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After completion of the 2019 National Junior A Championship the Royal Bank Cup Trophy was retired. It currently resides in the Hockey Hall Of Fame in Toronto. https://www.hhof.com/thecollection/historictrophies.html - info provided by Izak Westgate - Hockey Hall of Fame

THE CENTENNIAL CUP

As Canada's National Junior A Championship prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in May in Portage la Prairie, Man., Hockey Canada, in partnership with the CJHL, has announced that Canada's National Junior A Championship will return to its original name - the Centennial Cup and a new trophy - starting in 2020. Officialy it will be called the Centennial Cup, presented by Tim Hortons.

For the 2023 tournament Hockey Canada had droped the "presented by Tim Hortons" moniker as Tim Hortons withdrew its sponsorship in response to the Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal. Tim Horton has subsequently re-instated their sponsorship for 2024.

The National Junior A Championship, is an annual ice hockey competition that determines the Canadian Junior A champion. It is played under the supervision of Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League.

Centennial Cup Design:

From my obserations of the new Centennial Cup, the new trophy contains elements of previous national championship trophies.

• 1. The base, shaped like a baseball home plate, the three silver supporting hockey sticks, the top wooden tier and top silver bowl are all similar to design elements of the Royal Bank Cup used from 1996 to 2018.
• 2. In the center of the new trophy, between the hockey sticks, is a five tiered wooden column, similar to the six tierd column of the Centennial Cup used from 1971 to 1989.
• 3. On top of the center column is a wooden bison similar to but, larger, to the one found on top of the Centennial Cup used from 1987 to 1989.

I do not see any elements in the new trophy that are in any way reminiscent to the Centennial Cup trophy used from 1990 to 1996.

The Tournament Format:

All nine member league champions of the CJHL plus a Host will play for the National Championship, Centennial Cup, which will involve a Preliminary Round, 2 Quartefinals, 2 Semifinals and a Final.

Preliminary Round:

• Games #1 thru #20, Win = 3 points, OT or SO Win = 2 points, OT or SO Loss = 1 point.
• Two Groups, Group A & Group B, five teams each.
• Each team plays one game versus other teams in the group.

After Preliminary Round:

• 1st seed in each group recieves a bye to Semifinals.
• 1st seed over-all chooses which Semifinal it will play in.
• 2nd & 3rd seeds in each group will play in Quarterfinals.
• The bottom two seeds in each group are eliminated.

Quarterfinals:

• Games #21 & #22, winners advance to Semifinals.
• (Group A & B cross-over, Group A 2nd vs Group B 3rd & Group B 2nd vs Group A 3rd).

Semifinals:

• Games #23 and #24, winners advance to Final.
• (The 4 teams are re-seeded 1 thru 4 based on points from Preliminary Round, 1 vs 4 & 2 vs 3).

Final:

• Game #25, winners awarded Centennial Cup.

For historical winners list visit this page National Champion Winners List.

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Centennial Championship 2020 - 2021

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2020 - Not Awarded, cancelled March 12, 2020, due to Covid-19 Pandemic, Hosts-Portage Terriers, Portage La Prairie Manitoba

• Play suspened across all leagues in Canada

AWARDS:

• CJHL National Player of the Year: Devon Levi, Carleton Place Canadians
• CJHL Academic Player of the Year: Jojo Tanaka-Campbell, Vernon Vipers

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2021 - Not Awarded, cancelled Feburary 5th 2021, due to Covid-19 Pandemic, Hosts-Penticton Vees, Penticton, British Columbia

• ManitobaJHL-cancelled season Feburary 12, 2021
• SuperiorInternationalJHL-cancelled season March 1, 2021
• SaskatchewanJHL-cancelled season March 23, 2021
• British ColumbiaHL-withdraws membership from CJHL April 9, 2021
• OnatrioJHL-cancelled season April 11, 2021
• QuebecJHL(LHJAAAQ)-cancelled season April 14, 2021

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BCHL Withdraws membership from CJHL

On Friday, April 9, 2021, the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) announced it had withdrawn its membership from the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) so, the BCHL league champions are no longer ineligible for the Centennial Cup.

