2011 Allan Cup Explained

The 2011 Allan Cup was the Canadian championship of senior ice hockey. This was the 103rd year the Allan Cup was awarded. The 2011 Allan Cup was contended in Kenora, Ontario,^[1] hosted by the Kenora Thistles of Hockey Northwestern Ontario from April 11 to April 16, 2011.^[2]

Newfoundland and Labrador's Clarenville Caribous went 4 wins, no losses in the tournament, defeating the Alberta's Bentley Generals 5–3 in the final to win Newfoundland and Labrador's 2nd ever National Senior AAA crown, the first since the Corner Brook Royals at the 1986 Allan Cup.

Participants

• Kenora Thistles (Host)
  • 4-1-0-0 Branch record (1st in Hockey Northwestern Ontario).
  • Automatic entry as host.
• Fort Frances Thunderhawks (Northwestern Ontario)
  • 1-3-0-1 Branch record (2nd in Hockey Northwestern Ontario).
  • Granted Quebec's spot in Allan Cup.^[3]
• Clarenville Caribous (Atlantic)
  • 14-10-0-0 Regular season record (2nd in West Coast Senior Hockey League).
  • Lost to Deer Lake Red Wings 4-games-to-2 in Semi-final.
  • Only registered Sr. AAA team in Atlantic.
• Bentley Generals (Pacific)
  • 19-1-0-0 Regular season record (1st in Chinook Hockey League).
  • Defeated Stony Plain Eagles 4-games-to-none, defeated Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs 4-games-to-none to win Alberta Crown.
  • Defeated Fort St. John Flyers 3-games-to-2 for McKenzie Cup.
• South East Prairie Thunder (West)
  • 6-1-0-0 Provincial round robin record (1st in Hockey Manitoba).
  • Defeated Île-des-Chênes North Stars 4-games-to-1 to win Pattison Cup.
  • Defeated Lloydminster Border Kings 3-games-to-none to win Rathgaber Cup.
• Dundas Real McCoys (Ontario)
  • 11-9-3-1 Regular season record (3rd in Major League Hockey).
  • Defeated Brantford Blast 4-games-to-2, defeated Norwood Vipers 4-games-to-3 to win Robertson Cup.

Map of teams

Round robin

Allan Cup Round Robin Division One Rank Team Region W–L–T GF GA 1 Clarenville Caribous Atlantic 2–0–0 6 3 2 South East Prairie Thunder Western 1–1–0 8 6 3 Fort Frances Thunderhawks NW Ontario 0–2–0 4 9 Division Two Rank Team Region W–L–T GF GA 1 Bentley Generals Pacific 2–0–0 7 5 2 Kenora Thistles Host 1–1–0 8 4 3 Dundas Real McCoys Ontario 0–2–0 4 10

Results

Round Robin results style= Game style= width="165" Home Team style= Score style= width="165" Away Team style= Score style= Notes 1 Fort Frances Thunderhawks 3 South East Prairie Thunder 6 Final 2 Kenora Thistles 6 Dundas Real McCoys 1 Final 3 Clarenville Caribous 3 Fort Frances Thunderhawks 1 Final 4 Dundas Real McCoys 3 Bentley Generals 4 Final 5 South East Prairie Thunder 2 Clarenville Caribous 3 Final 6 Bentley Generals 3 Kenora Thistles 2 Final

Championship Round

Quarter and Semi-finals

Quarter and Semi-final results style= Game style= width="165" Home Team style= Score style= width="165" Away Team style= Score style= Notes QF1 South East Prairie Thunder 0 Dundas Real McCoys 3 Final QF2 Kenora Thistles 3 Fort Frances Thunderhawks 5 Final SF1 Clarenville Caribous 4 Dundas Real McCoys 0 Final SF2 Bentley Generals 7 Fort Frances Thunderhawks 2 Final

Final

Allan Cup final style= Game style= width="165" Home Team style= Score style= width="165" Away Team style= Score style= Notes F Clarenville Caribous 5 Bentley Generals 3 Final

External links

• Kenora Allan Cup Site
• Official Allan Cup Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kenora awarded 2011 Allan Cup | Sports | Kenora Daily Miner and News . https://archive.today/20130127023749/http://www.kenoradailyminerandnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1606933 . 27 January 2013 . dead.
2. Web site: Allan Cup Kenora 2011 . 2010-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100917232357/http://www.allancupkenora2011.ca/ . 2010-09-17 . dead .
3. Web site: T’hawks given Allan Cup bye Fort Frances Times Online . 2010-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101231034534/http://fftimes.com/node/237563 . 2010-12-31 . dead .