Alberta Midget Hockey League
The Alberta Midget Hockey League or AMHL is the provincial Midget AAA ice hockey league for Alberta, Canada. The league consists of 18 teams split into the Dodge and Chrysler Divisions. League champions go on to compete with the BC Hockey Major Midget League champions to represent the Pacific at the annual Telus Cup, Canada's national midget championship. The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs are current league champions. Red Deer is also the last AMHL team to win a national title, having won in 2012 & 2013.
Current teams
Dodge Division
Chrysler Division
League awards
League champions
| Year | Champion | Air Canada/Telus |
| 2015 | UFA Bisons | 4th |
| 2014 | Red Deer Optimist Chiefs | Lost Pacific Championship |
| 2013 | Red Deer Optimist Chiefs | Gold |
| 2012 | Red Deer Optimist Rebels | Gold |
| 2011 | Red Deer Optimist Rebels | Lost Pacific Championship |
| 2010 | Red Deer Optimist Rebels | 5th |
| 2009 | Calgary Buffaloes | Silver |
| 2008 | Calgary Buffaloes | 4th |
| 2007 | Red Deer Rebels | Silver |
| 2006 | Calgary Buffaloes | Silver |
| 2005 | Edmonton Southside Athletics | 6th |
| 2004 | Red Deer Chiefs | Bronze |
| 2003 | Calgary Northstars | Gold |
| 2002 | Red Deer Chiefs | 4th |
| 2001 | Calgary Royals | Silver |
| 2000 | Fort Saskatchewan | 4th |
| 1999 | Calgary Flames | Silver |
| 1998 | Calgary Buffaloes | Bronze |
| 1997 | Calgary Royals | Bronze |
| 1996 | Red Deer Chiefs | 4th |
| 1995 | Red Deer Chiefs | Silver |
| 1994 | Red Deer Chiefs | Silver |
| 1993 | Calgary Northstars | 4th |
| 1992 | Sherwood Park Kings | - |
| 1991 | Calgary Northstars | Gold |
| | Sherwood Park Kings | Silver |
| 1990 | St. Albert Raiders | 4th |
| 1989 | Calgary Buffaloes | Gold |
| 1988 | Calgary Northstars | Silver |
| 1987 | Calgary Buffaloes | Bronze |
| 1986 | Sherwood Park | - |
| 1985 | Calgary Buffaloes | Bronze |
Most championships
| Team | Championships |
| Red Deer Rebels/Chiefs | 10 |
| Calgary Buffaloes | 7 |
| Calgary Northstars | 3 |
Telus Cup
The Calgary Northstars (1991 and 2003), Calgary Buffaloes (1989), and Red Deer Optimist Rebels/Chiefs (2012 & 2013), represent the only AMHL teams to have won the national midget title. The AMHL has represented the Pacific at the tournament every year since 1985, with the exceptions of 1986, 1992, 2007, and 2012, when British Columbian teams won representation.[1] Alberta has hosted the national championship three times: 1991 in Calgary, 2007 in Red Deer, and 2012 in Leduc.
Alumni
Many players move on from the AMHL to play Junior A or Major Junior in Western Canada. The league's National Hockey League (NHL) alumni include Jarome Iginla, Dany Heatley, Jason Smith, Trent Hunter, Joffery Lupul, Trevor Linden, Geoff Sanderson, Scottie Upshall, Brian Sutherby, Mike Comrie, Nick Tarnasky, Jonathan Filewich and Bryan McCabe, Brandun Tzercradowsky, Justin Unfornt, Pierre St Gorden .
See also
References
External links
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