Clarence Schmalz Cup

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Clarence Schmalz Cup

The Clarence Schmalz Cup is the Ontario Hockey Association's Junior "C" ice hockey championship and championship trophy. The tournament to determine the winner of the Cup is commonly called the All-Ontario Championships. The leagues that compete for the trophy are: the Central Junior C Hockey League, Empire Junior C Hockey League, Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League, Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League, Niagara Junior C Hockey League, and Western Junior C Hockey League.

[edit] Clarence (Tubby) Schmalz

The trophy was named in honour of Clarence (Tubby) Schmalz (1915-1981), a longtime hockey administrator who first got involved with organized sports in his adopted hometown of Walkerton, Ontario. He and his brother, his partner in a Walkerton hotel called the Hartley House, sponsored an intermediate softball team that won four consecutive provincial championships in the 1950s. Tubby Schmalz also operated a hockey team called the Capitols, who competed in the OHA Intermediate B ranks. He became an OHA director in 1956 and remained an active member of the organization for the next 22 years.

Schmalz served as OHA president from 1969 to 1972. In 1974 the Major Junior A program began operating independently of the association as the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League; Schmalz became the league's first commissioner, a post he held until 1978.

The OHA presented Schmalz with a Gold Stick award in 1977 in recognition of his contributions to the association. A year later it made him a life member. In 1979 he received a meritorious service award from the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (now known as Hockey Canada). That same year, he was elected vice-chairman of the CAHA's board of directors. He was elected chairman in May 1981.

Less than seven months later, on the morning of Dec. 7, 1981, he died suddenly of a heart attack. It was 12 days before his 65th birthday.

OHA directors formed an honour guard at his funeral two days later at Sacred Heart Church in Walkerton. The association renamed the OHA Junior C Cup in his memory a year or two later, then collaborated with Schmalz's family in the creation of a commemorative trophy case in the lobby of the Walkerton Community Centre.^[1]

[edit] Competing Leagues

• Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League (COJCHL) 1965 to Present
• Empire B Junior C Hockey League (EBJCHL) 1996 to Present

• formerly Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League (EOJCHL) 1989-1996

• Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League (GMOHL) 1994 to Present

• formerly Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League (MOJCHL) 1970-1994
• formerly Georgian Bay Junior C Hockey League (GBJCHL) 1970-1994

• Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League (GLJHL) 1970 to Present

• formerly Border Cities Junior Hockey League (BCJHL) 1968-1970
• formerly Bluewater Junior C Hockey League (BJCHL) 1964-1968

• Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League (NJCHL) 1974 to Present
• Western Ontario Junior C Hockey League (WJCHL) 1989 to Present

• formerly Grey-Bruce Junior C Hockey League (GBJCHL) 1980-1989
• formerly Central Junior C Hockey League (CJCHL) 1960-1980

[edit] Past Competing Leagues

• Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League (QSLJHL) 1965-1986

[edit] 2007 Clarence Schmalz Cup

[edit] 2006 Clarence Schmalz Cup

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[edit] Clarence Schmalz Cup Champions

The Junior "C" Challenge Cup, given to the best Junior "C" team in the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Schmalz Cup.

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[edit] See also

Ontario Hockey Association Junior "C"
Central Junior C Hockey League | Empire Junior C Hockey League | Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League | Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League | Niagara Junior C Hockey League | Western Junior C Hockey League Clarence Schmalz Cup | Ontario Hockey Federation | Hockey Canada