The Coy Cup is awarded to the Senior AA

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champions of

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. Teams from the

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have also competed.

History

The trophy was donated to the

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by Colonel Coy of the 50th Gordon Highlanders (now the 16th Scottish) of

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. The Coy Cup was first awarded to the Enderby Hockey Club in the 1922-23 season. The Coy Cup is the Senior AA championship of British Columbia, formerly known as Senior B until 1983. The winner of the Coy Cup for some time competed for the now-defunct Hardy Cup National Championship. In 2017, the Whitehorse Huskies became the first team from outside BC to win the Coy Cup.

Champions

Senior B Champions

''Pre-cup champions'' * 1912-13 -

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* 1913-14 - Fraser Mills Hockey Club * 1914-15 - B.B Hockey Club * 1915-16 - B.B Hockey Club * 1921-22 - Nelson Cubs ''Coy Cup champions'' * 1922-23 - Enderby Hockey Club * 1924-25 - Ex-King George Hockey Club * 1926-27 - Prince George Hockey Club * 1927-28 - Vernon * 1928-29 - Vernon Hockey Club * 1929-30 - Vernon Hockey Club * 1930-31 - Lumby Flying Frenchmen * 1931-32 - Vernon and Prince George, jointly * 1932-33 - Kimberley Hockey Club * 1933-34 - Vernon * 1934-35 - Vernon * 1935-36 - Merritt Hockey Club * 1936-37 - Pioneer Mines Hockey Club * 1937-38 - Bralorne Golddiggers * 1938-39 - Bralorne Golddiggers * 1939-40 - No Competition * 1940-41 -

Nanaimo Clippers The Nanaimo Clippers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Island Division of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). They play their home games at Frank Crane Arena. Franchis ...

* 1941-42 - Nanaimo Clippers * 1942-43 - Vernon Hockey Club * 1943-44 - Vernon Legionnaires * 1944-45 - No Competition * 1945-46 - Vernon * 1946-47 - Trail All-Stars ( Jack Kwasney) * 1947-48 - New Westminster Hillsides * 1948-49 - Nanaimo Clippers ( Red Carr) * 1949-50 - Trail All-Stars ( Frank Waite) * 1950-51 - Trail Intermediate Smoke Eaters (Frank Waite) * 1951-52 - Kamloops Loggers ( Kenny Stewart) * 1952-53 - Trail All-Stars ( Bob Weist) * 1953-54 - Trail All-Stars ( Ian McLeod) * 1954-55 - Trail All-Stars ( Frank Turik) * 1955-56 - Nanaimo Clippers (Red Carr) * 1956-57 - Kimberley Dynamiters (John Achtzener) * 1957-58 - Nanaimo Clippers (Red Carr) * 1958-59 - Vancouver Carlings ( Mike Shabaga) * 1959-60 - Nanaimo Labatts (Red Carr) * 1960-61 - Trail Oilers ( Alex Birukow) * 1961-62 - Summerland Macs ( Bernie Bathgate) * 1962-63 -

Kamloops Chiefs The Kamloops Chiefs were a junior ice hockey team based in Kamloops, British Columbia that played in the Western Canada Hockey League from 1973–77. They were founded in 1971 as the Vancouver Nats, and relocated to Seattle, Washington to become ...

( Walter "Buddy" Evans) * 1963-64 - Kamloops Chiefs (Walter "Buddy" Evans) * 1964-65 - Vernon Luckies (Vernon Dye) * 1965-66 -

Quesnel Kangaroos The Quesnel Kangaroos was an intermediate and senior ice hockey team in Quesnel, British Columbia that played as an Intermediate team at least as far back as 1965. In 1979, they became a member of the upstart BCSHL. After the demise of the BCSHL (a ...

