Maritime Major Female Hockey League

The Maritime Major (U 18) Female Hockey League is a female U-18 Hockey league. The league plays under the sanction of Hockey Nova Scotia and Hockey Canada. Its' three provincial champions advance to the Atlantic Regional tournament qualifier for the Esso Cup.
During the 2020 off-season the league was going through the process of being renamed from the Nova Scotia Female Midget AAA Hockey League due to the league having several teams from outside of Nova Scotia and that Hockey Canada renamed the playing level to U-18.http://nsfmhl.ca/news.php?news_id=1882557&league_id=0&lang=
The Cape Breton Panthers left the league after the completion of the 2019-20 season and the league announced plans to seek a replacement team for Cape Breton. On May 19th the league announced the addition of the Cape Breton Lynx to be based out of the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre in Membertou, Nova Scotia which start play with the 2020-21 season which was also home of the Panthers organization.http://nsfmhl.ca/news.php?news_id=1880348&league_id=0&lang=
==Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Cape Breton Lynx 	Membertou, Nova Scotia 	Membertou Sport and Wellness Center
Dartmouth Penguins 	Halifax Regional Municipality (Dartmouth)	RBC Centre
Eastern Stars 	Montague, Prince Edward Island 	Cavendish Farms Wellness Centre
Fundy Kraken 	Quispamsis, New Brunswick 	Quispamsis QPlex
Halifax Western Capitals	Halifax Regional Municipality (Bedford) 	BMO Centre Halifax
Moncton Rockets 	Moncton, New Brunswick 	Avenir Centre
Northern Selects 	New Glasgow and Pictou, Nova Scotia 	Hector Arena & Pictou County Wellness Centre
Western Flames 	Fredericton, New Brunswick 	Grant-Harvey Centre
Western Wind 	Abram-Village, PEI 	Evangeline Recreation Centre
===Former Teams===
====MMFHL Era====
Team 	Centre 	Arena
EDZA West Reds 	Fredericton, New Brunswick 	Aitken Centre, Tri-County Complex, Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre, and Willie O'Ree Place
Fundy Nationals 	Miramichi and Quispamsis, New Brunswick	Lord Beaverbrook Arena & Quispamsis QPlex
(Halifax) Station Six Fire	Halifax Regional Municipality (Bedford)	BMO Centre Halifax
Northern Lightning 	Bathurst 	K. C. Irving Regional Centre
==Champions==
===Nova Scotia League Years===
Season	Champion 	Atlantic Regional Result
2009 	Metro Boston Pizza 	Lost Final
2010 	Metro Boston Pizza 	Lost Final
2011 	Metro Boston Pizza 	3rd Place
2012 	Metro Boston Pizza 	Won Championship4th at 2012 Esso Cup
2013 	Metro Boston Pizza 	Won Championship6th at 2013 Esso Cup
2014 	East Hants Penguins AAA	Lost Final
2015 	Metro Boston Pizza 	Lost Final
2016 	Metro Boston Pizza 	Won Championship6th at 2016 Esso Cup
2017 	Northern Selects 	Lost Final
2018 	Northern Selects 	Won Championship5th at 2018 Esso CupMetro Boston Pizza 6th as host
2019 	Halifax Fire 	Won Championship5th at 2019 Esso Cup
===Maritime League Years===
Team	New BrunswickChampion 	Nova ScotiaChampion 	PEIChampion
2020	Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Moncton Rockets 	Northern Selects 	N/A
2022	Fredericton Reds 	Northern Selects 	N/A
2023	Western Flames 	Northern Selects 	Eastern Stars
2024	Western Flames 	Northern Selects 	Eastern Stars
==References==
Category:Esso Cup
Category:Women's ice hockey in Canada
Category:Canadian Midget AAA leagues