Atlantic Cup

The Atlantic Cup is used as the Atlantic Canada Senior Championship/Qualifier from the realignment of Allan Cup qualifying after the 2002-03 playing season.
==Previous qualifying==
A previous award had been the Starr Shield which was last used in 1948 as a Maritimes Senior Championship trophy.
The Maritime Amateur Hockey Association discontinued the Maritimes Senior Playoffs after the 1965-66 season. The MAHA began to fall apart when New Brunswick broke away to form the New Brunswick Amateur Hockey Association, now known as Hockey New Brunswick. The MAHA continued until at least 1974, the year the Hockey PEI broke away.
During the interim period teams from the Atlantic Canada region had participated in the Eastern Canada Allan Cup playoffs. as either provincial champions or Independent teams when there were no leagues in the province.
Due to a decline in senior hockey in the region the event has not been needed very often.
==Champions==
Year	Winning Team 	Losing Team 	Series Score
2003	Lancaster Aquarius ThunderCats 	PEI Stars 	3 games to none (5-4(ot)http://www.allancup.ca/LancasterGame%20OneThursFeb20,2003.htm, 4-3http://www.allancup.ca/GameSummaryLancasterPEIGameTwoSatFeb22,2003.htm, 7-4http://www.allancup.ca/LancasterPrinceEdwardIslandGameThreeThursFeb27,2003.pdf
2004	Saint John Thundercats 	Brudenell Rangers 	4 games to nonehttp://www.allancup.ca/Atlantic03-04.htm
2005	Can-Am Cobras 	Brudenell Rangers 	default - Brudenell folded prior to series
2006	N/A 	N/A 	No Atlantic Canada teams registered at Senior AAA level
2007	Halifax Molson Canadians 	only team in region 	default
2008	N/A 	N/A 	No Atlantic Canada teams registered at Senior AAA level
2009	N/A 	N/A 	No Atlantic Canada teams registered at Senior AAA level
2010	Clarenville Caribous 	only team in region 	default
2011	Clarenville Caribous 	only team in region 	default
2012	Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts 	only team in region 	default
2013	Clarenville Caribous 	only team in region 	default
2014	Clarenville Caribous 	only team in region 	default
2015	N/A 	N/A 	Event not needed; 2015 Allan Cup held in Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador
2016	Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts 	Lameque Au Ptit Mousse 	2 games to none (9-5, 4-0)
2017	N/A 	N/A 	Event not needed; 2017 Allan Cup held in Bouctouche, New Brunswick
2018	Elsipogtog Hawks 	Montague Stallions and Clarenville Caribous 	(See note 1 below)
2019	Haut-Madawaska Panthers 	N/A 	(See note 2 below)
2020	Haut-Madawaska Panthers 	Only team in region 	default
2021	No senior hockey in region due to COVID-19 pandemic/2021 Allan Cup cancelled	No senior hockey in region due to COVID-19 pandemic/2021 Allan Cup cancelled	No senior hockey in region due to COVID-19 pandemic/2021 Allan Cup cancelled
2022	2022 Allan Cup cancelled by Hockey Canada 	2022 Allan Cup cancelled by Hockey Canada 	2022 Allan Cup cancelled by Hockey Canada
2023	No regional qualifying for 2023 Allan Cup touranment 	No regional qualifying for 2023 Allan Cup touranment 	No regional qualifying for 2023 Allan Cup touranment
Notes: 
#The 2017 Herder Memorial Trophy champion Harbour Grace Cee Bee Stars declined to represent the province in Allan Cup qualifying for 2018. The runner-up Clarenville Caribous originally accepted to represent the province. However, Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador asked Clarenville to withdraw from the tournament. The Montague Stallions tried to withdraw from the North East Senior Hockey League in favor of Allan Cup qualifying; but Hockey PEI rejected the request and the Stallions subsequently folded.
#Not needed as no teams from Newfoundland and Labrador had committed to qualifying, HNL reserved a spot for a single team at the Senior AAA level for 2018-19, but announced it would not be used..  HNL has been trying to reorganize in an attempt to save teams in several markets and senior hockey in the province in general.
==After Winning the Atlantic Cup==
===2003 Lancaster Thundercats===
*host and defeat the Central Canada champion, Cambridge Hornets 2 games to none in the 2003 Bolton Cup to advance to the 2003 Allan Cup. The Hornets had defeated the  Quebec representative Saguenay Paramedic 2 games to none in the 2003 Renwick Cup.
*finish second in the round robin portion of the Allan Cup tournament with a 2-1-0 record losing to the Île-des-Chênes North Stars 6-3http://www.allancup.ca/GameSummaryAllanCupGameOneIDC-LancasterApr15,2003.htm, defeating the Stony Plain Eagles 6-4http://www.allancup.ca/GameSummaryLancasterStonyPlainApr16,2003AllanCupGameThree.htm, and defeating the Dundas Real McCoys 6-5http://www.allancup.ca/GameSummaryAllanCupGameSixDundasLancaster-ThursApr17,2003.htm. They would lose in the semifinal 3-0 to Stony Plainhttp://www.allancup.ca/GameSummaryAllanCupSemiFinalLancasterStonyPlainApr18,2003.htm.
===2004 Saint John Thundercats===
*lose to the 2004 Allan Cup host Saint-Georges Garaga 9-3, defeat the Bentley Generals 2-1http://www.allancup.ca/2004AllanCupSummaryGameThree.htm to finish the round robin portion with a 1-1-0 record and finish in 2nd place in their pool. They would lose to the Laval Chiefs 5-3 in the quarterfinals.http://www.allancup.ca/2004AllanCupSummaryGameSeven.htm
===2016 Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts===
*defeat the South East Prairie Thunder 4-3 and the Shellbrook Elks 3-2, to finish 2-0-0 and finish in 1st place in division 1. The Cataracts would lose to the South East Prairie Thunder 2-1 in the semifinals
==References==
Category:Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs
Category:Maritimes Senior Playoffs
Category:Hockey Canada Interbranch Championships