$100,000 profit from 2010 RBC Cup

After months of wondering how much money was made from the National Junior ‘A’ Championship, we have our answer: $100,000.

Gerry Musey, the financial chairperson on the 2010 RBC Cup committee, crunched all the numbers from the week long event with the help of several volunteers.

Committee co-chair Randy Daley says the two big areas that made the most profit were ticket sales and marketing, which also entails advertising and local business support. Daley notes all of the other areas of the event either met their budget or exceeded them.

Daley says the report itself is very thorough. “We wanted to make sure that our financial statement was broken down so that not only would we be able to know where all the revenues came from and where all the expenses went, but anybody using our document for resource in the future would have a really good grip on what they need to plan for and budget for”.

Randy Daley credits all the volunteers that did the finances on their own time.

Daley mentions the money won’t be distributed right away to groups like the Legacy Fund for a number of reasons, including a late invoice Friday morning. “We have to sit on some of this money to make sure that any outstanding debt or any outstanding invoices are collected and paid prior to distributing the money” says Daley. “We’re fairly confident that there aren’t a whole lot our there, we just want to make sure”.

The Legacy Fund includes the following groups…

DAUPHIN KINGS HOCKEY CLUB
DAUPHIN RECREATION SERVICES
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
SPECIAL EVENT FUND
MINOR HOCKEY LEGACY FUND

With concerns to the other four visiting teams that took part in the RBC Cup, Daley says they’ve been accounted for but they won’t be involved in the money going towards the Legacy Fund. 

The clubs were…

VERNON VIPERS (BCHL)
LA RONGE ICE WOLVES (SJHL)
OAKVILLE BLADES (OJHL)
BROCKVILLE BRAVES (CHL)

Bold team won the 2010 RBC Cup

Daley was pleased with the profit from the event, considering the Committee’s initial profit goal was $75,000.

Thank yous

I’d like to recognize a number of individuals and groups that were a part of RBC Cup week.

Another big thank you to everyone involved in our RBC coverage on CKDM. Mitchell Clinton, Adam Sargent, Christian Laughland and Adam Bernardin; you guys deserve a lot of credit for helping provide the station with wall to wall coverage of the National Junior ‘A’ Championship. All of the announcers at the station (JD Francis, Ryan Schultz, Bruce Leperre, Al Gaines, Chris Jay) as well as the Sales and Management staff (Allan Truman, Hector Paulhus and Cory LaFontaine). Without all of their efforts, the coverage on CKDM just doesn’t happen. Mr. Truman gave me the option of calling all 13 games during the RBC Cup and I’ll always remember that!

My fiance Paige for being there with me and supporting me all the time. She didn’t get to see a lot of me that week, but I’m grateful to have her by my side and know that she loves me no matter what. I love you Paige!

Also Hockey Canada; Jason LaRose, Kevin Webster, and Ashley Archer were all terrific in helping us set up interviews with players, coaches and other personnel during the week. The opportunity to broadcast the games through Fasthockey was one that I’ll never forget; the tech guys were just awesome to work with!

The TSN crew of Dennis Beyak, Craig Button and Shawn Churchill. It was great to touch base again with Beyak as well as meet Button for the first time on Sunday. Watching TSN put on the production of the game and the time they took to talk to the local broadcasters just goes to show how down to earth these guys are. Thanks guys!

I can’t forget the other media personalities that were a part of the RBC Cup; Dallas Hicks and Bill Burfoot of MBC Radio in La Ronge, Todd Miller of the Vernon Vipers, CJOB’s Brian Munz, Jeff Henson of FREE FM in Grand Prairie Alberta. Thanks for working with me and enhancing our coverage on CKDM.

The RBC Cup host committee did a masterful job in putting on one of the most successful National Junior ‘A’ Championships! Also I should recognize the volunteers for all their hours put in during the week.

All five teams (Dauphin, Vernon, Oakville, Brockville and La Ronge). You should be proud of your efforts throughout the entire week and the season as well. Getting to the National Championship is very difficult so I give the teams full credit for putting on a fantastic week!

If I’m forgetting to thank anyone, Thank you for being a part of an event that I will never forget!

Dauphin, Brockville, Vernon, Oakville, La Ronge

These are the five squads that remain out of 144 teams and 11 leagues. Everybody has a shot at the RBC Cup, but experience at the National stage will definitely help. Three of the five teams have played in the RBC Cup before…

VERNON VIPERS (BCHL)

1996 in Melfort, Saskatchewan (2-2 round robin record) 26GF 20 GA

Won the championship game 2-0 over the host Melfort Mustangs (SJHL)

1999 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan (1-3 round robin record) 23GF 20GA

Won the championship game 9-3 over the Charlottetown Abbies

2009 in Victoria, British Columbia (4-0 round robin record) 32GF 15GA

Won the championship game 2-0 over the Humboldt Broncos (SJHL)

OAKVILLE BLADES (OJAHL)

2008 in Cornwall, Ontario (1-3 round robin record) 15GF 21GA

Did not make the semi-finals

BROCKVILLE BRAVES (CJHL)

1998 in Nanaimo, British Columbia (0-4 round robin record) 8GF 23GA

Did not make semi-finals

BOTH THE DAUPHIN KINGS (MJHL) AND LA RONGE ICE WOLVES (SJHL) HAVE NEVER APPEARED IN THE CENTENNIAL CUP OR RBC CUP

Last MJHL club to win the National Title- Selkirk Steelers 1974

Last MJHL team to appear in RBC Cup- Selkirk Steelers 2008 (0-4 in round robin)

SOME FACTS ABOUT THE SQUADS IN THE RBC CUP

- 13 players that played in the RBC Cup with the Vernon Vipers last year are still on the team. In fact Johnathon Milhouse was with the host Victoria Grizzlies last season and is now a member of the Vipers.

