Royal Bank Cup
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The Royal Bank Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament held to determine the Canadian Junior A champion. The winner of the tournament wins the Royal Bank Cup. The forerunner to the Royal Bank Cup was the Manitoba Centennial Cup, which ran for 25 years from 1971 to 1995 inclusive.
The Doyle Cup Champion traditionally plays off against the Anavet Cup Champion at the Royal Bank Cup for the Western Canadian Championship, The Abbott Cup. The outcome of the Abbott Cup is determined during the Royal Bank Cup round robin and the outcome of the game is more important in tournament placement, sadly, than the long history of the award.
The current tournament structure is a five-team round-robin with a playdown. The participating teams are the four regional champions and the host team.
- Fred Page Cup: Eastern Champion
- Dudley Hewitt Cup: Ontario Champion
- Anavet Cup: Midwestern Champion
- Doyle Cup: Western Champion
- Host Team: Canadian Junior A Hockey League
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[edit] Royal Bank Cup History
In May of 1996, the inaugural Royal Bank Cup was held in Melfort, Saskatchewan, continuing the fine tradition of a National Junior ‘A’ championship. Each league across Canada sends their championship club to a regional qualifier, playing for the right to represent the region at the Royal Bank Cup tournament.
[edit] Royal Bank Cup Winners
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006 Burnaby Express (BCHL)
- 2005 Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)
- 2004 Aurora Tigers (OPJHL)
- 2003 Humboldt Broncos (SJHL)
- 2002 Halifax Oland Exports (MJAHL)
- 2001 Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL)
- 2000 Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL)
- 1999 Vernon Vipers (BCHL)
- 1998 South Surrey Eagles (BCHL)
- 1997 Summerside Western Capitals (MJAHL)
- 1996 Vernon Vipers (BCHL)
[edit] Manitoba Centennial Trophy History
The Manitoba Centennial Trophy was presented to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) by the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association to commemorate their centennial year of 1970. It was in that year that the CAHA reconfigured their junior tier, creating two separate classifications - Major Junior and Junior "A." The Major Junior class encompassed the teams that made up the "Canadian Major Junior Hockey League" while the Junior "A" section included the remaining junior teams within the association. With the Memorial Cup established as a trophy exclusively for teams in the "Canadian Major Junior Hockey League", the Manitoba Centennial Trophy served as the trophy for the champions of this new Junior "A" division.
The Red Deer Rustlers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League defeated the Charlottetown Islanders in 1971 to claim the inaugural Canadian Junior A Championship and Manitoba Centennial Trophy, often referred to as the "Centennial Cup."
[edit] Manitoba Centennial Trophy Winners
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[edit] Most Championships by League
| Rank | League | Championships |
| 1 | British Columbia Hockey League | 9 |
| 2 | Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League | 8 |
| 3 | Alberta Junior Hockey League | 7 |
| 4 | Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League | 4 |
| T5 | Manitoba Junior Hockey League | 2 |
| T5 | Maritime Junior A Hockey League | 2 |
| T5 | United States Hockey League | 2 |
| T8 | Central Junior A Hockey League | 1 |
| T8 | Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League | 1 |
