2025 Memorial Cup
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| Tournament details | |
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| Venue(s) | Colisée Financière Sun Life Rimouski, Quebec |
| Dates | May 23 – June 1, 2025 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Host team | Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL) |
| TV partner(s) | TSN, RDS, NHL Network, WNEM-TV 5 Plus, Victory+ |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | London Knights (OHL) (3rd Title) |
| Runners-up | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Denver Barkey (Knights) and Easton Cowan (Knights) (7) |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Easton Cowan (Knights) |
The 2025 Memorial Cup was a four-team round-robin format ice hockey tournament held between May 23 and June 1, 2025, at Colisée Financière Sun Life in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. It was the 105th Memorial Cup championship which determined the champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The tournament was hosted by the Rimouski Océanic, who won the right to host the tournament in December 2023.[1] The London Knights defeated the Moncton Wildcats 5–2 in the semi-final, and the Medicine Hat Tigers 4–1 in the final to win their third Memorial Cup title.
OHL playoffs
| Conference quarterfinals | Conference semifinals | Conference finals | OHL finals | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Brantford | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E8 | North Bay | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Brantford | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Oshawa | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Barrie | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E7 | Niagara | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Barrie | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern | |||||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Oshawa | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Kingston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Sudbury | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Barrie | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Kingston | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Oshawa | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Brampton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Oshawa | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Note: Pairings are re-seeded after the first round. | |||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | London | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | London | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W8 | Owen Sound | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | London | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Erie | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Windsor | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W7 | Sault Ste. Marie | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | London | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western | |||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Kitchener | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Kitchener | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W6 | Flint | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Windsor | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Kitchener | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Saginaw | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Erie | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
QMJHL playoffs
Notes:
- In the first two rounds seeding is determined by conference standings, and in the two final rounds seeding is determined by overall standings.
| Conference quarterfinals | Conference semifinals | Semifinals | QMJHL finals | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Drummondville | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E9 | Halifax | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Rouyn-Noranda | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E9 | Halifax | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Rouyn-Noranda | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W7 | Gatineau | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Moncton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Rouyn-Noranda | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Shawinigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W6 | Val d'Or | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Shawinigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Sherbrooke | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Blainville-Boisbriand | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Sherbrooke | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Moncton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rimouski | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Moncton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E8 | Quebec | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Moncton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Baie-Comeau | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Rimouski | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E7 | Charlottetown | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rimouski | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Shawinigan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Chicoutimi | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Acadie–Bathurst | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Rimouski | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Chicoutimi | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Baie-Comeau | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Cape Breton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
WHL playoffs
| Conference quarterfinals | Conference semifinals | Conference finals | WHL finals | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Medicine Hat | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E8 | Swift Current | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Medicine Hat | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Prince Albert | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Prince Albert | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E7 | Edmonton | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Medicine Hat | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern | |||||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Lethbridge | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Calgary | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Saskatoon | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Calgary | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Lethbridge | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Lethbridge | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Brandon | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Medicine Hat | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Note: Teams are re-seeded based on regular season points after the first round. | |||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Spokane | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Everett | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W8 | Seattle | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Everett | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Portland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Victoria | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W7 | Tri-City | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Spokane | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western | |||||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Portland | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Spokane | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W6 | Vancouver | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Victoria | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Spokane | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Prince George | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Portland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Team rosters
