<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>News</title><language>en-ca</language><generator>Agility CMS</generator><lastBuildDate>5/22/2013 1:33:00 AM</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Brooks Bandits win 2013 RBC Cup]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[The Brooks Bandits have won the 2013 RBC Cup, Canada’s 43rd National Junior A Championship, with a 3-1 victory over the Summerside Western Capitals in front of a tournament-record crowd of 4,211 on Sunday night at CUP.]]></description><pubDate>5/21/2013 9:50:54 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Déjà Vu, All Over Again: Mitch Maynard goes for back-to-back national championships with host teams]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[For the second year in a row, Mitch Maynard finds himself playing for a national championship with the host team. Can he add an RBC Cup to the Memorial Cup he won last season with Shawinigan?]]></description><pubDate>5/21/2013 5:09:43 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Past, The Present, The Future: From Canada’s National Junior A Championship to the NHL]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[Some had long and illustrious careers, playing hundreds of NHL games, winning Stanley Cups, wearing the colours of their country and living every hockey player’s dream, to lace up their skates and play a game for a living.]]></description><pubDate>5/21/2013 5:09:47 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brooks Bandits and Summerside Western Capitals to meet for 2013 RBC Cup]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[The Brooks Bandits and Summerside Western Capitals will meet for the 2013 RBC Cup, Canada’s 43rd National Junior A Championship, after posting semifinal wins in overtime on Saturday at CUP. ]]></description><pubDate>5/21/2013 9:49:23 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Long, Long Road to the RBC Cup]]></title><author><![CDATA[Paul Edmonds]]></author><description><![CDATA[There’s a very good reason the RBC Cup is one of the hardest trophies to win in all of hockey. Claiming Canada’s National Junior A Championship means a lot of victories, and a lot of kilometres.]]></description><pubDate>5/18/2013 4:23:45 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2013 RBC Cup award winners announced; semifinals set for Saturday]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[Brooks Bandits captain Cam Maclise was the big winner on Friday night, taking home the RBC Cup MVP and RBC CJHL Player of the Year awards from the awards banquet in Summerside, P.E.I.]]></description><pubDate>5/21/2013 9:46:42 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Life in the Game: Aldoff’s long journey in hockey leads him to the RBC Cup]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[After a 15-year professional playing career that included stops with 18 teams in eight leagues in four countries, totaling 826 games, there isn’t much Rod Aldoff hasn’t seen or done in hockey.]]></description><pubDate>5/16/2013 12:35:03 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finalists announced for RBC Canadian Junior Hockey League Player of the Year]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[This season, more than 3,000 players suited up for Junior A games across Canada. But only 10 have been named as finalists for the RBC Canadian Junior Hockey League Player of the Year award.]]></description><pubDate>5/14/2013 6:29:31 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caps first team east of Ontario to claim Canadian Junior ‘A’ Hockey Championship]]></title><author><![CDATA[Bill Semple – Summerside Journal-Pioneer]]></author><description><![CDATA[The Hemphill Pontiac Western Capitals of Summerside confounded the experts Sunday night by becoming the first Tier Two junior hockey club east of Ontario to capture the Royal Bank Cup (formerly the Centennial Cup).]]></description><pubDate>5/13/2013 5:17:36 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eagles coach aims for rare junior hockey feat at RBC Cup]]></title><author><![CDATA[Nick Greenizan – Peace Arch News]]></author><description><![CDATA[Surrey Eagles head coach Matt Erhart is looking to join an exclusive club at the 2013 RBC Cup – winning a national title as a player and coach. It’s so exclusive, in fact, that he’d be the only member.]]></description><pubDate>5/12/2013 8:00:43 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bridging the language barrier helps hockey in Richmond, B.C.]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[In Richmond, B.C., language barriers and lack of understanding of the rules of hockey have kept many of Vancouver’s Chinese immigrants from playing Canada’s game – until now, that is.]]