Alpine Cup

The Banff Winter Carnival women’s ice hockey tournament was an ice hockey tournament played in Banff, Alberta, Canada. In the early years, it was contested to determine the women’s ice hockey provincial champions of Alberta. In later years, the winner would be awarded the Alpine Cup.
==History==
At the 1918 tournament, the Edmonton Monarchs held the distinction of being the only women’s ice hockey team at the tournament to be coached by a woman. Women on Ice: The Early Years of Women's Hockey in Western Canada, Wayne Norton, p.137, Ronsdale Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55380-073-6
The Fernie Swastikas played their last ever game in the 1926 Tournament. Women on Ice: The Early Years of Women's Hockey in Western Canada, Wayne Norton, p.136, Ronsdale Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55380-073-6
==List of winners==
*The following is a list of all the champions from the Banff Winter Carnival. The Banff Winter Carnival organizers were known to pay each team up to twenty-five percent of gate receipts to help cover team expenses. In later years, the Carnival would guarantee travel expenses for the competing teams.
Year	Winner
1917	Calgary Regents
1918	Edmonton Monarchs
1919	Calgary Regents
1920	Calgary Regents
1921	Calgary Regents
1922	Vancouver Amazons
1923	Fernie Swastikas
1924	Calgary Hollies
1925	Calgary Hollies
1926	Edmonton Monarchs
1927	Calgary Hollies
1928	Calgary Hollies
1929	Edmonton Monarchs
1930	Edmonton Monarchs
1931	Edmonton Monarchs
1932	Edmonton Monarchs
1933	Edmonton Rustlers
1934	Red Deer Amazons
1935	Red Deer Amazons
1936	No champion
1937	Calgary Grills
1938	No champion
1939	Unknowna
a Calgary Chinooks beat High River Fliers in semifinal and were set to face the Edmonton Ladies in the final. No result was subsequently reported in the Edmonton or Calgary newspapers.
Women on Ice: The Early Years of Women's Hockey in Western Canada, Wayne Norton, p.135, Ronsdale Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55380-073-6
==Results==
;1917
*2/10: Calgary Regents - Calgary Crescents 1:0 
;1918
*2/15: Edmonton Monarchs - Vulcan 1:0 - semifinal
*2/16: Calgary Regents - Calgary Crescents 3:1 - " 
*2/16: Edmonton Monarchs - Calgary Crescents 1:0 - final
;1919
*2/13: Calgary Regents - Edmonton Monarchs 3:1 - final
;1920
*2/13: Calgary Regents - Calgary Patricias 2:1 OT - final 
;1921
*2/2: Vancouver Amazons - Calgary Patricias 0:0 OT - semifinal
*2/3: Vancouver Amazons - Calgary Patricias 2:1 OT - "
*2/4: Calgary Regents - Vancouver Amazons 4:1 - final
;1922
*1/28: Calgary Regents - Red Deer 3:1 - semifinal
*2/1: Calgary Byngs - Vancouver Amazons 1:0 - exhibition
*2/4: Vancouver Amazons - Calgary Regents 2:1 - final
;1923
*2/25: Calgary Regents - Red Deer 4:1 
*2/28: Fernie Swastikas - Vancouver Amazons 2:0 
*3/2: Calgary Regents - Edmonton Monarchs 1:0
*3/2: Fernie Swastikas - Calgary Regents 0:0 - final
*3/3: Fernie Swastikas - Calgary Regents 1:1 - "
*3/5: Fernie Swastikas - Calgary Regents 0:0 - exhibition @ Calgary - due to finances, the Regents had to return home, and Fernie was awarded the Alpine Cup by default; however, the two teams played an exhibition in Calgary
;1924
*2/5: Fernie Swastikas - Calgary Patricias 4:1 - first round 
*2/6: Calgary Hollies - Vancouver Amazons 1:0 OT - semifinal
*2/7: Canmore Minnewankas - Fernie Swastikas 1:0 - " 
*2/9: Calgary Hollies - Canmore Minnewankas 4:0 - final
*2/9: Calgary Hollies - Fernie Swastikas 2:1 - exhibition
;1925
*2/11: Calgary Hollies - Vancouver Amazons 2:0 - first round 
*2/12: Calgary Patricias - Edmonton Monarchs 1:0 - semifinal
*2/13: Calgary Hollies - Coleman Shamrocks 2:1 - " 
*2/14: Calgary Hollies - Calgary Patricias 1:0 - final 
;1926
*2/10: University of Manitoba - Calgary Hollies 1:0 OT - first round
*2/12: University of Manitoba - Vancouver Amazons 2:0 - second round
*2/13: University of Manitoba - Fernie Swastikas 2:0 - exhibition
*2/14: Edmonton Monarchs - University of Manitoba 2:1 - semifinal
*2/15: Edmonton Monarchs - Fernie Swastikas 2:1 - final
;1927
*2/7: Cranbrook Pontiacs - Banff 2:0 - first round
*2/9: Edmonton Monarchs - Vancouver Amazons 3:1 - semifinal
*2/11: Calgary Hollies - Cranbrook Pontiacs 4:0 - " 
*2/12: Calgary Hollies - Edmonton Monarchs 3:0 - final 
;1928
*2/4: Banff - Canmore 2:0 - first round
*2/6: Coleman Shamrocks - Banff 2:0 - semifinal
*2/8: Calgary Hollies - Edmonton Monarchs 2:1 3OT - "
*2/10: Calgary Hollies - Coleman Shamrocks 2:0 2OT - final
;1929
*2/4: Banff - Canmore 3:0 - semifinal
*2/6: Edmonton Monarchs - Red Deer 7:0 - "
*2/8: Edmonton Monarchs - Banff 6:0 - final
;1930
*2/3: Calgary Diamonds - Canmore 6:1 - first round
*2/5: University of Alberta - Cranbrook Pontiacs 4:2 OT - semifinal 
*2/7: Edmonton Monarchs - Calgary Diamonds 2:1 OT - "
*2/8: Edmonton Monarchs - University of Alberta 1:0 - final 
;1931
*2/10: Vancouver Amazons - Banff 5:0 - semifinal 
*2/12: Edmonton Monarchs - Drumheller Colleens 3:0 - " 
*2/13: Edmonton Monarchs - Vancouver Amazons 3:0 - final 
;1932
*2/9: Vancouver Amazons - Canmore 1:0 - semifinal
*2/11: Edmonton Monarchs - Drumheller Colleens 8:0 - "
*2/13: Edmonton Monarchs - Vancouver Amazons 2:0 - final
;1933
*2/8: Lethbridge Kiwanettes - Drumheller Colleens 3:0 - semifinal 
*2/10: Edmonton Rustlers - Edmonton Monarchs 4:1 - "
*2/11: Edmonton Rustlers - Lethbridge Kiwanettes 4:0 - final
;1934
*2/2: Red Deer Amazons - Edmonton Monarchs 2:1 OT 
This game was originally meant to be a semifinal, with Red Deer meeting the winner of Banff-Canmore in the final, but no further games could be held due to a lack of ice, so Red Deer was named champions.
;1935
*2/15: Red Deer Amazons - Banff 4:1 - semifinal
*2/16: Red Deer Amazons - Canmore Colleens 5:0 - final 
;1937
*2/11: Calgary Grills - University of Alberta 2:1 
*2/13: Calgary Grills - University of Alberta 0:0 
;1939
*2/16: Calgary Chinooks - High River Fliers 5:0 - semifinal
*2/17: Calgary Chinooks - Edmonton Ladies - final 
==References==
Category:Tournaments