2018-19 CPJHL Season

This is the 2018-19 Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's third season.
==Membership Changes==
*The Almonte Jr. Sharpshooters and the Eastern Ontario Hockey Academy were both removed from the league after the end of the league season due to both teams violating roster rules (both teams had the same owner and players were transferred to the EOHA team from the Sharpshooters for the Division semifinal series resulting in the forfeiture of the series and subsequent removal from the league. The Sharpshooters were then announced as joining the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League for the 2018-19 season as the Ottawa Sharpshooters.http://www.cpjhl.com/news/cpjhl-terminates-memberships-of-almonte-eoha-franc
*The Lake Erie Eagles fold during the off season when the team's owner is offered a franchise in the United States Premier Hockey League's Premier Division. The owner cited travel and insurance costs as major factors in his decision. The new team would be call the Lake Erie Bighorns.http://www.cpjhl.com/news/insurance-travel-costs-force-lake-erie-eagles-to-l  The team would cease operations prior to the start of the 2018-19 season.
*The Niagara-on-the-Lake Nationals were announced as an expansion team on May 13, 2018http://www.cpjhl.com/news/cpjhl-adds-niagara-on-the-lake-nationals-for-upcom. However, on July 29, 2018 the league announced that it had terminated the membership of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Nationals. The team had issues with recruiting players for the 2018-19 season and had been upfront with the league and both parties determined not to operate the team within the league for the 2018-19 season.http://www.cpjhl.com/news/cpjhl-terminates-membership-of-niagara-on-the-lake The team would end up joining the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League for the 2018-19 season.
*The Brampton Royals are added to the league again after merging its operations with the Grey Highlands Hawks for the 2017-18 season.
*The league adds the Gravenhurst based Muskoka Anglershttp://www.cpjhl.com/news/cpjhl-announces-addition-of-muskoka-anglers-for-20, Scarborough Wexford Raiders (originally announced as the Wexford Raidershttp://www.gowexfordraiders.com/news/welcome-to-our-new-website, and Universel College Unikhttp://www.hockeyacademie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Press-release-HOCKEY-PROGRAM-May-14-2018.pdfhttp://educationnewscanada.com/article/education/level/colleges/2/700487/college-launches-a-college-hockey-program.html.  Between the addition of the Shawville team and the release of the league schedule the Universel College Unik were no longer listed on the league schedule.http://www.cpjhl.com/stats#/183/schedule?division_id=4907
*On August 15, 2018 the league announced the addition of the Shawville Express.http://www.cpjhl.com/news/cpjhl-announces-addition-of-shawville-express-will The team would no longer be listed as of October 18th.http://www.cpjhl.com/news/cpjhl-off-and-running-looking-for-more-success-in-
*On September 10, 2018 the league announced that the Bracebridge Pioneers would not be playing for the 2018-19 season.http://www.cpjhl.com/news/bracebridge-pioneers-will-not-play-in-cpjhl-for-20
*On November 7, 2018 the league announced that the Brampton Royals franchise was being revoked due to ownership failing to meet the minimum requirements set forth by the league.  In the same release, the league announced a new ownership group would take over the team and it would be renamed the Greater Toronto Jaguars assuming the Royals roster and record.http://www.cpjhl.com/news/cpjhl-announces-new-ownership-group-formation-of-g The team was attempting to find an arena to stage its home games.
*It appears the Greater Toronto Jaguars were dropped from the league during the Christmas break as they show no games on the league's schedule after December 16th. They had a 4-15-0-0 record, which included two forfeit losses and a 1-9-0-0 record inherited from the Brampton Royals.
*On February 15, 2019 the league announced that the Coldwater Ice Wolves franchise was folded by the league due to disciplinary issues with players.http://www.cpjhl.com/news/due-to-disciplinary-reasons-cpjhl-folds-coldwater- The Junior Hockey News website later reported 9 players were suspended by the league and sent home due to "half of the team participated in an off ice activity that was considered to be detrimental to the development of young athletes". The remaining members of the teams were disbursed to other teams in the league.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/the-death-pool-cpjhl-kills-off-team-mid-season-due-to-player-off-ice-activity/
==Teams==
Team 	Location 	Arena
Essa Stallions 	Angus, Ontario 	Angus Recreation Centre
Grey Highlands Hawks 	Markdale, Ontario 	Centre Grey Recreation Complex
Maniwaki Mustangs 	Maniwaki, Quebec 	Centre Sportif Gino-Odjick
Muskoka Anglers 	Gravenhurst, Ontario 	Graeme Murray Arena
Scarborough Wexford Raiders	Scarborough, Ontario 	Scarborough Gardens
Seaforth Generals 	Seaforth, Ontario 	Seaforth & District Community Centre
Smiths Falls Settlers 	Smiths Falls, Ontario	Smiths Falls Memorial Centre
===Announced additions that later withdrew===
Team 	Location 	Arena
Bracebridge Pioneers 	Bracebridge, Ontario	Bracebridge Memorial Arena
Brampton Royals 	Brampton, Ontario 	South Fletcher's Sportsplex
Coldwater Ice Wolves 	Coldwater, Ontario 	Coldwater & District Community Centre
Greater Toronto Jaguars	TBD 	TBD
Shawville Express 	Shawville, Quebec 	Shawville Arena
Universel College Unik 	Gatineau, Quebec 	?
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OW	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Grey Highlands Hawks 	44	34	7 	2 	1 	238	121	73
Essa Stallions 	44	35	7 	1 	1 	256	98 	73
Maniwaki Mustangs 	44	26	10	3 	5 	237	153	63
Muskoka Anglers 	44	22	20	1 	1 	158	159	47
Seaforth Generals 	44	15	23	3 	3 	154	205	39
Scarborough Wexford Raiders 	40	16	26	1 	1 	187	277	35
Smiths Falls Settlers 	44	11	29	3 	1 	128	216	29
Coldwater Ice Wolves 	40	13	26	0 	1 	122	155	27
Brampton Royals/Greater Toronto Jaguars	34	5 	29	0 	0 	65 	156	10
Notes:
#Coldwater actually played 34 games, six games were later forfeited to other teams. Their actual playing stats were 34 13-20-0-1-27 122-155
#Brampton was taken over by the league and subsequently replaced by Greater Toronto who inherited Brampton's record of 10-1-9-0-0-2 28-75. They were removed from the league during the Christmas break after being unable to secure a home rink. Greater Toronto was 9-3-6-0-0-6 36-71. Fifteen remaining games were forfeited. Their combined playing record was 19-4-15-0-0-8 64-147.
==Presidents Cup Playoffs==
===Format===
All seven teams qualify. The top seed earns a bye to the semifinals. All rounds are best-of-three.
===Quarterfinals===
*Essa Stallions defeated Smiths Falls Settlers 2 games to none
*Muskoka Anglers defeated Seaforth Generals 2 games  to none
*Maniwaki Mustangs defeated Scarborough Wexford Raiders  2 games to 1
===Semifinals===
*Muskoka Anglers defeated Grey Highlands Hawks 2 games to none
*Essa Stallions defeated Maniwaki Mustangs 2 games to none
===Final===
*Essa Stallions defeated Muskoka Anglers 2 games to none
==References==
Category:2019 in hockey
Category:Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League