The Quebec Provincial Hockey Championship (French: ''Championnats Provinciaux de Hockey'', known as Coupe Dodge, or the Dodge Cup for commercial reasons) is a provincial championship in the men's and women's amateur

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leagues in

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, Canada. This tournament is sanctioned by both Fédération québécoise de hockey sur glace (Hockey Quebec) and Hockey Canada. Coupe Dodge 2011 026

History

The first provincial championships organized by Hockey Quebec were presented at

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in 1978. The name of the trophy has changed over the years because of sponsorship: Daoust (1978-85), Purlator (1986-88), Chrysler (1989-2002), and since 2003, the Dodge brand. This tournament that determines the top double letter teams ("AA" ) at each level for boys and girls (U7, U9. U11, U13, U15, U18, U21) within the province of Quebec. Generally, the Quebec Provincial Championship extends over four or five days in April of every year.

Men's Provincial Championship

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( Sutherland Cup),

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( Barkley Cup), and Atlantic Canada ( Don Johnson Memorial Cup)—leaving five teams at the end of each year with a shared claim to being the best Junior B team in Canada. The U-21 "AA" championships began in 1988. In 2006, Hockey Quebec allowed for the

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and the

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of the

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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 Dodge Cup.

List of U21 "AA" (or B in other parts of Canada) Provincial Champions

In Québec, the ''U-21 "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.

Women's Provincial Championship

History

In 2008, the first Provincial Championship for women was added. * U-11 (9–10 years ) * U-13 (11–12 years) * U-15 (13–14 years) * U-18 (15-16-17 years) * U-21 (18-19-20-21 years) In 2007, the Dodge Cup has 60 women's teams quarrel the competition during 11–15 April: U-13 AA 6 teams, U-13 A 10 teams, U-15 AA 8 teams, U-15 A 8 teams, U-18 AA 8 teams, U-18 A 10 teams and finally U-21 A 10 teams. Since 2008 the women's ''Dodge Cup'' is held at a different venue and date than the men's competition.

Tournaments

2008

The historic first presentation of the women's provincial championships took place in 2008. The women's and men's championships both took place in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and

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regions during 9–13 April 2008. A total of 66 women's teams competed for the championship: 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

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. * ''Pee-wee A '', contested at Aréna de Donnacona, in

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. * ''Bantam AA '', competed at Aréna Luc & Marie-Claude, in

. * ''Bantam A '', participated at Aréna de Donnacona, in

. * ''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 provincial championship 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 (

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). : The Champions 2009

2010

The 2010 Provincial Championship 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

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. 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 (

). : The Champions 2010

2011

The competition was held from 31 March to 3 April in

. For the first time in the four year existence of the women's Provincial Championship, the women's tournament will be contested in a city different from the men's competition: 118 women's teams (1775 girls playing ) in 14 category. * ''Atom A'', played at

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* ''Atom B'', played at Aréna Henri-Bourassa * ''Pee-wee AA'', played at Aréna Michel-Normandin * ''Pee-wee A'', played at

* ''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

* ''Midget B '', played at Aréna Bill Burnan * ''Junior A '', played at Aréna Chaumont * ''Junior B '', played at Aréna Chaumont * ''Collegiate AA '', played at

The finals of four championship categories(besides the semi-finals and the finals of

) was presented at the

. : The Champions 2011

2012

The women's Provincial Championships were held from 12 till 15 April 2012 to Laval. More than 200 girls' ice hockey teams from 14 regions of

will come to conclude the 2011-12 regular season and to determine champions in the various categories. Because of a change by the

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, the collegiate division was now labeled by RSEQ, the French title for the governing body of collegiate sports in the province. The tournaments were held in seven venues in Laval, and five in Montréal: * ''Atom A'', * ''Atom 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'' * ''Collegiate RSEQ '', : The Champions 2012

References

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External links

* (French
Quebec Provincial Hockey Championships Website

Quebec Provincial Hockey Championships results and Statistics
* (French
Hockey Québec: Federation ice hockey
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