Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity: Memorial Cup Coming to BMO Branch in Halifax

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwired - June 28, 2013) - BMO Bank of Montreal will be hosting the Memorial Cup at a branch celebration on July 2, to recognize the 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup winners, the Halifax Mooseheads.

Mooseheads players, Chris Clarke and Ryan Falkenham, will be in attendance, as well as Hal, the team mascot, and the public and media are invited to come out to the branch, see the Memorial Cup in person, and be part of the festivities.

BMO and the Canadian Hockey League

BMO is the Official Bank of the Canadian Hockey League and the Official Bank of each of the CHL's member hockey leagues: the Ontario Hockey League, the Western Hockey League and the Québec 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 who currently participate in the BMO CHL Affinity MasterCard program, which enables CHL fans to support their favourite teams through branded credit cards.

About BMO Financial Group

For more than 195 years, BMO Financial Group has believed in community reinvestment and corporate and social responsibility in the communities it serves. In 2012, BMO contributed more than $87.6 million in donations, sponsorships and events in Canada and the United States to groups, organizations and programs that help build and sustain resilient, vital and healthy communities.