2024 Centennial Cup

This is the 2024 Centennial Cup, which is Canada's National Junior A Championship. the event will be held May 9-19 2024 at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex in Oakville, Ontario hosted by the Oakville Blades of the Ontario Junior Hockey League.
==Qualifying==
The tournament will be a ten team tournament for the third straight year with the nine league champions of the Canadian Junior Hockey League member leagues plus the host Oakville Blades. This negates the need for the Fred Page Cup, Anavet Cup, and the Dudley Hewitt Cup. One hundred-twenty-two teams are eligible to qualify for the tournament. As a result of the withdrawal announcement from the Alberta Junior Hockey League to join the British Columbia Hockey League for 2024-25 the five teams were expelled from the AJHL and thus became ineligible to compete in league playoffs and for the Centennial Cup.
==Bid==
The bid being awarded to Oakville, Ontario was announced on May 4, 2023. As part of the same announcement Okotoks, Alberta was announced as the host of the 2025 Centennial Cup.https://www.cjhlhockey.com/en/hosts-announced-for-2024-and-2025-centennial-cups Due to the Okotoks Oilers withdrawing from Hockey Canada the host of the 2025 tournament will be changed.
==List of Participants==
===Pool A===
*Alberta Junior Hockey League champion: Calgary Canucks
*Central Canada Hockey League champion: Navan Grads
*Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League champion: Greater Sudbury Cubs
*Ontario Junior Hockey League champion: Collingwood Blues
*Quebec Junior Hockey League champion: Longueuil College-Francais
===Pool B===
*Host: Oakville Blades
*Manitoba Junior Hockey League champion: Winkler Flyers
*Maritime Hockey League champion: Miramichi Timberwolves
*Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League champion: Melfort Mustangs
*Superior International Junior Hockey League champion: Sioux Lookout Bombers 
==Schedule/Results==
May 9
*Winkler Flyers 4-2 Sioux Lookout Bombers
*Collingwood Blues 5-4 Calgary Canucks
*Miramichi Timberwolves 1-4 Melfort Mustangs
May 10
*Longueuil College-Francais 1-5 Navan Grads
*Greater Sudbury Cubs 2-10 Collingwood Blues
*Miramichi Timberwolves 7-4 Oakville Blades
May 11
*Melfort Mustangs 6-0 (so) Winkler Flyers
*Calgary Canucks 5-1 Longueuil College-Francais
*Oakville Blades 5-2 Sioux Lookout Bombers
May 12
*Navan Grads 5-1 Greater Sudbury Cubs
*Sioux Lookout Bombers 3-5 Miramichi Timberwolves
May 13
*Longueuil College-Francais 0-8 Collingwood Blues
*Calgary Canucks 3-2 Greater Sudbury Cubs
*Oakville Blades 0-4 Winkler Flyers
May 14
*Sioux Lookout Bombers 3-5 Melfort Mustangs
*Navan Grads 3-4 (so) Calgary Canucks
*Winkler Flyers 2-3 (so) Miramichi Timberwolves
May 15
*Greater Sudbury Cubs 6-0 Longueuil College-Francais
*Collingwood Blues 3-2 Navan Grads
*Melfort Mustangs 3-1 Oakville Blades
==Round Robin Standings==
 Indicates team advanced to the playoff rounds
 Indicates team eliminated from further play
Note: Three points are awarded for a regulation win, two are awarded for an overtime win, one is awarded for an overtime or shootout loss, and none for a regulation loss.
===Group A===
Team 	GP	W	OW	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Collingwood Blues 	4 	4	0 	0	0 	26	8 	12
Calgary Canucks 	4 	2	1 	1	0 	16	11	8
Navan Grads 	4 	2	0 	1	1 	15	9 	7
Greater Sudbury Cubs 	4 	1	0 	3	0 	11	18	3
Longueuil College-Francais	4 	0	0 	4	0 	2 	24	0
===Group B===
Team 	GP	W	OW	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Melfort Mustangs 	4 	3	1 	0	0 	26	8 	11
Miramichi Timberwolves	4 	2	1 	1	0 	16	11	8
Winkler Flyers 	4 	2	0 	0	2 	15	9 	8
Oakville Blades 	4 	1	0 	3	0 	10	16	3
Sioux Lookout Bombers 	4 	0	0 	0	4 	10	19	0
==Quarterfinals==
May 17
*Miramichi Timberwolves defeated Navan Grads 8-4 
*Calgary Canucks defeated Winkler Flyers 4-2
==Semifinals==
May 18
*Collingwood Blues defeated Miramichi Timberwolves 5-2
*Melfort Mustangs defeated Calgary Canucks 2-1
==Final==
May 19
*Collingwood Blues defeated Melfort Mustangs 1-0
==Tournament Awards==
:Roland Mercier Trophy (Tournament MVP): Julien Gervais, Calgary Canucks
:Top Forward: Dalton Andrew, Winkler Flyers
:Top Defencemen: Leith Olafson, Melfort Mustangs
:Top Goaltender: Jaeden Nelson, Navan Grads
:Tubby Schmalz Trophy (Sportsmanship): Riley Hearn, Calgary Canucks
:Top Scorer: Dylan Hudon, Collingwood Blues</br>Julien Gervais, Calgary Canucks
==References==
==Links==
*Tournament schedule
Category:2024 in ice hockey
Category:Centennial Cup