The Continental Junior Hockey League (CJHL) was an independent junior ice hockey league based in the Northeastern United States and Canada.

The 2011–12 season saw Cashman promise and announce many new teams and an affiliation with the Amateur Athletic Union.

Erie announced through the press that it was withdrawing from the league in November,[8] but the team, partially owned by Niagara owner Cashman, later became a founding member of the Midwest Junior Hockey League in 2011 but folded before the season.

Early in the summer of 2011, the CJHL entered into an agreement with the Amateur Athletic Union for sanctioning.

The AAU also has launched an audit into the CJHL's prior roster keeping practices and allegations of using unsigned and uncarded players.