The 1997 Allan Cup was the

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national

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championship for the 1996–97 Senior "AAA" season. The event was hosted by the

Powell River Regals The Powell River Regals were a Canadian Senior ice hockey team from Powell River, British Columbia. The Regals played an independent schedule under the supervision of the BC Amateur Hockey Association. The Regals were three-time Allan Cup Nat ...

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. The 1997 tournament marked the 89th time that the

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has been awarded.

Teams

(Host) *

Stony Plain Eagles The Stony Plain Eagles are a senior ice hockey team based in Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada. Founded in the 1930s, the team moved up to the Senior AAA ranks in 1992. They played in the Allan Cup Hockey West until 2020. The Eagles were the 1999 ...

(Pacific) *

Truro Bearcats The Truro Bearcats are a Junior "A" ice hockey team based out of Truro, Nova Scotia. The Bearcats are one of six Nova Scotia teams in the Maritime Junior Hockey League. History Metro Valley League years Originally, Truro was a member of the M ...

(East) *

Warroad Lakers The Warroad Lakers were an American Senior ice hockey team from Warroad, Minnesota. The Lakers played in various Manitoba AHA and Thunder Bay AHA senior and intermediate leagues and were granted special eligibility for the Allan Cup and Hardy C ...

(West)

Results

''Round Robin'' :Warroad Lakers 6 - Stony Plain Eagles 5 :Powell River Regals 5 - Truro Bearcats 2 :Truro Bearcats 8 - Stony Plain Eagles 3 :Powell River Regals 4 - Warroad Lakers 1 :Truro Bearcats 4 - Warroad Lakers 3 :Stony Plain Eagles 3 - Powell River Regals 3 ''Semi-final'' :Warroad Lakers 3 - Truro Bearcats 0 ''Final'' :Powell River Regals 7 - Warroad Lakers 3

External links

Allan Cup archives

Allan Cup website
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