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The Banff Winter Carnival women’s ice hockey tournament was an ice hockey tournament played in Banff, Alberta, Canada. In the early years, it was contested to determine the women’s ice hockey provincial champions of Alberta. In later years, the winner would be awarded the Alpine Cup.

History

At the 1918 tournament, the Edmonton Monarchs held the distinction of being the only women’s ice hockey team at the tournament to be coached by a woman. [1] The Fernie Swastikas played their last ever game in the 1926 Tournament. [2]

List of winners

  • The following is a list of all the champions from the Banff Winter Carnival. The Banff Winter Carnival organizers were known to pay each team up to twenty-five percent of gate receipts to help cover team expenses. In later years, the Carnival would guarantee travel expenses for the competing teams.[3]
Year Winner
1917 Calgary Regents
1918 Edmonton Monarchs
1919 Calgary Regents
1920 Calgary Regents
1921 Calgary Regents
1922 Vancouver Amazons
1923 Fernie Swastikas
1924 Calgary Hollies
1925 Calgary Hollies
1926 Edmonton Monarchs
1927 Calgary Hollies
1928 Calgary Hollies
1929 Edmonton Monarchs
1930 Edmonton Monarchs
1931 Edmonton Monarchs
1932 Edmonton Monarchs
1933 Edmonton Rustlers
1934 Red Deer Amazons
1935 Red Deer Amazons
1936 No champion
1937 Calgary Grills
1938 No champion
1939 Unknowna

a Calgary Chinooks beat High River Fliers in semifinal and were set to face the Edmonton Ladies in the final. No result was subsequently reported in the Edmonton or Calgary newspapers.

[4]