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BCHL - No Hockey Canada League Agreement

On Monday, May 1, 2023, the British Columbia Hockey League announced it will not renew the league's agreement with Hockey Canada, meaning it will be an independent league operateing outside Hockey Canada's system (Non-Sanctioned League) as of June 1, 2023. Meaning any team, player or official operating within the BCHL are no-longer eligible for any HockeyCanada sanctioned events.

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As a result of the BCHL's decisions to leave the CJHL and operate as an independent league I will would normally no longer update this page. However, I promised the late Marty Knack that I would maintain a reasonable facsimile of his updates so, I will continue!

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2022 - Brooks Bandits (AJHL) - Host, Estevan Bruins, Estevan, Saskatchewan, May 19 - 29

ROSTER: 7 Brendan Poshak, 8 Nathan Free, 9 Ryan McAllister, 10 Noah Hackett, 11 Aiden Fink, 12 Heath Armstrong, 13 TJ Hughes, 15 Anthony Cipollone, 18 Hunter Wallace, 20 Brendan Mairs, 21 Devin Phillips, 24 Ethan Mercer, 26 Dario Beljo, 27 Nic DeGraves, 3 Ethan O'Halloran, 4 Boston Buckberger, 5 Dominic Campione, 6 Ethan Lund, 14 Brendan Kennette, 19 Josh Zinger, 22 Hughie Hooker, 25 Wes Turner, 37 Zach Bookman, 1 Ethan Barwick, 30 Maxwell Beckford
STAFF: Ryan Papaioannou - Head Coach / General Manager, Taylor Makin - Assistant Coach, Evan McFeeters - Assistant Coach, Wayne Labrie - Head Scout, Keven Sajinovic - Goaltending Coach, Kevin Yellowaga - Skills Coach, Karyn Fanstone - Trainer, Andrew Luchies - Trainer

Preliminary Scores:

1. #1. Pickering 9-2 Red Lake
2. #2. Soo 1-6 Flin Flon
3. #3. Brooks 5-2 Longueuil
4. #4. Ottawa 1-2 Dauphin
5. #5. Summerside 4-1 Soo
6. #6. Estevan 3-5 Longueuil
7. #7. Red Lake 4-11 Brooks
8. #8. Flin Flon 3-2 Otawa, OT
9. #9. Estevan 5-10 Pickering
10. #10. Dauphin 6-0 Summerside
11. #11. Longueuil 2-3 Pickering, OT
12. #12. Ottawa 4-0 Soo
13. #13. Flin Flon 1-4 Summerside
14. #14. Red Lake 2-6 Estevan
15. #15. Pickering 1-9 Brooks
16. #16. Dauphin 1-2 Flin Flon, SO
17. #17. Longueuil 6-1 Red Lake
18. #18. Summerside 4-3 Ottawa, OT
19. #19. Soo 1-6 Dauphin
20. #20. Brooks 3-0 Estevan

Rankings After Preliminairy Round

Group A: Rank - Team - GP - W - OTW - L - OTL - PTS

1. Books Bandits, AJHL: 4 - 4 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 12
2. Pickering Panthers, OJHL : 4 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 8
3. College Francais de Longueuil, LHJQ: 4 - 2 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 7
4. Estevan Bruins, HOST, SJHL: 4 - 1 - 0 - 3 - 3 - 3
5. Red Lake Miners, SIJHL: 4 - 0 - 0 - 4 - 0 - 0

Group B: Rank - Team - GP - W - OTW - L - OTL - PTS

1. Dauphin Kings, MJHL: 4 - 3 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 10
2. Summerside Western Capitals, MHL: 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 8
3. Flin Flon Bombers, SJHL: 4 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 0 - 7
4. Ottawa Junior Senators, CCHL: 4 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 2 - 5
5. Soo Thunderbirds, NOJHL: 4 - 0 - 0 - 4 - 0 - 0

* First-place team, after Preliminary Round, chooses which Semifinal it will play in. *

Quarterfinals: Gm#21: Flin Flon 2 - 3 Pickering, OT | Gm#22: Longueuil 4 - 3 Summerside

