With pre-season games in the rear-view mirror, the Maritime Hockey League’s 60th season is set to begin on Thursday as the Pictou County Weeks Crushers host the Amherst Ramblers. The defending Metalfab MHL Cup Champion Truro Bearcats kick off their season at home on Friday with a cross-divisional matchup as they host the West Kent Steamers. The rest of the home openers are as follows:
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- Amherst: Sept 12 vs Grand Falls
- Campbellton: Sept 11 vs Edmundston
- Chaleur: Sept 19 vs Campbellton
- Edmundston: Sept 19 vs Summerside
- Grand Falls: Sept 19 vs Amherst
- Miramichi: Sept 12 vs Chaleur
- Summerside: Sept 26 vs Pictou County
- Valley: Sept 12 vs West Kent
- West Kent: Sept 17 vs Miramichi
- Yarmouth: Sept 11 vs Valley
Check themhl.ca or the MHL’s social media for the latest news, scores, schedule, and updates throughout the 2026-27 season.
The Windsor Royals won the first ever league title for the 1967-68 season in what was then called the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League (MVJHL). After a five-game victory over the former Truro Bearcats franchise for the Mainland Junior B championship, the Royals lost to the Strait Pirates in five games for the provincial Junior B championship.
Over the years, the league evolved into a Junior a league in 1978, changing names to the Maritime Junior A Hockey League (MJAHL) in 1991 and then to what we now call the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) in 2010.