Membertou Jr. Miners

The Membertou Jr. Miners are a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from Membertou, Nova Scotia. They are members of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League and are 1989 and 1997 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B champions and 1976 and 1977 Eastern League Junior A Champions. The team was located in Sydney, Nova Scotia up until 2005 and then Glace Bay until 2016.
==History==
First observed in the 1932-33 Cape Breton Junior Hockey League, the Sydney Millionaires would win their league title in 1933, 1951, 1964, and 1965. In the 1950s they dabbled with other names like the "Steel Kings" and the "Bombers" as their sponsors changed, but they always came back to the Millionaires.
In the 1970s, the Millionaires joined the Eastern Junior B Hockey League. In 1975, the league became the Eastern Junior A Hockey League. The Millionaires won the league in 1976 by defeating the Glace Bay Miners 4-games-to-1 and the New Waterford Jets 4-games-to-none in the final. They moved on to the Eastern Canada Hewitt-Dudley Memorial Trophy semi-final where they lost 4-games-to-1 to the Island Junior Hockey League's Charlottetown Colonels.
The Millionaires repeated as champions in 1977 defeating the New Waterford Jets 4-games-to-none and then the Glace Bay Miners 4-games-to-2 in the final. In the Eastern Canada Junior A quarter-final, the Millionaires defeated the Newfoundland Champion Corner Brook Jr. Royals 4-games-to-none. In the semi-final, the Mills ran into PEI's Charlottetown Generals and were themselves swept 4-games-to-none from the playoffs.
In the 1980s, the Millionaires dropped down to Junior B in the Northumberland Junior B Hockey League. They were league and Provincial Junior B Champions in 1988, 1989, and 1990. In the 1989, at the Maritime Junior B Don Johnson Cup, the Millionaires would win their first Maritime Junior B Championship. In 1992, their league merged with the Mainland Junior B Hockey League and Mills became the Cape Breton Jr. Mills.
In 1996, the Mills became the Cape Breton Alpines. They would win the 1997 league title and move on to the Maritime Junior B Championship, the Don Johnson Cup, where they went undefeated, beating the New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League's Richibucto Bears 7-5, the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League's Windsor Royals 5-4 in double overtime, and the Island Junior Hockey League's Sherwood-Parkdale Kings 8-4. In the final, the Alpines faced Windsor again, clinching their second Maritime Jr. B Championship with a 5-2 win at their home rink.
They would win another league title in 2000, but lost the Don Johnson Cup final to New Brunswick's Woodstock Slammers 4-1.
In 2005, with a sponsorship from Molson Breweries, the team moved to Whitney Pier, Nova Scotia and became the Whitney Pier Canadians. In 2007, they moved to Dominion, Nova Scotia and became the Cape Breton Canadians.
In the summer of 2010, the Canadians were moved to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Sydney's territorial rival, and renamed after their old nemesis the Glace Bay Jr. Miners.
For the 2016-17 season the team moved to the newly built Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre in the Membertou Mi'kmaq First Nation community on Cape Breton Island just to the south of Sydney.
For the 2017-18 season, the team tied for the league regular season championship and compiled a 12-1 record in the playoffs to win the league playoffs. The team was already selected as host for the 2018 Don Johnson Memorial Cup and would win the tournament going 6-0 to become the Atlantic Region champions for 2017-18.
The team would be renamed to the Membertou Jr. Miners prior to the 2021-22 season.
==Season-by-season record==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	
1950-51	19 	15 	4 	0 	- 	133 	75 	30 	1st CBJHL 	Won League, Lost Provincial 	
1951-52	24 	14 	9 	1 	- 	112 	84 	29 	2nd CBJHL 	Lost Final 	
1952-53	24 	11 	12 	1 	- 	104 	115 	23 	2nd CBJHL 	Lost Final 	
1953-55	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available
1955-56	20 	14 	5 	1 	- 	131 	92 	29 	1st CBJHL 	Lost Final 	
