page_title: Midget AAA World Invitational Tournament
section_title: Champions
hierarchical_section_title: Midget AAA World Invitational Tournament / Champions
caption_attribution_description: English: The Mac's Cup, championship trophy of the Mac's AAA midget hockey tournament, held annually in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, every December.
context_page_description: The Midget AAA World Invitational Tournament is an ice hockey tournament held annually for midget aged players in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. First held in 1978 as the CP Challenge Cup, the tournament features 25 male and 15 female teams from across Canada, the United States and Europe.
  The current 2018 male champions are the St. Albert Raiders. The current female champions are the Rocky Mountain Raiders.
  The Mac's tourney is held every year beginning on Boxing Day, and concluding with the male and female championship games on New Year's Day at the Scotiabank Saddledome. The championship game has been held in front of as many as 10,000 spectators, while tournament games see as many as 3,000 fans per game, the largest crowds many of the players will have played in front of at that point of their careers. Overall, the tournament draws as many as 100,000 spectators over seven days.
  Match games are played at several Calgary arenas with the Max Bell Centre being the primary facility. Games are also held at Father David Bauer Olympic Arena and Flames Community Arenas.
  Many participants of the Mac's tourney have gone on to play in the National Hockey League.
caption: The Mac's championship trophy
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