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Membertou Jr. Miners

"Sydney Millionaires" redirects here. For the team in the Maritime Professional Hockey League, see Sydney Millionaires (MaPHL).

The Membertou Junior Miners are a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from Membertou, Nova Scotia. They are members of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League and are 1989 and 1997 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B champions and 1976 and 1977 Eastern League Junior A Champions. The team was located in Sydney, Nova Scotia up until 2005.

Membertou Jr. Miners
CityMembertou, Nova Scotia, Canada
LeagueNova Scotia Junior Hockey League
DivisionSid Rowe
Foundedc. 1932
Home arenaMembertou Sport and Wellness Center
ColoursBlack, Red and White
     
Owner(s)Kameron Coal
General managerRyan Boutillier
Head coachRyan Boutillier
Franchise history
c. 1932–1992Sydney Millionaires
1992–1996Cape Breton Jr. Mills
1996–2005Cape Breton Alpines
2005–2007Whitney Pier Canadians
2007–2010Cape Breton Canadians
2010–2016Glace Bay Jr. Miners
2016–2021Kameron Jr. Miners
2021–presentMembertou Jr. Miners

History

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First observed in the 1932-33 Cape Breton Junior Hockey League, the Sydney Millionaires (named after an earlier professional team) would win their league title in 1933, 1951, 1964, and 1965. In the 1950s they dabbled with other names like the "Steel Kings" and the "Bombers" as their sponsors changed, but they always came back to the Millionaires.

In the 1970s, the Millionaires joined the Eastern Junior B Hockey League. In 1975, the league became the Eastern Junior A Hockey League. The Millionaires won the league in 1976 by defeating the Glace Bay Miners 4-games-to-1 and the New Waterford Jets 4-games-to-none in the final. They moved on to the Eastern Canada Hewitt-Dudley Memorial Trophy semi-final where they lost 4-games-to-1 to the Island Junior Hockey League's Charlottetown Colonels.

The Millionaires repeated as champions in 1977 defeating the New Waterford Jets 4-games-to-none and then the Glace Bay Miners 4-games-to-2 in the final. In the Eastern Canada Junior A quarter-final, the Millionaires defeated the Newfoundland Champion Corner Brook Jr. Royals 4-games-to-none. In the semi-final, the Mills ran into PEI's Charlottetown Generals and were themselves swept 4-games-to-none from the playoffs.

In the 1980s, the Millionaires dropped down to Junior B in the Northumberland Junior B Hockey League. They were league and Provincial Junior B Champions in 1988, 1989, and 1990. In the 1989, at the Maritime Junior B Don Johnson Cup, the Millionaires would win their first Maritime Junior B Championship. In 1992, their league merged with the Mainland Junior B Hockey League and Mills became the Cape Breton Jr. Mills.

In 1996, the Mills became the Cape Breton Alpines. They would win the 1997 league title and move on to the Maritime Junior B Championship, the Don Johnson Cup, where they went undefeated, beating the New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League's Richibucto Bears 7-5, the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League's Windsor Royals 5-4 in double overtime, and the Island Junior Hockey League's Sherwood-Parkdale Kings 8-4. In the final, the Alpines faced Windsor again, clinching their second Maritime Jr. B Championship with a 5-2 win at their home rink.

They would win another league title in 2000, but lost the Don Johnson Cup final to New Brunswick's Woodstock Slammers 4-1.

In 2005, with a sponsorship from Molson Breweries, the team moved to Whitney Pier, Nova Scotia and became the Whitney Pier Canadians. In 2007, they moved to Dominion, Nova Scotia and became the Cape Breton Canadians.

In the summer of 2010, the Canadians were moved to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Sydney's territorial rival, and renamed after their old nemesis the Glace Bay Jr. Miners. In 2016 they renamed themselves as the Kameron Jr. Moners and rebranded again in 2021 as Membertou Jr. Miners.

Season-by-season record

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Season GP W OTW/SOW T/OTL L GF GA P Results Playoffs
2015-16 34 22 2 3 6 - - 73 1st of 5 Sid Rowe
1st of 11 NSJH'L		 Won Div Semifinal, 4-0 (Blues)
Won Div Final, 4-2 (Scotians)
Lost League Finals, 0-4 (Maple Leafs)
Kameron Jr. Miners
2016-17 34 21 1 5 7 149 94 70 1st of 5 Sid Rowe
1st of 11 NSJH		 Won Div Semifinal, 4-0 (Pirates)
Lost Div. Finals, 3-4 (Scotians)
2017-18 34 26 - 2 6 157 93 54 1st of 5 Sid Rowe
2nd of 11 NSJH		 Won Div Semifinal, 4-0 (Pirates)
Won Div. Finals, 4-1 (Bulldogs)
Won League Finals 4-0 (Penguins)
NSJHL League Champions
2018-19 32 20 - 5 7 170 108 45 2nd of 6 Sid Rowe
4th of 12 NSJH		 Won Div Semifinal, 4-1 (Scotians)
Lost Div. Finals, 0-4 (Pirates)
2019-20 32 24 - 2 5 184 197 51 1st of 12 NSJH Won Div Semifinal, 4-2 (Maple Leafs)
remaining playoffs cancelled - covid
2020-21 5 3 - 2 0 26 11 51 8 Season lost due to COVID-19 pandemic
Membertou Jr. Miners
2021-22 19 11 - 3 5 81 58 25 3rd of 6 Sid Rowe
4th of 12 NSJH		 Won Div Quarterfinal, 3-0 (Blues)
Won Div. Semiinals, 4-2 (Pirates)
Lost Div. Finals, 2-4 (Bulldogs)
2022-23 30 12 14 3 1 135 114 28 5th of 6 Sid Rowe
10th of 12 NSJH		 did not qualify for post season play
2023-24 32 21 10 1 0 112 101 43 2nd of 6 Sid Rowe
5th of 12 NSJH		 Won Div Semifinal, 4-0 (Pirates)
Lost Div Finals, 1-4 (Bulldogs)

Don Johnson Memorial Cup

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Eastern Canada Jr B Championships

Year Round Robin Record Standing Semifinal Br. Med. Game Gold Medal Game
2015 W, St. John's -Nfld 5-1
L, Moncton - NB 1-4
OTW, Tyne Valley - PEI 5-4
W, Kensington - PEI 2-0		 3-1-0 2nd of 5 W, Kensington - PEI-1-0 n/a L, Moncton - NB 1-4
2018
HOST		 OTW, East Hants Penguins 5-4
W, Moncton Vito's 4-3
W, Western Red Wings 3-0
W, Mount Pearl Jr. Blades 6-1		 4-0-0 1ST of 5 W, East Hants Penguins 5-2 n/a Won, Mount Pearl Jr. Blades 4-1
Don Johnson Memorial
Cup Champions
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Preceded by Don Johnson Cup Champions
1989 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Don Johnson Cup Champions
1997 		Succeeded by
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