The Doyle Cup is a championship ice hockey trophy, won through a best-of-7 series, conducted by the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. The Canadian Junior Hockey League ( CJHL) an association of Canadian Junior A Ice hockey leagues and teams formed in November 1993 The series is played between the Fred Page Cup champions of the British Columbia Hockey League and the Rogers Wireless Cup champions of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. The British Columbia Hockey League is a British Columbia -based tier II Junior "A" Ice hockey league under Hockey Canada, a subsection of The Alberta Junior Hockey League ( AJHL) is an Alberta -based Junior A hockey league that belongs to the Canadian Junior Hockey The winner of the Doyle Cup moves on to compete for the Royal Bank Cup, the Junior "A" National Championship. The Royal Bank Cup is an annual Ice hockey tournament held to determine the Canadian Junior A champion. The Doyle Cup was donated by a Penticton, British Columbia businessman named Pete Doyle in 1984 to better define the British Columbia/Alberta Championship that had been running since 1962. Penticton is a city in the Okanagan Valley of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada between Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake
The Doyle Cup Champion had traditionally played against the Anavet Cup Champion at the Royal Bank Cup for the Western Canadian Championship, the Abbott Cup. The Anavet Cup is a championship Ice hockey trophy won through a best-of-7 series conducted by the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The Royal Bank Cup is an annual Ice hockey tournament held to determine the Canadian Junior A champion. The Abbott Memorial Cup, commonly referred to as the Abbott Cup is the Tier II Junior "A" Ice hockey Championship for the Western Canadian leagues of the However, with the reorganization of Junior A hockey in Canada, the Abbott Cup had diminished in importance. The last Abbott Cup champion was crowned in 1999, with the trophy being retired.
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(*) The AJHL Champion did not challenge the BCJHL Champion for the right to appear in the Abbott Cup. The Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League was a Canadian Junior "A" Ice hockey league operating in British Columbia in the 1960s and 1970s The Abbott Memorial Cup, commonly referred to as the Abbott Cup is the Tier II Junior "A" Ice hockey Championship for the Western Canadian leagues of the
| Rank | League | Championships |
| 1 | Alberta Junior Hockey League | 24 |
| 2 | British Columbia Hockey League | 20 |
| 3 | Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League | 2 |