Semifinals: Gm#23: Longueuil 2 - 11 Brooks | Gm#24: Pickering 2 - 0 Dauphin

Final: Gm#25: Brooks 4 - 1 Pickering

CENTENNIAL CUP TOURNAMENT AWARDS:

• Most Sportsmanlike Player: Colby MacArthur, Summerside Capitals
• Top Goaltender: Carson Cherepak, Dauphin Kings
• Top Defenceman: Xavier Lapointe, Flin Flon Bombers
• Top Forward: Ryan McAllister, Brooks Bandits
• Most Valuable Player: Carson Cherepak, Dauphin Kings

CANADIAN JUNIONR HOCKEY LEAGUE AWARDS:

• Top Rookie: Rieger Lorenz, Okotoks Oilers, AJHL.
• Top Goaltender: Rayce Ramsay, Humboldt Broncos, SJHL.
• Top Defenceman: Zach Bookman, Brooks Bandits, AJHL.
• Top Forward: Connor McGrath, Humboldt Broncos, SJHL.
• Most Valuable Player: Ryan McAllister, Brooks Bandits, AJHL.
• CJHL Coach of the Year(Darcy Haugan/Mark Cross Memorial Award, presented by the NHL Coaches' Association): Rob Pearson, Pickering Panthers (OJHL).
• CJHL National Player of the Year: Ryan McAllister, Brooks Bandits, AJHL.
• CJHL Academic Player of the Year:

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2023 - Brooks Bandits (AJHL) - Host, Portage La Prairie Terriers, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, May 11 - 21

ROSTER: 3 Josh Wiebe, 7 Brendan Poshak, 8 Caelan Fitzpatrick, 9 Aiden Fink Forward, 10 Elliot Dutil, 11 Mikhail Simchuk, 12 Heath Armstrong, 13 Nathan Free, 14 Jordan Hughesman, 15 Davide Patella, 18 Hunter Wallace, 19 Hudson Malinoski, 20 Tyler Blocha, 21 Allen Sherpa, 24 Danylo Korzhyletskyi, 26 Dario Beljo, 27 Luc Bibby, 2 Aiden Celebrini, 4 Luke Marshall, 5 Aaron Brown, 6 Ethan Beyer, 16 Dominick Campione, 22 Hughie Hooker, 25 Wes Turner, 37 Sam Court, 1 Ethan Barwick, 30 Wilson Maxfield, 33 Marek Schlenker
STAFF: Ryan Papaioannou - Head Coach & General Manager, Taylor Makin - Assistant Coach, Nick Prkusic - Assistant Coach, Wayne Labrie - Head Scout, Keven Sajinovic - Goaltending Coach, Andrew Luchies - Trainer, Samantha Nyenhuis - Trainer

Preliminary Scores:

1. #1. Kam River 1-4 Battlefords
2. #2. Yarmouth 2-7 Brooks
3. #3. Collingwood 2-1 Steinbach, OT
4. #4. Ottawa 2-1 Cobras, OT
5. #5. Timmins 4-3 Yarmouth, OT
6. #6. Steinbach 2-4 Portage
7. #7. Battlefords 1-3 Collingwood
8. #8. Brooks 5-1 Otawa
9. #9. Portage 12-2 Kam River
10. #10. Cobras 2-1 Timmins
11. #11. Steinbach 5-2 Kam River
12. #12. Ottawa 4-3 Yarmouth
13. #13. Brooks 9-0 Timmins
14. #14. Portage 2-3 Battlefords
15. #15. Kam River 1-4 Collingwood
16. #16. Cobras 1-6 Brooks
17. #17. Battlefords 3-1 Steinbach
18. #18. Timmins 2-1 Ottawa, SO
19. #19. Yarmouth 3-2 Cobras
20. #20. Collingwood 3-4 Portage

Rankings After Preliminairy Round

Group A: Rank - Team - GP - W - OTW - L - OTL - PTS

1. Books Bandits, AJHL: 4 - 4 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 12
2. Ottawa Jr. Senators, CCHL : 4 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 6
3. :Yarmouth Mariners, MHL: 4 - 1 - 0 - 2 - 1 - 4
4. Cobras de Terrebonne, LHJQ: 4 - 1 - 0 - 2 - 1 - 4
5. Timmins Rock, NOJHL: 4 - 0 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 4