></description><pubDate>5/12/2013 11:39:17 AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2013 RBC Cup Players to Watch]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[International Scouting Services has selected three players from each of the five competing teams that it believes are RBC Cup Players to Watch. ]]></description><pubDate>5/12/2013 11:43:43 AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2013 RBC Cup begins Saturday in Summerside, Prince Edward Island]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[For the 43rd time, Canada’s top Junior A teams have gathered, this year in Summerside, to battle for the National Junior A Championship, beginning Saturday, May 11. This year marks the third time Summerside has hosted the national championship, along with 1989 and 1997, more than any other city.]]></description><pubDate>5/21/2013 9:39:38 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road to the RBC Cup: Summerside Western Capitals]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[The RBC Cup is back in Summerside for the first time since 1997 and the Western Capitals are looking for national championship No. 2, to join the one they earned on home ice 16 years ago.]]></description><pubDate>5/10/2013 11:12:18 AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jason Mckee named Head Coach of Canada West for 2013 World Junior A Challenge; ]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[Jason McKee of the AJHL’s Spruce Grove Saints has been named head coach of Canada West for the 2013 World Junior A Challenge, joined on the bench by assistants Trent Cassan and Ryan Smith.]]></description><pubDate>5/21/2013 9:35:22 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road to the RBC Cup: Surrey Eagles]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[The RBC Cup returns to Summerside this season and so do the Eagles, who reached the national championship game in the P.E.I. city in 1997 before falling to the host Western Capitals.]]></description><pubDate>5/9/2013 2:24:20 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road to the RBC Cup: Truro Bearcats]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[The Bearcats played second fiddle to Summerside all season long, in the MHL regular season and playoffs, before beating the RBC Cup hosts to win the Fred Page Cup for the first time ever.]]></description><pubDate>5/9/2013 2:24:23 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ian MacInnis named head coach of Canada East for 2013 World Junior A Challenge]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[Ian MacInnis of the CCHL’s Cornwall Colts has been named head coach of Canada East for the 2013 World Junior A Challenge, joined on the bench by assistants Mario Cicchillo and Billy McGuigan.]]></description><pubDate>5/21/2013 9:33:21 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road to the RBC Cup: Brooks Bandits]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[Brooks has been the class of Junior A hockey this year – the Bandits spent 22 consecutive weeks atop the CJHL Top 20 rankings, and set AJHL records for wins and points in a season.]]></description><pubDate>5/8/2013 12:03:54 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road to the RBC Cup: Minnesota Wilderness]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[The first U.S. team to ever compete for Canada’s National Junior A Championship, the Wilderness enter the RBC Cup with just two regulation-time losses in 55 games, dating back to Oct. 24.]]></description><pubDate>5/8/2013 12:03:57 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch the 2013 RBC Cup live and free on FASTHockey]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[Can’t be in Summerside for the 2013 RBC Cup? No problem … catch every second of every game from the National Junior A Championship live and free via webcast thanks to FASTHockey.]]></description><pubDate>5/9/2013 11:07:24 AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Then There Were Five]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[From 127 teams to five, the Road to the RBC Cup is finally complete. More than two months after the first playoff puck dropped, the field for this year’s National Junior A Championship is set.]]></description><pubDate>5/8/2013 11:12:47 AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[RBC Play Hockey helps bring Toronto community closer together]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[For 61 years, the Don Mills Civitan Club has been providing youth with the opportunity to participate in activities, while instilling values like teamwork, responsibility, fair play and leadership.]]></description><pubDate>5/6/2013 11:20:35 AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road to the RBC Cup: Fred Page Cup (East Region)]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[The Summerside Western Capitals know they’ll be at the RBC Cup as hosts, but they want to win their way there as Fred Page Cup champions. Who will be the second East Region representative?]]></description><pubDate>5/1/2013 11:06:29 AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road to the RBC Cup: Dudley Hewitt Cup (Central Region)]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[The North Bay Trappers play host as four teams, including the defending champions, the Soo Thunderbirds, face off for the Central Region championship. Who will go to the national championship?]]