Timeline of Teams in The MHL
- 1967 – Metro Valley Junior Hockey League is founded at Junior B level
- 1967 - East Hants Junior Penguins, Halifax Colonels, Dartmouth Hoyts Arrows, Windsor Royals, Kentville Riteway Rangers, and Berwick Shell Junior Bruins are founding members of the league.
- 1968 – Kentville Riteway Rangers move to Truro and are renamed the Truro Bearcats
- 1968 - Berwick Shell Junior Bruins move to Amherst and are renamed the Amherst Ramblers
- 196? - The Halifax Colonels become the Halifax Blazers sometime between the inaugural season and the 1972-73 season.
- 1972 - Chester Ravens enter league?
- 1972 - New Glasgow Bombers enter league
- 1972 - Pictou Maripacs enter league
- 1973 – Stellarton Spitfires join league
- 1974 – Kentville Colonels join league
- 1975 – Stellarton Spitfires leave league
- 1975 – Pictou Maripacs leave league
- 1975 – Halifax Blazers are renamed Halifax Centennials
- 1976 – Cole Harbour Colts join league
- 1976 – New Glasgow Bombers leave league
- 1977 – League is promoted to Junior A
- 1977 – East Hantz Penguins leave league
- 1977 – Chester Ravens leave league but franchise is demoted to Jr. B in 1980
- 1977 – Halifax Centennials are renamed Halifax Lions
- 1978 – Windsor Royals expelled from league mid-season for short roster
- 1980 – Kentville Colonels leave league
- 1980 – Valley Wildcats join league
- 1983 – Truro Bearcats fold mid-season (November)
- 1983 – Moncton Hawks join league from New Brunswick Junior Hockey League
- 1984 – Valley Wildcats leave league
- 1986 – Antigonish Bulldogs join league
- 1987 – Dartmouth Arrows renamed Dartmouth Fuel Kids
- 1988 – Dartmouth Fuel Kids renamed Dartmouth Eagles
- 1989 – Dartmouth Eagles renamed Dartmouth Pepsis
- 1989 – Halifax Lions renamed Halifax DQ Blizzards
- 1990 – Moncton Hawks renamed Moncton Classics
- 1990 – Halifax DQ Blizzards renamed Halifax Canadians
- 1991 – Metro Valley Junior Hockey League is renamed Maritime Junior A Hockey League
- 1991 – Charlottetown Abbies join league from Island Junior Hockey League
- 1991 - Summerside Western Capitals join league from Island Junior Hockey League
- 1991 – Halifax Canadians renamed Halifax Mooseheads
- 1991 – Moncton Classics renamed Moncton-Dieppe Classics
- 1992 – Dartmouth Pepsis leave league
- 1993 – Moncton-Dieppe Classics become Moncton-Dieppe Beavers
- 1993 – Halifax Mooseheads renamed Halifax Oland Exports
- 1994 – Moncton-Dieppe Beaves renamed Moncton Beavers
- 1994 – Amherst Ramblers renamed Amherst Mooseheads
- 1994 – Charlottetown Abbies take one year leave
- 1995 – Charlottetown Abbies return to league
- 1995 – Saint John Alpines join league
- 1995 – Halifax Oland Exports move to Dartmouth and are renamed Dartmouth Oland Exports
- 1995 – Cole Harbour Colts move to East Hants and are renamed East Hants Penguins
- 1996 – Restigouche River Rats join league
- 1996 – Cape Breton Islanders join league
- 1997 – Saint John Alpines fold mid-season (January)
- 1997 – Truro Bearcats join league
- 1997 – Cape Breton Islanders leave league
- 1998 – Dartmouth Oland Exports move to Halifax and are renamed Halifax Oland Exports
- 1998 – Amherst Mooseheads renamed Amherst Ramblers
- 1999 – Restigouche River Rats renamed Campbellton Tigers
- 2000 – Miramichi Timberwolves join league
- 2000 – East Hants Penguins move to Darmouth and are renamed Dartmouth DQ Blizzard
- 2002 – Dartmouth DQ Blizzard move from Dartmouth and renamed Yarmouth Mariners
- 2003 – Halifax Oland Exports renamed Halifax Team Pepsi
- 2003 – Woodstock Slammers join league
- 2004 – Halifax Team Pepsi move from Halifax to New Glasgow and renamed Pictou County Weeks Crushers
- 2004 – Halifax Wolverines join league
- 2005 – Campbellton Tigers change their name to Restigouche Tigers
- 2008 – Charlottetown Abbies leave league
- 2008 – Halifax Wolverines move from Halifax to Bridgewater and are renamed Bridgewater Lumberjacks
- 2008 – Antigonish Bulldogs move from Antigonish to Halifax and are renamed Halifax Lions
- 2008 – Moncton Beavers move from Moncton to Dieppe and are renamed Dieppe Commandos
- 2009 – Restigouche Tigers renamed Campbellton Tigers
- 2010 – Halifax Lions move from Halifax to Darmouth and are renamed Metro Marauders (Dartmouth)
- 2010 – Maritime Junior A Hockey League changes their name to Maritime Hockey League
- 2012 - Metro Marauders renamed the Metro Shipbuilders
Bolded teams indicate the original names of active franchises.
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