(Bill Ramsden) * 1966-67 -

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(Robert McCallum) * 1967-68 - Quesnel Kangaroos (Bill Ramsden) * 1968-69 - Powell River Regals ( Bob Crawford) * 1969-70 - Powell River Regals (Bob Crawford) ( Hardy Cup Champions of Canada) * 1970-71 - Prince George Mohawks (

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) * 1971-72 - Shmyr Flyers (T. Shmyr) * 1972-73 -

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(Robert Brooks) * 1973-74 - Coquitlam Canadians (G. Glazier) * 1974-75 - Prince George Mohawks (Don Wilkie) * 1975-76 - Prince George Mohawks ( Don Wilkie) * 1976-77 - North Shore Hurry Kings (P. Shmyr) * 1977-78 - Prince George Mohawks (Don Wilkie) (Hardy Cup Champions of Canada) * 1978-79 - North Shore Hurry Kings (John Anderson) * 1979-80 - Burnaby Lakers (

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) (Hardy Cup Champions of Canada) * 1980-81 -

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( Gord Neilson) * 1981-82 - Quesnel Kangaroos (R. Marsh) * 1982-83 - Quesnel Kangaroos (Bob Marsh)

Senior "AA" Champions

* 1983-84 - Quesnel Kangaroos (Jim Marsh) * 1984-85 - Quesnel Kangaroos (Jim Marsh) * 1985-86 - Quesnel Kangaroos (Brad Gassoff, W. Holmes) * 1986-87 - Quesnel Kangaroos (

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) * 1987-88 - Quesnel Kangaroos ( Win Winofsky) * 1988-89 - Abbotsford Blues ( Scott Bradley) * 1989-90 - Quesnel Kangaroos ( Steve Amiss) * 1990-91 - Revelstoke Merchants (L. Black, A. Cota) * 1991-92 - Penticton Silver Bullets (G. Thygesen, B. Chapman) * 1992-93 - Powell River Regals ( John Vanderkamp) * 1993-94 -

Sicamous Eagles The Sicamous Eagles are a junior ice hockey, Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Sicamous, British Columbia, Sicamous, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Doug Birks Division of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference of the Kootenay Interna ...

(N. Andrews, K. Davies) * 1994-95 - No Competition * 1995-96 - New Westminster Beavers (D. Rainville) * 1996-97 - Fort St. James Stars (G.Rosa) * 1997-98 - Quesnel Kangaroos * 1998-99 - Ft. St. James Stars * 1999-00 - No Competition * 2000-01 - New Westminster Beavers * 2001-02 -

Trail Smoke Eaters The Trail Smoke Eaters are a junior A ice hockey team from Trail, British Columbia, Canada. They are a part of the British Columbia Hockey League. History The Smoke Eaters (aka ''Smokies'') have existed as both junior and senior teams since th ...

(M. Heslop) * 2002-03 - Trail Smoke Eaters (Peter Sheets, M. Heslop) * 2003-04 - East Kootnay Royals (B. Watson) * 2004-05 - Kitimat Ice Demons (M. Whelan, M. Steponavicious) * 2005-06 - Kitimat Ice Demons * 2006-07 -

Rossland Warriors The Rossland Warriors was a senior men's ice hockey team that operated out of Rossland, British Columbia. They played in the Western International Hockey League The Western International Hockey League (WIHL) was a senior level ice hocke ...

(Dan Bradford) * 2007-08 - Kitimat Ice Demons (M. Steponavicious) * 2008-09 -

Williams Lake Stampeders The Williams Lake Stampeders are an intermediate and senior hockey ice hockey team in Williams Lake, British Columbia. Background The senior team played in the Cariboo Hockey League from the league's founding in 1936 until 1979. The Stampeders wo ...

(K. Kohlen) * 2009-10 -

* 2010-11 - Kitimat Ice Demons * 2011-12 - Smithers Steelheads * 2012-13 - Williams Lake Stampeders * 2013-14 - Williams Lake Stampeders * 2014-15 - Fort St. John Flyers * 2015-16 - Fort St. John Flyers * 2016-17 -

Whitehorse Huskies The Whitehorse Huskies are a Senior "AAA" ice hockey team that is based in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. They are one-time Allan Cup National Champions. History In 1993 the Whitehorse Huskies won the Allan Cup by defeating the Quesnel Kangaroos in ...

* 2017-18 - Dawson Creek Canucks * 2018-19 - Dawson Creek Canucks * 2019-20 - Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic. * 2020-21 - Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic. * 2021-22 - Dawson Creek Canucks * 2022-23 - Quesnel Kangaroos

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20110127073759/http://www.wlstampeders.com/portal/Team/History/tabid/57/Default.aspx *http://www.bchockey.net/NewsItem.aspx?id=488 *http://www.bchockey.net/Files/BC%20Hockey%20Handbook%202009-2010-Final%20-%205%20Awards.pdf Ice hockey in British Columbia