Allan Cup

The Allan Cup was donated by Sir Montagu Allan in 1908. It is awarded to the Senior/Senior AAA amateur men's hockey champions of Canada.
Until 1918-19 this was a challenge cup, which accounts for some multiple winners in the early seasons.
The tournament then used a East-West format until 1991 where the Eastern champion would meet the Western champion.
Since 1992, the tournament has been a round robin tournament involving a host team and anywhere from 3 to 5 other regional qualifiers.
==Regional tournaments==
*Atlantic Cup - Atlantic Canada Championship
*Bolton Cup - formerly Eastern Canada Championship (until 2004)
*McKenzie Cup - Pacific Canada Championship
*Rathgaber Cup - Manitoba/Saskatchewan Championship
*Renwick Cup - Central Canada Championship
*Patton Cup - Western Canada Championship (1953-1991)
==Possible Format Change==
Senior AAA level has been dealing with fewer and fewer teams attempting to qualify for the Allan Cup each year.  Pop up entries that earn automatic spots in the Allan Cup has been happening rather frequently and some regions have not been participating in an attempt to qualify such as Quebec which has not participated in qualifying for the Allan Cup in over ten years.
Speculation on a change in format has been talked about as early as the 2019 tournament as the qualifying format for the tournament was unfair as some teams had bids to the tournament confirmed and other teams had to endure multiple rounds of qualifying at the league/provincial/regional levels.  A return to an East-West format would hopefully make qualifying a little more equitable by not having set regions where only one team might qualify be default and a host team also automatically qualifying.
Hockey Canada has a traditional practice of giving unused tournament spots in tournaments to the host branch.  This practice has caused some regions to have a possibility of having three entries out of six in the tournament. The possibility existed in 2019 that Alberta could have three teams in the tournament but Hockey Canada gave the unused Eastern spot (Quebec) to the Western region (Manitoba-Saskatchewan) as they would have been the only region with the need for an inter-branch qualifier to determine the region's qualifier for the tournament.
The 2020 tournament was announced with two host teams which has likely created the possibility of better attendance, as four of the games (of the six round robin games) will be played by teams playing in their home arenas. With the absence of an entry from the Eastern Region (Quebec) a modification of the qualifying will not be needed as only four qualifying spots are being contested. Eleven teams are competing for the Allan Cup and two host and the Atlantic region representative had already qualified for the Allan Cup tournament. Of the eight remaining teams the the Manitoba based teams would have to win two or three series to qualify while the two Alberta teams, the single Saskatchewan teams and likely the two Ontario based teams would each have to win one series to qualify. The method of determination of the Central region (Ontario) qualifier has not been determined if it will be the further advancing teams in the Allan Cup Hockey playoffs of if the two teams will meet in a separate qualifier for the Allan Cup berth as the other two members of the league as automatically qualified as co-host teams.
