The Extreme Hockey Regina Capitals are the host team for the 2016 Keystone Cup that runs from April 14-17. All games will be at the Co-operators Centre. Since 1983 the Keystone Cup has been awarded to the top junior B team from Western Canada and Northwestern Ontario.
The Keystone Cup features a six-team round-robin. Joining the host Extreme Hockey Regina Capitals (PJHL) are the North Peace Navigators (Alberta), Saskatoon Quakers (Saskatchewan), Peguis Juniors (Manitoba), 100 Mile House Wranglers (British Columbia), and Thunder Bay Northern Hawks (Northwestern Ontario).
This will be the ninth time that Saskatchewan has played host to the Keystone Cup since its inception, but the first time this prestigious championship has been decided in Regina.
The Regina Capitals franchise has a long history in the City of Regina that can be traced to 1911. This history includes notable hockey figures like Don Metz (1942), Dick Irvin Sr. (1921), Eddie Shore (1925) and Hick Abbott (1911). A founding member of the South Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in 1992 and the Prairie Junior Hockey League (2007), Extreme Hockey Regina Capitals have participated in the Keystone Cup twice, finishing second in 1995 and winning the championship in 2004.
Complete schedule can be found at www.keystonecup.ca.