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Canucks Capture Dave Duchak Trophy As Regular Season Champions

by mmelnyk

The Calgary Canucks have captured the Dave Duchak Trophy as the Alberta Junior Hockey League Regular Season Champions. The title is the 12th in franchise history and the first since 1998-99. The Dave Duchak Trophy honours the first Commissioner of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.

The Calgary Canucks held a record of 37-13-2-2 (W-L-OTL-SOL), tied at 78 points with the Whitecourt Wolverines in the Canalta Hotels AJHL Standings, ultimately capturing the league title based on the tie-breaking formula.  Calgary was 15-8-0-1 versus the Viterra AJHL North Division and 22-5-2-1 against the Viterra AJHL South Division.

The team built off their Championship season as winners of the 2024 Inter Pipeline Cup and led the league in goals (255) and goal differential (+116) as well as special teams with a league-best 23.1% on the powerplay and 89.4% on the penalty kill.

Calgary Canucks forward Jack Plandowski is a finalist for the 2024-25 AJHL MVP and Top Forward awards while defenceman Nathan Maloney is a finalist for the AJHL Top Rookie and Outstanding Defenceman awards.

Calgary will hold the top-seed throughout the 2025 Inter Pipeline Cup AJHL Playoffs beginning on Friday, March 21st.  The AJHL playoffs will see the top four teams in each division battle for the title of Division Champion.  The South Division Champion and North Division Champion will then compete in the 2025 Inter Pipeline Cup AJHL Final.  Each series will be a best-of-seven with the highest placed seed playing the lowest placed seed in the division.

The Canucks, led by General Manager and Head Coach Brad Moran since 2018, will host the 2025 Centennial Cup, presented by Tim Hortons from May 8th-18th in Calgary, AB.  The National Championship will be played in Calgary for the first time in the 54-year history of the tournament and the eighth time in Alberta since the tournament began in 1971.