Allan Cup
The
Allan Cup is the trophy awarded to the national senior (21 and over) amateur men’s
hockey champions of
Canada. The trophy was donated in
1908 by Sir H. Montague Allan to replace the
Stanley Cup, whose tournament had become a professional competition, as a trophy for amateur teams.
The trophy was originally presented to the Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal to present to the champion of their league, who then could be challenged by champions of other leagues. The first winners of the Cup were the Ottawa Cliffsides, and the first challengers (who were successful) were the Queen’s University club of Kingston, Ontario.
In the early years of the Cup its trustees quickly came to appreciate the difficulties of organizing a national competition in so large a country. In 1914, at the suggestion of one of the trustees, Claude Robinson, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) was formed as a national governing body for the sport. One of the CAHA's first decisions, in 1915, was to replace the challenge system with a series of national playoffs. In 1928 the trustees turned over responsibility for the Cup to the CAHA. In 1994 the CAHA merged with Hockey Canada to form the Canadian Hockey Association.
Since 1984 the Cup has been competed for by teams in the Senior AAA category. The original Cup has been retired to the Hockey Hall of Fame, and a replica is presented to the champions.
The Cup has been won by teams from every province and from the Yukon, as well as by two teams from the United States which played in Canadian leagues.
Winners of the Allan Cup
- 2003 Ile des Chênes North Stars
- 2002 Saint-Georges Garaga
- 2001 Lloydminster BorderKings
- 2000 Powell River Regals
- 1999 Stony Plain Eagles
- 1998 Truro Bearcats
- 1997 Powell River Regals
- 1996 Warroad Lakers
- 1995 Warroad Lakers
- 1994 Warroad Lakers
- 1993 Whitehorse Huskies
- 1992 Saint John Vito's
- 1991 Charlottetown Islanders
- 1990 Chomedey Laval Warriors
- 1989 Thunder Bay Twins
- 1988 Thunder Bay Twins
- 1987 Brantford Motts Clamatos
- 1986 Corner Brook Royals
- 1985 Thunder Bay Twins
- 1984 Thunder Bay Twins
- 1983 Cambridge Hornets
- 1982 Cranbrook Royals
- 1981 Petrolia Squires
- 1980 Spokane Flyers
- 1979 Petrolia Squires
- 1978 Kimberley Dynamiters
- 1977 Brantford Alexanders
- 1976 Spokane Flyers
- 1975 Thunder Bay Twins
- 1974 Barrie Flyers
- 1973 Orillia Terriers
- 1972 Spokane Jets
- 1971 Galt Hornets
- 1970 Spokane Jets
- 1969 Galt Hornets
- 1968 Victoriaville Tigers
- 1967 Drummondville Eagles
- 1966 Drumheller Miners
- 1965 Sherbrooke Beavers
- 1964 Winnipeg Maroons
- 1963 Windsor Bulldogs
- 1962 Trail Smoke Eaters
- 1961 Galt Terriers
- 1960 Chatham Maroons
- 1959 Whitby Dunlops
- 1958 Belleville McFarlands
- 1957 Whitby Dunlops
- 1956 Vernon Canadians
- 1955 Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen
- 1954 Penticton V's
- 1953 Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen
- 1952 Fort Frances Canadians
- 1951 Owen Sound Mercurys
- 1950 Toronto Marlboros
- 1949 Ottawa Senators
- 1948 Edmonton Flyers
- 1947 Montreal Royals
- 1946 Calgary Stampeders
- 1945 - no competition -
- 1944 Quebec Aces
- 1943 Ottawa Commandos
- 1942 Ottawa RCAF
- 1941 Regina Rangers
- 1940 Kirkland Lake Blue Devils
- 1939 Port Arthur
- 1938 Trail Smoke Eaters
- 1937 Sudbury Tigers
- 1936 Kimberley Dynamiters
- 1935 Halifax Wolverines
- 1934 Moncton Hawks
- 1933 Moncton Hawks
- 1932 Toronto Nationals
- 1931 Winnipeg Hockey Club
- 1930 Montreal AAA
- 1929 Port Arthur
- 1928 University of Manitoba
- 1927 Toronto Varsity Grads
- 1926 Port Arthur
- 1925 Port Arthur
- 1924 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
- 1923 Toronto Granites
- 1922 Toronto Granites
- 1921 University of Toronto
- 1920 Winnipeg Falcons
- 1919 Hamilton Tigers
- 1918 Kitchener Hockey Club
- 1917 Toronto Dentals
- 1916 Winnipeg 61st Battalion
- 1915 Winnipeg Monarchs
- 1914 Regina Victorias
- 1913 Winnipeg Hockey Club
- 1912 Winnipeg Victorias
- 1911 Winnipeg Victorias
- 1910 Toronto St. Michael's
- 1909 Kingston Queen's University
- 1908 Ottawa Cliffsides
