2017 Memorial Cup

2017 Memorial Cup
Windsor, Ontario
Host team	Windsor Spitfires
Venue	WFCU Centre
Champions	Windsor Spitfires
Duration	May 19–28, 2017
Number of teams	4
Total attendance	44,663
Television	Sportsnet, TVA Sports, NHL Network
Memorial Cup Tournaments
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The 2017 Memorial Cup (branded as the 2017 Mastercard Memorial Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a four-team, round-robin format tournament held at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario from May 19–28, 2017. It was the 99th Memorial Cup championship, which determined the champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The tournament was hosted by the Windsor Spitfires, who won the right to host the tournament over undisclosed competition.^[1] Other participating teams were the OHL champion Erie Otters, the QMJHL champion Saint John Sea Dogs, and the WHL champion Seattle Thunderbirds. The tournament ended with the Windsor Spitfires winning their third Memorial Cup, defeating the Erie Otters 4–3 in the championship final.

The 99th Memorial Cup was dominated by the performances of the two OHL teams. In defeating the Seattle Thunderbirds by 7–1 in a round-robin game on May 21, 2017, the Windsor Spitfires tied a Memorial Cup record for the fastest 3 goals scored by a team in a single period (38 game seconds), matching the record set by the WHL's New Westminster Bruins in the 1978 tournament.^[2] In a round-robin game on May 22, 2017, Dylan Strome scored a Memorial Cup single-game record seven points (four goals and three assists), leading the Erie Otters to a 12–5 win over the Saint John Sea Dogs. The Otters' 12 goals for a team in a single game was also a Memorial Cup record.^[3]

All games were televised nationally in Canada on Sportsnet and TVA Sports. The NHL Network televised the games in the United States.

Round-robin standings[]

Indicates team advanced directly to the championship game

Indicates team advanced to the semifinal game

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA
Windsor Spitfires (OHL/Host)	3	3	0	14	5
Erie Otters (OHL)	3	2	1	18	11
Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)	3	1	2	14	15
Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)	3	0	3	3	18

Schedule[]

All times local (UTC −4)^[4]

Round robin[]

May 19	Windsor Spitfires		3–2	Saint John Sea Dogs	WFCU Centre	Recap
(1) – pp – 4:07		First period		No scoring
Jeremy Bracco (1) – 1:43		Second period		No scoring
(1) – 15:12		Third period		2:46 – Thomas Chabot (1) 3:10 – pp – (1)
Michael DiPietro 20 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats		20 saves / 23 shots

May 20	Seattle Thunderbirds		2–4	Erie Otters	WFCU Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
(1) – 9:01 Austin Strand (1) – 19:07		Second period		5:40 – pp – Alex DeBrincat (1) 17:59 – (1)
No scoring		Third period		1:36 – Dylan Strome (1) 18:41 – en – (1)
31 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats		18 saves / 20 shots

May 21	Seattle Thunderbirds		1–7	Windsor Spitfires	WFCU Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		4:48 – (1) 5:09 – Julius Nattinen (1) 5:26 – Logan Brown (1)
Keegan Kolesar (1) – 13:34		Second period		18:24 – pp – Julius Nattinen (2)
No scoring		Third period		0:33 – pp – Graham Knott (2) 3:48 – (2) 13:07 – Jeremy Bracco (2)
3 saves / 6 shots 18 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats		Michael DiPietro 24 saves / 25 shots

May 22	Saint John Sea Dogs		5–12	Erie Otters	WFCU Centre	Recap
(1) – 5:43 Mathieu Joseph (1) – 13:32		First period		1:06 – Taylor Raddysh (1) 6:40 – Darren Raddysh (1) 8:33 – (1) 10:11 – Dylan Strome (2) 16:27 – Anthony Cirelli (1)
(1) – 17:52		Second period		6:46 – pp – Taylor Raddysh (2) 8:26 – pp – Dylan Strome (3) 18:47 – Alex DeBrincat (2) 19:52 – pp – Darren Raddysh (2)
Cedric Pare (2) – 14:29 Julien Gauthier (1) – 15:22		Third period		0:22 – (1) 5:32 – Dylan Strome (4) 13:20 – Dylan Strome (5)
9 saves / 14 shots 18 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats		18 saves / 23 shots

May 23	Saint John Sea Dogs		7–0	Seattle Thunderbirds	WFCU Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Joseph Veleno (1) – 1:14 (1) – 14:04 Mathieu Joseph (2) – 14:19 (2) – 14:57 (1) – 16:29 (1) – 17:13		Second period		No scoring
Joseph Veleno (2) – 6:21		Third period		No scoring
31 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		10 saves / 14 shots 11 saves / 14 shots

