What does NSJHL stand for?

NSJHL stands for Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League.

How many teams play in the NSJHL?

The NSJHL currently consists of 11 teams.

Who won the most recent NSJHL championship?

Cole Harbour Colts won the most recent NSJHL championship in 2026.

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2026-2027 Season

Antigonish Bulldogs and Eskasoni Junior Eagles share the lead in the 2026-27 NSJHL standings with 20 points. Sackville Blazers (17 points) and East Hants Penguins (17 points) follow.

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2026-2027 NSJHL Standings

2026-2027 NSJHL — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	Antigonish Bulldogs	13	10	-	3	2	0	53	35	18	20	1.54	-
2.	Eskasoni Junior Eagles	13	10	-	3	1	0	64	35	29	20	1.54	-
3.	Sackville Blazers	12	8	-	3	0	1	68	49	19	17	1.42	-
4.	East Hants Penguins	13	8	-	4	1	1	60	45	15	17	1.31	-
5.	Pictou County Scotians	13	7	-	3	0	3	49	45	4	17	1.31	-
6.	Windsor Oxen	10	7	-	3	1	0	53	30	23	14	1.40	-
7.	Capstone Colts	11	6	-	4	0	1	51	40	11	13	1.18	-
8.	South Shore Lumberjacks	8	4	-	4	1	0	26	33	-7	8	1.00	-
9.	Brookfield Elks	10	2	-	7	1	1	32	55	-23	5	0.50	-
10.	Membertou Jr. Miners	11	1	-	9	0	1	26	74	-48	3	0.27	-
11.	Strait Pirates	12	0	-	12	0	0	32	73	-41	0	0.00	-

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2026-2027 NSJHL Player Stats

2026-2027 NSJHL — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Lane Lochead (F)	13	13	15	28	0
2.	Keegan O'Neill (F)	13	13	15	28	16
3.	Brady Burke (F)	12	12	16	28	18
4.	Finn Merritt (F)	11	13	9	22	51
5.	Clint MacLaughlin (F)	13	8	14	22	8

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2026-2027 NSJHL Goalie Stats

2026-2027 NSJHL — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Mason Doucet (G)	1	1.00	.968
2.	Graydon Mole (G)	8	2.62	.928
3.	Ethan Chisholm (G)	8	2.45	.926
4.	Nate Beaton (G)	5	2.80	.919
5.	Braeden Shaikh (G)	8	3.36	.917

2026-2027 NSJHL Demographics

NSJHL Games

NSJHL — Games
date	home	visiting	score
04/19/2026 12:00 PM GMT-3	Eskasoni Junior Eagles	Cole Harbour Colts	0 - 0
04/18/2026 12:00 PM GMT-3	Cole Harbour Colts	Eskasoni Junior Eagles	0 - 0
04/17/2026 12:00 PM GMT-3	Eskasoni Junior Eagles	Cole Harbour Colts	0 - 0
04/11/2026 12:00 PM GMT-3	Cole Harbour Colts	Eskasoni Junior Eagles	5 - 4
04/10/2026 12:00 PM GMT-3	Cole Harbour Colts	Eskasoni Junior Eagles	6 - 5 (OT 69:03)

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NSJHL Transactions

NSJHL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/15/2026	Confirmed	Dylan Paplinskie (D)	Capstone Colts	Chaleur Lightning	Details
09/01/2023	Confirmed	Jayson Hanson (F)	South Shore Mustangs U18	East Hants Penguins	Details
08/24/2023	Confirmed	Blake Deacon (F)	Pictou County Scotians	Buffalo State Univ.	Details
08/07/2018	Confirmed	Giordano Saputo (F)	Antigonish Bulldogs	Marseille	Details

2026-2027 NSJHL Free Agents

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2027-2028 NSJHL Free Agents

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NSJHL Team Comparison (Averages)

2026-2027 NSJHL — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Antigonish Bulldogs	25	798	6'0"	172 lbs	18.83
2.	Brookfield Elks	24	881	5'11"	168 lbs	19.00
3.	Capstone Colts	28	701	5'11"	174 lbs	18.77
4.	East Hants Penguins	29	751	5'10"	150 lbs	18.93
5.	Eskasoni Junior Eagles	30	914	5'10"	154 lbs	18.80
6.	Membertou Jr. Miners	33	879	5'11"	165 lbs	18.96
7.	Pictou County Scotians	27	928	5'11"	174 lbs	19.19
8.	Sackville Blazers	26	765	5'10"	159 lbs	19.00
9.	South Shore Lumberjacks	25	677	5'11"	174 lbs	18.96
10.	Strait Pirates	31	729	6'1"	165 lbs	18.95
11.	Windsor Oxen	24	616	5'10"	170 lbs	19.00

