player during 2014 Schmalz Cup Final. In 1970, the
Suburban Junior C Hockey League divided into two leagues. Most of the westerly teams formed the
Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League, while most of the easterly teams formed the Central Lakeshore Junior C League. In 1972, the
Eastern Junior B Hockey League was also divided up, half to the
Metro Junior B Hockey League and the other half to the Central League. With this, the Eastern Junior C Loop became the
Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League, the Central League's main territorial rival until 1986. In 1986, the Quinte-St. Lawrence League folded. The
Wellington Dukes fled to the Central League and the
Gananoque Islanders joined the
Ottawa District Hockey Association's
Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League. With a plethora of major towns in the league: Trenton, Ajax, Bowmanville, Port Hope, Lindsay, Cobourg, and the retirement community-backed Wellington Dukes; the
Central Junior B Hockey League absorbed many of these franchises over the course of a couple years in their run to Junior A status—obtained in 1993. Since losing half of their teams, the Central Ontario League has survived with the likes of Georgina, Lakefield, Little Britain, Port Perry, and Uxbridge. A sixth team has failed to stick in most cases, in towns like Bobcaygeon and Madoc. Due to retraction in the
Ontario Junior Hockey League, the
Bowmanville Eagles have returned in 2011 in the form of the
Clarington Eagles but Ajax remains unserviced after their team left Junior A, both having folded in 2010. Following the 2015-16 seasons the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League amalgamated with the other southern Ontario junior "C" hockey leagues and became a division within the
Provincial Junior Hockey League. ==The teams==