2009 Telus Cup

2009 Telus Cup
Tournament details
Dates	April 20–26, 2009
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Selkirk Recreation Complex in Selkirk, MB
Final positions
Champions	Notre Dame Hounds
Runner-up	Calgary Buffaloes
Third place	Rousseau Sports de Laval-Bourassa
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Nolan Zajac
MVP	Nolan Zajac
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The 2009 Telus Cup was Canada's 31st annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 20–26, 2009 at the Selkirk Recreation Complex in Selkirk, Manitoba. The Notre Dame Hounds defeated the Calgary Buffaloes 4-0 in the gold medal game to win their third national title. The Rousseau Sports de Laval-Bourassa defeated the host Winnipeg Thrashers to win the bronze. Winnipeg's Nolan Zajac, younger brother of National Hockey League player Travis Zajac, was the top scorer and named Most Valuable Player.

Teams

Result	Team	Region	City
	Notre Dame Hounds	West	Wilcox, SK
	Calgary Buffaloes	Pacific	Calgary, AB
	Rousseau Sports de Laval-Bourassa	Québec	Laval, QC
4	Winnipeg Thrashers	Host	Winnipeg, MB
5	Moncton Flyers	Atlantic	Moncton, NB
6	Hamilton Reps	Central	Hamilton, ON

Round robin

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Notre Dame Hounds	4-0-1	34	17	9
2	Winnipeg Thrashers	4-1-0	25	16	8
3	Calgary Buffaloes	2-1-2	22	17	6
4	Rousseau Sports de Laval-Bourassa	1-2-2	15	18	4
5	Moncton Flyers	1-4-0	15	32	2
6	Hamilton Reps	0-4-1	14	25	1

Scores

Laval-Bourassa 5 - Moncton 4
Notre Dame 4 - Calgary 4
Winnipeg 5 - Hamilton 4
Notre Dame 5 - Laval-Bourassa 4
Calgary 4 - Hamilton 2
Winnipeg 7 - Moncton 1
Hamilton 2 - Laval-Bourassa 2
Notre Dame 11 - Moncton 3

Winnipeg 6 - Calgary 5
Moncton 5 - Hamilton 3
Calgary 3 - Laval-Bourassa 3
Notre Dame 5 - Winnipeg 3
Calgary 6 - Moncton 2
Notre Dame 9 - Hamilton 3
Winnipeg 4 - Laval-Bourassa 1

Playoffs

Semi-Finals

Notre Dame 6 - Laval-Bourassa 4
Calgary 7 - Winnipeg 0

Bronze medal game

Laval-Bourassa 5 - Winnipeg 2

Gold medal game

Notre Dame 4 - Calgary 0

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player: Nolan Zajac (Winnipeg)
Top Scorer: Nolan Zajac (Winnipeg)
Top Forward: Ben Gamache (Notre Dame)
Top Defenceman: Jesse Pauls (Notre Dame)
Top Goaltender: Brett Gagnon (Winnipeg)
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Chris Collins (Calgary)

Road to the Telus Cup

Atlantic Region

Tournament held April 3–5, 2009 at Saint John, New Brunswick

Round Robin
Rank	Team	W-L-T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Cornwall Thunder	3-1-0	14	9	6
2	Moncton Flyers	2-1-1	14	13	5
3	St. John's Fog Devils	2-2-0	15	12	4
4	Saint John Vitos (host)	1-2-1	8	14	3
5	Cole Harbour McCains	1-3-0	10	13	2

Championship Game
Moncton 5 - Cornwall 4
Moncton advances to Telus Cup

Quebec

Ligue de Hockey Midget AAA du Quebec Championship

Rousseau Sports de Laval-Bourassa vs Trois-Rivières

Best-of-7 series played March 31-April 7, 2009

Laval-Bourassa wins series 4-0 and advances to Telus Cup

Central Region

Tournament held March 30-April 5, 2009 at Burlington, Ontario

Round Robin
Rank	Team	W-L-T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Burlington Eagles (host)	5-1-0	33	18	10
2	Sault Ste. Marie North Stars	4-2-0	24	20	8
3	Hamilton Reps	3-2-1	21	19	7
4	Oakville Rangers	3-3-0	23	25	6
5	Toronto Titans	3-3-0	22	16	6
6	Ottawa 67's	1-4-1	21	31	3
7	Ottawa Valley Titans	1-5-0	10	26	2

Semi Finals
Hamilton 8 - Sault Ste. Marie 4
Oakville 5 - Burlington 0

Championship Game
Hamilton 8 - Oakville 6
Hamilton advances to Telus Cup

West Region

Tournament held April 2–5, 2009 at Swift Current, Saskatchewan

Round Robin
Rank	Team	W-L-T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Winnipeg Wild	2-0-1	15	9	5
2	Notre Dame Hounds	2-1-0	14	9	4
3	Swift Current Legionnaires (host)	1-1-1	11	9	3
4	Thunder Bay Kings	0-3-0	6	19	0

Championship Game
Notre Dame 8 - Winnipeg 2
Notre Dame advances to Telus Cup

Pacific Region

Calgary Buffaloes vs

Vancouver North West Giants

Best-of-3 series played April 3–5, 2009

Game 1: Calgary 3 - Vancouver 1
Game 2: Vancouver 6 - Calgary 3
Game 3: Calgary 3 - Vancouver 2

Calgary wins series and advances to Telus Cup

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