Monday, September 30, 2013

Chicoutimi, Moncton and Quebec interested in hosting the 2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup

Press Release

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League today announced that three of its teams expressed interest in hosting the 2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup. These teams are the Chicoutimi Saguenéens, Moncton Wildcats and Québec Remparts. Teams wanting to host this prestigious event had till today to declare their interest.

A brief, which underlines the ability of bidding franchises to host the event, must be forwarded to the Commissioner's office by December 15th, 2013.

"I am very pleased with the interest shown by Chicoutimi, Quebec and Moncton. The MasterCard Memorial Cup Tournament gives great visibility to the host city as well as the organization," said the League’s Commissioner, Gilles Courteau. Visits to each one of the cities will be schedule for the beginning of 2014 in order to proceed with the final announcement on April 3rd, following the Golden Puck Awards.

(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)

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