Team Comparison History

NSJHL Interesting Facts

NSJHL — Oldest
Oldest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	Dillon Arsenault	21 yrs
2.	Cameron Bell	21 yrs
3.	James Cameron	21 yrs
4.	Owen Cleary	21 yrs
5.	Xavier Coggins	21 yrs

NSJHL — Tallest
Tallest
Rank	Player	Height
1.	Logan Durno	6'5"
2.	Luke Crotty	6'3"
3.	Neil MacLean	6'3"
4.	Ian Ramsay	6'3"
5.	Marcus Tench	6'3"

NSJHL — Heaviest
Heaviest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	Reide Leroux	209 lbs
2.	Ryan McLaughlin	209 lbs
3.	Ian Ramsay	203 lbs
4.	Kent Wolodka	201 lbs
5.	Max Hanley	196 lbs

NSJHL — Youngest
Youngest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	Zach McIntyre	16 yrs
2.	Aliaksandr Slavuta	16 yrs
3.	Carter Kirton	16 yrs
4.	Stefan LeBlanc	16 yrs
5.	Jayden Hall	16 yrs

NSJHL — Shortest
Shortest
Rank	Player	Height
1.	Burke Aucoin	5'6"
2.	Aaron Badcock	5'7"
3.	Finn Morris	5'8"
4.	Thomas Panopalis	5'8"
5.	Josh Penney	5'8"

NSJHL — Lightest
Lightest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	Jayson Hanson	128 lbs
2.	Kellan Miller	130 lbs
3.	Theo Stapleton	130 lbs
4.	Zach McIntyre	132 lbs
5.	Jacob Sanford	132 lbs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

NSJHL — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Nate Powell (F)	2026-2027	Sackville Knights	NSRJHL	10	10	16	26	10
2.	Colby Fleet (F)	2026-2027	Cape Breton West Islanders U18	NSU18MHL	17	8	16	24	6
3.	Isaac Connolly (F)	2026-2027	Valley Wildcats U18	NSU18MHL	16	7	16	23	18
4.	Dylan Rafuse (F)	2026-2027	East Hants Penguins	NSRJHL	9	5	18	23	12
5.	Jack Hayne (F)	2026-2027	Chaleur Lightning	MJAHL	17	12	10	22	26
6.	Cameron Barnes (F)	2026-2027	South West Storm	NSRJHL	11	5	17	22	27
7.	Justin Hardwicke-Brown (F)	2026-2027	Spryfield Attack	NSRJHL	11	11	9	20	4
8.	Aiden Marchand (F)	2026-2027	Sackville Knights	NSRJHL	11	8	12	20	26
9.	Charlie MacLeod (F)	2026-2027	Fall Prep Wildcats	NEFPHL D1	16	6	14	20	4
10.	Will Chisholm (F)	2026-2027	Cape Breton West Islanders U18	NSU18MHL	14	5	14	19	18

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Regular Season

NSJHL All-Time Points

NSJHL — All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Quinn MacDonald (F)	127	118	151	269
2.	Cody Roach (F)	128	96	162	258
3.	Darryl MacPherson (F)	96	93	133	226
4.	Daniel Reid (F)	124	84	128	212
5.	Tim Mannette (F)	121	70	139	209

NSJHL All-Time Goals

NSJHL — All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Quinn MacDonald (F)	127	118	151	269
2.	Brandon Verge (F)	98	110	97	207
3.	Cody Roach (F)	128	96	162	258
4.	Brett Arthur (F)	110	96	107	203
5.	Brady Meech (F)	104	96	55	151

NSJHL All-Time Assists

NSJHL — All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Cody Roach (F)	128	96	162	258
2.	Quinn MacDonald (F)	127	118	151	269
3.	Tim Mannette (F)	121	70	139	209
4.	Darryl MacPherson (F)	96	93	133	226
5.	Daniel Reid (F)	124	84	128	212

NSJHL All-Time Penalty Min.

