Bolton Cup

Windsor Bulldogs' team captain Lou Bendo holds the Bolton Cup after his team won it in 1963.

The Bolton Cup was awarded to the Eastern Canadian Champion of the Allan Cup playdowns until 2003. It became the Atlantic Region Championship trophy starting in 2004. It has not been awarded consistently since 2003 due to the degeneration of Senior hockey in Quebec and the Maritimes and the subsequent restructuring of the Allan Cup tournament itself had rendered the Bolton Cup obsolete as the Eastern Canada championship and made it the Atlantic Canada championship trophy.

There has been a revival in senior AAA hockey in Newfoundland and Labrador with the formation of the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League in 2011. Several teams have also registered for Senior AAA level play in New Brunswick starting in 2015. Quebec (which still has no registered AAA teams as of 2017) and Atlantic Canada now have their own qualifying regions for the Allan Cup. The spot for the Quebec champion has been traditionally given to another team from the host teams region.  It is unknown when the trophy was officially first awarded. 

After the 2003 Allan Cup the qualifying set up was changed. Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada were each given their own qualifying spots. Quebec and Ontario already had provincial championships set up and the Bolton Cup became the regional qualifying trophy for Atlantic Canada. As of 2017 the event has only been held two or three times (2005 uncertain if event happened) to determine an Atlantic Regional qualifier for that year's Allan Cup tournament. The region has had either no teams or only one team competing at the Senior AAA level in many of the seasons and the region has hosted the Allan Cup twice with other regions not competing and having additional Atlantic Region teams qualifying for the Allan Cup tournament with out the need for the Regional qualifier.

Bolton Cup Eastern Canada Champions Year Champions Runners-Up 1960 Chatham Maroons* Hull Legion 1961 Galt Terriers* Amherst Ramblers 1962 Montreal Olympics Kapuskasing Kaps 1963 Windsor Bulldogs* Moncton Hawks 1964 Woodstock Athletics Ottawa Montagnards 1965 Sherbrooke Castors* Woodstock Athletics 1966 Sherbrooke Castors Guelph Royals 1967 Drummondville Aigles* Kingston Aces 1968 Victoriaville Tigres* Toronto Marlboros 1969 Galt Hornets* Victoriaville Tigres 1970 Orillia Terriers Victoriaville Tigres 1971 Galt Hornets* Grand Falls Cataracts 1972 Barrie Flyers 1973 Orillia Terriers* 1974 Barrie Flyers* 1975 Barrie Flyers 1976 Barrie Flyers 1977 Brantford Alexanders* 1978 Brantford Alexanders 1979 Petrolia Squires* 1980 Cambridge Hornets 1981 Petrolia Squires* Grand Falls Cataracts 1982 Petrolia Squires 1983 Cambridge Hornets* 1984 Cambridge Hornets 1985 Corner Brook Royals 1986 Corner Brook Royals* 1987 Brantford Motts Clamatos* 1988 Charlottetown Islanders 1989 Equipe Chomeday Montreal 1990 Equipe Chomeday Montreal* 1991 Charlottetown Islanders* 1992 Charlottetown Islanders No Eastern Canada Senior "AAA" Competition for 1993, 1994 1995 Truro Bearcats 1996 Truro Bearcats Ohsweken Riverhawks 1997 Truro Bearcats Bothwell Bullets 1998 London Admirals 1999 London McMaster Chevys 2000 St-Georges Garaga 2001 Dundas Real McCoys 2002 St-Georges Garaga* Dundas Real McCoys 2003 Lancaster ThunderCats Cambridge Hornets

Bolton Cup Atlantic Canada Champions
Year	Champions	Runners-Up
2004	Saint John ThunderCats	Brudnell Rangers
2005	Can-Am Cobras	Brudnell Rangers
2006	No Atlantic Canada teams registered at Senior AAA
2007	Halifax Molson Canadians	only registered Senior AAA team in region
2008	No Atlantic Canada teams competing at Senior AAA
2009	No Atlantic Canada teams registered at Senior AAA
2010	Clarenville Caribous	only registered Senior AAA team in region
2011	Clarenville Caribous*	only registered Senior AAA team in region
2012	Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts	only Senior AAA registered team in region
2013	Clarenville Caribous	only Senior AAA registered team in region
2014	Clarenville Caribous	only registered Senior AAA team in region
2015	No event held 2015 Allan Cup held in Clarenville, NL
2016	Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts	Lameque Au Ptit Mousse
2017	No event held 2017 Allan Cup held in Bouctouche, NB
2018	To be determined January 28, 2018

note: Teams in italics were region representative at that year's Allan Cup and not winners of Bolton Cup; teams in Bold won a regional qualifying series.

The 2005 event may not have taken place as the Brudenell Rangers may have folded earlier in the season; they were the only other registered Senior AAA team in the region for 2004-05 season

Teams marked with * won the Allan Cup that year