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Manitoba and Saskatchewan Junior A Championship - Anavet Cup

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Manitoba and Saskatchewan Junior A Championship - Anavet Cup

Prior to 1991 the Anavet Cup winner would play for the Abbott Cup.The Abbott Cup was a playoff round, a best of seven game series, between the British Columbia/Alberta Interprovincial Champions (Doyle Cup) and the Saskatchewan/Manitoba Interprovincial Champions (Anavet Cup). The Abbott Cup winner progressed to the Canadian championship tournament. With the 1991realignment of regions and format for the Centennial Cup, (Royal Bank Cup), the winners of the Anavet Cup and the Doyle Cup both would go straight to the National Championship competition. Tradition was carried on at the Centennial Cup tournament, where the two western champions would meet in a single round robin game to claim the Abbott Cup title. The Abbott Cup had diminished in importance and was retired after the 1999 season.

In 2011, the four western leagues proposed to Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League that the Doyle Cup and Anavet Cup be discontinued in favour of a new tournament named the Western Canada Cup. Hockey Canada announced the tournament's creation in January 2012. Following the 2017 tournament, Hockey Canada scrapped the Western Canada Cup format and re-instated the Anavet and Doyle Cups for the 2017-18 season.

Manitoba and Saskatchewan Champions - Anavet Cup

Until 1991 the winners of the Manitoba and Saskatchewan series advanced to the Abbott Cup. The Abbott Cup winners went on to play for the Centennial Cup. After 1991 the winner of the Anavet Cup went directly to the National Championship series.

SeasonChampionLoserGames
1970-71St. Boniface Saints (MJHL)Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)4 to 2
1971-72Humboldt Broncos (SJHL)Dauphin Kings (MJHL)4 to 2
1972-73Portage Terriers (MJHL)Humboldt Broncos (SJHL)3 to 2
1973-74Selkirk Steelers (MJHL)Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)4 to 2
1974-75Selkirk Steelers (MJHL)Swift Current Broncos (SJHL)4 to 0
1975-76Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)Selkirk Steelers (MJHL)4 to 1
1976-77Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)Dauphin Kings (MJHL)4 to 1
1977-78Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)Kildonan North Stars (MJHL)4 to 0
1978-79Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)Selkirk Steelers (MJHL)4 to 1
1979-80Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)Selkirk Steelers (MJHL)4 to 2
1980-81Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)St. Boniface Saints (MJHL)4 to 1
1981-82Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL)4 to 2
1982-83Dauphin Kings (MJHL)Yorkton Terriers (SJHL)4 to 1
1983-84Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)Selkirk Steelers (MJHL)4 to 2
1984-85Estevan Bruins (SJHL)Selkirk Steelers (MJHL)4 to 1
1985-86Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL)Humboldt Broncos (SJHL)4 to 3
1986-87Humboldt Broncos (SJHL)Selkirk Steelers (MJHL)4 to 0
1987-88Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL)4 to 0
1988-89Humboldt Broncos (SJHL)Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL)4 to 1
1989-90Nipawin Hawks (SJHL)Portage Terriers (MJHL)4 to 2
1990-91Yorkton Terriers (SJHL)Winkler Flyers (MJHL)4 to 1
1991-92Winkler Flyers (MJHL)Melfort Mustangs (SJHL)4 to 1
1992-93Flin Flon Bombers (SJHL)Dauphin Kings (MJHL)4 to 2
1993-94Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)St. Boniface Saints (MJHL)4 to 3
1994-95Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL)Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)4 to 2
1995-96Melfort Mustangs (SJHL)St. James Canadians (MJHL)4 to 0
1996-97Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)St. James Canadians (MJHL)4 to 1
1997-98Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)Winkler Flyers (MJHL)4 to 3
1998-99Estevan Bruins (SJHL)OCN Blizzard (MJHL)4 to 2
1999-00North Battleford North Stars (SJHL)OCN Blizzard (MJHL)4 to 1
2000-01Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)OCN Blizzard (MJHL)4 to 2
2001-02OCN Blizzard (MJHL)Kindersley Klippers (SJHL)4 to 1
2002-03Humboldt Broncos (SJHL)OCN Blizzard (MJHL)4 to 1
2003-04Kindersley Klippers (SJHL)Selkirk Steelers (MJHL)4 to 3
2004-05Portage Terriers (MJHL)Yorkton Terriers (SJHL)4 to 2
2005-06Yorkton Terriers (SJHL)Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL)4 to 1
2006-07Selkirk Steelers (MJHL)Humboldt Broncos (SJHL)4 to 3
2007-08Humboldt Broncos (SJHL)Portage Terriers (MJHL)4 to 0
2008-09Humboldt Broncos (SJHL)Portage Terriers (MJHL)4 to 3
2009-10Dauphin Kings (MJHL)La Ronge Ice Wolves (SJHL)4 to 1
2010-11Portage Terriers La Ronge Ice Wolves4 to 3
2011-12Humboldt BroncoPortage Terriers4 to 3

Western Championship Champions - Western Cup

The Western Cup was the Junior 'A' ice hockey championship for western Canada from 2013 to 2017. The annual five-team event consisted of the host team and the champions from the four western leagues (Alberta Junior Hockey League, British Columbia Hockey League, Manitoba Junior Hockey League, and Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League), and was used to determine the two Western seeds for the national championship. It eliminated the Manatoba vs Saskatchewan Anavet Cup Championship. Hockey Canada reverted back to the old format for the 2017 - 18 playdowns.

SeasonChampionLoserGames
2012-13Surrey EaglesBrooks Bandits
2013-14Yorkton TerriersDauphin Kings
2014-15Penticton VeesPortage Terriers
2015-16West Kelowna WarriorsBrooks Bandits
2016-17Brooks BanditsPenticton Vees

Manitoba and Saskatchewan Champions - Anavet Cup

SeasonChampionLoserGames
2017-18Steinbach PistonsNipawin Hawks4 to 2
2018-19Portage TerriersBattlefords North Stars4 to 1
2019-20Not Awarded - Covid
2020-21Not Awarded - Covid
2021-22Not Awarded - Covid