The Brooks Bandits will battle the Penticton Vees in the 2012 Doyle Cup, which begins on Friday, April 20th in Brooks, Alberta. The Doyle Cup is a best of seven series between the Enerflex Cup Champion of the AJHL and the Fred Page Champion of the BCHL. The winner will represent the Pacific Division at the 2012 RBC Cup in Humboldt, SK.
The Brooks Bandits won their first league championship as the 2012 AJHL Enerflex Cup Champions with a win over the Fort McMurray Oil Barons in Game Six of the AJHL Final. The Bandits opened the league final series with a win to extend a 20-game win streak dating back to January 2012, before facing their first post-season loss in Game Two.
The Brooks Bandits won the Dave Duchak Trophy as the 2011-2012 AJHL Regular Season Champions with a record of 47-7-6 and 100 points and earned a bye to Round Two of the 2012 AJHL Playoffs. The Bandits then swept the Calgary Canucks and Olds Grizzlys to advance to the AJHL Enerflex Cup Finals. This was the first League Final appearance for the Brooks Bandits franchise.
The Penticton Vees have been the number one ranked team in the CJHL Weekly Rankings throughout the 2011-2012 regular season and set a CJHL record for consecutive wins with 42 victories. The Vees established a new BCHL mark for wins in a season (54) and a new BCHL mark for points in a season (110) along the way to capturing the regular season title. Penticton won their second Fred Page Cup in five years with a win in game four against the Powell River Kings.
Doyle Cup Schedule:
SWEEP FIRST TWO GAMES:
- Game 1 Friday April 20, 2012 @ Brooks 7:00 PM
- Game 2 Saturday April 21, 2012 @ Brooks 7:00 PM
- Game 3 Tuesday April 24, 2012 @ Penticton 7:00 PM
- Game 4 Wednesday April 25, 2012 @ Penticton 7:00 PM
- *Game 5 Friday April 27, 2012 @ Penticton 7:00 PM
- *Game 6 Saturday April 28, 2012 @ Penticton 7:00 PM
- *Game 7 Sunday April 29, 2012 @ Penticton TBD
SPLIT FIRST TWO GAMES:
- Game 1 Friday April 20, 2012 @ Brooks 7:00 PM
- Game 2 Saturday April 21, 2012 @ Brooks 7:00 PM
- Game 3 Sunday April 22, 2011 @ Brooks 7:00 PM
- Game 4 Wednesday April 25, 2012 @ Penticton 7:00 PM
- *Game 5 Thursday April 26, 2012 @ Penticton 7:00 PM
- *Game 6 Saturday April 28, 2012 @ Penticton 7:00 PM
- *Game 7 Sunday April 29, 2012 @ Penticton TBD
* If necessary
The Doyle Cup was donated in 1985 by Pete Doyle, a Penticton businessman and his family, for competition of Junior ‘A’ Hockey Clubs between Alberta and British Columbia. Since the Doyle Cup was introduced, the BCHL has won 18 of 27 championships. Vernon (BCHL) has won the most titles with eight, followed by the Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL) with five.
Visit the Doyle Cup website for news, schedule information, and real-time statistics. Each game in the 2012 Doyle Cup will be broadcast live on AJHL Pay Per View!