1997 Memorial Cup
Canadian junior men's ice hockey championship
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The 1997 Memorial Cup occurred May 10–18 at the Robert Guertin Centre in Hull, Quebec. It was the 79th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the host Hull Olympiques, who were also the champions of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, as well as the QMJHL runner-up Chicoutimi Saguenéens, and the winners of the Ontario Hockey League and Western Hockey League, which were the Oshawa Generals and the Lethbridge Hurricanes respectively. 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. The Olympiques won their first Memorial Cup, over Lethbridge.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Venue(s) | Robert Guertin Centre Hull, Quebec |
| Dates | May 10–18, 1997 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Host team | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
| TV partner | TSN |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 8 |
| Scoring leader(s) | Christian Dubé (Olympiques) (13 points) |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Christian Dubé (Olympiques) |
Round-robin standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL and host) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 |
| 1 | Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 |
| 1 | Oshawa Generals (OHL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL rep.) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
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 – 5
Semi-final
- May 17 – Lethbridge – 5, Oshawa – 4; (OT)
Final
- May 18 – Hull – 5, Lethbridge – 1
Winning roster
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Scoring leaders
- Christian Dube – 6-7-13 (HUL)
- Donald MacLean – 2-6-8 (HUL)
- Pavel Rosa – 3-4-7 (HUL)
- Martin Menard – 5-1-6 (HUL)
- Frederic Bouchard – 2-4-6 (CHI)
- David Gosselin – 3-2-5 (CHI)
- Denis Hamel – 2-3-5 (CHI)
- Mike Josephson – 2-3-5 (LET)
- Marc Savard – 0-5-5 (OSH)
- Jonathan Delisle – 0-5-5 (HUL)
- Byron Ritchie – 2-2-4 (LET)
Goaltending leaders
- Statistics to be added
Award winners
- Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Christian Dube, Hull
- George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): Radoslav Suchy, Chicoutimi
- Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender): Christian Bronsard, Hull
- Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Top Scorer): Christian Dube, Hull
All-star team
- Goaltender: Christian Bronsard, Hull
- Defence: Chris Phillips, Lethbridge; Jan Snopek, Oshawa
- Forward: Christian Dube, Hull; Martin Menard, Hull; Byron Ritchie, Lethbridge