- Curtis Gedig of the Vipers is a seventh round selection of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils in last year’s Entry Draft (204th overall).

- Rob Short has played four years with the Vipers and 250+ games with the franchise.

- Goaltender Grahame Gordon (20-year-old) is 1-0 in RBC Cup play as he helped the Vipers defeat the Kingston Voyageurs of the OJAHL 8-5 on the final day of round robin play during last years event. He stopped 16 of 21 shots (5.00 GAA .762 save percentage)

- Vernon Vipers/Lakers last team to win back to back National Championships (1990 and 1991)

- Vernon has ten players with Division 1 NCAA Scholarships

- Brockville Braves won 26 games in a row during the CJHL’s Regular season

- Dauphin Kings set a new franchise record with 50 wins during the regular season. They also won their first Turnbull Cup since 1993 and the ANAVET Cup for the first time in 27 years (1983)

- La Ronge Ice Wolves Captain Dustin Stevenson has a three-year entry-level contract with the NHL’s Washington Capitals.

- Blades forward Ryan Murphy leads Oakville with seven game winning goals.

- Kings forward and ANAVET Cup MVP Mitch Czibere won a Memorial Cup with the Vancouver Giants (WHL) back in 2007. He’s riding a seven game point streak heading into the RBC Cup (3 goals, 8 assists).

CKDM will be all over the RBC Cup with coverage everyday from the event. It’ll include the One Hour Powerplay hosted by Mitchell Clinton following the 1:00 news and sports package. Adam Sargent and I will provide play-by-play of all 13 games during the RBC Cup. Also we will present the pre-game show at 6:30pm.

It should be a lot of fun to cover the event and call games for the station as well as Hockey Canada through FastHockey.

Enjoy the coverage!

Canada comes to Dauphin, Manitoba!

First off congratulations to the Dauphin Kings for winning the ANAVET Cup in five games over the La Ronge Ice Wolves. Regardless of the fact that the series only lasted five games, it was great to see Manitoba and Saskatchewan go head to head. Taking nothing away from the Kings victory but La Ronge Head Coach and GM Bob Beatty eluded to the fact in Thursday’s pre-game interview that his team is human and they were showing signs of fatigue after playing almost half of a season in seven weeks. With a number of days for rest and some relaxation, I expect both the Kings and the Wolves to be tough competition for the rest of Canada. Here’s the five team field for this year’s RBC Cup…

HOST TEAM-           DAUPHIN KINGS (MJHL)

WESTERN-               LA RONGE ICE WOLVES (SJHL)

PACIFIC-                   VERNON VIPERS (BCHL)

CENTRAL-                OAKVILLE BLADES (OJAHL)

EASTERN-                BROCKVILLE BRAVES (CJHL)

The Vipers needed seven games to knock off the Spruce Grove Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League in the Doyle Cup. The Saints nearly pulled the rarely done three games to one comeback but full marks to the Vipers for their second consecutive Doyle Cup.

Meantime the Blades went undefeated through the entire Dudley Hewitt Cup tournament in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. They outscored the opposition 13-3 which included a 2-1 victory over the SIJHL’s Fort William Northstars in the tournament final.

Finally the Braves, despite losing the Bogart Cup to their league rival Pembroke Lumber Kings, got the redemption they were looking for. They clinched the East representatives spot in the RBC Cup with a 5-1 victory in the final of the Fred Page Cup.

Here’s the schedule for the RBC Cup

Saturday May 1^st         

Oakville Blades vs. La Ronge Ice Wolves

Vernon Vipers vs. Dauphin Kings

Sunday May 2^nd

 Brockville Braves vs. Oakville Blades

La Ronge Ice Wolves vs. Vernon Vipers

Monday May 3^rd

Dauphin Kings vs. Brockville Braves

Tuesday May 4^th

Oakville Blades vs. Vernon Vipers

La Ronge Ice Wolves vs. Dauphin Kings

Wednesday May 5^th

Vernon Vipers vs. Brockville Braves

Dauphin Kings vs. Oakville Blades

Thursday May 6^th

Brockville Braves vs. La Ronge Ice Wolves

Semi-finals

Saturday May 8^th at 2:00pm and 7:00pm

FINAL

Sunday May 9^th

All games will be on CKDM with myself and Adam Sargent. Game One on days where there are two games will start at 2pm Central with the next game to follow at 7pm.

I’ll have more later in the week