Calder Cup comes to Winnipeg early

Published on April 12, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release


The Manitoba Moose are proud to announce that the Calder Cup Tour will stop in Winnipeg this week. The coveted championship trophy has been a motivational force for American Hockey League teams throughout the League's 69-year history. The Calder Cup represents one of the oldest North American sports trophies.

The Calder Cup Tour will be on display at the MTS Centre this weekend as the Manitoba Moose and the Cleveland Barons wrap up the 2004-05 AHL regular season. The Moose will play host to the Barons on Friday, April 15th and Saturday, April 16th at 7:30 p.m.

The Calder Cup Tour will also include stops on Friday, April 15th at Tuxedo Park Elementary School, as well as a visit to the students from George Waters Middle School who are enrolled in the Canadian Hockey Skills Academy at Canlan Ice Sports (Highlander Sports Plex). The trophy will also be at Keith Bodley Arena on Saturday, April 16th for the Assiniboia Tournament of Champions. The Calder Cup will also be featured on local television and radio stations throughout the week.

Chris Thompson, the AHL's Coordinator of Marketing Services, will be traveling with the Calder Cup. He will be available to answer questions and trivia in regarding the Cup's history and background.

The 2005 Calder Cup Tour offers fans the opportunity to view up close one of the oldest trophies in North American sports. The Calder Cup, which has been competed for since the 1936-37 season, features the names of players, coaches and support staff from the last 20 American Hockey League champions (the other 48 champions' plaques are on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto), and is accompanied by a special display highlighting the intensity and excitement of the Calder Cup Playoffs.

The AHL's championship trophy is named after Hockey Hall of Famer Frank Calder, who served as the first president of the National Hockey League from 1917-43. During the 1920s, Calder was instrumental in guiding professional hockey into the mainstream of the United States' major cities, including New York, Boston, Chicago and Detroit, while also helping in the formation of the American Hockey League.

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