Coupe Dodge
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The Coupe Dodge is a provincial championship in the men's and women's amateur ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 leagues in Quebec, Canada. This tournament is sanctioned by both Hockey Quebec
Hockey Québec
Hockey Québec is the governing body of all ice hockey in Quebec, Canada. Hockey Québec is a branch of Hockey Canada.-History:Hockey Québec was organized in 1976 to take over from the various organizations governing hockey in Quebec, such as the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association which had existed...

 (Fédération québécoise de hockey sur glace) and Hockey Canada
Hockey Canada
Hockey Canada, formally known as the Canadian Hockey Association, is the national governing body of ice hockey in Canada and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Hockey Canada controls a vast majority of ice hockey in Canada, with a few exceptions...

.

History

The first provincial championships organized by Hockey Quebec were presented at Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 in 1978. Throughout the years, they have been held on an annual basis with different names : Coupe Daoust (1978 to 1985), Coupe Purolator (1986 to 1988), Coupe Chrysler (1989 to 2002), and Coupe Dodge (2003 to present) . This tournament that determines the top double letter teams ("AA" ) at each level from Atom to Junior (boys and girls) within the province of Quebec. Generally, the Coupe Dodge extends over four or five days in April of every year.

Coupe Dodge (men's)

The Junior "AA" championships began in 1988. In 2006, Hockey Quebec allowed for the Shawville Pontiacs
Shawville Pontiacs
The Shawville Pontiacs are a Junior "B" team based out of Shawville, Quebec. They play out of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.-Season-by-Season results:-External links:**...

 and the Gatineau Mustangs
Gatineau Mustangs
The Gatineau Mustangs are a Junior "B" team based out of Buckingham, Quebec. They play out of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...

 of the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League
Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League
The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Canadian Junior ice hockey league operating in Eastern Ontario. The league is sanctioned by the Ottawa District Hockey Association and Hockey Canada. The 22 member team of the league compete for the D. Arnold Carson Memorial Trophy.-History:The EOJHL...

 to take part in the event, even though they compete in a league based in Ontario. In 2008, Hockey Quebec allowed for two regional champions to share the Coupe Dodge.

List of Junior "AA" Provincial Champions

In Québec, the Junior "AA" classification is the equivalent of Junior "B" in the rest of Canada .
2011 Express du Suroit
2010 Momo Sports de Windsor
2009 Garaga des Moulins
2008 Éclaireurs de Richelieu / Mustangs de Repentigny
2007 Nordiques de Montréal-Nord
2006 V Boutin de Plessisville
2005 Gouverneurs de St-Hubert
2004 Gouverneurs de St-Hubert
2003 Sénateurs de Laval
2002 Sénateurs de Laval
2001 National de Rosemère
2000 Express de Laval
1999 Atmosphère de St-Romuald
1998 Rive-Sud
1997 Broncos de Brossard
1996 Cougars de Warwick
1995 Dynamiques St-Raymond
1994 Frontaliers de Coaticook
1993 Dynamiques St-Raymond
1992 R.B.M. de St-Henri
1991 Laurentiens de Charlesbourg
1990 Ste-Marie-Beauce
1989 Castors de Dolbeau
1988 No known champion
1987 Draveurs de Trois-Rivières
1986 No known champion
1985 Jonquière
1984 St-Laurent

History

Originally, the Coupe Dodge was reserved as a men's ice hockey championship. Over the years, the event has gradually been modified to introduce the women ice hockey.
  • Atom (9-10 years )
  • Pee wee (11-12 years)
  • Bantam (13-14 years)
  • Midget (15-16-17 years)
  • Junior (18-19-20-21 years)

In 2007, the Coupe Dodge has 60 women's teams quarrel the competition from 11 - 15 April: Pee-wee AA 6 teams, Pee-wee A 10 teams, Bantam AA 8 teams, Bantam A 8 teams, Midget AA 8 teams, Midget A 10 teams and finally Junior A 10 teams . Since 2008 the women ice hockey championship has a different event Coupe Dodge to the men ice hockey during the next annual competitions .

