Memorial Cup 2011

The following was posted on the Maors web site. Looks like a done deal. The Hershey Centre will host the event in 2011.

OHL to Announce 2011 MasterCard Memorial Cup Host Monday at 12:30 p.m.
TORONTO - The Ontario Hockey League has scheduled a media conference for Monday May 10, 2010, at 12:30 pm at the Mississauga Civic Centre to announce the successful host centre for the 2011 MasterCard Memorial Cup.

OHL Commissioner David Branch will be in attendance along with OHL Legal Counsel, Gord Kirke, Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors Owner, Eugene Melnyk and the Mayor of Mississauga, Hazel McCallion.

WHAT: Media conference to announce the host of the 2011 MasterCard Memorial Cup.

WHO: OHL Commissioner David Branch, OHL Legal Counsel Gord Kirke, Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors Owner, Eugene Melnyk and Mayor Hazel McCallion

WHERE: Great Hall (ground floor), Mississauga Civic Centre, 300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, Ont.

WHEN: Monday, May 10, 2010, at 12:30 p.m.

PARKING FOR MEDIA: Media can access the Civic Centre’s parking garage from the north side (Prince Royal Drive). The Civic Centre has two parking levels.

DIRECTIONS: If travelling from the QEW, exit Hurontario north. Turn left onto Burnhamthorpe Rd. Turn right on Living Arts Centre Blvd. Turn right on Prince Royal Drive. Turn right into Civic Centre parking entrance.

Link to a map of the Civic Centre that shows parking entrances as well as Square One Mall: http://www.mississauga.ca/file/COM/civic_centre_location.gif

Four OHL member teams including the Barrie Colts, Kingston Frontenacs, Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors, and Windsor Spitfires are all finalists for the right to host the 93rd edition of the prestigious National Championship.

The 2011 MasterCard Memorial Cup Site Selection Committee includes President of the Toronto Blue Jays and former CEO of Major League Baseball Paul Beeston, former NHL Executive Frank Bonello, Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations for the NHL Jim Gregory, and NHL Director of Central Scouting EJ McGuire.

Delegates of the successful host committee will have the opportunity to travel to Brandon, Manitoba, in time for the 2010 MasterCard Memorial Cup which takes place May 14-23.

The 2011 MasterCard Memorial Cup will take place May 20-29 featuring the league champions from the Ontario Hockey League, the Western Hockey League, and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, along with a host team from the OHL.





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For more information please contact:

Paul Krotz
Manager, Media and Information Services
Canadian / Ontario Hockey League
(T) 416-332-9711 x 320
(F) 416-332-1477
pkrotz@chl.ca

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Well it was made offical today that the majors got the mem. cup next year. But im waiting for them to pull something like hamilton did a couple years back.