Group B: Rank - Team - GP - W - OTW - L - OTL - PTS

1. Battlefords North Staars, SJHL: 4 - 3 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 9
2. Portage Terriers, Host, MJHL: 4 - 3 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 9
3. Collingwood Blues, OJHL: 4 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 8
4. Steinbach Pistons, MJHL: 4 - 1 - 0 - 2 - 1 - 4
5. Kam River Fighting Walleye, SIJHL: 4 - 0 - 0 - 4 - 0 - 0

* First-place team, after Preliminary Round, chooses which Semifinal they it will play in. *

Quarterfinals: Gm#21: Collingwood 2 - 4 Ottawa | Gm#22: Yarmouth 1 - 2 Portage

Semifinals: Gm#23: Ottawa 0 - 3 Brooks | Gm#24: Portage 1 - 7 Battlefords

Final: Gm#25: Brooks 4 - 0 Battlefords

CENTENNIAL CUP TOURNAMENT AWARDS:

• Most Sportsmanlike Player: Austin Peters, Portage Terriers
• Top Goaltender: Josh Kotai, Battlefords North Stars
• Top Defenceman: Ethen Beyer, Brooks Bandits
• Top Forward: Aiden Fink, Brooks Bandits
• Leading Scorer: Aiden Fink, Brooks Bandits
• Most Valuable Player: Aiden Fink, Brooks Bandits

CANADIAN JUNIONR HOCKEY LEAGUE AWARDS:

• Most Valuable Player: Aiden Fink, Brooks Bandits, AJHL.
• Top Rookie: Riley Patterson, North York Rangers, OJHL.
• Top Goaltender: Alexandre Marchand, Cobras de Terrebonne, LHJAAAQ.
• Top Defenceman: Ed McNeil, Summerside Western Capital, MHL.
• Top Forward: Aiden Fink, Brooks Bandits, AJHL.
• CJHL Coach of the Year(Darcy Haugan/Mark Cross Memorial Award, presented by the NHL Coaches' Association): Brayden Klimosko - Battlefords North Stars (SJHL)

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2024 - Collingwood Blues (OJHL) - Host, Oakville Blades, Oakville, Ontario, May 9 - 19

ROSTER: 8 Dylan Hudon, 9 Marcus Lougheed, 10 Declan Bowmaster, 11 Ethan Facchina, 12 Daniel Markevych, 14 Sam Barrett, 15 Damen Boose, 17 Hunter Nagge, 18 Spencer Young, 21 Jack Silverman, 26 Jax Bellwood, 36 Landon Wright, 44 Mark McIntosh, 46 Jack Rimmer, 89 Sam Lockyer, 4 Lucas Texmo, 7 Jacob Winsor, 16 Ethan Broderick, 19 Cameron Eke, 22 Calum Chau, 55 Ryan Cook, 78 Jack Robertson, 79 Adam Varga, , 29 Colton Drillen-Roach,(OJHL) 31 Noah Pak
STAFF: Mike Tarantino-General Manager, Jordan Selinger -Director of Operations, Andrew Campoli-Head Coach, Connor Cadaret-Assistant Coach, Nick Ricca-Assistant Coach, Ryan Aschaber-Goaltending Coach, Alessandro Lupo-Goaltending Coach, Chris Grollo-Trainer, Sarah McGall-Trainer, Richard Judges-Equipment Manager, Jason Steer-Equipment Manager, Dave Steele-Governor

Preliminary Scores:

1. #1. Winkler 4-2 Sioux
2. #2. Collingwood 5-4 Calgary
3. #3. Miramichi 1-4 Melfort
4. #4. Longueuil 1-5 Navan
5. #5. Sudbury 2-10 Collingwood
6. #6. Miramichi 7-4 Oakville
7. #7. Melfort 6-5 Winkler, SO
8. #8. Calgary 5-1 Longueuil
9. #9. Oakville 5-2 Sioux
10. #10. Navan 5-1 Sudbury
11. #11. Sioux 3-5 Miramichi
12. #12. Longueuil 0-8 Collingwood
13. #13. Calgary 3-2 Sudbury
14. #14. Oakville 0-4 Winkler
15. #15. Sioux 3-5 Melfort
16. #16. Navan 3-4 Calgary,SO
17. #17. Winkler 2-3 Miramichi,SO
18. #18. Sudbury 6-0 Longueuil
19. #19. Collingwood 3-2 Navan
20. #20. Melfort 3-1 Oakville