2008

The historic first presentation of the women's provincial championships Coupe Dodge took place in 2008. The women's and men's championships both took place in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord
Côte-Nord
Côte-Nord is the second largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Québec...

 regions from 9-13 April 2008. A total of 66 women's teams competed for the Coupe Dodge: Pee-wee AA 8 teams, Pee-wee A 10 teams, Bantam AA 10 teams, Bantam A 8 teams, Midget AA 10 teams, Midget A 12 teams and finally Junior A 8 teams :
  • Pee-wee AA , played at Aréna Luc & Marie-Claude, in La Malbaie.
  • Pee-wee A , contested at Aréna de Donnacona, in Donnacona
    Donnacona, Quebec
    Donnacona is an industrial town located about west of Quebec City in Portneuf County, Quebec, Canada.Some people believe the city was named after Donnacona, a 16th century Wendat chief who was taken to France...

    .
  • Bantam AA , competed at Aréna Luc & Marie-Claude, in La Malbaie.
  • Bantam A , participated at Aréna de Donnacona, in Donnacona
    Donnacona, Quebec
    Donnacona is an industrial town located about west of Quebec City in Portneuf County, Quebec, Canada.Some people believe the city was named after Donnacona, a 16th century Wendat chief who was taken to France...

    .
  • Midget AA and Midget A , played at Centre récréatif St-Félicien, in St-Félicien
    Saint-Félicien, Quebec
    Saint-Félicien is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec. The town is located within the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. Its population as of 2006 is 10,477.-Geography:...

    .
  • Junior A , played at Aréna de Mashteuiatsh, in Mashteuiatsh.

: The Champions 2008
Category Classe Team of the region
Pee-wee AA Rafales de la Mauricie Mauricie
Pee-wee A Express de l’Outaouais Outaouais
Bantam AA Sélects du Lac St-Louis Lake St-louis
Bantam A Étoiles de Beauval Lake St-Louis
Midget AA Remparts du Richelieu Richelieu
Midget A les Intrépides Gaspésie Îles-De-la-Madeleine
Junior A Chaudière-Etchemin Québec Chaudière-Appalache

2009

The 2009 edition of the women's Coupe Dodge took place in the Lake Saint Louis region from 8 - 12 April 2009: 66 women's teams competed in 7 different categories :Pee Wee A 8 teams, Pee Wee AA 8 teams, Bantam A 8 teams, Bantam AA 12 teams, Midget A 8 teams , Midget AA 12 teams and Junior A 10 teams . In addition, it was the first presence of four semifinalist teams that came from the Quebec women collegial league (Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA
Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA
The Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA is an amateur women's ice hockey league in Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be the highest level of young women's ice hockey in the Quebec collegiate system...

).

: The Champions 2009
Category Classe Team of the region
Pee-wee AA Rafales de la Mauricie Mauricie
Pee-wee A Rafales de Sherbrooke Estrie
Bantam AA Élites de l'Estrie Estrie
Bantam A Lachine Maroons Lake St-Louis
Midget AA Lac St-Louis Lake St-Louis
Midget A Sherbrooke Queens Estrie
Junior A Charlesbourg Quebec Chaudiere-Appalaches
Collégial AA Lynx du Collège Édouard Montpetit Richelieu

2010

The 2010 Coupe Dodge was held from March 31st to April 4th, 2010. The women's championship was from the 7th to the 11th of April: the events from the Coupe Dodge were held in the region of Estrie
Estrie
The Estrie is an administrative region of Quebec that overlaps mostly the Eastern Townships. Estrie, a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of est, "east."...

. The organizing committee selected five cities as hosts for the women's competition. The event, which featured approximately 2000 female players, featured a total of 223 matches . In addition, the 2010 edition of the Cup gave way to some novelties, of which there was a Skills Challenge exclusively featuring women. Said challenge served to indicate the best player as well as the best goalkeeper in terms of skill . Finally we attended the semi-finals and the final of women college ice hockey (Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA
Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA
The Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA is an amateur women's ice hockey league in Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be the highest level of young women's ice hockey in the Quebec collegiate system...

