Hosts announced for 2024 and 2025 Centennial Cups
Canada’s National Junior A Championship returns to Ontario in 2024 and Alberta in 2025
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) have introduced that the 2024 version of the Centennial Cup can be performed in Oakville, Ont., earlier than Canada’s National Junior A Championship heads west to Okotoks, Alta., in 2025.
The Oakville Blades, a member of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL), will host the Centennial Cup for the primary time in staff historical past from May 9-19, 2024, with all video games happening on the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex.
In 2025, the very best Junior A groups in Canada will take to the ice at Okotoks Centennial Arenas from May 8-18. The Okotoks Oilers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) have by no means hosted the Centennial Cup, nonetheless the Town of Okotoks did host the 2022 Esso Cup and 2022 TELUS Cup.
“We are ecstatic to bring Canada’s National Junior A Championship to Oakville next year and to Okotoks in 2025,” mentioned Dean McIntosh, vice-president of strategic partnerships and neighborhood influence for Hockey Canada. “The Centennial Cup has a storied history and we cannot wait for fans in both communities to watch some of the top junior hockey players in the country compete to become national champions.”
“The CJHL is thrilled that the Oakville Blades and Okotoks Oilers have been named hosts of the Centennial Cup in 2024 and 2025, respectively,” mentioned Andy Harkness, president of the CJHL. “Both teams put a significant amount of resources towards bidding for the right to host the event, and we know they will each put on an unforgettable tournament for the competing teams and fans.”
The 10-team area for the Centennial Cup features a host staff, together with champions from the Alberta Junior Hockey League, Central Canada Hockey League, Ligue de hockey junior AAA du Québec, Manitoba Junior Hockey League, Maritime Hockey League, Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, Ontario Junior Hockey League, Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League.
Oakville will grow to be the eleventh neighborhood in Ontario to host the Centennial Cup, and Okotoks the seventh in Alberta because the event started in 1971.
Details concerning schedules, ticket packages and broadcast info for the Centennial Cup in 2024 and 2025 can be introduced at a later date.
The 2023 Centennial Cup is about to start on May 11 in Portage la Prairie, Man., with tickets on sale now. All preliminary-round video games, quarterfinals and semifinals can be streamed on HockeyCanada.ca, with TSN and RDS, Hockey Canada’s official broadcast companions, airing the championship recreation on May 21.
