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Memorial Cup

Trophy NameMemorial Cup
Established1919
HolderWindsor Spitfires
AwardedCanadian Hockey League champion

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The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL). Sixty teams are eligible to compete for the Memorial Cup, representing nine provinces and five American states. The Windsor Spitfires are the back-to-back defending champions, who earned their second-straight Memorial Cup by defeating the hosting Brandon Wheat Kings 9-1 in the 2010 championship final on May 23, 2010. On May 10, 2010 it was announced that the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors will host the 2011 Memorial Cup tournament. The Barrie Colts, Kingston Frontenacs and Windsor Spitfires had also bid to host the tournament.

The trophy was originally known as the OHA Memorial Cup and was donated by the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) in 1919 to be awarded to the junior champion of Canada. From its inception until 1971, the Memorial Cup was open to all Junior A teams in the country and was awarded following a series of league, provincial and regional playoffs culminating in an east-west championship. The three-league tournament format began in 1972 when the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association divided the Junior A rank into two tiers, naming the Memorial Cup as the championship of the Major Junior level.

The Memorial Cup was proposed by Captain James T. Sutherland during World War I, who wanted to create a trophy as a memorial to remember the OHA's players who died during the war. When the trophy was created, it was dedicated in honour of the soldiers who died fighting for Canada in the war. During the 2010 tournament, it will be rededicated to honour all soldiers who died fighting for Canada in any conflict.

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