2019-20 NOJHL season

This is the 2019-20 Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 50th season overall dating back to the founding of the NOHA Junior B Hockey League in 1970, and the league's 42nd season under this name. Each team will play 56 games with 27 at home, 27 on the road and two games being held at Pullar Stadium in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan for the 4th Annual NOJHL Showcase October 15-16, 2019. The regular season will run September 5th, 2019 to March 1st, 2020. https://nojhl.com/nojhl-releases-its-2019-20-regular-season-schedule
The league will send two teams to take part in the 2020 SJHL / MJHL Showcase in Regina, Saskatchewan January 21-22, 2020.https://nojhl.com/nojhl-releases-its-2019-20-regular-season-schedule
==Suspending of Play==
The Canadian Junior Hockey League announced Thursday that effective Friday, March 13, all games and hockey-related activity involving its member clubs have been cancelled, until further notice, due to the continued threat of the global COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic as well as potential exposure and contamination of its players, team staff members, on and off-ice officials, volunteers and fans.https://www.mjhlhockey.ca/mjhl-covid-19-update-2020-mjhl-playoffs
==Membership changes==
*None for 2019-20 but the Elliot Lake Wildcats announce on May 10, 2020 that the team will be sitting out the 2020-21 season.http://www.hockeynewsnorth.com/nojhl/nojhl-is-a-plus-11/
==Division Alignment==
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Eastern Division 	Eastern Division	Eastern Division 	Eastern Division
Team 	Joined 	Centre 	Arena
Cochrane Crunch 	2012 	Cochrane 	Tim Horton Events Centre
French River Rapids 	2015 	Noelville 	Noelville Arena
Hearst Lumberjacks 	1988 	Hearst 	Claude Larose Recreation Centre
Kirkland Lake Gold Miners	2003 	Kirkland Lake 	Joe Mavrinac Community Complex
Powassan Voodoos 	2014 	Powassan 	Powassan Sportsplex
Timmins Rock 	1991 	Timmins 	McIntyre Arena
Western Division 	Western Division	Western Division 	Western Division
Blind River Beavers 	1999 	Blind River 	Blind River Memorial Community Centre
Elliot Lake Wildcats 	2014 	Elliot Lake 	Elliot Lake Centennial Arena
Espanola Express 	2015 	Espanola 	Espanola Regional Recreation Complex
Rayside-Balfour Canadians	2000 	Rayside-Balfour 	Chelmsford Community Centre
Soo Eagles 	2015 	Sault Ste. Marie, MI	Pullar Stadium
Soo Thunderbirds 	1999 	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	John Rhodes Community Centre
==Standings==
===Eastern Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Powassan Voodoos 	56	45	9 	1 	1	264	141	92
Timmins Rock 	56	42	11	2 	1	231	100	87
Hearst Lumberjacks 	56	31	18	4 	3	202	177	69
Cochrane Crunch 	56	26	25	3 	2	166	189	57
Kirkland Lake Gold Miners	56	18	32	5 	1	154	228	42
French River Rapids 	56	13	38	4 	1	136	250	31
===Western Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Rayside-Balfour Canadians	56	40	11	3 	2	260	163	85
Blind River Beavers 	56	37	15	1 	3	223	158	78
Soo Thunderbirds 	56	30	19	3 	4	220	166	67
Soo Eagles 	56	30	21	2 	3	185	171	65
Espanola Express 	56	17	34	4 	1	167	247	39
Elliot Lake Wildcats 	56	7 	46	3 	0	115	333	17
==Copeland Cup-McNamara Trophy Playoffs==
===Format===
The top five teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. The fourth place team plays the fifth place team in a best of three series. The series winner becomes the fourth seed and plays the first place team in the division semifinals and the second place team plays the third place team in best of seven series. The semifinal winners meet in the best of seven division championship series. The division champions meet in the best of seven Copeland Cup-McNamara Trophy final.
The playoff champion (or the runners-up if the Cochrane Crunch win the Copeland Cup-NcNamara Trophy Playoffs) will advance to the 2020 Dudley Hewitt Cup. The winner of that tournament will advance to the 2020 Centennial Cup being held at Stride Place in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba hosted by the Portage Terriers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.
===East Preliminary Round===
*Cochrane Crunch defeated Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 2 games to 1
===West Preliminary Round===
*Soo Eagles defeated Espanola Express 2 games to none
===East Semifinals===
*Hearst Lumberjacks lead Timmins Rock 1 game to none
Balance of series had not started when playoffs are cancelled.
==References==
Category:2020 in hockey
Category:Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League