List of Memorial Cup champions

Known originally as the OHA Memorial Cup, it was donated in 1919 by the Ontario Hockey Association in honour of the soldiers who died fighting for Canada in World War I.

From its donation in 1919 until 1971, the Memorial Cup was awarded via a series of playoffs to the junior hockey champion of Canada.

Sixty teams across the CHL's three member leagues are eligible to compete for the Memorial Cup, representing nine provinces and four American states.

Among currently active teams, the Oshawa Generals lead with five titles, the latest one in 2015, while the Regina Pats follow with four.

[4] The first championship featured the University of Toronto Schools against the Regina Patricia (now the Pats) in a two-game, total-goals series.

Note that teams from Port Arthur, Ontario, while technically located in Eastern Canada, had easier access to leagues in Manitoba for competition during the regular season, and thus represented Western Canada on the three occasions they competed for the Memorial Cup.

The CAHA moved to a best-of-three format in 1925 as the first team to win two games was declared the champion.

[8] The first 36 Memorial Cups were generally held in either Toronto or Winnipeg, as the CAHA acknowledged budget constraints and travel costs in the world's second largest country.

[citation needed] The 1971 final between the Quebec Remparts and the Edmonton Oil Kings was nearly canceled outright in the wake of controversy surrounding the inclusion of the previously outlawed Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) as the western league was allowed to use more over-age players and received a larger travel allowance from the CAHA.

After the Toronto Canoe Club defeated the Selkirk Fishermen in 1920, they were met with a challenge by the Fort William Beavers for the trophy.

Considered an outlaw league by the CAHA, WCHL teams were not permitted to participate in the Memorial Cup playoffs.

To determine the host team for that tournament, the OHL held a "super series" between its two regular season division winners before the start of the playoffs.

Since Oshawa won both the Super Series and the OHL Championship, only three teams participated in the Memorial Cup.

On March 23, the CHL cancelled the remainder of the regular season, member league playoffs, and Memorial Cup which the Kelowna Rockets were set to host.

[21][22] g On April 13, 2021, the CHL announced the cancellation of the Memorial Cup tournament for a second consecutive year due to limitations on travel, border restrictions, and quarantining requirements as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.