- 1997 Memorial Cup
The
1997 Memorial Cup occurredMay 10 -18 at theRobert Guertin Arena inHull, Quebec . Participating teams were the hostHull Olympiques , who were also the champions of theQuebec Major Junior Hockey League , as well as the QMJHL runner-upChicoutimi Saguenéens , and the winners of theOntario Hockey League andWestern Hockey League , which were theOshawa Generals and theLethbridge Hurricanes . The Olympiques won their first Memorial Cup, over Lethbridge. The round-robin portion of the tournament also featured one of the greatest games in Memorial Cup history, in which Lethbridge trailed Hull 6-1 to start the third period of their game and stormed back to win 7-6 in overtime.Round-robin standings
Scores
Round-robin
*May 10 Oshawa 5, Chicoutimi 3
*May 11 Lethbridge 4, Chicoutimi 2
*May 11 Hull 8, Oshawa 0
*May 13 Lethbridge 7, Hull 6 OT
*May 14 Oshawa 2, Lethbridge 1
*May 15 Hull 8, Chicoutimi 5Semi-final
*May 17 Lethbridge 5, Oshawa 4 OTFinal
*May 18 Hull 5, Lethbridge 1Winning roster
Alexandre Audet ,Francis Bélanger ,Martin Biron ,Keven Brochu ,Christian Bronsard ,Alexandre Couture ,Jonathan Délisle ,Matthieu Descoteaux ,Christian Dubé ,Martin Ethier ,Eric Hunter , Martin Johnston,Mario Larocque ,Ryan Lauzon ,Steven Low , Donald MacLean,Martin Ménard ,Eric Naud ,Francis Nault ,Pavel Rosa ,Jaret Sledz ,Colin White ,Peter Worrell . Coach: Claude JulienScoring leaders
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Christian Dube , Hull 6-4-10
#Donald MacLean, Hull 2-6-8
#Pavel Rosa , Hull 3-4-7
#Martin Ménard , Hull 5-1-6
#Frédéric Bouchard , Chic 2-4-6
#David Gosselin, Chic 3-2-5
#Denis Hamel , Chic 2-3-5
#Mike Josephson , Leth 2-3-5
#Marc Savard , Osh 0-5-5
#Jonathan Delisle , Hull 0-5-5
#Byron Ritchie , Leth 2-2-4Goaltending leaders
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Award Winners
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Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP):Christian Dube , Hull
*George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship):Radislav Suchy , Chicoutimi
*Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender):Christian Bronsard , Hull
*Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Top Scorer):Christian Dube , HullAll-star team
*Goal: Christian Bronsard, Hull
*Defence:Chris Phillips , Lethbridge;Jan Snopek , Oshawa
*Forward: Christian Dube, Hull; Martin Menard, Hull; Byron Ritchie, Lethbridgeee also
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