Telus Cup

The Telus Cup is Canada's national male U18 AAA ice hockey club championship. It is an annual event, held by Hockey Canada each April. From 1979 to 2003, the national midget championship was sponsored by Air Canada. From 2003 to 2022 it was sponsored by Telus. It was unnamed in 2023 after scandal within Hockey Canada led to Telus withdrawing sponsorship before returning for the 2024 edition.
==History==
===Wrigley Cup (1973-1978)===
The forerunner to the Canadian national male midget championship was the Wrigley National Midget Hockey Tournament which ran from 1974 though 1978. Oshawa, Ontario hosted the very first Wrigley tournament. In 1973, prior to Wrigley, the Prince Edward Island provincial government co-sponsored it as part of their "Come Home Year" celebrations.
The Wrigley was an invitational event, with each of Canadian Hockey's branches declaring their respective champions through play-downs held during the Christmas and New Year's holidays. The champions were invited to take part in the Wrigley each January, a host team comprised the final competitor.
Each year, the winning team represented Canada in the Soviet Union for a series of games against elite teams, including the Soviet Midget Red Army in Moscow, Leningrad, and Riga. The Verdun Midget Maple Leafs won the first Wrigley championship in 1974, defeating Kingston Gurnsey Realtors of Ontario 5-3. The final game was televised live coast to coast by the CTV Television Network. Media in USSR reported that the last game between the Leafs and the Red Army team in Moscow was viewed by more than 100 million people on Soviet television, although there were only two television channels in Russia at that time. Verdun lost to the National Russian Team, 6-5.
===Air Canada Cup (1979-2003)===
Canada's official national midget championship, the Air Canada Cup, was established in 1979. The inaugural tournament was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba and used a format similar to the Wrigley. Each of Canada's twelve branches determined their champions through their own playoff system. The branch champions advanced to the national tournament to play for the Air Canada Cup.
In 1984, the Air Canada Cup was revised to the current six-team format. Five regional champions, decided by inter-branch competition (branch playoffs in Quebec), and a predetermined host team play a round robin with the top four teams qualifying for the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals advance to the gold medal game, the losers play for the bronze medal. A total of 19 games are played over six days of competition.
===Telus Cup (2004-present)===
After Air Canada's sponsorship ended in 2003, Telus signed on as the new title sponsor and the national championship was rechristened as the Telus Cup in October 2004.
Teams from Saskatchewan and Quebec have been dominate at this event and captured the most medals. The most successful teams include the Notre Dame Hounds, Regina Pat Canadians, Prince Albert Mintos, Lac St-Louis Lions, Richelieu Riverains (now Collège Charles-Lemoyne), and Red Deer Rebels/Chiefs.
All Telus Cup round robin, semi-final, and bronze medal games are streamed live by FASTHockey.com. Each year's gold medal game is televised nationally on TSN (English) and RDS (French).
==Winners and hosts==
Wrigley Cup
Year	Gold Medal 	Silver Medal 	Bronze Medal 	Location
1974	Verdun Leafs 	Kingston 	Hull Kiwanis 	Oshawa, ON
1975	Barrie Co-ops 	Verdun Leafs 	Oshawa Parkway 	Oshawa, ON
1976	Calgary Spurs 	Toronto Nationals 	Swift Current Legionnaires	Calgary, AB
1977	Don Mills Flyers 	Lions du Lac St-Louis	Burnaby Winter Club 	Moncton, NB
1978	Couillard de Ste-Foy	East Ottawa Voyageurs	Toronto-Wexford 	Verdun, QC
Air Canada/Telus Cup
Year	Gold Medal 	Silver Medal 	Bronze Medal 	Location
1979	Couillard de Ste-Foy 	St. Michael's College Buzzers 	Notre Dame Hounds 	Winnipeg, MB
1980	Notre Dame Hounds 	Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 	North Shore Winter Club 	Cornwall, ON
1981	Lions du Lac St-Louis 	Kitchener Greenshirts 	Antigonish Novas 	Halifax, NS
1982	Burnaby Winter Club 	Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 	Cape Breton Colonels South Ottawa Warriors (tie) 	Victoria, BC
1983	Regina Pat Canadians 	Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 	Andrews Maroons 	Ste-Foy, QC
1984	North Bay Pine Hill 	Notre Dame Hounds 	Lions du Lac St-Louis 	North Bay, ON
1985	Lions du Lac St-Louis 	Regina Pat Canadians 	Calgary Buffaloes 	Regina, SK
1986	Notre Dame Hounds 	Toronto Redwings 	Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 	Moncton, NB
1987	Riverains du Richelieu 	Notre Dame Hounds 	Calgary Buffaloes 	Gloucester, ON
