1996 Air Canada Cup

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1996 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
DatesApril 16–21, 1996
Teams6
Venue(s)Kamloops Memorial Arena in Kamloops, BC
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgGouverneurs de Ste-Foy
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svgThunder Bay Kings
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgNorth Kamloops Lions
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Ken MacPherson
MVPDerek Paget
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The 1996 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 18th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 16–21, 1996 at the Kamloops Memorial Arena in Kamloops, British Columbia. The Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy defeated the Thunder Bay Kings in the championship game to win the gold medal. The host North Kamloops Lions won the bronze medal.[1] Future National Hockey League players competing in this tournament were Brad Stuart and Simon Gagné.

Teams[]

Result Team Region City
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy Quebec Sainte-Foy, QC
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thunder Bay Kings West Thunder Bay, ON
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) North Kamloops Lions Host Kamloops, BC
4 Red Deer Optimist Chiefs Pacific Red Deer, AB
5 Dartmouth Subways Atlantic Dartmouth, NS
6 New Liskeard Cubs Central New Liskeard, ON

Round robin[]

Standings[]

Rank Team W-L-T GF GA PTS
1 Thunder Bay Kings 3-2-0 22 19 6
2 North Kamloops Lions 3-2-0 27 15 6
3 Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 3-2-0 24 20 6
4 Red Deer Optimist Chiefs 2-2-1 17 15 5
5 Dartmouth Subways 1-2-2 18 25 4
6 New Liskeard Cubs 1-3-1 16 30 3

Scores[]

Playoffs[]

Semi-Finals[]

  • Thunder Bay 6 - Red Deer 2
  • Ste-Foy 2 - North Kamloops 1

Bronze medal game[]

  • North Kamloops 2 - Red Deer 1

Gold medal game[]

  • Ste-Foy 6 - Thunder Bay 4

Individual awards[]

  • Most Valuable Player: Derek Paget (North Kamloops)
  • Top Scorer: Ken MacPherson (Dartmouth)
  • Top Forward: Francois Fortier (Ste-Foy)
  • Top Defenceman: Paul Manning (Red Deer)
  • Top Goaltender: Joey Stephenson (Red Deer)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Jesse Pyatt (Thunder Bay)
  • Air Canada Scholarship: Derek Paget (North Kamloops)
  • Esso Scholarship: Shawn Hebert (Thunder Bay)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "News Release #NR.0044". Hockey Canada. May 21, 1996. Retrieved April 16, 2012.

External links[]

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