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Allan Cup

The Allan Cup is the trophy currently awarded to the national senior (21 and over) amateur men's hockey champions of Canada. The trophy was donated in 1908 by Sir H. Montague Allan to replace the Stanley Cup. While the Stanley Cup originated as an amateur trophy, the proceeds from the Cup games went to the competing teams. This led to abuses of the principles of amateurism as clubs gathered star players from all parts of the country. In 1908 the Stanley Cup was awarded to the best professional team.

The cup was almost the Grey Cup. Albert Henry George Grey, the popular Governor General of Canada from 1904 to 1911, planned for the Grey Cup to be awarded to the top Canadian senior hockey team, but was trumped by Sir Montague Allan, who donated the Allan Cup. Undeterred, Grey declared that his hardware should be awarded to the winner of the nation's rubgy football championship

The Alan Cup was originally given to the Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal to present to the champion of their league, who then could be challenged by champions of other leagues. The first winners of the Cup were the Ottawa Cliffsides, and the first challengers were the Queen's University club of Kingston, Ontario. The Allan Cup became a more popular Cup to pursue each year resulting in the challenges becomng so numerous, that it was impossible for any team holding the Cup to defend it.

In 1914 the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) was formed as a national governing body for amateur hockey. In 1915 the challenge system was replaced by the CAHA with a series of national playoffs. In 1928 the trustees turned over responsibility for the Cup to the CAHA. In 1994 the CAHA merged with Hockey Canada to form the Canadian Hockey Association.

Beginning in 1920, when hockey was first introduced to the Olympic Games, the reigning Allan Cup champion was chosen to represent Canada. This continued until Father David Bauer introduced a national hockey program that produced a team of selects for the 1964 Olympic Games.

In 1984, the classification of teams competing for the Allan Cup was changed to Senior AAA. The Cup has been won by teams from every province and from the Yukon, as well as by teams from the United States which played in Canadian leagues.The Allan Cup rules state that a challenging team must come from a Canadian senior amateur hockey association but that didn’t mean that the team itself must be Canadian. In 1970, the Spokane Jets became the first American team to win the Allan Cup. Teams from Spokane won the Cup four times between 1970 and 1980 and from 1994 to 1996, the Warroad Lakers out of Minnesota captured the Cup three consecutive times.

The Allan Cup remains the oldest amateur hockey title in Canada. The current Allan Cup tournament brings together the top amateur teams from Canadian Associations, contesting for the championship in one host city. Previously it has been a seven game series for the championship, a best of five or three series, a total goal series or a Cup Challenge game prior to 1915.

Winners of the Allan Cup

The Allan Cup has been won over the years by a variety of amateur teams. Below are the list of winners from the initial Cup presentation until this year.The teams listed were the last holders of the Cup in the early years.

For more information including game scores click on the year link.

* 2005 Thunder Bay Bombers * 2004 Saint-Georges Garaga * 2003 Île-des-Chênes North Stars * 2002 Saint-Georges Garaga * 2001 Lloydminster BorderKings * 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 Chomedey Laval Warriors * 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 Tigers * 1967 Drummondville Eagles * 1966 Drumheller Miners * 1965 Sherbrooke Beavers * 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 competition - * 1944 Quebec Aces * 1943 Ottawa Commandos * 1942 Ottawa RCAF * 1941 Regina Rangers * 1940 Kirkland Lake Blue Devils * 1939 Port Arthur * 1938 Trail Smoke Eaters * 1937 Sudbury Tigers * 1936 Kimberley Dynamiters * 1935 Halifax Wolverines * 1934 Moncton Hawks * 1933 Moncton Hawks * 1932 Toronto Nationals * 1931 Winnipeg Hockey Club * 1930 Montreal AAA * 1929 Port Arthur * 1928 University of Manitoba * 1927 Toronto Varsity Grads * 1926 Port Arthur * 1925 Port Arthur * 1924 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds * 1923 Toronto Granites * 1922 Toronto Granites * 1921 University of Toronto * 1920 Winnipeg Falcons * 1919 Hamilton Tigers * 1918 Kitchener Hockey Club * 1917 Toronto Dentals * 1916 Winnipeg 61st Battalion * 1915 Winnipeg Monarchs * 1914 Regina Victorias * 1913 Winnipeg Hockey Club * 1912 Winnipeg Victorias * 1911 Winnipeg Victorias * 1910 Toronto St. Michael's * 1909 Kingston Queen's University * 1908 Ottawa Cliffsides

Allan Cup - Original Cup is located in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Duplicate is awarded to the winning team each year. Related Trophies Mackenzie Cup - Alberta vs British Columbia Savage Cup - BC Champs Pattison Cup - Manitoba Champs