TORONTO — The Western Hockey League’s Kelowna Rockets will host the Memorial Cup within the spring of 2026, the Canadian Hockey League stated Wednesday.
TORONTO — The Western Hockey League’s Kelowna Rockets will host the Memorial Cup within the spring of 2026, the Canadian Hockey League stated Wednesday.
The annual four-team competitors options champions from the WHL, Ontario Hockey League and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League together with a bunch staff.
“We stay up for working alongside the Kelowna Rockets and the Metropolis of Kelowna to make the 106th version of the Memorial Cup a once-in-a-lifetime expertise for each followers and gamers alike,” CHL president Dan MacKenzie stated in an announcement.
Kelowna was one among 5 WHL golf equipment to submit bids for the occasion.
The Rockets gained their lone CHL championship after they final hosted in 2004. Led by Shea Weber and Josh Gorges, Kelowna edged the Gatineau Olympiques within the last at Prospera Place.
The 2025 Memorial Cup will probably be performed Might 22-June 1 in Rimouski, Que.
The host Saginaw Spirit gained the 2024 match final spring.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Nov. 27, 2024.
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