Jay Summers League

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The Jay Summers League is the top level of McPsychovillian domestic hockey. It began its life as the McPsychovillian Hockey Association League (MHAL) in 1942, but when Jay Summers retired in 1959, the league was renamed to pay tribute to him; many members of the MHA believed that Summers deserved an honour of this magnitude.

It is comprised of sixteen teams in two divisions - the First and Second Divisions - with each of the eight teams in the division playing each other three times, with a total of twenty-one games being played in the league. This is an unusual concept, as it is different from that of many other leagues; to use a recent example, in the 2004/2005 season, the London Knights would play the Andrecht Argonauts once in London, once in Andrecht and once in a neutral stadium, in another city. The fixtures list is set up specifically to avoid clashes occurring.

On some occasions, two teams have shared the top spot at the end of the league season, with an equal number of points. In this event, these teams face one another in a seven-game playoff series to determine the champion in a manner not dissimilar to that of the NHL’s Stanley Cup. Awarded to the champion is the Jay Summers Trophy, and this was the first trophy in the MHA - up until then, the winners of the MHAL were awarded medals individually, but nothing else.


Champions

1959 - Royston Valley Vipers
1960 - North Pohl Panthers
1961 - London Knights
1962 - Tanguay Titans
1963 - North Pohl Panthers
1964 - London Knights
1965 - Selanne Samurai
1966 - Selanne Samurai
1967 - Andrecht Argonauts
1968 - London Knights
1969 - Royston Valley Vipers
1970 - Andrecht Argonauts
1971 - North Pohl Panthers
1972 - Tanguay Titans
1973 - Tanguay Titans
1974 - Andrecht Argonauts
1975 - Selanne Samurai
1976 - Andrecht Argonauts
1977 - London Knights
1978 - London Knights
1979 - London Knights
1980 - Tanguay Titans
1981 - Royston Valley Vipers
1982 - Royston Valley Vipers
1983 - Andrecht Argonauts
1984 - North Pohl Panthers
1985 - Tanguay Titans
1986 - London Knights
1987 - Selanne Samurai
1988 - London Knights
1989 - Selanne Samurai
1990 - Deadbolt Sentinels
1991 - London Knights
1992 - Tanguay Titans
1993 - Selanne Samurai
1994 - Carson City Kings
1995 - Tanguay Titans
1996 - Tanguay Titans
1997 - Deadbolt Sentinels
1998 - Tanguay Titans
1999 - Deadbolt Sentinels
2000 - London Knights
2001 - Carson City Kings
2002 - Selanne Samurai
2003 - London Knights
2004 - Tanguay Titans
2005 - London Knights

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