2024 Allan Cup

The 2024 Allan Cup officially worded as the 2024 Allan Cup Challenge is to be held April of 2024 at the J. L. Grightmire Arena in Dundas, Ontario being hosted by the Dundas Real McCoys of Allan Cup Hockey. This event marks the 112th time that the Allan Cup will be awarded since the beginning of competition for the Allan Cup began in 1909 when it was presented by H. Montagu Allan as a challenge trophy emblematic of the Senior level championship of Canada replacing the Stanley Cup which though originally intended as an amateur championship had become openly professional in the earlier years of the 1900's. 
The only confirmed teams attempting to qualify for the Allan Cup as of December are the four members of Allan Cup Hockey (Brampton Buccaneers, Dundas Real McCoys, Stoney Creek Tigers, and Wentworth Gryphins) along with the Innisfail Eagles and Stony Plain Eagles of the Chinook Hockey League.
==Host Venue==
The J. L. Grightmire Arena in Dundas, Ontario, which is the home rink of the Dundas Real McCoys is the host venue for the tournament. The arena, which has a capacity of just over 1,000 first opened as the Dundas Arena in 1952. The arena previously hosted the Allan Cup in 2003, 2014, 2023. The arena was intended to be either host or co-host of the 2020, 2021, and 2022 tournaments all of which were cancelled by Hockey Canada as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
==Qualifying==
The Dundas Real McCoys automatically qualify for the tournament as the host team.
Due to the lack of teams playing at the Senior AAA level as a result of many teams being shutdown for 1 to 2 years and not being able to raise revenue to finance travel to Ontario the only actual qualifying event ended up being the Allan Cup Hockey league playoffs. The playoff champion (or runner-up if the Dundas Real McCoys win the championship) qualify as the league's representative.
The 2023-24 Chinook Hockey League season playoffs doubled as the 2024 Alberta Senior AAA playoffs.
On March 18, 2024 it was announced that the Southern Shore Breakers would be representing the province and Atlantic region at the 2024 Allan Cup.https://aeshl.com/news.php?news_id=12566
==Senior AAA Teams for 2023-24==
The following teams declared as Senior AAA for the 2023-24 playing season, which by Hockey Canada standards make them eligible to compete for the 2024 Allan Cup.
Team 	League	Founded	Notes
Brampton Buccaneers 	ACH 	2022 	Ceased operations on February 13th
Dundas Real McCoys 	ACH 	2000 	Qualify as host;2014 Allan Cup champions
Stoney Creek Tigers 	ACH 	2015 	previously known as Hamilton Steelhawks until 2022 and Hamilton Steelers for 2022-23Qualify as ACH champion
Innisfail Eagles 	ChHL 	1947 	qualify as 2024 Alberta Senior AAA playoffs championsEliminated in Round Robin
Southern Shore Breakers	AESHL 	1993 	selected as Newfoundland and Labrador Representative
Stony Plain Eagles 	ChHL 	1946 	1999 Allan Cup championsLost 2024 Alberta Senior AAA playoff final
Wentworth Gryphins 	ACH 	2021 	founded as Flamborough Ducks in 2021eliminated in league playoff Final
==Format==
All four qualifying teams participate in a single round robin to determine seeding. The first place team advances to the championship game against the winner of the semifinal game which matches up the second and third place teams. The fourth place team is eliminated from further play.
==Schedule/Results==
===Round Robin===
*April 20: Dundas Real McCoys 3-2 Southern Shore Breakers
*April 21: Stoney Creek Tigers 5-4 Innisfail Eagles
*April 22: Innisfail Eagles 2-5 Dundas Real McCoys
*April 23: Southern Shore Breakers 4-2 Stoney Creek Tigers
*April 24: Southern Shore Breakers 2-0 Innisfail Eagles
*April 24: Dundas Real McCoys 3-2 Stoney Creek Tigers (ot)
===Standings===
Rank	Team 	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
1 	Dundas Real McCoys 	3 	3	0	0 	11	6 	8
2 	Southern Shore Breakers	3 	2	1	0 	8 	5 	6
3 	Stoney Creek Tigers 	3 	1	1	1 	9 	11	4
4 	Innisfail Eagles 	3 	0	3	0 	6 	12	0
===Semifinal===
*April 26: Stoney Creek Tigers 1-4 Southern Shore Breakers
===Final===
*April 27: Southern Shore Breakers 1-6 Dundas Real McCoys
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