Jennifer Dolan Named BMO Ultimate Fan
TORONTO, May 14, 2015 – BMO Financial Group and the Canadian Hockey League held a digital contest on Facebook to find the nation’s most spirited fans in the Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
Today, BMO is pleased to announce the BMO Ultimate CHL Fan for the OHL, Jennifer Dolan, an Owen Sound Attack fan.
Dolan will enjoy a grand prize of an all-expenses paid VIP trip for two to the 2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup in Quebec City, Quebec from May 29-June 1, 2015.
“The enthusiasm of the Ultimate CHL Fans for their teams embodies the community spirit that we foster and celebrate,” said Justine Fedak, Senior Vice President, Brand Advertising and Sponsorships, BMO Financial Group. “BMO is proud to celebrate CHL hockey fans — we hope the winners enjoy the 2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup!”
From March 3 to March 23, 2015, BMO Financial Group and the Canadian Hockey League invited fans across the country to enter to be named the BMO Ultimate CHL Fan for their local team by answering a series of questions on Facebook that determined what type of CHL Ultimate Fan they are. Forty-two BMO Ultimate CHL Fans were randomly selected and crowned in their respective communities winning a customized jersey from their favourite CHL team. From those winners, three Ultimate CHL Fan grand prize winners were selected for each of the respective leagues – the WHL, OHL and QMJHL.
“Congratulations to Jennifer Dolan for being selected among thousands of OHL fans as the 2015 BMO Ultimate CHL Fan contest winner,” said OHL Commissioner David Branch. “The passion that CHL fans across the country have for their favourite teams is outstanding and we look forward to seeing the same passion from our BMO Ultimate CHL Fans in Quebec City at the 97th MasterCard Memorial Cup.”
BMO and the Canadian Hockey League
BMO Financial Group and the Canadian Hockey League announced BMO as the Official Bank of the Canadian Hockey League in 2011. The four-year agreement also designates BMO as the Official Bank of each of the CHL’s member hockey leagues: the Ontario Hockey League, the Western Hockey League, and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
The sponsorship builds on BMO’s partnership with the CHL of more than 10 years and affirms BMO’s exclusivity as a financial services sponsor of the league in the retail banking category. It also engrains a presence with the 48 teams which currently participate in the BMO CHL Affinity MasterCard program, which enables CHL fans to support their favourite teams through a co-branded credit card.
About BMO Financial Group
Established in 1817, BMO Financial Group is a highly diversified financial services provider based in North America. With total assets of approximately $672 billion as of January 31, 2015, and more than 46,000 employees, BMO provides a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.
About the Canadian Hockey League
The Canadian Hockey League is the world’s largest development hockey league with 52 Canadian and eight American teams participating in the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League. CHL players graduate from high school at a rate higher than the Canadian national average. Last season, more than nine million fans attended CHL games in the regular season, playoffs and at the MasterCard Memorial Cup. The CHL supplies more players to the National Hockey League and Canadian Interuniversity Sport than any other league.
Media Contacts:
Claire Daugulis, Toronto, [email protected], (647) 802-1185
Paul Krotz, Canadian Hockey League, [email protected], (416) 332-9711 ext. 320
Twitter: @BMO
