East Hants Penguins


East Hants Penguins are a Junior ice hockey team from East Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Penguins play in the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League and are the 2007 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B Champions.

History

The Penguins were founded in 2000, but East Hants has a history that dates back decades in junior hockey.
In 2007, the Penguins won their first league title and went on to the Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B Championships. They defeated the host Cumberland County Blues 7–2, Central West Junior Hockey League's Central Jr. Cataracts 11–2, New Brunswick's Madawaska 506 who played in Quebec all season 12–4, and the Island Junior Hockey League's Kensington Vipers 6–5 in overtime to finish first in the tournament round robin with a 4–0–0 record. In the semi-final, the Penguins again crushed Central 8–3 and in the final they defeated Cumberland County 2–0 to win their first and only Don Johnson Cup.
In 2011–12, the Penguins finished second place in the regular season with a 24–8–2 record. They would go on to win the league playoff championship. At the 2012 Don Johnson Cup in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Penguins would finish the round robin with a record of three wins and one loss. The Penguins started the tournament with a 9–0 drubbing of the St. John's Junior Hockey League's Mount Pearl Jr. Blades. Next, the Penguins beat the New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League's Moncton Vito's 5–2. In the third game, the Penguins would win 3–2 in overtime to remain perfect, beating the Island Junior Hockey League's Kensington Vipers. In the final game of the round robin, the Penguins would face the also undefeated host St. John's Jr. Caps. The Jr. Caps won the game 3–2. In the semi-finals, the Penguins defeated the Kensington Vipers again 2–1. The Moncton Vito's upset the St. John's Jr. Caps in the other semi-final and were set to play the Penguins in the final. The final went to overtime and the Vito's prevailed with a 2–1 victory.

Season-by-season record

SeasonGPWOTW
SOW		T/OTLLGF GAPResultsPlayoffs
2015–1634144214--523rd of 6 Fred Fox
5th of 11 NSJHL		Lost Div. Semifinal 1–4,
2016–1734164113163142574th of 6 Fred Fox
5th of 11 NSJHL		Lost Div. Semifinal 3–4,
2017–183426-26203133541st of 6 Fred Fox
1st of 11 NSJHL		Won Div. Semifinal 4–1,
Won Div. Final, 4–1
Lost League Finals 0–4
advance to Don Johnson as
Jr. Miners are Host
2018–19322352220198501st of 6 Fred Fox
2nd of 12 NSJHL		Won Div. Semifinal 4–0,
Lost Div. Final, 2–4

Don Johnson Cup

Eastern Canada Jr B Championships
YearRound RobinRecordStandingSemifinalBronze Medal
Game		Gold Medal
Game
2007W, Cumberland Blues 7–2
W, Central Cataracts 11–2
W, Madawaska 12–4
W, OT, Kensington Vipers 6–5		4–0–01st of 5W, Central
Cataracts 8–3		n/aW, Cumberland Blues 2–0
Don Johnson Cup
Champions
2012W, Mount Pearl Blades, 9–0
W, Moncton Vitos, 5–2
OTW, Kensington Vipers 2–3
L, St, Johns Caps 2–3		3–1–02nd of 5W, Kensington
Vipers 1–2		n/aL, Moncton Vitos, 1–2
2018OTL, Kameron Jr. Miners, 4–5
L, Western Red Wings, 6–8
OTW, Moncton Vitos, 4–3
OTL, Mount Pearl Jr. Blades, 3–4		1–1–24th of 5L, Kameron Jr. Miners, 2–5n/an/a