2012 Telus Cup

2012 Telus Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)	Leduc Recreation Centre in Leduc, AB
Dates	April 23–29, 2012
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Red Deer Optimist Rebels
Runner-up	Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin
Third place	Saskatoon Contacts
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Laurent Dauphin (11G 7A 18P)
MVP	Laurent Dauphin
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The 2012 Telus Cup was Canada's 34th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship played April 23–29, 2012 at Leduc, Alberta. The Red Deer Optimist Rebels completed an improbable comeback in the gold medal game, scoring four unanswered goals in the third period en route to 6-5 double overtime win over the Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin. It was Red Deer's first gold medal after three previous silver medal finishes.^[1]^[2]

Teams

Result	Team	Region	City
	Red Deer Optimist Rebels	Pacific	Red Deer, AB
	Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin	Québec	Saint-Jacques, QC
	Saskatoon Contacts	West	Saskatoon, SK
4	Leduc Oil Kings	Host	Leduc, AB
5	Moncton Flyers	Atlantic	Moncton, NB
6	Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves	Central	Sudbury, ON

Round robin

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin	4-0-1	28	15	9
2	Red Deer Optimist Rebels	3-0-2	19	10	8
3	Saskatoon Contacts	2-1-2	24	18	6
4	Leduc Oil Kings	2-3-0	22	22	4
5	Moncton Flyers	1-3-1	17	22	3
6	Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves	0-5-0	11	34	0

Scores

Monday, April 23

Saskatoon 2 - Red Deer 2
Collège Esther-Blondin 6 - Sudbury 2
Leduc 5 - Moncton 4

Tuesday, April 24

Collège Esther-Blondin 6 - Saskatoon 2
Red Deer 2 - Moncton 1
Leduc 6 - Sudbury 3

Wednesday, April 25

Collège Esther-Blondin 9 - Moncton 5
Saskatoon 9 - Sudbury 1
Red Deer 3 - Leduc 2

Thursday, April 26

Moncton 3 - Sudbury 2
Collège Esther-Blondin 2 - Red Deer 2
Saskatoon 7 - Leduc 5

Friday, April 27

Red Deer 10 - Sudbury 3
Moncton 4 - Saskatoon 4
Collège Esther-Blondin 5 - Leduc 4

Playoffs

Semi-Finals

Saturday, April 28

Red Deer 2 - Saskatoon 0
Collège Esther-Blondin 8 - Leduc 2

Bronze medal game

Sunday, April 29

Saskatoon 3 - Leduc 2

Gold medal game

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Red Deer 6 - Collège Esther-Blondin 5 (2OT)

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player: Laurent Dauphin (Collège Esther-Blondin)
Top Scorer: Laurent Dauphin (Collège Esther-Blondin)
Top Forward: Daniel Audette (Collège Esther-Blondin)
Top Defenceman: Joel Topping (Red Deer)
Top Goaltender: Dasan Sydora (Red Deer)
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Kord Pankewicz (Leduc)
Esso Scholarship: Bryn MacNab (Saskatoon)

Road to the Telus Cup

Atlantic Region

Tournament held March 29-April 1, 2012 at Jack Byrne Arena in Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador

Round Robin
Rank	Team	Qualification	W-L-T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Moncton Flyers	NBPEIMMHL	4-0-0	17	5	8
2	St. John's Pennecon Privateers	NLMMHL	3-1-0	15	13	6
3	Halifax Titans	NSMMHL	1-2-1	11	11	3
4	St. John's Maple Leafs	Host	1-2-1	14	19	2
5	Cornwall Thunder	NBPEIMMHL	0-4-0	9	18	0

Championship Game
Moncton 5 - St. John's 1
Moncton advances to Telus Cup

Quebec

Ligue de Hockey Midget AAA du Quebec Championship held March 23 - April 14, 2012 at Multi Glace De Lachenaie and PEPS in Quebec

Best-of-7 series
Rank	Team	Qualification	W-L	GF	GA
1	Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin	LHMAAAQ	4-1	21	13
2	Le Blizzard du Séminaire Saint-François	LHMAAAQ	1-4	13	21

Collège Esther-Blondin wins the series 4-1 and advances to Telus Cup

Central Region

Tournament held April 2 – 8, 2012 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario^[3]^[4]

Round Robin
Rank	Team	Qualifications	W-L-T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves	GNML	4-1-0	22	20	8
2	London Jr. Knights	Alliance	4-1-0	22	13	8
3	Mississuauga Rebels	GTHL	3-2-0	18	13	6
4	Whitby Wildcats	OMHA	2-2-1	25	20	5
5	Sault Ste. Marie North Stars	Host	1-3-1	15	18	1
6	Ottawa Jr. 67's	OEMHL	0-5-0	13	31	0

Semi Finals
London 3 - Missisauga 2
Sudbury 5 - Whitby 2

Championship Game
Sudbury 4 - London 3
Sudbury advances to Telus Cup

West Region

Tournament held March 29 - April 1, 2012 at the Virden Arena in Virden, Manitoba^[5]

Round Robin
Rank	Team	Qualification	W-L-T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Saskatoon Contacts	SMAAAHL	2-0-1	11	4	5
2	Southwest Cougars	Host	2-1-0	8	6	4
3	Winnipeg Wild	MMAAAHL	1-1-1	10	6	3
4	Kenora Thistles	HNO	0-3-0	0	13	0

Championship Game
Saskatoon 5 - Southwest 1
Saskatoon advances to Telus Cup

Pacific Region

Playoff held April 6–8, 2012 at Red Deer Arena in Red Deer, Alberta.

Best-of-3 series
Rank	Team	Qualification	W-L	GF	GA
1	Red Deer Optimist Rebels	AMHL	2-0	5	3
2	Vancouver Northwest Giants	BCMML	0-2	3	5

Red Deer wins series 2-0 and advances to Telus Cup

References

^ "News Release #58". Hockey Canada. April 24, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
^ "RED DEER REBELS WIN 2012 TELUS CUP". Hockey Canada. April 29, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
^ "Sault to play host to TELUS Cup, Canada's midget hockey championship". Sault Star. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
^ "North Stars aligned for 2012". Sault Ste. Marie This Week. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
^ "2012 TELUS Cup West Regional qualifier to be hosted by Virden". Hockey Manitoba. June 4, 2011. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2012.

External links

[1] "News Release #58". Hockey Canada. April 24, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.

[2] "RED DEER REBELS WIN 2012 TELUS CUP". Hockey Canada. April 29, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

[3] "Sault to play host to TELUS Cup, Canada's midget hockey championship". Sault Star. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2012.

[4] "North Stars aligned for 2012". Sault Ste. Marie This Week. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2012.

[5] "2012 TELUS Cup West Regional qualifier to be hosted by Virden". Hockey Manitoba. June 4, 2011. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2012.

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