced they would be called the Steelhawks . The Steelhawks name was previously used by the city ' s OHL franchise from 1984 to 1988 . The Thorold team has yet to release their nickname ( as of July 20th ) . As of the 2015 Allan Cup , the only Major League Hockey / Allan Cup Hockey teams to win the Allan Cup have been the Brantford Blast , who won it as the host team in 2008 and the Dundas Real McCoys , who won it as the host team in 2014 . On October 16 , 2015 the Norwood Vipers announced they were suspending operations and not continuing in the league . In the league ' s press release on the Norwood team ' s announcement the league stated they were working to bring another team to the geographic area for the 2016 - 17 season . League Champions . Bolded teams won the Robertson Cup as Ontario Hockey Association champions . Former Member Teams . " Please note : All teams in this list are listed ONLY with the last league they were involved with . "