2008 Royal Bank Cup
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | May 3, 2008 – May 11, 2008 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Venue(s) | Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall, Ontario |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
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 Humboldt Broncos (2nd title)
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Runner-up 
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 Camrose Kodiaks
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Scoring leader(s) | Edward Gale (7 pts.) (Humboldt) |
| MVP | Darcy Findlay (Cornwall) |
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The 2008 Royal Bank Cup was the 38th Junior "A" 2008 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The national championship was won by the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.
The Royal Bank Cup was competed for by the winners of the Doyle Cup, Anavet Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Fred Page Cup and the host team, the Cornwall Colts of the Central Junior A Hockey League.
The tournament ran from May 3–11, 2008 with games played at the Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall, Ontario.
The 2008 Royal Bank Cup was kicked off with an announcement from the CJAHL that it was shortening its name to the Canadian Junior Hockey League.
The first game of the tournament was between the Western Champion Humboldt Broncos and the Host Cornwall Colts. The Colts, who finished the season barely breathing and only played five playoff games, held the Broncos to only one goal in the first period. In the second period, the Colts fell apart and allowed six more goals on the next 16 shots over the last forty minutes. Humboldt's Laurent Benjamin scored a hat trick, while Taylor Nelson made 21 saves in the 7-0 shutout victory.
The early game on day two was between the Eastern Champion Weeks Crushers and the Pacific Champion Camrose Kodiaks. Weeks came out strong and took an early 1-0 lead, but the Crushers started taking a lot of penalties which killed their momentum. The Kodiaks scored five unanswered goals to win the game 5-1. In the late game, the Eastern Champion Oakville Blades challenged Cornwall. The Blades came out flat and left the first period down 2-0. Oakville returned on fire in the second period, scoring three goals in less than three and a half minutes. The momentum did not last, and the Colts took advantage by eventually pulling out an unexpected 5-4 victory.
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