The ANAVET Cup was an
ice hockey
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trophy awarded by the
Canadian Junior Hockey League
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to the winners of a best-of-seven series between the championship teams of the
SJHL and the
MJHL
The Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) is a Junior ice hockey, Junior 'A' ice hockey league operating in the Canadian province of Manitoba and one of nine member leagues of the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL).
The MJHL consists of thirt ...
. The winner also earned a berth in the
Centennial Cup
The Centennial Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL), which determines the national champion of Junior ice hockey#Junior A, junior A ice hockey. It consists of a ten-team ...
national championship tournament. The series was an annual staple since 1971, excluding the years from 2013 to 2017, when it was replaced by the
Western Canada Cup, and 2020–2021, when the competition was cancelled as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
The term "ANAVET" comes from the
Canadian
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non-for-profit organization ANAVETS, or
Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada.
The Western region's ANAVET Cup Champion traditionally played against the Pacific region's
Doyle Cup champion for the
Abbott Cup
The Abbott Memorial Cup, commonly referred to as the Abbott Cup, was awarded annually from 1919 through 1999 to the Junior "A" ice hockey Champion for Western Canada.
The Cup was named after Captain E.L. (Hick) Abbott who was a noted hockey ...
, the Western Canadian Championship. However, the Abbott Cup diminished in importance following the reorganization of the national championship in 1990. The Abbott Cup was then presented to the winner of the round-robin game, between the Pacific champion and Western champion, during the larger national competition; this practice ended, and the Abbott Cup was retired, after the 1999 season.
Champions
*Champions in bold
Results by team
*''results as of 2019 ANAVET Cup''
:
''* denotes team is defunct or no longer part of the league''
Results by league
*''results as of 2019 ANAVET Cup''
References
External links
MJHL websiteSJHL websiteCJHL website
Ice hockey in Western Canada
Ice hockey tournaments in Canada
Canadian Junior Hockey League trophies and awards
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