1998 Memorial Cup

The 1998 Memorial Cup occurred May 9-17 at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Washington. Participating teams were the host Spokane Chiefs and the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League which were the Guelph Storm, Val-d'Or Foreurs and Portland Winter Hawks. The Winter Hawks won their second Memorial Cup in overtime, defeating the Storm.

The tournament set a new Memorial Cup attendance record. However, that record was broken the following year in Ottawa.

Round-robin standings

Scores

Round-robin
*May 9 Spokane 5, Val-d'Or 4
*May 10 Portland 6, Guelph 2
*May 11 Guelph 3, Spokane 1
*May 12 Portland 7, Val-d'Or 4
*May 13 Guelph 7, Val-d'Or 0
*May 14 Portland 4, Spokane 2

Semi-final
*May 16 Guelph 2, Spokane 1 (OT)

Final
*May 17 Portland 4, Guelph 3 (OT)

Winning roster

Brent Belecki, Christian Bolding, Kyle Chant, Ken Davis, Andrew Ference, Kevin Haupt, Todd Hornung, Marian Hossa, Mike Hurley, Chris Jacobson, Shon Jones-Parry, Ryan Kehrig, Gerry King, Jason LaBarbera, Derek MacLean, Justin Morneau, Brenden Morrow, Mike Muzechka, Shane Palahicky, Andrej Podkonicky, Todd Robinson, Blake Robson, Bobby Russell, Jerad Smith, Marty Standish, Joey Tetarenko, Ryan Thrussell, Matt Walker. Coach: Brent Peterson

Scoring leaders

#Andrej Podkonicky, POR, (6g 4a) 10p
#Marian Hossa, POR, (4g 3a) 7p
#Manny Malhotra, GUE, (1g 6a) 7p
#Bobby Russell, POR, (4g 2a) 6p
#Mike Hurley, POR, (0g 6a) 6p
#Jean-Pierre Dumont, VAL, (3g 2a) 5p
#Todd Robinson, POR, (1g 4a) 5p
#Greg Leeb, SPO, (3g 1a) 4p
#Jason Jackman, GUE, (2g 2a) 4p
#Kent McDonnell, GUE, (2g 2a) 4p
#Ryan Davis, GUE, (2g 2a) 4p
#Perry Johnson, SPO (1g 3a) 4p
#Marian Cisar, SPO (0g 4a) 4p

Goaltending leaders

#Chris Madden, GUE, 2.21 GAA, .947 pct
#Brent Belecki, POR, 2.68 GAA, .916 pct
#David Haun, SPO, 2.93 GAA, .885 pct
#Roberto Luongo, VAL, 6.33 GAA, .857 pct

Award Winners

*Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Chris Madden, Guelph
*George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): Manny Malhotra, Guelph
*Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender): Chris Madden, Guelph
*Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Top Scorer): Andrej Podkonicky, Portland

All-star team
*Goal: Chris Madden, Guelph
*Defence: Brad Ferrence, Spokane; Francis Lessard, Val d'Or
*Forward: Andrej Podkonicky, Portland; Manny Malholtra, Guelph; Marian Hossa, Portland

ee also