1956-75	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available
1975-76	34 	22 	12 	0 	- 	249 	187 	44 	1st EJAHL 	Won League 	
1976-77	36 	26 	7 	3 	- 	-- 	-- 	55 	1st EJAHL 	Won League 	
1977-78	30 	14 	15 	1 	- 	-- 	-- 	29 	3rd EJAHL 	Lost Semi-final 	
1978-79	30 	14 	16 	0 	- 	-- 	-- 	28 	3rd EJAHL 	Lost Semi-final 	
1979-80	32 	16 	13 	3 	- 	-- 	-- 	35 	2nd EJAHL 	Lost Semi-final 	
1980-85	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available
1985-86	30 	3 	26 	1 	- 	123 	241 	7 	4th NJBHL 	 	
1986-92	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available
1992-93	25 	11 	12 	0 	2 	136 	126 	24 	3rd NSJBHL 	 	
1993-94	27 	12 	14 	- 	1 	149 	140 	25 	4th NSJBHL 	 	
1994-95	32 	14 	14 	- 	4 	156 	177 	32 	3rd NSJBHL 	 	
1995-96	34 	19 	12 	1 	2 	178 	140 	40 	4th NSJBHL 	 	
1996-97	31 	21 	7 	- 	3 	202 	117 	45 	3rd NSJBHL 	Won League, Won DJC 	
1997-98	32 	16 	14 	1 	1 	152 	126 	34 	4th NSJBHL 	 	
1998-99	31 	21 	9 	0 	1 	174 	113 	43 	2nd NSJBHL 	 	
1999-00	32 	23 	9 	0 	0 	208 	113 	46 	2nd NSJBHL 	Won League 	
2000-01	34 	23 	9 	2 	0 	212 	107 	48 	4th NSJBHL 	 	
2001-02	34 	22 	8 	2 	2 	172 	125 	48 	4th NSJBHL 	 	
2002-03	32 	28 	2 	1 	1 	176 	87 	58 	1st NSJBHL 	 	
2003-04	32 	21 	8 	2 	1 	143 	97 	45 	3rd NSJBHL 	 	
2004-05	32 	11 	17 	1 	3 	120 	157 	26 	7th NSJBHL 	 	
2005-06	34 	6 	24 	1 	3 	134 	236 	16 	9th NSJBHL 	 	
2006-07	Did Not Pariticipate 	Did Not Pariticipate 	Did Not Pariticipate 	Did Not Pariticipate 	Did Not Pariticipate 	Did Not Pariticipate 	Did Not Pariticipate 	Did Not Pariticipate 	Did Not Pariticipate 	Did Not Pariticipate 	Did Not Pariticipate
2007-08	33 	4 	29 	0 	0 	123 	248 	8 	10th NSJHL 	 	
2008-09	34 	16 	18 	0 	0 	117 	158 	32 	8th NSJHL 	 	
2009-10	34 	5 	29 	0 	0 	103 	216 	10 	10th NSJHL 	 	
2010-11	34 	10 	20 	- 	4 	108 	191 	24 	9th NSJHL 	 	
2011-12	33 	16 	15 	- 	2 	140 	132 	34 	3rd / 5 Sid Rowe Div7th / 11 NSJHL	Lost Div SemiFinal, 0-4 (Bulldogs) 	
2012-13	34 	25 	5 	- 	4 	165 	95 	54 	1st / 5 Sid Rowe Div1st / 11 NSJHL	Won Div SemiFinal, 4-0 (Bulldogs)Lost Div Final, 1-4 (Pirates) 	
2013-14	34 	27 	4 	- 	3 	175 	92 	57 	1st / 5 Sid Rowe Div1st / 11 NSJHL	Won Div SemiFinal, 4-0 (Bulldogs)Won Div Final, 4-0 (Pirates)Lost LEAGUE Finals, 3-4 (Blazers) 	
2014-15	34 	27 	47 	- 	- 	191 	8 3 	54 	1st / 5 Sid Rowe Div1st / 11 NSJHL	Won Div SemiFinal, 4-0 (Bulldogs)Won Div. Finals 4-1, (Scotians)Won League Finals, 4-0 (Maple Leafs)League Champions	
Season 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs
2015-16	34	24	6 	3 	- 	- 	- 	73	1st of 5 Sid Rowe1st of 11 NSJHL'L	Won Div Semifinal, 4-0 (Blues)Won Div Final, 4-2 (Scotians)Lost League Finals, 0-4 (Maple Leafs)
2016-17	34	22	7 	0 	5 	149	94 	70	1st of 5 Sid Rowe1st of 11 NSJHL'L	Won Div Semifinal, 4-0 (Pirates)Lost Div. Finals, 3-4 (Scotians)
2017-18	34	26	6 	0 	2 	157	93 	54	1st of 5 Sid RoweT-1st of 11 NSJHL	Won Div Semifinal, 4-0 (Pirates)Won Div. Finals, 4-1 (Bulldogs)Won Final, 4-0 (Penguins)
2018-19	32	20	7 	3 	0 	170	108	45	2nd of 6 Sid RoweT-3rd of 12 NSJHL	Won Div Semifinal, 4-1 (Scotians)Lost Div. Finals, 0-4 (Pirates)
2019-20	32	24	6 	1 	1 	184	98 	50	2nd of 6 Sid Rowe2nd of 12 NSJHL 	Playoffs cancelled before start of Division Final
2020-21	14	9 	3 	1 	1 	63 	37 	20	N/A 	Won DSF 4-0 (Strait PiratesWon DF 4-2 (Bulldogs)Final series with East Hants Penguins tied 1-1 when cancelled
2021-22	19	11	5 	1 	2 	81 	58 	25	3rd Rowe 	Lost Division Final
2022-23	30	12	14	3 	1 	135	114	28	5th Rowe 	Did not qualify
2023-24	32	21	10	1 	0 	112	101	43	2nd Rowe 	Lost Division Final
==Don Johnson Memorial Cup==
Eastern Canada Jr B Championships
Year	Round Robin 	Record	Standing	SemiFinal 	Br. Med. Game	Gold Medal Game
2015	W, St. John's -Nfld 5-1L, Moncton - NB 1-4OTW, Tyne Valley - PEI 5-4W, Kensington - PEI 2-0 	3-1-0 	2nd of 5	W, Kensington - PEI-1-0 	n/a 	L, Moncton - NB 1-4
2018	OTW,East Hants Penguins 5-4 (ot)W, Moncton Vito's 4-3W, Mount Pearl Jr. Blades 3-0W, Western Red Wings 6-1	3-0-1 	1st of 5	W, East Hants Penguins 5-2	n/a 	W, Mount Pearl Jr. Blades 4-1
==External links==
*Jr. Miners Website
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League teams