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| Region(s) | Eastern Ontario |
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| Former name(s) | list
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| Founded | 1961 |
| Divisions | 2 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Recent Champions | Navan Grads (2024) |
| Most successful club | Pembroke Lumber Kings (14) |
| Headquarters | Richcraft Sensplex 813 Shefford Road Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Website | CCHL |
The Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL; French: Ligue de hockey du Canada centrale, LHCC) is a Junior A ice hockey league in Eastern Canada consisting of 12 teams – all around the National Capital Region. The CCHL is one of the nine Junior A ice hockey leagues in Canada and is considered the highest amateur hockey league in the world. The Bogart Cup, the oldest amateur sports trophy in North America, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season. The CCHL is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario.
The league is sanctioned by Hockey Eastern Ontario and Hockey Canada and is a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The winner of the CCHL playoffs competes for the Fred Page Cup, the Eastern Region championship of the Canadian Junior Hockey League with the winners of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League and the Maritime Junior A Hockey League.[1] The winner of the Fred Page Cup then moves on to compete for the national Centennial Cup.
The CCHL's regular season is typically held from September to March, with each team playing 55 games. Following the conclusion of the regular season, 8 teams advance to the Bogart Cup playoffs, a three-round tournament that runs into May to determine the league champion. Since the league's founding in 1961, the Pembroke Lumber Kings have won the most combined CCHL titles with 14. The reigning league champions are the Navan Grads, who defeated the Smiths Falls Bears in the 2024 Bogart Cup Finals.
- ^ "2008 Fred Page Cup - Pictou County Nova Scotia". Archived from the original on 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-09-23.