2017 Royal Bank Cup

This is the 2017 Royal Bank Cup, which is Canada's National Junior A Championship.  the event will be held May 13 to 21, 2017 at the Cobourg Community Centre in Cobourg, Ontario hosted by the Cobourg Cougars of the Ontario Junior Hockey League.
==Bid==
The awarding of the bid was announced on June 2, 2016.  The bid was intended to coincide with the team's 50th anniversary.
==Participants==
*Host: Cobourg Cougars
*(Western 1) 2017 Western Canada Cup champion: Brooks Bandits
*(Western 2) 2017 Western Canada Cup runner-up: Penticton Vees
*(Central) 2017 Dudley Hewitt Cup champion: Trenton Golden Hawks
*(Eastern) 2017 Fred Page Cup champion: Terrebonne Cobras
==Format==
The teams play a single round robin with the fifth place team being eliminated. The first place team playing the fourth place team and the second place team playing the third place team in the semifinals and the semifinal winners play for the Royal Bank Cup.  Each game is worth 3 points (3 points for a regulation time win, 2 points for an overtime win, 1 point for an overtime loss, 0 points for a regulation time loss)
==Round Robin==
May 13
* Brooks Bandits defeated Terrebonne Cobras 6-3
*Cobourg Cougars defeated Trenton Golden Hawks 3-2 (ot)
May 14
*Brooks Bandits defeated Penticton Vees 2-1 (ot)
*Terrebonne Cobras defeated Trenton Golden Hawks 3-2
May 15
*Penticton Vees defeated Cobourg Cougars 3-2 (ot)
May 16
*Brooks Bandits defeated Trenton Golden Hawks 8-0
*Cobourg Cougars defeated Terrebonne Cobras 6-1
May 17
*Penticton Vees defeated Trenton Golden Hawks 4-0
May 18
*Terrebonne Cobras defeated Penticton Vees 3-1
*Cobourg Cougars defeated Brooks Bandits 5-2
==Round Robin Standings==
 	
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Rank 	Team 	League 	Ticket 	W–OTW-OTL-L 	GF	GA	Pts
1 	Cobourg Cougars 	OJHL 	Host 	2-1-1-0 	16	8 	9
2 	Brooks Bandits 	AJHL 	Western 1 	2-1-0-1 	18	9 	8
3 	Terrebonne Cobras 	LHJQ 	Eastern 	2-0-0-2 	10	15	6
4 	Penticton Vees 	BCHL 	Western 2 	1-1-1-1 	9 	7 	6
5 	Trenton Golden Hawks 	OJHL 	Central 	0-0-1-3 	4 	18	1
==Semifinals==
May 20
*Cobourg Cougars defeated Penticton Vees 3-1
*Brooks Bandits defeated Terrebonne Cobras 4-0
==Final==
May 21
*Cobourg Cougars defeated Brooks Bandits 3-2 (ot)
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