Rankings After Preliminairy Round

Group A: Rank - Team - GP - W - OTW - L - OTL - PTS

1. Collingwood Blues, OJHL: 4 - 4 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 12
2. Calgary Canucks,AJHL : 4 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 8
3. Navan Grads, CCHL: 4 - 2 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 7
4. Greater Sudbury Cubs, NOJHL: 4 - 1 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 3
5. Longueuil College, QJHL: 4 - 0 - 0 - 4 - 0 - 0

Group B: Rank - Team - GP - W - OTW - L - OTL - PTS

1. Melfort Mustangs, SJHL: 4 - 3 - 1- 0 - 0 - 11
2. Miramichi Timberwolves, MHL: 4 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 8
3. Winkler Flyers, MJHL: 4 - 2 - 0 - 0 - 2 - 8
4. Oakville Blades, Host, OJHL: 4 - 1 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 3
5. Sioux Lookout Bombers, SIJHL: 4 - 0 - 0 - 4 - 0 - 0

* First-place team, after Preliminary Round, chooses which Semifinal they it will play in. *

Quarterfinals: Gm#21: Miramichi(2nd GB) 8-4 (3rd GA)Navan | Gm#22: Calgary(2nd GA) 4-1 (3rd GB)Winkler

Semifinals: Gm#23: Collingwood(1st GA) 5-2 (L Gm#21)Miramichi | Gm#24: Melfort(1st GB) 2-1 (L Gm#22)Calgary

Final: Gm#25: Collingwood(W Gm#23) 1-0 (W Gm#24)Melfort

CENTENNIAL CUP TOURNAMENT AWARDS:

• Most Sportsmanlike Player: Julien Gervais (Windsor, ON) - Calgary Canucks
• Top Forward: Dalton Andrew (Brandon, MB) - Winkler Flyers
• Top Defenceman: Leith Olafson (Wasa, BC) - Melfort Mustangs
• Top Goaltender: Jaeden Nelson (Ottawa, ON) - Navan Grads
• Most Valuable Player: Riley Hearn (Calgary, AB) - Calgary Canucks

CANADIAN JUNIONR HOCKEY LEAGUE AWARDS:

• Most Valuable Player: Trevor Hoskin, Cobourg Cougars, OJHL
• Top Rookie: Matthew Manza, Toronto Patriots, OJHL
• Top Goaltender: Noah Park, Collingwood Blues, OJHL
• Top Defenceman: David Green, St. Michaels Buzzers, OJHL
• Top Forward: Trevor Hoskin, Coburg Cougars, OJHL

• CJHL Coach of the Year(Darcy Haugan & Mark Cross Memorial Award, presented by CJHL AND the NHL Coaches' Association): Mike Reagan, Flin Flon Bombers, SJHL

• CJHL National Player of the Year: player, team, league
• CJHL Academic Player of the Year: player, team, league

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2025 Host, Calgary Canucks (AJHL), Calgary, Alberta, May 8 - 18

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2026 Host, Team (League), City, Province, May 7 - 17

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CJHL - CANADIAN JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE MEMBERS

• AJHL - Alberta Junior Hockey League
• CCHL - Central Canadian Hockey League
• LHJQ/QJHL - Ligue Du Hockey Junior AAA Du Quebec/Quebec Junior Hockey League
• MJHL - Manitoba Junior Hockey League
• MHL - Maritime Hockey League
• NOJHL - Norther Ontario Junior Hockey League
• OJHL - Ontario Junior Hockey League
• SIJHL - Superior International Junior Hockey League
• SJHL - Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League

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For 1971 to 2019 historical winners list including Manitoba Centennial Trophy (1962-1995), Royal Bank Cup (1996-2018) and the National Jr. A Championship (2019) please, visit this page National Champion Winners List.

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