></description><pubDate>4/30/2013 11:33:45 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Deer Chiefs win 2013 TELUS Cup]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[The Red Deer Chiefs (Pacific) have won the 2013 TELUS Cup, claiming Canada’s 40th National Midget Championship with a 5-0 win over the Ottawa Jr. 67’s (Central) in Sunday night’s gold medal game at the Essar Centre.]]></description><pubDate>5/21/2013 9:26:26 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[LHFDQ Nord win gold medal at 2013 Esso Cup in Burnaby, B.C.]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[The LHFDQ Nord have won the 2013 Esso Cup, Canada’s National Female Midget Championship, defeating the North Bay Ice Boltz 5-2 in the gold medal game Saturday night at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre.]]></description><pubDate>5/21/2013 9:20:26 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road to the RBC Cup: Western Canada Cup (West Region)]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[For the first time, the champions of Canada’s four western leagues – the AJHL, BCHL, MJHL and SJHL – meet to battle for two spots at the RBC Cup. Which teams will earn the trip to Summerside?]]></description><pubDate>5/1/2013 11:08:17 AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Next Generation: Rielly and Reinhart lead TELUS Cup alumni as the future stars of the game]]></title><author><![CDATA[Paul Edmonds]]></author><description><![CDATA[Morgan Rielly and Sam Reinhart. One was a top-five pick in last year’s NHL Entry Draft and one is projected to go in the top five next year. Both are Team Canada and TELUS Cup alumni, and both are among the future stars of Canada’s game.]]></description><pubDate>4/29/2013 12:05:53 AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[LHFDQ Nord and North Bay Ice Boltz to face off for gold medal; award winners announced for 2013 Esso Cup]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[The stage is set for the gold medal game between the LHFDQ Nord (Québec) and North Bay Ice Boltz (Ontario) at the 2013 Esso Cup, Canada’s National Female Midget Championship, taking place at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre in Burnaby. ]]></description><pubDate>5/21/2013 9:16:12 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Deer Chiefs, Ottawa Jr. 67’s to play for 2013 TELUS Cup ]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[The Chiefs and Jr. 67’s meet Sunday for Canada’s 40th Midget championship.]]></description><pubDate>5/21/2013 9:19:28 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burnaby kids bring energy to 2013 Esso Cup;]]></title><author><![CDATA[Nicole Clark]]></author><description><![CDATA[Crowds of students erupted in cheers as players from the Edmonton Thunder (Pacific) and the LHFDQ Nord (Quebec) hit the ice at Bill Copeland Centre for the 2013 Esso Cup, Canada’s National Female Midget Championship. More than 1,500 students from local elementary and middle schools were at the game Thursday, April 26 to cheer on two of the six teams from across the country.]]></description><pubDate>4/27/2013 10:12:43 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2013 TELUS Cup award winners announced]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[Ottawa Jr. 67’s captain Matthew Hudson was the big winner Friday night, taking home the TELUS Cup Most Valuable Player award from the awards banquet at the Marconi Club in Sault Ste. Marie.]]></description><pubDate>5/21/2013 9:04:42 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moose Jaw, Sask., to host 2014 TELUS Cup]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[Canada’s National Midget Championship will return to Saskatchewan for the first time since 1999 when Moose Jaw welcomes next year’s event, with the SMAAAHL’s Generals playing host.]]></description><pubDate>5/21/2013 7:13:30 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Season of Change: From defence to forward, from shutdown to scorer, looking at the evolution of Vukie Mpofu]]></title><author><![CDATA[Daniel Nugent-Bowman – Saskatoon StarPhoenix]]></author><description><![CDATA[Vukie Mpofu is making his second-straight TELUS Cup appearance with the Saskatoon Contacts, but will have a much different role this time.]]></description><pubDate>4/26/2013 12:10:59 AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Step at a Time]]></title><author><![CDATA[Kristen Lipscombe]]></author><description><![CDATA[From playing at the 2011 Esso Cup with hosts the St. Albert Slash, to winning a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2013 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship, Karly Heffernan is taking her climb to the top one step at a time.]]></description><pubDate>4/24/2013 6:33:15 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Esso Cup players to watch on the ice in Burnaby]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[Who will be looked upon in the dying minutes of a tie game? Who will be counted on to provide leadership on the long road to Esso Cup gold? Read who the players to watch are on the Bill Copeland Centre ice in Burnaby.]]