The Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Rayside-Balfour , Ontario , Canada. This defunct hockey team was a part of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League .
17-594: A very successful franchise, the Sabrecats won the Dudley Hewitt Cup three times (1997, 2000, and 2002) and a dynastic seven straight McNamara Trophies as NOJHL champions (1996–2002). In 2000, they reached the finals of the Royal Bank Cup , only to lose a heartbreaking 2–1 game to the host Fort McMurray Oil Barons . While still playing for the Sabrecats, goaltender Sébastien Laplante was selected in
34-800: A new Thunder Bay -area league, called the Superior International Junior Hockey League , was founded. Late in the 2001–02 season the CJAHL informed all three leagues that instead of a series, the Dudley would be contested through a round-robin format. Initially, both the OPJHL and NOJHL threatened to boycott the DHC. The CJAHL announced that if the OPJHL and NOJHL did not send a champion, the SIJHL champion would move on by default to
51-671: A selection process with teams and centres bidding for the rights to host. Copeland-NcNamara Trophy champions of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League , Salonen Cup champion from the Superior International Junior Hockey League and Buckland Cup winners of the Ontario Junior Hockey League compete in a round robin hosted by a predetermined host team and city to determine the Central Canadian champion. The winner of
68-590: Is a championship ice hockey trophy awarded to the Central Canadian Junior A champion. The trophy is currently decided by round robin tournament format, at the conclusion of the playoffs of the Ontario Junior Hockey League , Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League , and Superior International Junior Hockey League , to determine the central representative at the Centennial Cup , the national Junior A championship. The current format includes
85-832: The Charlottetown Islanders . In 1973, the St. Paul Vulcans of the Can-Am Junior Hockey League were mowed down by the Pembroke Lumber Kings in the Central semi-final. In 2007, the Soo Indians of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League finished last in the round robin. At that point, no American team had made it to either the Centennial Cup or Royal Bank Cup round robin or final series. This changed on May 4, 2013 when
102-750: The SIJHL 's Minnesota Wilderness defeated the OJHL 's St. Michael's Buzzers 4–3 in overtime to win the Dudley and gain entry into the 2013 Royal Bank Cup . Beforehand, the City of Sudbury and the Sudbury Cubs were slated to host the 2013 tournament, but was soon allocated to the City of North Bay and the North Bay Trappers because the Cubs owners backed out. The 2011 Dudley Hewitt Cup made history as for
119-818: The 2018 Dudley Hewitt Cup. The 2019 edition of the Dudley Hewitt Cup was hosted in Cochrane, Ontario , of the NOJHL, after the Cochrane Crunch and the Timmins Rock were the only teams to submit bids. In early January 2019, the Wellington Dukes were awarded the 2020 Dudley-Hewitt Cup tournament, but shortly afterwards, Hockey Canada levied sanctions against the OJHL for trades made after
136-544: The 9th round (277th overall) by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft . The team was granted a one-year leave from the NOJHL in 2005, but in Spring 2006 the NOJHL announced that the Sabrecats will not be returning and have officially folded. This Ontario ice hockey team-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dudley Hewitt Cup The Dudley-Hewitt Cup
153-715: The Dudley-Hewitt Cup moves on to compete for the Centennial Cup Junior A national championship. Cobourg Cougars The Cobourg Cougars are a junior ice hockey team from Cobourg, Ontario , Canada. They are a part of the East division of the Ontario Junior Hockey League , a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League . The Cougars won the 2017 Royal Bank Cup national junior A championship. The Cougars spent time in
170-790: The Eastern Junior "B" league and the Central Junior C Hockey League before jumping to the Central Junior "B" league in 1992. The team graduated to Junior "A" when the league became the OPJHL the next season. In the summer of 2010, the Cobourg Cougars absorbed the Bowmanville Eagles . This move eliminated their local competition for players and local fan base. In March 2011, the Cougars also absorbed
187-621: The January 10 deadline. The OJHL was fined $ 50,000 and were banned from hosting the Dudley-Hewitt Cup and Royal Bank Cup tournaments for a period of five years. The 2020 tournament was then awarded to Fort Frances, Ontario , before it was cancelled entirely due to the coronavirus pandemic . In 1971, the Detroit Jr. Red Wings of the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League lost the inaugural championship in six games to
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#1732780849880204-656: The Sudbury Nickel Barons were awarded the 2016 Dudley-Hewitt Cup, but in the spring of 2015 the city withdrew as a result of the Sudbury Nickel Barons moving to Rayside-Balfour. The tournament was awarded to Kirkland Lake, Ontario , and the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners . The 2017 Dudley-Hewitt Cup was awarded to Trenton - the same year the Royal Bank Cup was being hosted by the OJHL's Cobourg Cougars . The Trenton Golden Hawks became
221-712: The champions of the OJHL , NOJHL , and SIJHL and a pre-selected host city, but in the past has included the champions of the Central Canada Hockey League , Quebec Junior Hockey League , and even the champion of the Callaghan Cup . The trophy is named after George Dudley and W. A. Hewitt , who served as administrators for the Ontario Hockey Association and are inductees of the Hockey Hall of Fame . The trophy
238-534: The first time at the interleague level, more than one American team would be in direct contention for the Central Canadian crown. Wisconsin Wilderness represented the Superior International Junior Hockey League while the Soo Eagles represented the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League . Wellington Dukes defeated host Huntsville Otters in the final. Hosts from the OJHL , NOJHL and SIJHL go through
255-637: The national championship. The OPJHL did not budge, but the NOJHL gave in and in January announced that their champion would play the SIJHL champion for the DHC in a best-of-three series. The 2014 Dudley Hewitt Cup saw its fourth all-OJHL Dudley-Hewitt Cup final between the Wellington Dukes and the Toronto Lakeshore Patriots . Toronto won 2–1 advancing to the Royal Bank Cup in Vernon, British Columbia. The City of Sudbury and
272-530: The ninth different OJHL team to win the Dudley-Hewitt Cup since 2003. The Aurora Tigers (2004 and 2007), Oakville Blades (2008 and 2010), and the Wellington Dukes (2003 and 2011) won the tournament twice. As of 2016, the Soo Thunderbirds appeared in their sixth tournament since 2004. Dryden, Ontario , and the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Junior Hockey League were hosts of
289-671: Was first awarded in 1971. From 1984 until 1995, the Thunder Bay Flyers of the United States Hockey League competed for the Dudley Hewitt Cup, winning four titles in 12 years. The 2002 Dudley-Hewitt Cup marked a new chapter in Ontario hockey history. Since the mid-1990s, the OPJHL and NOJHL had squared off in a head-to-head series to determine the Central Canadian seed in the Royal Bank Cup . In 2001,
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