News Article: Memorial Cup in Winnipeg?
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irunthepeg
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The cynic in me says nobody but Toronto area teams should bother applying. I don't foresee scheduling conflicts with Leafs playoff games, which of course are an oxymoron.
Guardian17
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I would love to see the Memorial Cup in Winnipeg.
But for the 100th anniversary you just know Toronto will get it.
But for the 100th anniversary you just know Toronto will get it.
Yukon Joe
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A little risky having the host team play its games in a city where it doesn't actually play in.
I know the Wheaties have played the odd game in Winnipeg - how well do they draw in the Peg? It's asking a lot to expect 15,000 Brandon fans to drive 2 hours to Winnipeg (and that's besides the fact that 15,000 is one third the entire population of Brandon).
I know the Wheaties have played the odd game in Winnipeg - how well do they draw in the Peg? It's asking a lot to expect 15,000 Brandon fans to drive 2 hours to Winnipeg (and that's besides the fact that 15,000 is one third the entire population of Brandon).
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Brandon hosted one fairly recently. The whole premise of the article is to celbrate 100 years and make it bigger than usual.
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there are quite a few wheat kings fans in winnipeg. even just for the casual NHL fan who doesnt get to see these kids often before they are in the NHL or AHL i think there would be tons of support.
Sure, just kinda sucks for wheaties fans. They'd be in the tournament but the fans would have a couple hours on the highway to contend with, plus the danger of having Winnipeggers buy up all the tickets, which we totally would.
Bet the Brandon chamber of commerce would hate it, too. A memorial cup or a canada games are the biggest sporting events they could ever reasonably hope to host and even then not likely more than once every 20 years. Local shops, restaurants and hotels would be pretty thrilled with the increased business over the few days.
Maybe if the WHL expanded to Steinbach, Winnipeg would be tagged to host the Memorial Cup. Especially if it were TNSE's team.
Never going to happen. Who wants to watch only 3 teams play.
If you had only 3 teams, it would be 3 round robin games and 1 final game.
Way to short. Right now it's 6 + 2 playoff games and sometimes a tie breaker.
I could get behind that. One beef I have with the Memorial Cup is that so few teams make it and then can be out of the tournament in 2 games.
Repoman
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Well if they go NCAA style they could be out in one game. I kinda like the current format. Maybe extend it to 6 teams. Add a team from the leagues that are not hosting to make it 2 teams per league. Top 4 from the round robin go to semi's.
I guess I didn't put it that way. Yes they would be out in one game but more teams would have the opportunity. The way it is currently on three teams (not counting the host team) qualify and they play an entire playoff series to quality only to be out of it in 2 games.
