Cumberland County Blues

The Cumberland County Blues were a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from Springhill, Nova Scotia. They were members of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League and were 2010 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B champions.
==History==
In 2007, the Blues hosted the Don Johnson Cup, the Maritime Junior B Championship. They would go on to lose in the final to the East Hants Penguins 2-0. They finished the tournament with a 4-2-0 record.
In 2010, the Cumberland County Blues won their second consecutive NSJHL championship. They won the right to attend their second straight Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B Championship. In 2009, after an impressive 3-1-0 record in the round robin, they were dropped 6-5 in the semi-final by the St. John's Junior Hockey League's St. John's Jr. Caps in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2010, in St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia, the Blues had a chance for redemption. In the first game of the round robin, the Blues clipped the host Bay Ducks 6-4. In their second game, they defeated the defending Jr. Caps 3-2 in an overtime shootout. The Blues third game was lost to the New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League's Charlotte County Jr. Silverkings 4-3, but they closed out the round robin strong the next day by beating the Island Junior Hockey League's Kensington Vipers 7-2 to clinch first in the tournament. On April 24, the Blues again played the Jr. Caps in the semi-final. The Blues again defeated them 3-2 to enter the finals. On April 25, in the final, the Blues beat the Bay Ducks 4-1 to clinch their first ever Don Johnson Cup as Maritime Champions.
As a result of restrictions in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic the team would opt out of the continuation of the 2020-21 season on January 24th. Due to the team's location there were many players from New Brunswick on the team.
==End of franchise==
*On October 23, 2023 the league announced that the Cumberland County Blues had asked and received a one year leave of absence due to a lack of players (particularly noting issues with recruiting local players from the Springhill and Amherst areas) and being able to recruit players of a caliber that would be competitive in the league. The team had already lost six games and that the Board of Governors had decided that the balance of the team's schedule would be recorded as forfeit losses. The league encouraged the owner, former NHL player Bill Riley to stay in contact with the league about re-activating the team in a new location for the 2024-25 season. https://nsjhl.ca/news/7083/Blues-request-and-given-years-leave-of-absence/ The league would retroactively record all of the team's schedule as 1-0 forfeit losses.
On June 6, 2024 the league announced that it had voted to dissolve the Cumberland County Blues franchise.https://nsjhl.ca/news/8150/Blues-Franchise-dissolved/
==Season by Season Record==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	
2002-03	32 	7 	24 	1 	0 	141 	225 	15 	9th NSJBHL 	 	
2003-04	Leave of Absence	Leave of Absence	Leave of Absence	Leave of Absence	Leave of Absence	Leave of Absence	Leave of Absence	Leave of Absence	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence
2004-05	32 	9 	22 	1 	0 	101 	157 	19 	9th NSJBHL 	 	
2005-06	34 	15 	17 	1 	1 	122 	126 	32 	6th NSJBHL 	 	
2006-07	34 	18 	15 	- 	1 	128 	138 	37 	6th NSJHL 	DJC as Host 	
2007-08	34 	27 	7 	- 	0 	190 	101 	54 	1st NSJHL 	 	
2008-09	34 	27 	6 	- 	1 	162 	85 	55 	1st NSJHL 	Won League 	
2009-10	34 	26 	4 	- 	4 	191 	90 	56 	1st NSJHL 	Won LeagueWon DJC 	
2010-11	34 	20 	10 	- 	4 	176 	139 	44 	2nd Sid Rowe Div4th NSJHL 	Won Div SemiFinal, 4-3 (Bulldogs)Lost Div Finals, 3-4 (Pirates)	
2011-12	34 	11 	19 	- 	4 	153 	177 	26 	4th Sid Rowe Div10th NSJHL 	Lost Div SemiFinal, 4-3 (Pirates) 	
2012-13	34 	10 	23 	- 	1 	101 	163 	21 	5th Sid Rowe Div11th NSJHL 	Didn't Qualify 	
2013-14	34 	9 	24 	- 	1 	102 	179 	19 	5th Sid Rowe Div11 of11 NSJHL	Didn't Qualify 	
2014-15	34 	6 	29 	- 	2 	98 	244 	14 	5th Sid Rowe Div11 of11 NSJHL	Didn't Qualify 	
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T/OL/SL	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs
2015-16	34	10	17	7 	- 	- 	25	4th of 5 Sid Rowe10th of 11 NSJHL	Lost Div Semifinal, 0-4 (Jr. Miners)
2016-17	34	11	20	7 	104	140	24	5th of 5 Sid Rowe10th of 11 NSJHL	did not qualify
2017-18	34	1 	32	1 	93 	248	3 	5th of 5 Sid Rowe11th of 11 NSJHL	did not qualify
2018-19	32	4 	28	0 	80 	245	8 	6th of 6 Sid Rowe11th of 12 NSJHL	did not qualify
2019-20	31	5 	24	2 	88 	164	12	6th of 6 Sid Rowe11th of 12 NSJHL	did not qualify
2020-21	5 	1 	3 	1 	12 	22 	3 	N/A 	Withdrew January 24th due toCOVID-19 pandemic restrictions
2021-22	20	5 	13	2 	52 	91 	12	6th Rowe 	Lost Division Quarterfinals
2022-23	30	2 	27	1 	79 	222	5 	6th Rowe 	Did not qualify
2023-24	32	0 	32	0 	0 	32 	0 	N/A 	Withdrew after 6 games
Note: the 2023-24 team actually had an 0-5-1 record but all games were retroactively made 1-0 forfeit losses.
==Don Johnson Cup==
Eastern Canada Jr B Championships
Year 	Round Robin 	Record	Standing	SemiFinal 	Bronze Medal Game	Gold Medal Game
2007HOST	L, East Hants 2-7 W, Madawska (Quebec) 12-1W, Central 15-1W, Kensington 8-2	3-1-0 	2nd of 5	W, Kensington 3-2	n/a 	L, East Hants 0-2Silver Medal
2009 	W, Central 7-2 W, Conception Bay 6-4SOW, St John's 7-4OTL, Sherwood 4-5 	3-1-0 	2nd of 5	L, St John's 5-6 	n/a 	n/a
2010 	W, Bay 6-4SOW, St John's 3-2L, Charlotte County 3-4W, Kensington 7-2 	3-1-0 	1st of 5	W, St John's 3-2 	n/a 	W, Bay 4-1Don JohnsonCup Champions
==External links==
*Blues Website
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League teams
Category:Disestablished in 2024