Manitoba and Saskatchewan Junior A Championship - Anavet Cup
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.Season | Champion | Loser | Games |
1970-71 | St. Boniface Saints (MJHL) | Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL) | 4 to 2 | 1971-72 | Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) | Dauphin Kings (MJHL) | 4 to 2 | 1972-73 | Portage Terriers (MJHL) | Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) | 3 to 2 | 1973-74 | Selkirk Steelers (MJHL) | Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) | 4 to 2 | 1974-75 | Selkirk Steelers (MJHL) | Swift Current Broncos (SJHL) | 4 to 0 | 1975-76 | Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) | Selkirk Steelers (MJHL) | 4 to 1 | 1976-77 | Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) | Dauphin Kings (MJHL) | 4 to 1 | 1977-78 | Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) | Kildonan North Stars (MJHL) | 4 to 0 | 1978-79 | Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) | Selkirk Steelers (MJHL) | 4 to 1 | 1979-80 | Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) | Selkirk Steelers (MJHL) | 4 to 2 | 1980-81 | Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) | St. Boniface Saints (MJHL) | 4 to 1 | 1981-82 | Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) | Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL) | 4 to 2 | 1982-83 | Dauphin Kings (MJHL) | Yorkton Terriers (SJHL) | 4 to 1 | 1983-84 | Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL) | Selkirk Steelers (MJHL) | 4 to 2 | 1984-85 | Estevan Bruins (SJHL) | Selkirk Steelers (MJHL) | 4 to 1 | 1985-86 | Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL) | Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) | 4 to 3 | 1986-87 | Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) | Selkirk Steelers (MJHL) | 4 to 0 | 1987-88 | Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL) | Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL) | 4 to 0 | 1988-89 | Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) | Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL) | 4 to 1 | 1989-90 | Nipawin Hawks (SJHL) | Portage Terriers (MJHL) | 4 to 2 | 1990-91 | Yorkton Terriers (SJHL) | Winkler Flyers (MJHL) | 4 to 1 | 1991-92 | Winkler Flyers (MJHL) | Melfort Mustangs (SJHL) | 4 to 1 | 1992-93 | Flin Flon Bombers (SJHL) | Dauphin Kings (MJHL) | 4 to 2 | 1993-94 | Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL) | St. Boniface Saints (MJHL) | 4 to 3 | 1994-95 | Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL) | Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL) | 4 to 2 | 1995-96 | Melfort Mustangs (SJHL) | St. James Canadians (MJHL) | 4 to 0 | 1996-97 | Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL) | St. James Canadians (MJHL) | 4 to 1 | 1997-98 | Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL) | Winkler Flyers (MJHL) | 4 to 3 | 1998-99 | Estevan Bruins (SJHL) | OCN Blizzard (MJHL) | 4 to 2 | 1999-00 | North Battleford North Stars (SJHL) | OCN Blizzard (MJHL) | 4 to 1 | 2000-01 | Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL) | OCN Blizzard (MJHL) | 4 to 2 | 2001-02 | OCN Blizzard (MJHL) | Kindersley Klippers (SJHL) | 4 to 1 | 2002-03 | Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) | OCN Blizzard (MJHL) | 4 to 1 | 2003-04 | Kindersley Klippers (SJHL) | Selkirk Steelers (MJHL) | 4 to 3 | 2004-05 | Portage Terriers (MJHL) | Yorkton Terriers (SJHL) | 4 to 2 | 2005-06 | Yorkton Terriers (SJHL) | Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL) | 4 to 1 | 2006-07 | Selkirk Steelers (MJHL) | Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) | 4 to 3 | 2007-08 | Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) | Portage Terriers (MJHL) | 4 to 0 | 2008-09 | Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) | Portage Terriers (MJHL) | 4 to 3 | 2009-10 | Dauphin Kings (MJHL) | La Ronge Ice Wolves (SJHL) | 4 to 1 | 2010-11 | Portage Terriers | La Ronge Ice Wolves | 4 to 3 | 2011-12 | Humboldt Bronco | Portage Terriers | 4 to 3 |
Western Championship Champions - Western Cup
Season | Champion | Loser | Games |
2012-13 | Surrey Eagles | Brooks Bandits | 2013-14 | Yorkton Terriers | Dauphin Kings | 2014-15 | Penticton Vees | Portage Terriers | 2015-16 | West Kelowna Warriors | Brooks Bandits | 2016-17 | Brooks Bandits | Penticton Vees |
Manitoba and Saskatchewan Champions - Anavet Cup
Season | Champion | Loser | Games |
2017-18 | Steinbach Pistons | Nipawin Hawks | 4 to 2 | 2018-19 | Portage Terriers | Battlefords North Stars | 4 to 1 | 2019-20 | Not Awarded - Covid | 2020-21 | Not Awarded - Covid | 2021-22 | Not Awarded - Covid |