Central Ontario Hockey League

The Central Ontario Hockey League (COHL) was a highly competitive Intermediate ice hockey league in the central Grey County area of Ontario, Canada from 1938 until the early 1980s. The league was originally sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association, but later the Western Ontario Athletic Association incorporated it into their WOAA Senior Hockey League.
==History==
The COHL was a Southwestern Ontario Intermediate level league. All Intermediate was merged with Senior in 1986, but this league was merged into the WOAA Intermediate Hockey League in 1980. The WOAA now exists as a Senior "AA" hockey league.
The league was fed new players by the local Central Junior C Hockey League, under that name from 1960 until 1980, is now known as the Western Junior C Hockey League. The league was supported by the local Northern Junior D Hockey League, which folded in 1985.
Their 1976-77 season was very competitive. The top team in the league was Dromore, followed by Badjeros, Dundalk, Priceville, El-Ron, Flesherton, and Markdale. The league was absorbed by the WOAA in 1980. They stayed under their name as a division of the WOAA until 1982, when they were fully integrated into the league.
== Former Member Teams==
*Badjeros
*Barhead Blues
*Chatsworth
*Dundalk Flyers
*Durham Flyers
*Dromore
*El-Ron Inn
*Feversham
*Flesherton Saints
*Glenelg
*Honeywood
*Markdale Majors
*Meaford
*Priceville
*Rocklyn
*Shelburne Muskies
*Thornbury
*Williamsford
== Champions==
* 1981-82 Markdale Majors
* 1980-81 Honeywood
* 1979-80 Dundalk Flyers
* 1978-79 Dundalk Flyers
*1977-78 
*1976-77 Dromore 
* 1975-76 RS: 1. Flesherton 32, 2. El-Ron Blues 30, 3. Dundalk 28, 4. Badjeros 26, 5. Markdale 22, 6. Dromore 17, 7. Priceville 13
* 1974-75 Markdale Playter Tire Service 
* 1973-74 RS as of 2/4: 1. Dundalk 22, 2. Dromore 16, 3. Markdale 15, 4. Flesherton 13, 5. Priceville 12
* 1972-73 RS: 1. Beaver Valley 37, 2. Flesherton 24, 3. Priceville 23, 4. Dromore 20, 5. Dundalk 11, 6. Markdale 6
* 1971-72 Beaver Valley Merchants 
* 1970-71 RS as of 2/11: 1. Markdale 21, 2T. Flesherton 13, 2T. Priceville 13, 4. Dundalk 11, 5. Gleneig 0
==Other league==
There was another league called the Central Ontario Hockey League Intermediate D that ran from the 1920s to 1982-83. 
In 1982, the Shelburne Muskies won their eighth COHL title since 1935. Their seventh came in 1972.
;Champions
*1971-72: Shelburne Muskies 
*1977-78: Erin Flyers
*1978-79: Creemore Chiefs
*1979-80: Creemore Chiefs
*1980-81: Erin
*1981-82: Shelburne Muskies
*1982-83: Shelburne Muskies
==Early seasons==
*1945-46 COHL season
*1947-48 COHL season
Category:Defunct ice hockey leagues
Category:Ice hockey in Ontario