Kootenay Minor Hockey Midget Championship Trophy 1939 to 1980

Engraved on the bowl of the trophy :
Major Alan Bruce Ritchie
Memorial Cup
Midget Hockey Championship
of the
Kootenays
Presented By S.G. Blaylock
1939

Major Alan Bruce Ritchie - Born Aug 15, 1882 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Died - Dec 27, 1937 Trail, British Columbia. Canadian Militia Major, 2nd Divisional Signals Co. of the Canadian Engineers Regiment during WWI. Honourable mention in Despatches and "A" List. Recipient of the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre.

Selwyn G. Blaylock - Born Feb 18, 1879 Paspebiac ,Quebec - Died Nov 19, 1945 Trail, British Columbia. President of Cominco Smelter in Trail BC. Inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.

This trophy was 1st won by the Trail Smokies Hockey Club in 1940.
1941 - Trail Smokies Hockey Club
1942 - No Playoff
1943 - No Playoff
1944 Home Inn Hawks - Kimberley
1945 - Kimberley Midgets
1946 - Kimberley Rotarians
1947 - Kimberley Rotarians
1948 - Trail Smokies Hockey Club
1949 - Kimberley Rotarians
1950 - Trail Smokies Hockey Club
1951 - Trail Smokies Hockey Club
1952 - Trail Smokies Hockey Club
1953 - Trail Smokies Hockey Club
1954 - Trail Smokies Hockey Club
1955 - Trail Smokies Hockey Club
1956 - Trail Smokies Hockey Club
1957 - Kimberley Rotary Midgets
1958 - Trail Midget Smokeaters
1959 - Cranbrook Midgets
1960 - Nelson Midgets
1961 - Trail Midgets
1962 - Trail Midgets
1963 - Cranbrook Midgets
1964 - Trail Midgets
1965 - Trail Midgets
1966 - Trail Midgets
1967 - Trail Midgets
1968 - Kimberley Rotary Midgets
1969 - Trail Midgets
1970 - Trail Midgets
1971 - Kimberley Rotary Midgets
1972 - Fernie Midgets
1973 - Trail Midgets
1974 - Trail Midgets
1975 - Kimberley Lions Midgets
1976 - Castlegar Midget Reps
1977 - Trail Midget Reps
1978 - Cranbrook Midget Reps
1979 - Nelson Midget Reps
1980 - Cranbrook Midget Reps