CHL Releases 2015 Memorial Cup Logo

The logo for the 2015 Memorial Cup tournament that will be held in Quebec City, QC in May of 2015 by the Quebec Remparts. Not much to say, it looks basically like the other ones. See below at the official press release.

CHL Memorial Cup logo 2015
Photo: qmjhl.ca

Toronto, ON - The Canadian Hockey League in association with the host organizing committee for the 2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup are proud to unveil the official logo for next year’s championship.

The 2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup logo features a Rempart.  The Remparts of Quebec City are the only remaining fortified city walls in North America.  The English began fortifying the existing walls, after they took Quebec City from the French in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759.  The wall surrounds most of Old Quebec, which was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1985. The fortifications were designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1948 and today, the Remparts have four surviving gates which are Porte St. Jean, Porte St. Louis, Porte Prescott and Porte Kent.

"When you talk about Quebec City, the Remparts are a must to describe the old part of Quebec City”, said Claude Rousseau, president of the 2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup Host Committee.  “The Memorial Cup is named to honour those who have served in Canadian’s Armed Forces and it is therefore fitting that a Rempart be featured in the official logo for the 2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup in Québec.  This architectural ensemble consists of 4.6 km of remparts encircling the Old City and the Citadelle, a military installation and official residence of both the Monarch of Canada and the Governor General of Canada.  Since 1920, the Cidatelle is also the ceremonial home of the Royal 22nd Regiment, a francophone regiment, which comprises three Regular Forcebattalions, two Primary Reserve battalions and a band, making it the largest regiment in the Canadian Army”, concluded Mr. Rousseau.

Québec was founded by the French explorer Champlain in the early 17th Century.  It is the only North American City to have preserved its remparts, together with the numerous bastions, gates and defensive works which still surround Old Québec. The Upper Town, built on the cliff, is characterised  by monuments like the Citadel and the Château Frontenac. Together with the Lower Town and its ancient districts, it forms an urban ensemble which is one of the best examples of a fortified colonial city.  The CHL and the Québec Remparts are proud to feature a Rempart as a symbol of the 2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup logo.

The 2015 logo also features the traditional likeness of the Memorial Cup trophy atop logos for the CHL and MasterCard currently in their 16th straight year as title sponsor of the event, along with a poppy at the centre of the logo symbolizing the event’s longstanding support of Canadian Armed Forces.

The 2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup will mark the 97th edition of the prestigious national championship and takes place May 21-31 at the Colisee Pepsi featuring the host Quebec Remparts along with the champions of the Ontario Hockey League, the Western Hockey League, and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

For more information please visit www.mastercardmemorialcup.ca.