></description><pubDate>4/24/2013 1:52:42 AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[TELUS Cup, Take Two: Jody Sick returns to Canada’s National Midget Championship, this time with his hometown Chiefs]]></title><author><![CDATA[Danny Rode – Red Deer Advocate]]></author><description><![CDATA[Jody Sick is making his second straight appearance at the TELUS Cup, and this one seems just a touch better to him.]]></description><pubDate>4/23/2013 5:44:26 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2013 TELUS Cup Players to Watch]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[International Scouting Services has selected three players from each competing team.]]></description><pubDate>4/22/2013 7:30:10 AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bentley Generals win Allan Cup]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[Chris Neiszner scored the game-winning goal and Dan Bakala made 35 saves for the shutout as the Bentley Generals beat the Clarenville Caribous 3-0 Saturday night to win the Allan Cup.]]></description><pubDate>5/7/2013 9:00:32 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bentley Generals and Clarenville Caribous to meet in championship game at 2013 Allan Cup]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[After semifinal victories on Friday, the Bentley Generals and Clarenville Caribous will meet for the 105th Allan Cup, Canada’s National Senior Championship, on Saturday at the Red Deer Arena. The championship game can be seen on TSN beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT. Check your local listings for broadcast times in your area.]]></description><pubDate>5/7/2013 10:01:29 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2013 Esso Cup, Canada’s National Female Midget Championship, set to start in Burnaby, B.C.]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[2013 Esso Cup, Canada’s National Female Midget Championship, set to start in Burnaby, B.C.]]></description><pubDate>5/7/2013 10:08:50 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch the TELUS Cup live and free on FASTHockey]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[Can’t be in Sault Ste. Marie for the 2013 TELUS Cup? No problem … catch every second of every game from the National Midget Championship live and free via webcast thanks to FASTHockey.]]></description><pubDate>4/19/2013 12:17:07 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2013 TELUS Cup begins Monday in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[ For the 40th time, Canada’s top Midget teams have gathered, this year in Sault Ste. Marie, to do battle for the National Midget Championship, beginning Monday, April 22.]]></description><pubDate>5/8/2013 12:10:35 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road to the TELUS Cup: Saskatoon Contacts]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[One of two teams in the field to have previously won Canada’s National Midget Championship, the Saskatoon Contacts come to Sault Ste. Marie looking to improve on last year’s bronze.]]></description><pubDate>4/18/2013 11:36:33 AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road to the TELUS Cup: Rousseau Royal de Laval-Montréal]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[The LHMAAAQ’s regular season and playoff champions, the Rousseau Royal de Laval-Montréal want to add a national championship and end Quebec’s 11-year TELUS Cup gold medal drought.]]></description><pubDate>4/20/2013 4:22:02 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road to the TELUS Cup: Red Deer Chiefs]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[They’re back. One year after a comeback for the ages helped them win their first National Midget Championship, the Red Deer Chiefs have earned the chance to defend the TELUS Cup.]]></description><pubDate>4/17/2013 3:18:53 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road to the TELUS Cup: Ottawa Jr. 67’s]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[After regional final losses in 2010 and 2011, the Ottawa Jr. 67’s finally got that elusive win, becoming the first team from the nation’s capital to win their way to the TELUS Cup since 1984.]]></description><pubDate>4/17/2013 6:35:49 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road to the TELUS Cup: Valley Wildcats]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[Just three years ago, the Valley Wildcats finished their fourth consecutive season at the bottom of the NSMMHL standings. Now they’ll play for Canada’s National Midget Championship.]]></description><pubDate>4/16/2013 2:31:56 PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road to the TELUS Cup: Sault Ste. Marie North Stars]]></title><author><![CDATA[]]></author><description><![CDATA[They didn’t reach their goal of going into the 2013 TELUS Cup as Central Region champions, but with 43 wins and 376 goals in 49 games, they’ll be a team to watch when the puck drops.]]></description><pubDate>4/16/2013 2:31:59 PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>