The three championship Canadian Hockey League teams plus this year’s host will drop the puck on the 2017 Memorial Cup on Friday in Windsor, Ontario
This year’s major junior tournament features the host Windsor Spitfires, Ontario League champion Erie Otters, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champion Saint John Sea Dogs and Western Hockey League champion Seattle Thunderbirds.
It’s the first time since 2007 that two U.S. teams will play in the tournament. Neither Erie nor Seattle have won the tournament, but Saint John and Windsor have. The Spitfires won in back-to-back years in 2009 and 2010 while the Sea Dogs captured the championship the following year.