Keystone Cup

Keystone Cup
Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	Junior B hockey champions of: Western Canada (1983–2017); Manitoba/Northwestern Ontario (2018–present);
Location	2019: Peguis First Nation
Country	Canada
History
First award	1983
Editions	37
Most wins	Assiniboia Southern Rebels 3; Kinistino Tigers 3;
Most recent	Thunder Bay Northern Hawks (2nd)
Website	keystonecup.ca

The Keystone Cup is the Junior B ice hockey championship and trophy for Western Canada. From 1983 to 2017, the championship was the culmination of the champions of 12 hockey leagues in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Northwestern Ontario. In 2018, citing costs for travel and accommodations, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan withdrew from competition for the Keystone Cup, making it a championship between Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario.

There is no national championship for Junior B hockey in Canada, but similar championships are held in Southern Ontario (Sutherland Cup), Ottawa District (Barkley Cup), Quebec (Coupe Dodge), and Atlantic Canada (Don Johnson Memorial Cup)—leaving five teams at the end of each year with a shared claim to being the best Junior B team in Canada.

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