The first Fred Page Cup was awarded in 1995. The trophy was donated by the Quebec Provincial Junior A Hockey League to create an Eastern Canadian Championship in honour of past Canadian Amateur Hockey Association President Fred Page. The 1995 Championship marked the first time teams outside of the Maritime Provinces were allowed to compete for the Eastern Canadian Championship for a birth to the National Championship. Now allowed are the maritime champions, the Quebec champions, and the Ottawa District champions of the Central Junior A Hockey League. Prior to 1995, the Callaghan Cup was the championship trophy of Eastern Canada to be played for by a representative of the Maritime Provinces . Early championships were dominated by the Prince Edward Island Junior Hockey League. In the early 1990s, the top teams of the IJHL jumped to the Maritime Junior A Hockey League.

FREDERICK PAGE Sept. 29, 1915 to Dec. 23, 1997

Frederick Page has spent a lifetime in hockey, spending time and holding various positions from the grass roots level to the highest organization of the game. As a player, coach, on-ice official or Administrator, Page has channeled his efforts to foster the game domestically and internationally.

Fred Page was born in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada on September 29, 1915. He played minor hockey in his hometown before joining the Port Arthur Juniors for one season in 1934-35. That year Port Arthur won the Thunder Bay Amateur Hockey Association branch championship. In 1938-39, he played his final season of competitive hockey with the Nipigon Intermediates.

Beginning in 1939-40, Fred refereed in the Fort William Minor Hockey Association and from 1948 to 1954, he was a referee with the Thunder Bay Amateur Hockey Association. With his proficiency as a referee, he was selected to handle the 1958 Memorial Cup and Allan Cup playoffs.

Page Coached in the Fort William Minor Hockey Association and in 1948 was appointed an executive member. In 1951, he was elected president followed by a life-member appointment in 1954. Page was active with the Thunder Bay Amateur Hockey Association as an executive member from 1954 to 1962, holding down the position of president beginning in 1958. That same year, Page began his involvement with as an executive member with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. He served as Second-vice President from 1962 to 1964 and First-vice President from 1964 to 1966. He helped lead the European visits by the Port Arthur Bearcats in 1961-62 and the Lacombe Alberta Rockets in 1963-64. That same year he was appointed National Chairman of the Leadership Program Committee, which established National and Leadership Clinics. From 1964 to 1967, he was a member of the Canadian National Team Committee.

Page was appointed CAHA President from 1966 to 1968 and filled the role of past president from 1969-1971. In 1966-67, he helped negotiate a new five-year agreement with the CAHA and the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States (AHAUS) with the National Hockey League. The following year he was Co-chairman of the Joint Committee to oversee the agreement. Following his presidency, Page continued to coordinate activities between the CAHA and the IIHF until 1971. It was also during this time that Page helped institute CAHA Leadership Clinics and was appointed Chairman of the National Team Committee. In 1971-72, He filled the role of the CAHA's Director-at-large.

In 1966, Page represented Canada in the International Ice Hockey Federation. He obtained Approval for Canada to host the 1970 World Championships, later changed to Stockholm, Sweden due to a boycott by European countries concerning Canada's use of professional players. From 1969 to 1972 he was selected First Vice-president of the IIHF, elected president - North American Division and Chairman - Hockey Directorate for the 1972 Sapporo, Japan Winter Olympic Games. Fred Page was also a member of the IIHF Directorate at the 1967, 1969, and 1972 World Championships, as well as the 1968 Grenoble, France Olympic Games.

In 1973, Page helped form the Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League assuming the position of Executive Director. He served as PCJHL president from 1975 to 1979 when the league amalgamated with the British Columbia Junior Hockey League. In 1981, Fred Page was appointed Executive Director. The following year he served as president and since 1983, he had been the Chairman of the Board.