Three league champions have been decided, and now they converge from across the continent onto Windsor, Ontario, Home of the 99th Memorial Cup Tournament.
Starting in 1918 as a tribute to hockey players lost in battle, junior hockey leagues across Canada would compete to find out which teams would represent them to win the championship. This year they come from Saint John, New Brunswick, Erie, Pennsylvania, and Seattle, Washington. The Sea Dogs, Otters, and Thunderbirds will take on host Windsor Spitfires to crown the best junior hockey team on the continent.
The Host
Windsor, Ontario is the site of the tournament, and has hosted major junior hockey for 41 years, ever since the Spitfires joined the OHL from the ranks of Junior ‘A’.