The 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.
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 7âÂÂ2, Central West Junior Hockey League's Central Jr. Cataracts 11âÂÂ2, New Brunswick's Madawaska 506 who played in Quebec all season 12âÂÂ4, and the Island Junior Hockey League's Kensington Vipers 6âÂÂ5 in overtime to finish first in the tournament round robin with a 4âÂÂ0âÂÂ0 record. In the semi-final, the Penguins again crushed Central 8âÂÂ3 and in the final they defeated Cumberland County 2âÂÂ0 to win their first and only Don Johnson Cup.
In 2011âÂÂ12, the Penguins finished second place in the regular season with a 24âÂÂ8âÂÂ2 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 9âÂÂ0 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 5âÂÂ2. In the third game, the Penguins would win 3âÂÂ2 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 3âÂÂ2. In the semi-finals, the Penguins defeated the Kensington Vipers again 2âÂÂ1. 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 2âÂÂ1 victory.
The Penguins reached the league finals in 2022, where they lost to the Munro Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs.
Eastern Canada Jr B Championships