High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) champion. Each year the champions from three CHL member leagues—the Western Hockey League (WHL), Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), along with a host team—compete in the MasterCard Memorial Cup Tournament. The QMJHL`s Shawinigan Cataractes are the defending champions, having won the 2012 tournament in Shawinigan, Quebec over the OHL`s London Knights 2-1 in overtime.