Dundas Real McCoys hosting 2023 Allan Cup Challenge

Media Release

- The Ontario Hockey Association is pleased to announce that one of its members, namely the Dundas Real McCoys, will host “The Challenge for the Allan Cup” in Dundas, Ontario April 17-22, 2023. It will be the third time the Real McCoys have hosted this Canadian iconic championship The Real McCoy’s are former Allan Cup Champions as well as reigning Robertson Cup Champions. The event will consist of 4 Teams including the Real McCoys and the Innisfail Eagles from Alberta There will also be a second team from the OHA’s Allan Cup Hockey league and a 4th team to be announced. All games will be played at the newly renovated J L Grightmire Arena in Dundas. The Allan Cup is Canada’s oldest national hockey championship and is awarded annually to the Senior AAA ice hockey champions in Canada

Tickets will be available to purchase here on April 1st .

“The OHA is absolutely thrilled to be hosting the 2023 Allan Cup Challenge within its membership We are proud to be bringing this event back to Ontario, especially after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic,” said OHA Board of Directors Chair Marc Mercier “It only seems appropriate that the oldest hockey association in Canada is hosting the oldest hockey championship in the country in the great hockey community of Dundas.”

The Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) was founded on November 27, 1890 and is the governing body for a vast majority of Junior and Senior hockey in the Province of Ontario under the auspices of the Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF), one of thirteen Provincial and Regional Branches of Hockey

Canada The OHA is comprised of three Junior hockey leagues and one Senior hockey league, Junior A; Junior B; Junior C and Sr.

AAA (ACH). In 2017-18, these four leagues encompassed 110 teams at the Junior and Senior levels.

The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the senior ice hockey champions of Canada It was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal, and has been competed for since 1909. The current champions are the Lacombe Generals, who captured the 2019 Allan Cup in Lacombe, Alberta The 2023 event will be the 112th time the Allan Cup has been awarded.

To view the complete tournament schedule follow it online here.

Scoreboard March 19

*U15 Rep sponsored by Comfort Plus Climate Care loses 3-0 to Six Nations Blackhawks

*U11 Rep sponsored by Pelton Transportation loses 6-1 to Tillsonburg Tornadoes

*U11 Rep sponsored by Pelton Transportation loses 4-0 to Tillsonburg Tornadoes

*U15 Rep sponsored by Comfort Plus Climate Care ties 1-1 with Six Nations Blackhawks

*U13 Team 1 sponsored by Arora Dental loses 3-2 to Port Dover Pirates

– MARCH 23

*U9 Team 1 sponsored by Cobblestone Medicine loses 172 against Simcoe Warriors (2)

*U15 Team 1 sponsored by Adkins Financial loses 4-0 to Simcoe Warriors (1)