The Collingwood Blues are a

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team in the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) based in

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, and the

2024 Centennial Cup The 2024 Centennial Cup was the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) championship for the 2023–24 season won by the Collingwood Blues of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. It was the 52nd Canadian junior A ice hockey national championship and t ...

national championship team.

History

The team came into being with sale and relocation of the

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to Collingwood after the 2018–19 OJHL season. The

had been a league staple since 1974. After the 2019–20 OJHL season, the team was rebranded the Collingwood Blues. The 2020–21 OJHL season was cancelled due to public health restrictions related to the

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. The Blues won consecutive league championships in

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and

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. They went on to win the

national championship tournament in 2024.

Arena

The team plays its home games at the Eddie Bush Memorial Arena in Collingwood. In 2024, the team entered a 10-year agreement with the Town of Collingwood to continue its use of facility, following protracted negotiations. The agreement included the option to renew for a further 10 years.

Season-by-season results

The team won its second consecutive league championship in

and went on to win the national championship

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National championships

In 2022, the

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moved to a 10-team format, including the champions from each of the nine leagues that make up the CJHL, and the host team, thus eliminating the intervening regional contests for the

ANAVET Cup The ANAVET Cup was an ice hockey trophy awarded by the Canadian Junior Hockey League to the winners of a best-of-seven series between the championship teams of the SJHL and the MJHL. The winner also earned a berth in the Centennial Cup national ...

, the

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and the

Doyle Cup The Doyle Cup was an ice hockey trophy won through a best-of-7 series conducted annually by the Canadian Junior Hockey League to determine the Pacific region berth in the Centennial Cup, the national Junior A championship. From 1971 to 2021, th ...

. The format consists of a 4-game round-robin with two groups of five teams, followed by a six-team single-elimination play-off.

2023 Centennial Cup

The

2023 Centennial Cup The 2023 Centennial Cup was the 51st annual Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) Junior A national championship tournament for the 2022–23 season. The tournament took place at Stride Place in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba from May 11 to 21, 2 ...

tournament took place at

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from 11 – 21 May 2023. It was the second year of the 10-team format, including the championship teams of nine CJHL affiliate leagues and the host team, the

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. The

and city of

were to be the host for the

2020 Centennial Cup The 2020 Centennial Cup was to be the 50th Canadian junior A ice hockey national championship for the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) and the 50th consecutive year the national championship was awarded to this skill level since the breakaway ...

, but were renamed as the 2023 host when the 2020 tournament was cancelled at the onset of the

2024 Centennial Cup

The

was hosted by the

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at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex in

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from 9 – 19 2024.

References

External links

Collingwood Blues official website

OJHL official website

2024 Centennial Cup
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