The 2015 Allan Cup was the Canadian championship of

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and the 107th year the

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was awarded. The tournament was contended in Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador from April 13 to April 18, 2015 and hosted by the

Clarenville Caribous The Clarenville Caribous (also commonly known as the Clarenville Ford Caribous due to an ongoing sponsorship deal announced September 23, 2015) are a senior ice hockey team based in Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador and a member of the Centr ...

. All games were played at the Eastlink Events Centre. The championship game between the

Bentley Generals The Lacombe Generals were a Senior AAA ice hockey team from Lacombe, Alberta, Canada that played in the Chinook Hockey League. The Generals are four-time national champions, having won the Allan Cup in 2009 and 2016 in Steinbach, Manitoba, ...

and

South East Prairie Thunder The South East Prairie Thunder are a Canadian Senior 'AAA' ice hockey team based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba and two-time Allan Cup champions. They play an independent schedule under the jurisdiction of Hockey Manitoba. The team is inactive as of 20 ...

was a rematch of the 2009 final. The Prairie Thunder defeated the Generals by a score of 2–0 to win their second national title.

Information

This year's Allan Cup was the first played in

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since

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. It was the third consecutive trip to the Allan Cup for the host Clarenville Caribous, who lost the previous two championship games. The Atlantic region was awarded Quebec's berth for this year's Allan Cup, in addition to its regular spot. As a result, the champions from the Newfoundland's

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(

Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts The Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts are a senior ice hockey team based in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador and a member of the Central Division of the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League. Since it was founded in 1966, the Cataracts hock ...

) and

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's North East Senior Hockey League (Lameque Au P'tit Mousse) were given automatic berths into the Allan Cup. In Ontario, the OHF and defending Allan Cup champions

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defeated Northern Ontario's

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to win the Renwick Cup. In the West, the

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swept the Rathgaber Cup series against

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's Rosetown Red Wings to return to the Allan Cup for the sixth time in seven years.

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did not present a team for the McKenzie Cup series, thus allowing

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's Chinook Hockey League champion (

) to take the Pacific region uncontested and advance directly to the Allan Cup.

Participants

(Host) :*13-10-1 record, 3rd in NLSWHL. :*Lost to

0-4. *

(Pacific) :* 2009 and

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champions. :*23-1-0 record, 1st in ChHL. :*Defeated Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs 4-1, Defeated

Innisfail Eagles The Innisfail Eagles are a senior ice hockey team based in Innisfail, Alberta, Canada. Alberta Senior AA champions in 2012–13, the Eagles moved up to compete at the Senior AAA level for 2013–14. They played in the Allan Cup Hockey West until ...

4-0 to win league. :*Automatically qualified as

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 Natio ...

(BC) declined. *

(West) :* 2012 Allan Cup champions. :*Defeated Rosetown Red Wings 3-0 to win region. *

(Ontario) :* Defending Allan Cup champions. :*10-13-1 record, 4th in ACH. :*Defeated

Brantford Blast Brantford Blast are a Canadian senior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association's Allan Cup Hockey, from Brantford, Ontario. The team was established in 2000, and play their games at the Brantford Civic Centre. The Blast were the winn ...

4-2, Defeated Whitby Dunlops 4-2 to win league. :*Defeated

2-0 to win region. * Lameque Au P'tit Mousse (New Brunswick) :*10-7-3 record, 3rd in NESHL. :*Defeated Restigouche Nord Vikings 4-1, Lost to Tracadie Alpines 1-4. :* NESHL champion automatically qualified as there are no Quebec teams. :*Tracadie Alpines declined, Lameque 2015 NESHL runner-up. *

(Newfoundland & Labrador) :*13-10-1 record, 2nd in NLSWHL. :*Defeated

4-0, Defeated

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4-0 to win league.

Round robin

Results

Championship Round

Quarter and Semi-finals

Final

Awards

Bill Saunders Award (Tournament MVP): Steve Christie (South East Prairie Thunder)
All Star Team :Goalie: Steve Christie (South East Prairie Thunder) :Defense: Ryan Bonni (South East Prairie Thunder) :Defense: Griffen Nyren (Bentley Generals) :Forward: Colin Circelli (Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts) :Forward: Del Cowan (South East Prairie Thunder) :Forward: Cam MacLise (Bentley Generals)

References

External links

Official Allan Cup Site

Allen Cup Site at HockeyCanada.ca
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