NSJHL — All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Mitchell Singer (D)	126	6	28	660
2.	Mats Stone (D)	119	4	22	560
3.	Jason Hanna (F)	75	51	118	544
4.	Stone Harnish (F)	115	36	86	523
5.	Andrew Skinner (F)	102	50	126	519

NSJHL All-Time Games Played

NSJHL — All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Lucas Dawe (D)	201	31	75	106
2.	Jesse Colborne (F)	169	79	66	145
3.	Morgan Timmons (F)	164	64	81	145
4.	Marc Fougere (D)	163	13	47	60
5.	Chad Miller (D)	157	53	57	110

NSJHL All-Time Points Per Game

NSJHL — All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Max McNab (F)	4	7	15	3.75
2.	Patrick Sweeney (F)	26	41	83	3.19
3.	Bailey Peach (F)	1	1	3	3.00
4.	Mark Deveaux (F)	57	65	158	2.77
5.	Gerry Couture (F)	16	26	42	2.63

NSJHL All-Time Points Per Season

NSJHL — All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Darryl MacPherson (F)	2001-2002	NSJHL	32	40	56	96	3.00	18
2.	Mark Deveaux (F)	1994-1995	NSJHL	31	40	54	94	3.03	8
3.	Fraser Rice (F)	1967-1968	NSJHL	52	38	55	93	1.79	60
4.	Sonny Kabatay (F)	2022-2023	NSJHL	30	42	50	92	3.07	18
5.	Matthew Perruzza (F)	2018-2019	NSJHL	31	36	52	88	2.84	44

NSJHL All-Time Goals Per Season

NSJHL — All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Craig Chisholm (F)	1996-1997	NSJHL	31	46	27	73	2.35	31
2.	Trevor MacKenzie (F)	2006-2007	NSJHL	33	44	41	85	2.58	41
3.	Randy Mosher (F)	1997-1998	NSJHL	31	44	30	74	2.39	33
4.	Sonny Kabatay (F)	2022-2023	NSJHL	30	42	50	92	3.07	18
5.	Ryan Veniot (F)	2001-2002	NSJHL	34	41	44	85	2.50	28

NSJHL All-Time Assists Per Season

NSJHL — All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Justin Hessian (F)	2014-2015	NSJHL	33	12	57	69	2.09	65
2.	Darryl MacPherson (F)	2001-2002	NSJHL	32	40	56	96	3.00	18
3.	Fraser Rice (F)	1967-1968	NSJHL	52	38	55	93	1.79	60
4.	Mark Deveaux (F)	1994-1995	NSJHL	31	40	54	94	3.03	8
5.	Matthew Perruzza (F)	2018-2019	NSJHL	31	36	52	88	2.84	44

NSJHL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

NSJHL — All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Paul Fraser (D)	2011-2012	NSJHL	30	1	1	2	0.07	279
2.	Jason Hanna (F)	1999-2000	NSJHL	28	12	17	29	1.04	274
3.	Kirk Murray (D)	2018-2019	NSJHL	27	0	9	9	0.33	244
4.	Carter Tracey (F)	2009-2010	NSJHL	32	11	28	39	1.22	216
5.	Ryan Crowe (F)	2014-2015	NSJHL	32	12	13	25	0.78	208

Player Nationalities Throughout History

List of NSJHL Champions

NSJHL — Champions
Year	Team
2026	Cole Harbour Colts
2025	Cole Harbour Colts
2024	Antigonish Bulldogs
2023	Antigonish Bulldogs
2022	Antigonish Bulldogs
2019	Sackville Blazers
2018	Kameron Jr. Miners
2017	Pictou County Scotians
2016	Valley Maple Leafs
2015	Glace Bay Jr. Miners
2014	Sackville Blazers
2013	Sackville Blazers
2012	East Hants Penguins
2011	Bay Ducks
2010	Cumberland County Blues
2009	Cumberland County Blues
2008	Windsor Royals
2007	East Hants Penguins
2006	Antigonish Bulldogs
2005	Sackville Blazers
2004	Sackville Blazers
2003	Sackville Blazers
2002	Strait Pirates
2001	Strait Pirates
2000	Cape Breton Alpines
1999	Strait Pirates
1998	Windsor Royals
1997	Cape Breton Alpines
1996	Windsor Royals
1995	Windsor Royals
1994	Strait Pirates
1993	Windsor Royals