Results

1917
  • 2/10: Calgary Regents - Calgary Crescents 1:0
1918
  • 2/15: Edmonton Monarchs - Vulcan 1:0 - semifinal
  • 2/16: Calgary Regents - Calgary Crescents 3:1 - "
  • 2/16: Edmonton Monarchs - Calgary Crescents 1:0 - final
1919
  • 2/13: Calgary Regents - Edmonton Monarchs 3:1 - final
1920
  • 2/13: Calgary Regents - Calgary Patricias 2:1 OT - final
1921
  • 2/2: Vancouver Amazons - Calgary Patricias 0:0 OT - semifinal
  • 2/3: Vancouver Amazons - Calgary Patricias 2:1 OT - "
  • 2/4: Calgary Regents - Vancouver Amazons 4:1 - final
1922
  • 1/28: Calgary Regents - Red Deer 3:1 - semifinal
  • 2/1: Calgary Byngs - Vancouver Amazons 1:0 - exhibition
  • 2/4: Vancouver Amazons - Calgary Regents 2:1 - final
1923
  • 2/25: Calgary Regents - Red Deer 4:1
  • 2/28: Fernie Swastikas - Vancouver Amazons 2:0
  • 3/2: Calgary Regents - Edmonton Monarchs 1:0
  • 3/2: Fernie Swastikas - Calgary Regents 0:0 - final
  • 3/3: Fernie Swastikas - Calgary Regents 1:1 - "
  • 3/5: Fernie Swastikas - Calgary Regents 0:0 - exhibition @ Calgary - due to finances, the Regents had to return home, and Fernie was awarded the Alpine Cup by default; however, the two teams played an exhibition in Calgary
1924
  • 2/5: Fernie Swastikas - Calgary Patricias 4:1 - first round
  • 2/6: Calgary Hollies - Vancouver Amazons 1:0 OT - semifinal
  • 2/7: Canmore Minnewankas - Fernie Swastikas 1:0 - "
  • 2/9: Calgary Hollies - Canmore Minnewankas 4:0 - final
  • 2/9: Calgary Hollies - Fernie Swastikas 2:1 - exhibition
1925
  • 2/11: Calgary Hollies - Vancouver Amazons 2:0 - first round
  • 2/12: Calgary Patricias - Edmonton Monarchs 1:0 - semifinal
  • 2/13: Calgary Hollies - Coleman Shamrocks 2:1 - "
  • 2/14: Calgary Hollies - Calgary Patricias 1:0 - final
1926
  • 2/10: University of Manitoba - Calgary Hollies 1:0 OT - first round
  • 2/12: University of Manitoba - Vancouver Amazons 2:0 - second round
  • 2/13: University of Manitoba - Fernie Swastikas 2:0 - exhibition
  • 2/14: Edmonton Monarchs - University of Manitoba 2:1 - semifinal
  • 2/15: Edmonton Monarchs - Fernie Swastikas 2:1 - final
1927
  • 2/7: Cranbrook Pontiacs - Banff 2:0 - first round
  • 2/9: Edmonton Monarchs - Vancouver Amazons 3:1 - semifinal
  • 2/11: Calgary Hollies - Cranbrook Pontiacs 4:0 - "
  • 2/12: Calgary Hollies - Edmonton Monarchs 3:0 - final
1928
  • 2/4: Banff - Canmore 2:0 - first round
  • 2/6: Coleman Shamrocks - Banff 2:0 - semifinal
  • 2/8: Calgary Hollies - Edmonton Monarchs 2:1 3OT - "
  • 2/10: Calgary Hollies - Coleman Shamrocks 2:0 2OT - final
1929
  • 2/4: Banff - Canmore 3:0 - semifinal
  • 2/6: Edmonton Monarchs - Red Deer 7:0 - "
  • 2/8: Edmonton Monarchs - Banff 6:0 - final
1930
  • 2/3: Calgary Diamonds - Canmore 6:1 - first round
  • 2/5: University of Alberta - Cranbrook Pontiacs 4:2 OT - semifinal
  • 2/7: Edmonton Monarchs - Calgary Diamonds 2:1 OT - "
  • 2/8: Edmonton Monarchs - University of Alberta 1:0 - final
1931
  • 2/10: Vancouver Amazons - Banff 5:0 - semifinal
  • 2/12: Edmonton Monarchs - Drumheller Colleens 3:0 - "
  • 2/13: Edmonton Monarchs - Vancouver Amazons 3:0 - final
1932
  • 2/9: Vancouver Amazons - Canmore 1:0 - semifinal
  • 2/11: Edmonton Monarchs - Drumheller Colleens 8:0 - "
  • 2/13: Edmonton Monarchs - Vancouver Amazons 2:0 - final
1933
  • 2/8: Lethbridge Kiwanettes - Drumheller Colleens 3:0 - semifinal
  • 2/10: Edmonton Rustlers - Edmonton Monarchs 4:1 - "
  • 2/11: Edmonton Rustlers - Lethbridge Kiwanettes 4:0 - final
1934
  • 2/2: Red Deer Amazons - Edmonton Monarchs 2:1 OT

This game was originally meant to be a semifinal, with Red Deer meeting the winner of Banff-Canmore in the final, but no further games could be held due to a lack of ice, so Red Deer was named champions.

1935
  • 2/15: Red Deer Amazons - Banff 4:1 - semifinal
  • 2/16: Red Deer Amazons - Canmore Colleens 5:0 - final
1937
  • 2/11: Calgary Grills - University of Alberta 2:1
  • 2/13: Calgary Grills - University of Alberta 0:0
1939
  • 2/16: Calgary Chinooks - High River Fliers 5:0 - semifinal
  • 2/17: Calgary Chinooks - Edmonton Ladies - final

References

  1. ↑ Women on Ice: The Early Years of Women's Hockey in Western Canada, Wayne Norton, p.137, Ronsdale Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55380-073-6
  2. ↑ Women on Ice: The Early Years of Women's Hockey in Western Canada, Wayne Norton, p.136, Ronsdale Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55380-073-6
  3. ↑ Norton 2009, p. 19
  4. ↑ Women on Ice: The Early Years of Women's Hockey in Western Canada, Wayne Norton, p.135, Ronsdale Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55380-073-6
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