Moncton is (Memorial) Cup Crazy

The 2006 Memorial Cup started tonight and, this year, it will be hosted by the City of Moncton in the great province of New Brunswick.

I grew up 20 minutes from Moncton and I lived in the city for years while I pretended to be a serious student.

Moncton will be a great host and they went to great lengths to make sure that they would ice a competitive team. At the end of the regular season, they were the #1 team in the country and they just won the QMJHL championship.

The Irving family, who owns the Wildcats, have spared no expense and made sure that, first and foremost, their young team would be led by a great coach. Ted Nolan was hired and has done a great job.

Here’s to hoping that the trend of the home team winning the cup continues and that Moncton becomes the first team based in the Maritimes to win the Memorial Cup.