Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League

The Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League (GHL) was a junior ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association from 1974 until 2007. In 2007, the league became a division of the newly formed Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League along with the Mid-Western Junior Hockey League and Western Ontario Hockey League.

History
The year 1974 saw the founding of the Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League. The league consisted mostly of "inner ring" teams from the Niagara District Junior B Hockey League. The "outer ring" teams maintained with the Niagara league. In 1978, the Golden Horseshoe league jumped from six to nine teams by swallowing the majority of the short-lived Southwestern Junior B Hockey League. A season later, the Niagara District league folded and their final champion, the Fort Erie Meteors, came aboard as the GHL's tenth team.

In 1995-96 and 1996–97, the GHL played an interlocking schedule with USA Hockey's North Eastern Junior Hockey League. In 1997-98, the league even allowed the expansion of one of the NEJHL's teams, the Rochester Jr. Americans for a single season.

In 2005-06, the GHL allowed another former NEJHL team, the Wheatfield Jr. Blades, to participate in the league.

In 2007, the league merged with the Western Ontario Hockey League and the Mid-Western Junior Hockey League to form the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.

2007-08 season
For information on the 2007-08 season, please see: Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.

Final teams
These are the teams that were in the league during its final independent season (2006-07).
 * Fort Erie Meteors
 * Niagara Falls Canucks
 * Port Colborne Sailors
 * St. Catharines Falcons
 * Stoney Creek Warriors
 * Thorold Blackhawks
 * Welland Jr. Canadians
 * Wheatfield Jr. Blades

Other former members

 * Brantford Classics
 * Buffalo Jr. Sabres
 * Caledonia Corvairs
 * Dundas Blues
 * Dunnville Terriers
 * Grimsby Peach Kings
 * Hamilton Mountain Bees
 * Hamilton Red Wings
 * Simcoe Jets
 * Tillsonburg Mavericks

Former interleague opponents

 * Pittsburgh Renegades
 * Rochester Jr. Americans
 * Springfield Jr. Indians

Records
Records taken from Official Website.
 * Best record: 1997-98 Niagara Falls Canucks (43-3-3)
 * Worst record: 1993-94 Fort Erie Meteors (1-38-1)