London Knights
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Medicine Hat Tigers
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Tournament games
Round-robin
| May 23 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 5–4 | Rimouski Océanic | Colisée Financière Sun Life | Recap | |||
| Ryder Ritchie (1) — 13:50 | First period | 19:40 – pp — Maël Lavigne (1) | ||||||
| Bryce Pickford (1) — pp – 16:18 | Second period | 10:43 - Maël St-Denis (1) 18:26 – pp — Jacob Mathieu (1) | ||||||
| Bryce Pickford (2) — 1:08 Gavin McKenna (1) — 5:16 Hunter St. Martin (1) — 17:19 |
Third period | 13:04 – pp — Jonathan Fauchon (1) | ||||||
| Harrison Meneghin (20 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Mathis Langevin (33 saves / 38 shots) | ||||||
| May 24 | Moncton Wildcats | 2–3 | OT | London Knights | Colisée Financière Sun Life | Recap | ||
| Etienne Morin (1) – 6:59 | First period | 1:31 – Sam O'Reilly (1) | ||||||
| Dyllan Gill (1) – pp – 12:22 | Second period | 5:11 – pp — Kasper Halttunen (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 4:23 – Sam O'Reilly (2) | ||||||
| Mathis Rousseau (45 saves / 48 shots) | Goalie stats | Austin Elliott (27 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| May 25 | Rimouski Océanic | 1–3 | London Knights | Colisée Financière Sun Life | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Eriks Mateiko (1) - 2:14 | Second period | 9:47 - Henry Brzustewicz (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 14:53 - Jacob Julien (1) 18:08 - en - Easton Cowan (1) | ||||||
| Mathis Langevin (33 saves / 35 shots) | Goalie stats | Austin Elliot (28 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| May 26 | Moncton Wildcats | 1–3 | Medicine Hat Tigers | Colisée Financière Sun Life | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 4:24 – Ryder Ritchie (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 9:42 – pp – Ryder Ritchie (3) | ||||||
| Dyllan Gill (2) – 0:31 | Third period | 19:53 – pp, en – Gavin McKenna (2) | ||||||
| Mathis Rousseau (38 saves / 40 shots) | Goalie stats | Harrison Meneghin (21 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| May 27 | London Knights | 1–3 | Medicine Hat Tigers | Colisée Financière Sun Life | Recap | |||
| Kasper Halttunen (2) – pp – 3:34 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 5:11 – Ethan Neutens (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 1:17 – Mathew Ward (1) 19:49 – en – Ryder Ritchie (4) | ||||||
| Austin Elliott (26 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Harrison Meneghin (35 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| May 28 | Rimouski Océanic | 2–6 | Moncton Wildcats | Colisée Financière Sun Life | Recap | |||
| Maël St-Denis (2) - 13:27 Mathieu Cataford (1) - 17:11 |
First period | 7:39 - Julius Sumpf (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 1:27 - Juraj Pekarčík (1) 4:05 - Gabe Smith (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 4:02 - Etienne Morin (2) 18:12 - en - Gabe Smith (2) 19:01 - en - Alex Mercier (1) | ||||||
| Mathis Langevin (27 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Mathis Rousseau (32 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
- Round-robin standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 | Advance directly to the championship game |
| 2 | London Knights (OHL) (C) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Advance to the semifinal game |
| 3 | Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL) (H) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 0 | Eliminated from playoff contention |
Playoffs
| Semifinals May 30 | Championship June 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | Medicine Hat | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | London | 5 | 2 | London | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Moncton | 2 | |||||||
Semifinal game
| May 30 | Moncton Wildcats | 2–5 | London Knights | Colisée Financière Sun Life | Recap | |||
| Caleb Desnoyers (1) – pp – 18:20 | First period | 4:07 – Landon Sim (1) | ||||||
| Dyllan Gill (3) – pp – 7:40 | Second period | 5:24 – Denver Barkey (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 3:35 – Blake Montgomery (1) 13:11 – Jesse Nurmi (1) 18:11 – en – Easton Cowan (2) | ||||||
| Mathis Rousseau (32 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Austin Elliott (21 saves / 23 shots) | ||||||
Championship game
| June 1 | London Knights | 4–1 | Medicine Hat Tigers | Colisée Financière Sun Life | Recap | |||
| Jacob Julien (2) - 11:21 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Easton Cowan (3) - 3:13 Denver Barkey (2) - 4:53 Denver Barkey (3) - pp - 12:08 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 2:43 - Gavin McKenna (3) | ||||||
| Auston Elliott (31 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Harrison Meneghin (20 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
Statistical leaders
Skaters
The Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding player in the Memorial Cup playoffs
The Ed Chynoweth Trophy, awarded to the top scorer in the Memorial Cup tournament
- GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Barkey | London Knights | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| Easton Cowan | London Knights | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Gavin McKenna | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Sam Dickinson | London Knights | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Ryder Ritchie | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Sam O'Reilly | London Knights | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Alex Mercier | Moncton Wildcats | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Oasiz Wiesblatt | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Gabe Smith | Moncton Wildcats | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Kasper Halttunen | London Knights | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Jacob Julien | London Knights | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Goaltenders
- GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (minutes)
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Elliott | London Knights | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 141 | 8 | 1.59 | .943 | 0 | 302 |
| Harrison Meneghin | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 10 | 2.54 | .906 | 0 | 236 |
| Mathis Rousseau | Moncton Wildcats | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 158 | 11 | 2.72 | .930 | 0 | 242 |
| Mathis Langevin | Rimouski Océanic | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 104 | 11 | 3.77 | .894 | 0 | 175 |