The Juno Cup is a yearly

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game held in conjunction with the

Juno Awards The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of ...

, first conducted at the 2004 Juno Awards. The games match

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alumni with artists and entertainers as a charitable benefit for MusiCounts, a music education charity operated by the

CARAS The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) is a non-profit organization responsible for promoting Canadian music and artists. It administers the Juno Awards, the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the MusiCounts music education char ...

. The Juno Cup has helped raise more than $700,000 for MusiCounts (formerly known as the CARAS Music Education Program) which in turn supported music programs across Canada. Each game features a team of current or former

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players (NHL Greats) who competes against a team composed of musicians (The Rockers). The NHL Greats have won each Juno Cup except in 2009 and 2019.

Dates and locations

References

External links

Official Juno Cup Website
{{Juno Award years Juno Awards Ice hockey tournaments in Canada