1998 Air Canada Cup

1998 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
Dates April 21–26, 1998
Teams 6
Venue(s) Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, ON
Final positions
Champions  Quebec Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne
Runner-up  Ontario Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals
Third place  Alberta Calgary Buffaloes
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s) Alberta Dany Heatley
MVP Alberta Dany Heatley
1997
1999

The 1998 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 20th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 21–26, 1998 at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. The Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne defeated the host Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals in the championship game to win the gold medal. The Calgary Buffaloes won the bronze medal. Calgary's Dany Heatley was the tournament's top scorer and most valuable player.[1] Other future National Hockey League players playing in this tournament were Sheldon Brookbank, Randy Jones and Krys Kolanos.

Teams

ResultTeamRegionCity
1st, gold medalist(s)Quebec Riverains de Collège Charles-LemoyneQuebecSainte-Catherine, QC
2nd, silver medalist(s)Ontario Sudbury Cara's Nickel CapitalsHostSudbury, ON
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Alberta Calgary BuffaloesPacificCalgary, AB
4Saskatchewan Saskatoon ContactsWestSaskatoon, SK
5New Brunswick Saint John FlamesAtlanticSaint John, NB
6Ontario Don Mills FlyersCentralToronto, ON

Round robin

Standings

RankTeamW-L-TGFGAPTS
1Alberta Calgary Buffaloes4-0-134179
2Saskatchewan Saskatoon Contacts4-1-027128
3Quebec Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne2-1-225206
4Ontario Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals2-2-125255
5New Brunswick Saint John Flames2-3-020174
6Ontario Don Mills Flyers0-5-07300

Scores

Playoffs

Semi-Finals

  • Collège Charles-Lemoyne 3 - Saskatoon 2
  • Sudbury 5 - Calgary 2

Bronze medal game

  • Calgary 5 - Saskatoon 4

Gold medal game

  • Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5 - Sudbury 4

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Alberta Dany Heatley (Calgary)
  • Top Scorer: Alberta Dany Heatley (Calgary)
  • Top Forward: Alberta Adrian Foster (Calgary)
  • Top Defenceman: Alberta Shawn Landry (Calgary)
  • Top Goaltender: Saskatchewan Chad Yaremko (Regina)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Alberta Krys Kolanos (Calgary)

See also

References

  1. "News Release #NR.0024". Hockey Canada. April 9, 1998. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
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