The Doyle Cup is an

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trophy won through a best-of-7 series conducted annually by the

Canadian Junior Hockey League The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) is an association of Canadian junior A ice hockey leagues and teams and was formed in November 1993, emerging from the Canada West Association of Junior 'A' Hockey. The champion of the Canadian Junior H ...

to determine the Pacific region 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 A ice hockey. It is a ten-team round robin featuring the winners of ...

, the national Junior A championship. From 1971 to 2021, the series was played between the Fred Page Cup champions of the

British Columbia Hockey League The British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) is a Junior A ice hockey league from British Columbia under Hockey Canada and BC Hockey. Founded in Vernon in 1961, the BCHL now includes 18 teams. From 1993 to 2021, the league was a member of the Ca ...

(BCHL) and the Enerflex Cup champions of the

Alberta Junior Hockey League The Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) is an Alberta-based Junior A ice hockey league that belongs to the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). It was formed as a five-team league in 1964. There are currently 16 teams in the league. The reg ...

(AJHL), except from 2013 to 2017 when it was replaced by the

Western Canada Cup The Western Canada Cup (WCC); was the Junior 'A' ice hockey championship for western Canada from 2013 to 2017. The annual five-team event consisted of the host team and the champions from the four western leagues (Alberta Junior Hockey League, Bri ...

. Its future status is uncertain because of the BCHL's withdrawal from the CJHL after the 2020–21 season. The current trophy was donated in 1984 by Pete Doyle, a

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businessman, replacing the Pacific Centennial Cup that two leagues competed for from 1971 to 1984. The Pacific region's Doyle Cup Champion traditionally played the Western region's ANAVET 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 p ...

, 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 Royal Cup competition; this practice ended, and the Abbott Cup was retired, after the 1999 season.

Champions

*The BCHL was known as the BCJHL until 1990 *Also in 1976, 1977, and 1979 a

PCJHL The Pacific Junior A Hockey League (PJHL) was a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey league operating within the Greater Vancouver metropolitan area in British Columbia from 1971 until 1979. History From 1962 to 1967, a Pacific Coast Junior Hockey Leag ...

champion defeated the BCJHL champion at the Mowatt Cup to advance to this round. *Bolded are the champions. ;Notes

Results by team

*''results as of 2012 Doyle Cup''

Results by league

*''results as of 2012 Doyle Cup''

Alberta/British Columbia Junior "A" Championship (1962-70)

''Prior to the 1970-71 season, the winner of this series was a part of the

Memorial Cup The Memorial Cup () is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League, a consortium of three major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tournament played between t ...

playoffs.'' :1970 ''Not Contested*'' :1969 Lethbridge Sugar Kings (AJHL) :1968 Penticton Broncos (BCJHL) :1967 New Westminster Royals (PCJHL) :1966 Edmonton Oil Kings (AJHL) :1965 Edmonton Oil Kings (AJHL) :1964 Edmonton Oil Kings (AJHL) :1963 Edmonton Oil Kings (AJHL) :1962 Edmonton Oil Kings (AJHL) ''(*) The AJHL Champion did not challenge the BCJHL Champion for the right to appear in the

.''

References

External links

Official Doyle Cup WebsiteAJHL WebsiteBCHL WebsiteCJHL Website
{{Hockey Canada Ice hockey in Western Canada Ice hockey tournaments in Canada Alberta Junior Hockey League British Columbia Hockey League Canadian Junior Hockey League trophies and awards