2003 Air Canada Cup

2003 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
Dates April 21–27, 2003
Teams 6
Venue(s) Sault Memorial Gardens in Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Final positions
Champions  Alberta Calgary Northstars
Runner-up  Quebec Collège Antoine-Girouard
Third place  Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's Maple Leafs
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s) Quebec Mathieu Aubin
MVP Newfoundland and Labrador Ted Purcell
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The 2003 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 25th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 21–27, 2003 at the Sault Memorial Gardens in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.[1] The Calgary Northstars defeated the Gaulois du Collège Antoine-Girouard 5-1 in the gold medal game to win the national title. It also marked the last season that the midget championship was known as the Air Canada Cup; it would be renamed the Telus Cup.

Future National Hockey League players competing in this tournament were Kris Letang, Jay Beagle, Colin Greening, and Teddy Purcell, who was named the most valuable player of the tournament.

Teams

ResultTeamRegionCity
1st, gold medalist(s)Alberta Calgary NorthstarsPacificCalgary, AB
2nd, silver medalist(s)Quebec Gaulois du Collège Antoine-GirouardQuebecSaint-Hyacinthe, QC
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's Maple LeafsAtlanticSt. John's, NL
4Saskatchewan Yorkton HarvestWestYorkton, SK
5Ontario Waterloo WolvesCentralWaterloo, ON
6Ontario Sault Ste. Marie North StarsHostSault Ste. Marie, ON

Round robin

Standings

RankTeamW-L-TGFGAPTS
1Quebec Gaulois du Collège Antoine-Girouard5-0-023610
2Alberta Calgary Northstars4-1-015128
3Saskatchewan Yorkton Harvest3-2-014136
4Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's Maple Leafs2-3-012154
5Ontario Waterloo Wolves1-4-013182
6Ontario Sault Ste. Marie North Stars0-5-010230

Scores

Playoffs

Semi-Finals

  • Collège Antoine-Girouard 3 - St. John's 2
  • Calgary 2 - Yorkton 1

Bronze medal game

  • St. John's 5 - Yorkton 4

Gold medal game

  • Calgary 5 - Collège Antoine-Girouard 1

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Newfoundland and Labrador Ted Purcell (St. John's)
  • Top Scorer: Quebec Mathieu Aubin (Collège Antoine-Girouard)
  • Top Forward: Quebec Alexandre Imbeault (Collège Antoine-Girouard)
  • Top Defenceman: Saskatchewan Dustin Nehring (Yorkton)
  • Top Goaltender: Saskatchewan Justin Mzarek (Yorkton)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Alberta Justin St. Louis (Calgary)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "News Release #NR.032". Hockey Canada. April 17, 2003. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
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