2010 Royal Bank Cup

The 2010 Royal Bank Cup was the Junior "A" 2010 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The 2010 Royal Bank Cup marked the 40th consecutive year a national championship has been awarded to this skill level since the breakaway of Major Junior hockey in 1970.
The Royal Bank Cup was competed for by the winners of the Doyle Cup, Anavet Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Fred Page Cup and the host city, the Dauphin Kings of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.
The tournament was hosted by the Dauphin Kings and ran from May 1 to May 9 of 2010 with games played at the Credit Union Place in Dauphin, Manitoba.http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/25063/la_id/1.htm Charlie Major will be appearing as a special guest the night before the opening game.http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/69343/la_id/1.htm
In the end, the defending 2009 Royal Bank Cup champion Vernon Vipers were too much for the hometown Dauphin Kings, crushing them 8-1 in the final. In another lopsided results, during the round robin, the Brockville Braves crushed the Oakville Blades 11-2 to tie two different tournament records (goal by a winning team in one game, one game spread).http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/story/?id=320348
==Teams==
*Dauphin Kings (Host)
:Regular Season: 50-11-1-0 (1st Overall in MJHL)
:Playoffs: Defeated Neepawa Natives 4-0, Defeated Swan Valley Stampeders 4-1, Defeated Winnipeg Saints 4-0, Defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-1 for Anavet Cup.
*Brockville Braves (East)
:Regular Season: 52-8-0-2 (1st Overall in CJHL)
:Playoffs: Defeated Kemptville 73's 4-0, Defeated Ottawa Jr. Senators 4-0, Lost to Pembroke Lumber Kings 1-4, Won Fred Page Cup (4-0).
*La Ronge Ice Wolves (West)
:Regular Season: 29-21-3-5 (7th Overall in SJHL)
:Playoffs: Defeated Humboldt Broncos 3-0, Defeated Flin Flon Bombers 4-2, Defeated Battlefords North Stars 4-2, Defeated Yorkton Terriers 4-2, Lost to Dauphin Kings 1-4 for Anavet Cup.
*Oakville Blades (Central)
:Regular Season: 46-9-0-1 (2nd Overall in OJAHL)
:Playoffs: Defeated Aurora Tigers 4-1, Defeated Georgetown Raiders 4-1, Defeated Kingston Voyageurs 4-3, Defeated Newmarket Hurricanes 4-2 for Buckland Cup, Won Dudley Hewitt Cup (4-0).
*Vernon Vipers (Pacific)
:Regular Season: 51-6-0-3 (1st Overall in BCHL)
:Playoffs: Defeated Quesnel Millionaires 4-2, Defeated Penticton Vees 4-2, Defeated Powell River Kings 4-3, Defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-3 for Doyle Cup.
==Tournament==
===Round Robin===
 	
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Rank 	Team 	League 	Ticket 	W–L 	GF	GA
1 	x-Dauphin Kings 	MJHL 	Host 	4–0 	17	13
2 	x-Vernon Vipers 	BCHL 	Doyle Cup 	3–1 	18	13
3 	x-Brockville Braves 	CJHL 	Fred Page Cup 	2–2 	21	12
4 	x-La Ronge Ice Wolves 	SJHL 	Anavet Cup finalist 	1–3 	10	15
5 	Oakville Blades 	OJAHL 	Dudley Hewitt Cup 	0–4 	11	24
(x-) denotes Semi-final berth.
====Results====
 	