1988	Regina Pat Canadians 	Calgary Northstars 	Thunder Bay Bearcats 	Thunder Bay, ON
1989	Calgary Buffaloes 	Regina Pat Canadians 	Wexford Raiders 	St. John's, NL
1990	Riverains du Richelieu 	Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 	Notre Dame Hounds 	Sorel, QC
1991	Calgary Northstars 	Sherwood Park Chain Gang 	Lions du Lac St-Louis 	Calgary, AB
1992	Lions du Lac St-Louis 	Thunder Bay Kings 	Dartmouth Kings 	Dartmouth, NS
1993	Yorkton Mallers 	Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 	Sault Ste Marie Legion 	Kitchener, ON
1994	Regina Pat Canadians 	Red Deer Chiefs 	L'Intrepide de Gatineau 	Brandon, MB
1995	Thunder Bay Kings 	Red Deer Chiefs 	Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 	Sherbrooke, QC
1996	Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 	Thunder Bay Kings 	North Kamloops Lions 	Kamloops, BC
1997	Thunder Bay Kings 	New Liskeard Cubs 	Calgary Royals 	New Glasgow, NS
1998	Riverains du C.C. Lemoyne 	Sudbury Nickel Capitals 	Calgary Buffaloes 	Sudbury, ON
1999	Regina Pat Canadians 	Calgary Flames 	Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 	Prince Albert, SK
2000	Cantonniers de Magog 	C.F. de Montréal-Bourassa 	Saskatoon Contacts 	Montréal, QC
2001	Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 	Calgary Royals 	Toronto Young Nationals 	Prince George, BC
2002	Tisdale Trojans 	Dartmouth Subways 	Riverains du C.C. Lemoyne 	Bathurst, NB
2003	Calgary Northstars 	Gaulois du Collège Antoine-Girouard 	St. John's Maple Leafs 	Sault Ste Marie, ON
2004	Brandon Wheat Kings 	Riverains du C.C. Lemoyne 	Red Deer Chiefs 	Kenora, ON
2005	Saskatoon Contacts 	L'Intrépide de Gatineau 	Commandeurs de Lévis 	Gatineau, QC
2006	Prince Albert Mintos 	Calgary Buffaloes 	Patriotes de Châteauguay 	Charlottetown, PEI
2007	Prince Albert Mintos 	Red Deer Chiefs 	Blizzard du Sém. St-François 	Red Deer, AB
2008	Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves 	Winnipeg Thrashers 	Blizzard du Sém. St-François 	Arnprior, ON
2009	Notre Dame Hounds 	Calgary Buffaloes 	R.S. de Laval-Bourassa 	Selkirk, MB
2010	Notre Dame Hounds 	Mississauga Reps 	St. John's Fog Devils 	Lévis, QC
2011	Winnipeg Thrashers 	London Jr. Knights 	Lac St-Louis Lions 	St. John's, NL
2012	Red Deer Chiefs 	Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin 	Saskatoon Contacts 	Leduc, AB
2013	Red Deer Chiefs 	Ottawa Junior 67's 	R.R. de Laval-Montréal 	Sault Ste Marie, ON
2014	Prince Albert Mintos 	Grenadiers de Châteauguay 	Okanagan Rockets 	Moose Jaw, SK
2015	Toronto Young Nationals 	Grenadiers de Châteauguay 	Regina Pat Canadians 	Rivière-du-Loup, QC
2016	North York Rangers 	Saint John Vito's 	Lac St-Louis Lions 	Quispamsis, NB
2017	Cape Breton West Islanders 	Blizzard du Sém. St-François 	Mississauga Rebels 	Prince George, BC
2018	Notre Dame Hounds 	Cantonniers de Magog 	AB}} Lethbridge Hurricanes 	Sudbury, ON
2019	Toronto Young Nationals 	Magog Cantonniers 	Tisdale Trojans 	Thunder Bay, ON
2020	Tournament cancelled by Hockey Canada due to COVID-19 pandemic 	Tournament cancelled by Hockey Canada due to COVID-19 pandemic 	Tournament cancelled by Hockey Canada due to COVID-19 pandemic 	St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
2021	Tournament cancelled February 5th by Hockey Canada due to COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled February 5th by Hockey Canada due to COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled February 5th by Hockey Canada due to COVID-19 pandemic	Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
2022	Moncton Flyers AAA 	Magog Cantonniers 	No Bronze medal game 	Okotoks, Alberta
2023	Blizzard du Séminaire Saint-François 	Gaulois de Saint-Hyacinthe 	Saskatoon Blazers Toronto Jr. Canadiens AAA (tie) 	St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
2024	Magog Cantonniers 	Brandon AAA U18 Wheat Kings 	Calgary Buffaloes Midget AAA 	Sydney, Nova Scotia
2025	 	 	 	Chilliwack, British Columbia
==National championships by region==
Medals by Region
Region 	Branches 	Gold	Silver	Bronze
West 	SHA, HM, NWO 	18 	6 	9
Quebec 	HQ 	11 	15 	15
Pacific 	BCH, HA, HN 	6 	9 	7
Central 	OHF, HEO 	5 	8 	7
Atlantic	HNB, HNS, HPEI, HNL	2 	2 	5
Note: Wins by host teams and teams prior to regional consolidation have been assigned to their respective regions as they currently exist.
==Award winners==
See: List of Telus Cup award winners
==Telus Cup alumni==
See: List of Telus Cup alumni who played in the NHL
==References==
==See Also==
*Telus Cup Atlantic Regional
*Telus Cup Central Regional
*Telus Cup Pacific Regional
*Telus Cup East Regional
*Telus Cup West Regional
*Esso Cup
==External links==
*Telus Cup website
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