May 24	Erie Otters		2–4	Windsor Spitfires	WFCU Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		5:50 – (3) 16:08 – Jeremiah Addison (4)
No scoring		Second period		0:43 – pp – Mikhail Sergachev (1)
(2) – 8:10 Taylor Raddysh (3) – pp – 17:34		Third period		13:31 – Jeremiah Addison (5)
15 saves / 19 shots		Goalie stats		Michael DiPietro 33 saves / 35 shots

Playoff Round[]

Semi-Final[]

May 26	Erie Otters		6–3	Saint John Sea Dogs	WFCU Centre	Recap
Darren Raddysh (3) – 9:56		First period		14:10 – Joseph Veleno (3)
Taylor Raddysh (3) – pp – 10:57		Second period		19:18 – pp – Julien Gauthier (2)
Dylan Strome (6) – 2:38 (1) – 3:45 Taylor Raddysh (5) – pp – 12:31 Warren Foegele (1) – en – 19:26		Third period		16:28 – Thomas Chabot (2)
20 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		31 saves / 36 shots

Final[]

May 28	Windsor Spitfires		4–3	Erie Otters	WFCU Centre	Recap
Jeremy Bracco (3) – pp – 16:07		First period		16:55 – pp – Dylan Strome (7)
Logan Stanley (1) – 6:27 (3) – pp – 14:53		Second period		5:35 – pp – Warren Foegele (2) 12:41 – (1)
(2) – 5:07		Third period		No scoring
Michael DiPietro 32 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats		18 saves / 22 shots

Statistical leaders[]

Skaters[]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dylan Strome	Erie Otters	5	7	4	11	8
Taylor Raddysh	Erie Otters	5	5	6	11	0
Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	5	2	8	10	2
Jeremy Bracco	Windsor Spitfires	4	3	5	8	2
Darren Raddysh	Erie Otters	5	3	5	8	0
Anthony Cirelli	Erie Otters	5	1	7	8	0
Warren Foegele	Erie Otters	5	2	5	7	4
Gabriel Vilardi	Windsor Spitfires	4	0	7	7	0
	Windsor Spitfires	4	5	1	6	2
Julien Gauthier	Saint John Sea Dogs	4	2	4	6	0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Goaltending[]

This is a combined table of the top goaltenders based on goals against average and save percentage with at least 120 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA.

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
Michael DiPietro	Windsor Spitfires	4	4	0	117	8	2.00	.932	0	240
	Erie Otters	5	3	2	107	18	3.66	.832	0	295
	Saint John Sea Dogs	4	1	2	104	13	4.06	.875	1	192

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:seconds)

Awards[]

Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Dylan Strome, Erie Otters
Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Leading Scorer): Dylan Strome, Erie Otters
George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanlike): Anthony Cirelli, Erie Otters
Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Top Goalie): Michael DiPietro, Windsor Spitfires
All-Star Team:

Goaltender: Michael DiPietro, Windsor Spitfires

Defence: Darren Raddysh, Erie Otters; Mikhail Sergachev, Windsor Spitfires

Forwards: Gabriel Vilardi, Windsor Spitfires; Alex DeBrincat, Erie Otters; Taylor Raddysh, Erie Otters

Rosters[]

Windsor Spitfires (Host)[]

Head coach: Rocky Thompson

Pos.	No.	Player^[5]
G	32
G	64	Michael DiPietro
D	5
D	8
D	17	Logan Stanley
D	28
D	31	Mikhail Sergachev
D	51	Jalen Chatfield
D	74	Sean Day
F	7
F	10
F	13	Gabriel Vilardi
F	19
F	21	Logan Brown
F	25	Julius Nattinen
F	26
F	27
F	37
F	61
F	91
F	96	Cristiano DiGiacinto
F	97	Jeremy Bracco

Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)[]

Head coach: Danny Flynn

Pos.	No.	Player^[6]
G	40
G	33
D	2
D	4
D	5	Thomas Chabot
D	26
D	34
D	36
D	38	Jakub Zboril
F	7
F	9	Joseph Veleno
F	10
F	12	Julien Gauthier
F	14
F	15	Matthew Highmore
F	16
F	18
F	21	Mathieu Joseph
F	24
F	27
F	37
F	51

Erie Otters (OHL)[]

Head coach: Kris Knoblauch

Pos.	No.	Player^[7]
G	30
G	33
D	2
D	6
D	14	Erik Cernak
D	20
D	24	Darren Raddysh
D	25
D	47
D	49
F	7
F	9
F	12	Alex DeBrincat
F	15
F	17	Taylor Raddysh
F	19	Dylan Strome
F	21
F	22	Anthony Cirelli
F	27
F	37	Warren Foegele
F	39
F	42
F	46

Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)[]

Head coach: Steve Konowalchuk

Pos.	No.	Player^[8]
G	1
G	31
D	2	Austin Strand
D	3
D	4
D	5
D	6
D	7
D	25	Ethan Bear
F	8
F	11
F	12	Ryan Gropp
F	13	Mathew Barzal
F	16	Alexander True
F	17
F	18
F	19
F	20
F	21
F	23
F	26
F	28	Keegan Kolesar

Road to the Cup[]

OHL Playoffs[]

Conference quarterfinals			Conference semifinals			Conference finals			Finals

1	Erie	4

8	Sarnia	0
			1	Erie	4

			4	London	3
4	London	4

5	Windsor	3
						1	Erie	4
Western conference
						3	Owen Sound	2
2	Sault Ste. Marie	4

7	Flint	1
			2	Sault Ste. Marie	2

			3	Owen Sound	4
3	Owen Sound	4

6	Kitchener	1
									W1	Erie	4

									E2	Mississauga	1
1	Peterborough	4

8	Niagara	0
			1	Peterborough	4

			4	Kingston	0
4	Kingston	4

5	Hamilton	3
						1	Peterborough	0
Eastern conference
						2	Mississauga	4
2	Mississauga	4

7	Ottawa	2
			2	Mississauga	4

			3	Oshawa	1
3	Oshawa	4

6	Sudbury	2

QMJHL Playoffs[]

Round 1			Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			President's Cup Championship

1	Saint John	4

16	Rimouski	0
			1	Saint John	4

			14	Val-d'Or	0
3	Shawinigan	2

14	Val-d'Or	4
						1	Saint John	4

						8	Chicoutimi	2
2	Rouyn-Noranda	4

15	Halifax	2
			2	Rouyn-Noranda	3

			8	Chicoutimi	4
8	Chicoutimi	4

9	Victoriaville	0
									1	Saint John	4

									5	Blainville-Boisbriand	0
4	Charlottetown	4

13	Baie-Comeau	0
			4	Charlottetown	4

			7	Cape Breton	0
7	Cape Breton	4

10	Gatineau	3
						4	Charlottetown	1

						5	Blainville-Boisbriand	4
5	Blainville-Boisbriand	4

12	Drummondville	0
			5	Blainville-Boisbriand	4

			6	Acadie–Bathurst	3
6	Acadie–Bathurst	4

11	Quebec	0

WHL Playoffs[]

Conference Quarter-finals

Conference Semi-finals

Conference Finals

WHL Championship

E1

Regina

4

W2

Calgary

0

E1

Regina

4

E3

Swift Current

3

E2

Moose Jaw

3

E3

Swift Current

4

E1

Regina

4

Eastern

C2

Lethbridge

2

C1

Medicine Hat

4

W1

Brandon

0

C1

Medicine Hat

3

C2

Lethbridge

4

C2

Lethbridge

4

C3

Red Deer

3

E1

Regina

2

U2

Seattle

4

U1

Everett

4

W2

Victoria

2

U1

Everett

0

U2

Seattle

4

U2

Seattle

4

U3

Tri-City

0

U2

Seattle

4

Western

B2

Kelowna

2

B2

Kelowna

4

B3

Kamloops

2

B2

Kelowna

4

W1

Portland

1

B1

Prince George

2

W1

Portland

4

References[]

^ "OHL Notebook: Windsor gets Memorial Cup". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
^ Coccimiglio, Brad (May 21, 2017). "Memorial Cup Notebook: Spitfires tie record in win". Windsor, Ontario: SooToday.com. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
^ "Strome sets record, Otters demolish Sea Dogs at Mastercard Memorial Cup". Sportsnet. The Canadian Press. May 22, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
^ Schedule
^ Windsor Spitfires roster
^ Saint John Sea Dogs roster
^ Erie Otters roster
^ Seattle Thunderbirds roster

External links[]

[1] "OHL Notebook: Windsor gets Memorial Cup". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

[Soo-Today-2] Coccimiglio, Brad (May 21, 2017). "Memorial Cup Notebook: Spitfires tie record in win". Windsor, Ontario: SooToday.com. Retrieved May 24, 2017.

[CP-3] "Strome sets record, Otters demolish Sea Dogs at Mastercard Memorial Cup". Sportsnet. The Canadian Press. May 22, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.

[4] Schedule

[5] Windsor Spitfires roster

[6] Saint John Sea Dogs roster

[7] Erie Otters roster

[8] Seattle Thunderbirds roster

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