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Game 	Home Team 	Score 	Away Team 	Score 	Notes 	 	 	 	 	
Saturday, May 1, 2010 	Saturday, May 1, 2010 	Saturday, May 1, 2010 	Saturday, May 1, 2010 	Saturday, May 1, 2010 	Saturday, May 1, 2010 	Saturday, May 1, 2010 	Saturday, May 1, 2010 	Saturday, May 1, 2010 	Saturday, May 1, 2010 	Saturday, May 1, 2010
1 	Oakville Blades 	2 	La Ronge Ice Wolves 	3 	OT Final - Shots: 45-29 Oak	 	 	 	 	
2 	Vernon Vipers 	5 	Dauphin Kings 	6 	OT Final - Shots: 35-33 Dau	 	 	 	 	
Sunday, May 2, 2010 	Sunday, May 2, 2010 	Sunday, May 2, 2010 	Sunday, May 2, 2010 	Sunday, May 2, 2010 	Sunday, May 2, 2010 	Sunday, May 2, 2010 	Sunday, May 2, 2010 	Sunday, May 2, 2010 	Sunday, May 2, 2010 	Sunday, May 2, 2010
3 	Brockville Braves 	11 	Oakville Blades 	2 	Final - Shots: 44-29 Bro 	 	 	 	 	
4 	La Ronge Ice Wolves 	2 	Vernon Vipers 	4 	Final - Shots: 35-26 Ver 	 	 	 	 	
Monday, May 3, 2010 	Monday, May 3, 2010 	Monday, May 3, 2010 	Monday, May 3, 2010 	Monday, May 3, 2010 	Monday, May 3, 2010 	Monday, May 3, 2010 	Monday, May 3, 2010 	Monday, May 3, 2010 	Monday, May 3, 2010 	Monday, May 3, 2010
5 	Dauphin Kings 	3 	Brockville Braves 	2 	Final - Shots: 36-35 Dau 	 	 	 	 	
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 	Tuesday, May 4, 2010 	Tuesday, May 4, 2010 	Tuesday, May 4, 2010 	Tuesday, May 4, 2010 	Tuesday, May 4, 2010 	Tuesday, May 4, 2010 	Tuesday, May 4, 2010 	Tuesday, May 4, 2010 	Tuesday, May 4, 2010 	Tuesday, May 4, 2010
6 	Oakville Blades 	3 	Vernon Vipers 	5 	Final - Shots: 26-22 Oak 	 	 	 	 	
7 	La Ronge Ice Wolves 	2 	Dauphin Kings 	3 	Final - Shots: 47-35 Dau 	 	 	 	 	
Wednesday, May 5, 2010	Wednesday, May 5, 2010	Wednesday, May 5, 2010	Wednesday, May 5, 2010	Wednesday, May 5, 2010	Wednesday, May 5, 2010 	Wednesday, May 5, 2010	Wednesday, May 5, 2010	Wednesday, May 5, 2010	Wednesday, May 5, 2010	Wednesday, May 5, 2010
8 	Vernon Vipers 	4 	Brockville Braves 	2 	Final - Shots: 44-27 Ver 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Dauphin Kings 	5 	Oakville Blades 	4 	Final - Shots: 33-32 Oak 	 	 	 	 	
Thursday, May 6, 2010 	Thursday, May 6, 2010 	Thursday, May 6, 2010 	Thursday, May 6, 2010 	Thursday, May 6, 2010 	Thursday, May 6, 2010 	Thursday, May 6, 2010 	Thursday, May 6, 2010 	Thursday, May 6, 2010 	Thursday, May 6, 2010 	Thursday, May 6, 2010
10 	Brockville Braves 	6 	La Ronge Ice Wolves 	3 	Final - Shots: 44-33 Bro 	 	 	 	 	
===Semi-final===
 	
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Game 	Home Team 	Score 	Away Team 	Score 	Notes 	 	 	 	 	
Saturday, May 8, 2010	Saturday, May 8, 2010	Saturday, May 8, 2010	Saturday, May 8, 2010	Saturday, May 8, 2010	Saturday, May 8, 2010 	Saturday, May 8, 2010	Saturday, May 8, 2010	Saturday, May 8, 2010	Saturday, May 8, 2010	Saturday, May 8, 2010
11 	Vernon Vipers 	2 	Brockville Braves 	0 	Final - Shots: 35-20 Ver	 	 	 	 	
12 	Dauphin Kings 	6 	La Ronge Ice Wolves 	2 	Final - Shots: 40-35 Dau	 	 	 	 	
===Final===
 	
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Game 	Home Team 	Score 	Away Team 	Score 	Notes 	 	 	 	 	
Sunday, May 9, 2010	Sunday, May 9, 2010	Sunday, May 9, 2010	Sunday, May 9, 2010	Sunday, May 9, 2010	Sunday, May 9, 2010 	Sunday, May 9, 2010	Sunday, May 9, 2010	Sunday, May 9, 2010	Sunday, May 9, 2010	Sunday, May 9, 2010
13 	Dauphin Kings 	1 	Vernon Vipers 	8 	Final - Shots: 36-24 Ver	 	 	 	 	
==Awards==
:Roland Mercier Trophy (Tournament MVP): Shane Luke (Dauphin Kings)
:Top Forward: Scott Arnold (Brockville Braves)
:Top Defencemen: Dustin Stevenson (La Ronge Ice Wolves)
:Top Goaltender: Justin Gilbert (Brockville Braves)
:Tubby Smaltz Trophy (Sportsmanship): Kellen Jones (Vernon Vipers)
The RBC Cup Legacy Scholarship winners are:
:Brockville Braves - Scott Arnold
:Dauphin Kings - Steven Shamanski
:La Ronge Ice Wolves - Liam Brennan
:Oakville Blades - Michael Ingoldsby
:Vernon Vipers - Kevin Kraus
==Role of League Champions==
*AJHL - Spruce Grove Saints
*BCHL - Vernon Vipers
*CCHL - Newmarket Hurricanes
*CJHL - Pembroke Lumber Kings
*MJAHL - Woodstock Slammers
*MJHL - Dauphin Kings
*NOJHL - Abitibi Eskimos
*OJAHL - Oakville Blades
*QJAAAHL - Terrebonne Cobras
*SIJHL - Fort William North Stars
*SJHL - La Ronge Ice Wolves
==Team Photos==
09-10DauKin.jpg|Dauphin Kings
09-10OakBla.jpg|Oakville Blades
09-10LRIceWolves.jpg|La Ronge Ice Wolves
==Related links==
*Canadian Junior Hockey League
*Royal Bank Cup
*Anavet Cup
*Doyle Cup
*Dudley Hewitt Cup
*Fred Page Cup
==External links==
*Royal Bank Cup Website
==References==
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