2018-19 NOJHL Season

This is the 2018-19 Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 49th season overall dating back to the founding of the NOHA Junior B Hockey League in 1970, and the league's 41st season under this name. Each team will play 56 games with 27 at home, 27 on the road and two games being held at the Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex in Sudbury, Ontario for the 3rd Annual NOJHL Showcase October 9-10, 2018.
It is the league's turn in the rotation to host the Dudley Hewitt Cup.  The Cochrane Crunch were announced as the host team on March 1, 2018.  The event being held at the Tim Horton Events Center in Cochrane.https://nojhl.com/cochrane-awarded-2019-dudley-hewitt-cup
==League Changes==
*The league has adopted the NHL overtime format with five minutes of three on three sudden death overtime followed by a three round shoot out with extra rounds as needed to break the tie.
*The league will be adding two high definition cameras in each arena to provide teams with better video analysis for the team and increase supervision of the officials and player safety.
*The league will expand its Concussion Management Program and will continue to work with the Canadian Mental Health Association to help anyone involved with the league access to help in dealing with mental health issues.http://nojhl.com/nojhl-announces-2018-19-regular-season-schedule
==Membership changes==
*None
==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
Hearst Lumberjacks 	56	33	16	6 	1	210	159	73
Kirkland Lake Gold Miners	56	33	17	3 	3	194	156	72
Powassan Voodoos 	56	33	19	3 	1	206	172	70
Timmins Rock 	56	33	20	3 	0	186	156	69
Cochrane Crunch 	56	31	20	1 	4	200	186	67
French River Rapids 	56	14	39	2 	1	155	244	31
===Western Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Soo Thunderbirds 	56	44	11	0 	1	221	145	89
Rayside-Balfour Canadians	56	31	20	2 	3	194	169	67
Soo Eagles 	56	28	24	3 	1	208	185	60
Blind River Beavers 	56	25	24	5 	2	201	185	67
Elliot Lake Wildcats 	56	21	32	1 	2	152	224	45
Espanola Express 	56	10	43	0 	3	145	291	23
==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 2019 Dudley Hewitt Cup being held at the Tim Horton Events Centre in Cochrane, Ontario, hosted by the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League. The winner of that tournament will advance to the 2020 National Junior A Championship being held at the Centennial Regional Arena in Brooks, Alberta hosted by the Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.
===East Preliminary Round===
*Timmins Rock defeated Cochrane Crunch 2 games to none
===West Preliminary Round===
*Blind River Beavers defeated Elliot Lake Wildcats 2 games to none
===East Semifinals===
*Hearst Lumberjacks defeated Timmins Rock 4 games to 3
*Powassan Voodoos defeated Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 4 games to 2
===West Semifinals===
*Soo Thunderbirds defeated Blind River Beavers 4 games to 2
*Rayside-Balfour Canadians defeated Soo Eagles 4 games to 2
===East Final===
*Hearst Lumberjacks defeated Powassan Voodoos 4 games to none
===West Final===
*Soo Thunderbirds defeated Rayside-Balfour Canadians 4 games to 2
===Copeland Cup-McNamara Trophy Final===
*Hearst Lumberjacks defeated Soo Thunderbirds 4 games to 3
==References==
Category:Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
Category:2019 in hockey