Posts About "Memorial Cup"
London Knights Deserve Crown as Canadian Hockey League Champions
May 27th, 2016 Whether you’re a fan of the London Knights, or just a hockey fan in general, you have to think this is the year for the green-and-white. From 2012-2014, the London Knights were fixtures in the Mastercard Memorial Cup, the four-team tournament to determine the Canadian Hockey League Championship. In 2012, London went 2-1 during Round...
2016 Mastercard Memorial Cup Preview
May 20th, 2016 After the marathon of the major-junior regular season and the relative sprint of the post-season, the Canadian Hockey League season finally culminates with the annual Mastercard Memorial Cup tournament. Contested annually since 1919, the Memorial Cup will be played for the 98th time this season – and the 34th time in its current format...
The 3 Best and Worst CHL Attendances
January 18th, 2016 The Canadian Hockey League is responsible for the most prospects drafted into the NHL each and every year. It is comprised of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and the Western Hockey League. In the past two drafts, 95 of the 211 draftees (45%) came out of the CHL. At the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, the WHL had...
Justin Kirkland Hopes Memorial Cup Leads to Breakout Season
June 5th, 2015 Justin Kirkland and the Kelowna Rockets may not have won the Memorial Cup, but he used the tournament to lay the groundwork for next season. The Nashville Predators third-round pick in the 2014 NHL Draft had been slowed by an injury that he suffered on Valentine’s Day. That injury put a damper on what our own Larry Fisher hoped...
Senators Prospect Tobias Lindberg Shining at Memorial Cup
May 27th, 2015 Senators fans have had a genuine interest in the Memorial Cup the past two years, and rightfully so. The previous instalment of the CHL's best-of-the-best tournament showcased Ottawa's beloved youngster Curtis Lazar playing in the final games of his junior career. In dramatic fashion, Lazar scored the game-winning goal during triple...
Memorial Cup Madness: Tobias Lindberg Edition
May 18th, 2015 The NHL playoffs are not the only high stakes hockey happening in late May. From May 22nd to 31st, the winners of the OHL, WHL and QJMHL playoffs, plus the host team from Quebec City, battle it out for the Memorial Cup. The four teams competing this year are: the Kelowna Rockets, Rimouski Oceanic, host team Quebec Remparts and the Oshawa...