) .
: The Champions 2010
Category Classe Team of the region
Atome A Aigles Trois-Rivières Ouest Mauricie
Atome B Castors de Normandie Mauricie
Pee-wee AA Express du Richelieu Richelieu
Pee-wee A Express de l'Outaouais Outaouais
Pee-wee B Riveraines Bécancour-Lotbinière Mauricie
Bantam AA Élites de l'Estrie Estrie
Bantam A Rebelles de Laval Laval
Bantam B Rebelles de Saguenay Saguenay-Lac St-Jean
Midget AA Remparts du Richelieu Richelieu
Midget A Harfangs des Laurentides Laurentides
Midget B Royals West-Island Lake St-Louis
Junior A Rafales de Mauricie Mauricie
Junior B Panthères Rose Nicolet Mauricie
Collégial AA Lynx du Collège Édouard Montpetit Richelieu

2011

The competition was held from March 31 to April 3 in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 . For the first time in the four year existence of the women's Coupe Dodge, the women's tournament will be contested in a city different from the men's competition: 118 women's teams (1775 girls players ) in 14 category .

  • Atome A, played at Centre Étienne Desmarteau
    Centre Étienne Desmarteau
    The Centre Étienne Desmarteau is multi-purpose complex center with 2 arenas in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The first Arena in the complex have 2,200 seat which took Caroline Ouellette's name . The second Arena, more small, have a space for 600 persons. We find also two Olympic gymnasiums, some...

  • Atome B, played at Aréna Henri-Bourassa
  • Pee-wee AA, played at Aréna Michel-Normandin
  • Pee-wee A, played at Centre Étienne Desmarteau
    Centre Étienne Desmarteau
    The Centre Étienne Desmarteau is multi-purpose complex center with 2 arenas in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The first Arena in the complex have 2,200 seat which took Caroline Ouellette's name . The second Arena, more small, have a space for 600 persons. We find also two Olympic gymnasiums, some...

  • Pee-wee B, played at Aréna Bill Burnan
  • Bantam AA, played at Aréna Chaumont
  • Bantam A, played at Aréna Michel-Normandin
  • Bantam B , played at Aréna Chaumont
  • Midget AA , played at Aréna St-Louis
  • Midget A , played at Centre Étienne Desmarteau
    Centre Étienne Desmarteau
    The Centre Étienne Desmarteau is multi-purpose complex center with 2 arenas in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The first Arena in the complex have 2,200 seat which took Caroline Ouellette's name . The second Arena, more small, have a space for 600 persons. We find also two Olympic gymnasiums, some...

  • Midget B , played at Aréna Bill Burnan
  • Junior A , played at Aréna Chaumont
  • Junior B , played at Aréna Chaumont
  • Collégial AA , played at Centre Étienne Desmarteau
    Centre Étienne Desmarteau
    The Centre Étienne Desmarteau is multi-purpose complex center with 2 arenas in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The first Arena in the complex have 2,200 seat which took Caroline Ouellette's name . The second Arena, more small, have a space for 600 persons. We find also two Olympic gymnasiums, some...



The finals of 4 championship category (besides the semi-finals and the finals of Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA
Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA
The Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA is an amateur women's ice hockey league in Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be the highest level of young women's ice hockey in the Quebec collegiate system...

) was presented at the Centre Étienne Desmarteau
Centre Étienne Desmarteau
The Centre Étienne Desmarteau is multi-purpose complex center with 2 arenas in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The first Arena in the complex have 2,200 seat which took Caroline Ouellette's name . The second Arena, more small, have a space for 600 persons. We find also two Olympic gymnasiums, some...

.
: The Champions 2011
Category Classe Team of the region
Atome A Aigles Trois-Rivières Ouest Mauricie
Atome B Rapides Sherbrooke Estrie
Pee-wee AA Élites Estrie Estrie
Pee-wee A Étoile Beauval St-Louis lake
Pee-wee B Aigles Trois-Rivières Ouest Mauricie
Bantam AA Élites Estrie Estrie
Bantam A Rebelles Saguenay Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Bantam B Canadiennes Montreal Montreal
Midget AA Kodiacs Lac St-Louis St-Louis lake
Midget A Rebelles Saguenay Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Midget B Panthères Thetford-Mines Quebec-Chaudière-Appalaches
Junior A Rafales Shawinigan Mauricie
Junior B Royals West-Island St-Louis Lake
Collégial AA Patriotes du Cégep Saint-Laurent Montreal

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