Renwick Cup (2007)
The Gordon Renwick Cup is the Senior "AAA" Central Canada ice hockey championship. The winning of this trophy earns the champion the right to compete in the Allan Cup, the National Senior Championship. The winner of Ontario would play the winner of Quebec for this trophy. Now it is mainly played for as an interbranch championship in Ontario.
History[]
The Renwick Cup dates back to at least 1990. Originally, the Renwick Cup championship was followed by an Eastern Canada Championship known as the Bolton Cup, but in recent years that championship has been dropped to expand the size of the Round Robin at the Allan Cup.
The Championship is played for between the Ontario Hockey Federation champion and the champion of Hockey Northwestern Ontario. HNO had now grown to three AAA teams in 2010, The Thunder Bay Twins, Fort Frances Thunderhawks and the Kenora Thistles, however; Thunder Bay (after 2009-10 season) and Fort Frances (ceasing operations in March 2012) have stopped playing at the AAA level. The OHF champion is determined by the winner of Allan Cup Hockey in Southern Ontario The Northern Ontario Hockey Association has not submitted a champion in recent years.
The Renwick Cup has not played in recent years when a team from Ontario hosts the Allan Cup as the host team qualifies and the branch champion qualifies (the Renwick Cup winner) and since a team from Quebec has not represented the province at the Allan Cup since the Quebec Senior Major Hockey League became professional and renamed itself the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey in 2004, and this berth traditionally goes to a team from the host branch and eliminating the need for the Cup as both the ACH champion and the HNO champion would both qualify.
Over the past several seasons the Renwick Cup has been held between the Kenora Thistles and the champion of Allan Cup Hockey. However, the Thistles folded during the 2015-16 hockey season after they were originally awarded the right to host the 2017 Allan Cup. The tournament was then re-awared to Bouctouche, New Brunswick.
The tournament was expected to return for 2018 as the Thistles have announced a return to Senior AAA hockey for the 2017-18 playing season. However, the Thistles folded prior to playing for the season.
Champions[]
Standings[]
| Year | Renwick Cup Champion | Bolton Cup | Allan Cup |
| 1996 | Ohsweken Riverhawks | Lost Final | Did not qualify |
| 1997 | Bothwell Bullets | Lost Final | Did not qualify |
| 1998 | London Admirals | Won Bolton Cup | Lost Final |
| 1999 | London MacMaster Chevys | Won Bolton Cup | Eliminated in Round Robin |
| 2000 | Cambridge Hornets | Lost Final | Did not qualify |
| 2001 | Dundas Real McCoys | Won Bolton Cup by default | Eliminated in Round Robin |
| 2002 | Dundas Real McCoys | Lost Final | Did not qualify |
| 2003 | Cambridge Hornets | Lost Final | Dundas Real McCoys eliminated in Round Robin as host team |
| 2004 | Aylmer Blues | N/A | Lost in quarterfinal |
| 2005 | Thunder Bay Bombers | N/A | Won Allan Cup |
| 2006 | Whitby Dunlops | N/A | Lost Final |
| 2007 | Whitby Dunlops | N/A | Lost Final |
| 2008 | Dundas Real McCoys | N/A | Dundas lost final Brantford Blast win Allan Cup as host |
| 2009 | No Competion each region of Ontario sent teams to Allan Cup |
N/A | Dundas Real McCoys and Thunder Bay Twins both lost in quarterfinals |
| 2010 | Dundas Real McCoys | N/A | Lost Semifinals |
| 2011 | No competition Kenora hosted 2011 Allan Cup |
N/A | Dundas Real McCoys and Kenora Thistles eliminated in quarterfinals and Fort Frances Thunderhawks eliminated in semifinals. |
| 2012 | Kenora Thistles | N/A | Eliminated in Quarterfinals |
| 2013 | Kenora Thistles | N/A | Eliminated in Semifinals |
| 2014 | No Competition Dundas, Ontario hosted Allan Cup |
N/A | Allan Cup won by Dundas Real McCoys as host, Kenora Thistles eliminated in Semifinals, and Brantford Blast eliminated in Quarterfinals |
| 2015 | Dundas Real McCoys | N/A | Elimiated in Quarterfinals |
| 2016 | No Competition Kenora Thistles fold during season |
N/A | Stoney Creek Generals eliminated in Quarterfinals |
| 2017 | No Competion ACH contains all of province's Senior AAA teams |
N/A | Stoney Creek Generals eliminated in Quarterfinals |
| 2018 | No Competition ACH contains all of province's Senior AAA teams after Kenora Thistles fold just prior to start of season |
N/A | Allan Cup won by Stoney Creek Generals |
| 2019 | No Competition ACH contains all of province's Senior AAA teams |
N/A | Stoney Creek Generals eliminated in Semifinals |
| 2020 | No Competition ACH contains all of province's Senior AAA teams |
N/A | ACH final was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | No organized senior hockey in province played for season due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2022 | No organized senior hockey in province played for season due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2023 | No regional qualifying for 2023 Allan Cup | ||
Note: 2003 was last year Ontario teams were eligible for the Bolton Cup as the format for the Allan Cup was changed and Ontario was given its own spot in the tournament as the Central Region.