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lost his life in the First World War and the story about the Abbott Cup.
The Vernon Lakers-Vernon Vipers won the Abbott Cup four times (1989, 1991, 1992 & 1999)
Lyman (Hick) Abbott was remembered June 13th 2014 when he was among the 2014 inductees into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in Regina. Abbott's first World War medals were entered into the Hockey Hall of Fame December 14th 2014.
The Abbott Memorial Cup, commonly reffered to as the Abbott Cup, was awarded annually from 1919 through 1999 to the Junior A Champion for Western Canada was awarded following a round-robin game between the two western teams at the Centennial Cup. The last Junior A hockey team to win the Abbott Cup was the 1998-99 Vernon Vipers.
The Cup was named after Captain E.L. (Hick) Abbott who was a noted hockey player in Western Canada. He captained the Regina Victorias when it won the Junior Championship of Canada in 1913 & 1914. Captain Abbott died in active service in the first World War and the trophy was presented in his memory in 1919 by the Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association.
The concept of a Western Canada Junior A Championship continued in 2013 with the creation of the Western Canada Cup. The Western Canada Cup went from 2013-2017.
Here is the full story on Lyman (Hick) Abbott that is on Gregg Drinnan's Taking Note,
The story of Hick Abbott, a true Canadian hero . . . – TAKING NOTE (greggdrinnan.com)
Wikipedia is so awesome. I started the Edward Lyman Abbott page in 2006 with the bare minimum information. If you visit it now there is much more information available.
ReplyDeleteThe Abbott Cup page was started by a guy down east by the name of Devan Mighton. He contacted me to help him complete the page from information from my website.