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1998 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, ON
DatesApril 21–26, 1998
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Quebec Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne
Runner-up Ontario Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals
Third place Alberta Calgary Buffaloes
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Alberta Dany Heatley
MVPAlberta Dany Heatley
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The 1998 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 20th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 21–26, 1998 at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. The Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne defeated the host Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals in the championship game to win the gold medal. The Calgary Buffaloes won the bronze medal. Calgary's Dany Heatley was the tournament's top scorer and most valuable player.[1] Other future National Hockey League players playing in this tournament were Sheldon Brookbank, Randy Jones and Krys Kolanos.

Teams

Result Team Region City
1st place, gold medalist(s) Quebec Riverains de Collège Charles-Lemoyne Quebec Sainte-Catherine, QC
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ontario Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals Host Sudbury, ON
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alberta Calgary Buffaloes Pacific Calgary, AB
4 Saskatchewan Saskatoon Contacts West Saskatoon, SK
5 New Brunswick Saint John Flames Atlantic Saint John, NB
6 Ontario Don Mills Flyers Central Toronto, ON

Round robin

Standings

Rank Team W-L-T GF GA PTS
1 Alberta Calgary Buffaloes 4-0-1 34 17 9
2 Saskatchewan Saskatoon Contacts 4-1-0 27 12 8
3 Quebec Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne 2-1-2 25 20 6
4 Ontario Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals 2-2-1 25 25 5
5 New Brunswick Saint John Flames 2-3-0 20 17 4
6 Ontario Don Mills Flyers 0-5-0 7 30 0

Scores

Playoffs

Semi-Finals

  • Collège Charles-Lemoyne 3 - Saskatoon 2
  • Sudbury 5 - Calgary 2

Bronze medal game

  • Calgary 5 - Saskatoon 4

Gold medal game

  • Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5 - Sudbury 4

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Alberta Dany Heatley (Calgary)
  • Top Scorer: Alberta Dany Heatley (Calgary)
  • Top Forward: Alberta Adrian Foster (Calgary)
  • Top Defenceman: Alberta Shawn Landry (Calgary)
  • Top Goaltender: Saskatchewan Chad Yaremko (Regina)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Alberta Krys Kolanos (Calgary)

See also

References

  1. ^ "News Release #NR.0024". Hockey Canada. April 9, 1998. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
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