1998 Air Canada Cup

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1998 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
DatesApril 21–26, 1998
Teams6
Venue(s)Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, ON
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgRiverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svgSudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgCalgary Buffaloes
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Dany Heatley
MVPDany 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) Riverains de Collège Charles-Lemoyne Quebec Sainte-Catherine, QC
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals Host Sudbury, ON
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Calgary Buffaloes Pacific Calgary, AB
4 Saskatoon Contacts West Saskatoon, SK
5 Saint John Flames Atlantic Saint John, NB
6 Don Mills Flyers Central Toronto, ON

Round robin[]

Standings[]

Rank Team W-L-T GF GA PTS
1 Calgary Buffaloes 4-0-1 34 17 9
2 Saskatoon Contacts 4-1-0 27 12 8
3 Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne 2-1-2 25 20 6
4 Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals 2-2-1 25 25 5
5 Saint John Flames 2-3-0 20 17 4
6 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: Dany Heatley (Calgary)
  • Top Scorer: Dany Heatley (Calgary)
  • Top Forward: Adrian Foster (Calgary)
  • Top Defenceman: Shawn Landry (Calgary)
  • Top Goaltender: Chad Yaremko (Regina)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Krys Kolanos (Calgary)

See also[]

References[]

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

External links[]

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