Western Canada Cup

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The Western Canada Cup (WCC);^[1]^[2] officially called the Crescent Point Energy Western Canada Cup,^[3] is the Junior A ice hockey championship for the champions of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, British Columbia Hockey League, Manitoba Junior Hockey League, and Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.^[4] A 5-team round robin, the event will first be played in Nanaimo, British Columbia April 26 to May 5, 2013.^[5] The winner and runner-up from the event move on to the Royal Bank Cup, the National Junior A Championship.^[6] The tournament will feature a page playoff system to determine the two Royal Bank Cup seeds.^[7]^[8]

A trophy, to be presented to the WCC Champion, was unveiled March 20, 2013 in honour of Crescent Point Energy as the title sponsor.^[9]

History

Much like the now-retired Abbott Cup, the WCC is the championship for all of Western Canada.^[10] The Abbott Cup was a playdown championship consisting of a best-of-7 series played between the winners of the Doyle Cup (AJHL and BCHL) and Anavet Cup (MJHL and SJHL) to determine a single seed into the old national championship, the Centennial Cup. The Abbott Cup winner from 1971 until 1979 played the Eastern Canada Champion, the winner of the Dudley Hewitt Cup. From 1979 until 1989, the Abbott Cup winner played a round robin against the winner of the Dudley Hewitt Cup (Central Canada) and the J. Pius Callaghan Cup (Atlantic Canada). In 1989, the Abbott Cup was divided up and both the Doyle Cup and Anavet Cup winner were allowed into the Nationals. From 1995 until 2012, the format was that the Royal Bank Cup would host the winners of the Doyle Cup, Anavet Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, and a new Eastern Canada Championship called the Fred Page Cup.

In 2012, the leagues of the West proposed to Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League that the Doyle Cup and Anavet Cup be abolished and in 2013 the Western Canada Cup be created.^[11] On January 16, 2012, Hockey Canada announced the tournament's creation and that the first event would be hosted by Nanaimo, British Columbia.^[12]

Plans for the new tournament were first reported by the Estevan Mercury on Oct. 19, 2011.^[13]

The Western Canada Cup is not to be confused with the long running ICSA sailing regatta, the Western Canada Cup, hosted by the University of Victoria since 2008, and announced in 2007.

2013 Tournament

Round Robin

DHC Round Robin
Rank	Team	League	W-L-OTL	GF	GA
1	Brooks Bandits	AJHL	3-1-0	11	10
2	Surrey Eagles	BCHL	3-1-0	14	8
3	Yorkton Terriers	SJHL	2-1-1	9	10
4	Nanaimo Clippers	Host	2-2-0	14	11
5	Steinbach Pistons	MJHL	0-4-0	6	15

Tie Breaker: Head-to-Head, then 3-way +/-.

Results

Round Robin results
Game	Away Team	Score	Home Team	Score	Notes
1	Brooks Bandits	4	Surrey Eagles	2	Final
2	Yorkton Terriers	4	Nanaimo Clippers	3	Final
3	Steinbach Pistons	2	Yorkton Terriers	3	Final
4	Nanaimo Clippers	7	Brooks Bandits	2	Final
5	Surrey Eagles	5	Steinbach Pistons	3	Final
6	Brooks Bandits	2	Yorkton Terriers	1	OT Final
7	Surrey Eagles	4	Nanaimo Clippers	0	Final
8	Steinbach Pistons	0	Brooks Bandits	3	Final
9	Yorkton Terriers	1	Surrey Eagles	3	Final
10	Nanaimo Clippers	4	Steinbach Pistons	1	Final

Semi and Finals

Championship Round
Game	Away Team	Score	Home Team	Score	Notes
Semi-final	Nanaimo Clippers	3	Yorkton Terriers	5	Final
Final	Surrey Eagles	4	Brooks Bandits	1	Final
Runner-Up	Brooks Bandits	1	Yorkton Terriers	0	Final

WCC Champions

Western Canadian Champions
Year	Champion	Runner-Up	Series/Host
2013	Surrey Eagles	Brooks Bandits	Nanaimo, British Columbia
2014			Dauphin, Manitoba
2015			Fort McMurray, Alberta
2016			TBA, Saskatchewan

External links

References

v t e Members and championships of the Canadian Junior Hockey League

Dudley Hewitt Cup	Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Ontario Junior Hockey League Superior International Junior Hockey League

Fred Page Cup	Central Canada Hockey League Maritime Junior A Hockey League Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League

Western Canada Cup	Alberta Junior Hockey League British Columbia Hockey League Manitoba Junior Hockey League Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League

Royal Bank Cup	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

History	Abbott Cup Callaghan Cup Anavet Cup Doyle Cup Thunder Bay Flyers EJAHL IJHL MetJHL Original MJAHL NBJHL NJAHL NJHL NOJHA OPJHL PJHL QJAHL RMJHL SJJHL SOJHL TBJHL

Hockey Canada World Junior A Challenge World U-17 Hockey Challenge

Members and events of Hockey Canada

Member branches

Associate bodies

Interbranch events

Men's	Memorial Cup Allan Cup Royal Bank Cup University Cup Telus Cup Canada Winter Games Aboriginal Championships

Women's	Clarkson Cup CIS Championship Esso Cup Under-18 Championship Canada Winter Games Aboriginal Championships

Regional	Western Canada Cup Dudley Hewitt Cup Fred Page Cup Keystone Cup Don Johnson Cup Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships Brewers Cup

National teams

Men's (rosters)
Women's (rosters)
Junior (rosters)
Sledge

International events

HC organized	World U-17 Hockey Challenge World Junior A Challenge World Sport School Challenge World Sledge Hockey Challenge

IIHF organized	Olympic Winter Games Paralympic Games Youth Olympic Games Ice Hockey World Championships IIHF World Women's Championships IIHF World U20 Championship IIHF World U18 Championships IIHF World Women's U18 Championships 4 Nations Cup Meco Cup

Other	World Cup of Hockey Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament Spengler Cup Universiade Sledge World Championships

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