SEE ALSO: List of Allan Cup Finals
==Winners of the Allan Cup==
* 2024 Dundas Real McCoys
* 2023 Dundas Real McCoys
* 2022 Tournament cancelled
* 2021 Tournament cancelled
* 2020 Tournament cancelled
* 2019 Lacombe Generals
* 2018 Stoney Creek Generals
* 2017 Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts
* 2016 Bentley Generals
* 2015 South East Prairie Thunder
* 2014 Dundas Real McCoys
* 2013 Bentley Generals
* 2012 South East Prairie Thunder
* 2011 Clarenville Caribous
* 2010 Fort St. John Flyers
* 2009 Bentley Generals
* 2008 Brantford Blast
* 2007 Lloydminster Border Kings
* 2006 Powell River Regals
* 2005 Thunder Bay Bombers
* 2004 Saint-Georges CRS Express
* 2003 Ile des Chênes North Stars
* 2002 Saint-Georges CRS Express
* 2001 Lloydminster Border Kings
* 2000 Powell River Regals
* 1999 Stony Plain Eagles
* 1998 Truro Bearcats
* 1997 Powell River Regals
* 1996 Warroad Lakers	
* 1995 Warroad Lakers
* 1994 Warroad Lakers
* 1993 Whitehorse Huskies
* 1992 Saint John Vito's
* 1991 Charlottetown Islanders
* 1990 Montreal-Chomedy Construction
* 1989 Thunder Bay Twins
* 1988 Thunder Bay Twins
* 1987 Brantford Motts Clamatos
* 1986 Corner Brook Royals
* 1985 Thunder Bay Twins
* 1984 Thunder Bay Twins
* 1983 Cambridge Hornets
* 1982 Cranbrook Royals
* 1981 Petrolia Squires
* 1980 Spokane Flyers
* 1979 Petrolia Squires
* 1978 Kimberley Dynamiters
* 1977 Brantford Alexanders
* 1976 Spokane Flyers
* 1975 Thunder Bay Twins
* 1974 Barrie Flyers
* 1973 Orillia Terriers
* 1972 Spokane Jets
* 1971 Galt Hornets
* 1970 Spokane Jets
* 1969 Galt Hornets
* 1968 Victoriaville Tigres
* 1967 Drummondville Eagles
* 1966 Drumheller Miners
* 1965 Sherbrooke Castors
* 1964 Winnipeg Maroons
* 1963 Windsor Bulldogs
* 1962 Trail Smoke Eaters	
* 1961 Galt Terriers
* 1960 Chatham Maroons
* 1959 Whitby Dunlops
* 1958 Belleville McFarlands
* 1957 Whitby Dunlops
* 1956 Vernon Canadians
* 1955 Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen
* 1954 Penticton V's
* 1953 Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen
* 1952 Fort Frances Canadians
* 1951 Owen Sound Mercurys
* 1950 Toronto Marlboros
* 1949 Ottawa Senators
* 1948 Edmonton Flyers
* 1947 Montreal Royals
* 1946 Calgary Stampeders
* 1945 no national competition 
* 1944 Quebec Aces
* 1943 Ottawa Commandos
* 1942 Ottawa RCAF Flyers
* 1941 Regina Rangers
* 1940 Kirkland Lake Blue Devils
* 1939 Port Arthur Bearcats
* 1938 Trail Smoke Eaters
* 1937 Sudbury Tigers
* 1936 Kimberley Dynamiters
* 1935 Halifax Wolverines
* 1934 Moncton Hawks
* 1933 Moncton Hawks	
* 1932 Toronto National Sea Fleas
* 1931 Winnipeg Winnipegs
* 1930 Montreal AAA
* 1929 Port Arthur Bearcats
* 1928 University of Manitoba
* 1927 Toronto Varsity Grads
* 1926 Port Arthur Bearcats
* 1925 Port Arthur Bearcats
* 1924 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
* 1923 Toronto Granites
* 1922 Toronto Granites
* 1921 University of Toronto
* 1920 Winnipeg Falcons
* 1919 Hamilton Tigers
* 1918 Kitchener Greenshirts
* 1917 Toronto Dentals
* 1916 Winnipeg 61st Battalion
* 1915 Winnipeg Monarchs
* 1915 Melville Millionaires
* 1914 Regina Victorias
* 1914 Winnipeg Monarchs
* 1913 Winnipeg Winnipegs
* 1912 Winnipeg Victorias
* 1911 Winnipeg Victorias
* 1910 St. Michaels College
* 1910 Queens University
* 1909 Queens University
* 1909 Ottawa Cliffsides
==Gallery==
29-30MtlAAA.jpg|Montreal AAA 1930 Allan Cup champions.
1930-Montreal AAA.jpg|Montreal AAA 1930 Allan Cup champions.
==See Also==
*List of Allan Cup Finals
*List of Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs
*List of Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs
*Allan Cup Qualifiers by year (1989, 1992-present)
Category:Canadian Senior Hockey