The Coupe Dodge (or Dodge Cup) is a provincial championship in the men's and women's amateur ice hockey leagues in Quebec, Canada. This tournament is sanctioned by both Hockey Quebec (Fédération québécoise de hockey sur glace) and Hockey Canada.
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History
The first provincial championships organized by Hockey Quebec were presented at Montreal in 1978. Throughout the years, they have been held on an annual basis with different names : Coupe Daoust (1978 to 1985), Coupe Purolator (1986 to 1988), Coupe Chrysler (1989 to 2002), and Coupe Dodge (2003 to present). This tournament that determines the top double letter teams ("AA" ) at each level from Atom to Junior (boys and girls) within the province of Quebec. Generally, the Coupe Dodge extends over four or five days in April of every year.
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Coupe Dodge (men's)
There is no National Championship for Junior B hockey in Canada, similar championships are held in Ontario (Sutherland Cup), Western Canada (Keystone Cup), Eastern Ontario (Barkley Cup), and Atlantic Canada (Don Johnson Memorial Cup)--leaving four teams at the end of each year with a shared claim to being the best Junior B team in Canada.
The Junior "AA" championships began in 1988. In 2006, Hockey Quebec allowed for the Shawville Pontiacs and the Gatineau Mustangs of the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League to take part in the event, even though they compete in a league based in Ontario. In 2008, Hockey Quebec allowed for two regional champions to share the Coupe Dodge.
List of Junior "AA" Provincial Champions
In Québec, the Junior "AA" classification is the equivalent of Junior "B" in the rest of Canada. The 2008 year marked a decision by Hockey Quebec to allow two separate tournaments with two separate champions.
Coupe Dodge (women's)
History
Originally, the Coupe Dodge was reserved as a men's ice hockey championship. Over the years, the event has gradually been modified to introduce the women ice hockey.
- Atom (9-10 years )
- Pee wee (11-12 years)
- Bantam (13-14 years)
- Midget (15-16-17 years)
- Junior (18-19-20-21 years)
In 2007, the Coupe Dodge has 60 women's teams quarrel the competition during 11-15 April: Pee-wee AA 6 teams, Pee-wee A 10 teams, Bantam AA 8 teams, Bantam A 8 teams, Midget AA 8 teams, Midget A 10 teams and finally Junior A 10 teams. Since 2008 the women ice hockey championship has a different event Coupe Dodge to the men ice hockey during the next annual competitions.
Tournaments
2008
The historic first presentation of the women's provincial championships Coupe Dodge took place in 2008. The women's and men's championships both took place in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord regions during 9-13 April 2008. A total of 66 women's teams competed for the Coupe Dodge: Pee-wee AA 8 teams, Pee-wee A 10 teams, Bantam AA 10 teams, Bantam A 8 teams, Midget AA 10 teams, Midget A 12 teams and finally Junior A 8 teams:
- Pee-wee AA , played at Aréna Luc & Marie-Claude, in La Malbaie.
- Pee-wee A , contested at Aréna de Donnacona, in Donnacona.
- Bantam AA , competed at Aréna Luc & Marie-Claude, in La Malbaie.
- Bantam A , participated at Aréna de Donnacona, in Donnacona.
- Midget AA and Midget A , played at Centre récréatif St-Félicien, in St-Félicien.
- Junior A , played at Aréna de Mashteuiatsh, in Mashteuiatsh.
: The Champions 2008
2009
The 2009 edition of the women's Coupe Dodge took place in the Lake Saint Louis region from 8-12 April 2009: 66 women's teams competed in 7 different categories :Pee Wee A 8 teams, Pee Wee AA 8 teams, Bantam A 8 teams, Bantam AA 12 teams, Midget A 8 teams, Midget AA 12 teams and Junior A 10 teams. In addition, it was the first presence of four semifinalist teams that came from the Quebec women collegial league (Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA).
: The Champions 2009
2010
The 2010 Coupe Dodge was held from 31 March to 4 April 2010. The women's championship was from 7 to 11 April: the events from the Coupe Dodge were held in the region of Estrie. The organizing committee selected five cities as hosts for the women's competition. The event, which featured approximately 2000 female players, featured a total of 223 matches. In addition, the 2010 edition of the Cup gave way to some novelties, of which there was a Skills Challenge exclusively featuring women. Said challenge served to indicate the best player as well as the best goalkeeper in terms of skill. Finally we attended the semi-finals and the final of women college ice hockey (Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA).
: The Champions 2010
2011
The competition was held from 31 March to 3 April in Montreal. For the first time in the four year existence of the women's Coupe Dodge, the women's tournament will be contested in a city different from the men's competition: 118 women's teams (1775 girls players ) in 14 category.
- Atome A, played at Centre Étienne Desmarteau
- Atome B, played at Aréna Henri-Bourassa
- Pee-wee AA, played at Aréna Michel-Normandin
- Pee-wee A, played at Centre Étienne Desmarteau
- Pee-wee B, played at Aréna Bill Burnan
- Bantam AA, played at Aréna Chaumont
- Bantam A, played at Aréna Michel-Normandin
- Bantam B , played at Aréna Chaumont
- Midget AA , played at Aréna St-Louis
- Midget A , played at Centre Étienne Desmarteau
- Midget B , played at Aréna Bill Burnan
- Junior A , played at Aréna Chaumont
- Junior B , played at Aréna Chaumont
- Collégial AA , played at Centre Étienne Desmarteau
The finals of 4 championship category(besides the semi-finals and the finals of Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA) was presented at the Centre Étienne Desmarteau.
: The Champions 2011
2012
The Coupe Dodge (feminine) will be presented from 12 till 15 April 2012 to Laval. More than 200 girls' ice hockey teams from 14 regions of Quebec will come to conclude the 2011-12 regular season and to determine champions in the various categories.
At the girls' playoffs tournament in 7 arenas of Laval city and in 5 arenas of Montreal:
- Atome A,
- Atome B,
- Pee-wee AA,
- Pee-wee A,
- Pee-wee B,
- Bantam AA,
- Bantam A,
- Bantam B ,
- Midget AA ,
- Midget A ,
- Midget B ,
- Junior AA.
- Junior A ,
- Junior B
- Collégial RSEQ ,
: The Champions 2012
References
External links
- (French) Coupe Dodge Website
- Coupe Dodge results and Statistics
- (French) Hockey Québec: Federation ice hockey
Source of article : Wikipedia
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