1997 Memorial Cup
Canadian junior men's ice hockey championship
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::summary Canadian junior men's ice hockey championship ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1997 Chrysler Memorial Cup |
| num_teams | 4 |
| dates | May 10–18, 1997 |
| venues | Robert Guertin Centre |
| Hull, Quebec | |
| host_team | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
| games | 8 |
| winners | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) (1st title) |
| second | Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) |
| stat_leader_title | Scoring leader(s) |
| stat_leader_player | Christian Dubé (Olympiques) |
| stat_leader_value | 13 points |
| award_title | MVP |
| award | Christian Dubé (Olympiques) |
| TV | TSN |
| prev_season | 1996 |
| next_season | 1998 |
| :: |
| title = 1997 Chrysler Memorial Cup | image = | caption = | num_teams = 4 | dates = May 10–18, 1997 | venues = Robert Guertin Centre Hull, Quebec | host_team = Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) | games = 8 | winners = Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) (1st title) | second = Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) | attendance = | stat_leader_title = Scoring leader(s) | stat_leader_player = Christian Dubé (Olympiques) | stat_leader_value = 13 points | award_title = MVP | award = Christian Dubé (Olympiques) | TV = TSN | prev_season = 1996 | next_season = 1998 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Memorial_Cup_at_the_2015_championship.jpg" caption="The Memorial Cup trophy" alt="Silver bowl trophy with two large handles, mounted on a wide black plinth engraved with team names on silver plates."] ::
The 1997 Memorial Cup occurred May 10–18 at the Robert Guertin Centre in Hull, Quebec. It was the 79th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the host Hull Olympiques, who were also the champions of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, as well as the QMJHL runner-up Chicoutimi Saguenéens, and the winners of the Ontario Hockey League and Western Hockey League, which were the Oshawa Generals and the Lethbridge Hurricanes respectively. The round-robin portion of the tournament also featured one of the greatest games in Memorial Cup history, in which Lethbridge trailed Hull 6-1 to start the third period of their game and stormed back to win 7-6 in overtime. The Olympiques won their first Memorial Cup, over Lethbridge.
Round-robin standings
| ranking_style = wins | use_goal_diff = n | update = complete | team1 = HUL | name_HUL = Hull Olympiques (QMJHL and host) | team2 = LET | name_LET = Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) | team3 = OSH | name_OSH = Oshawa Generals (OHL) | team4 = CHI | name_CHI = Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL rep.) | pos_LET = 1 | pos_OSH = 1 | win_HUL = 2 | loss_HUL = 1 | gf_HUL = 22 | ga_HUL = 12 | win_LET = 2 | loss_LET = 1 | gf_LET = 12 | ga_LET = 10 | win_OSH = 2 | loss_OSH = 1 | gf_OSH = 7 | ga_OSH = 12 | win_CHI = 0 | loss_CHI = 3 | gf_CHI = 10 | ga_CHI = 17 | col_A = green2 | result1 = A | col_B = yellow2| result2 = B | result3 = B | source =
Scores
Round-robin
- May 10 Oshawa 5, Chicoutimi 3
- May 11 Lethbridge 4, Chicoutimi 2
- May 11 Hull 8, Oshawa 0
- May 13 Lethbridge 7, Hull 6 OT
- May 14 Oshawa 2, Lethbridge 1
- May 15 Hull 8, Chicoutimi 5
Semi-final
- May 17 Lethbridge 5, Oshawa 4 OT
Final
- May 18 Hull 5, Lethbridge 1
Winning roster
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Scoring leaders
- Christian Dube, Hull 6-7-13
- Donald MacLean, Hull 2-6-8
- Pavel Rosa, Hull 3-4-7
- Martin Menard, Hull 5-1-6
- Frederic Bouchard, Chic 2-4-6
- David Gosselin, Chic 3-2-5
- Denis Hamel, Chic 2-3-5
- Mike Josephson, Leth 2-3-5
- Marc Savard, Osh 0-5-5
- Jonathan Delisle, Hull 0-5-5
- Byron Ritchie, Leth 2-2-4
Goaltending leaders
:Statistics to be added
Award winners
- Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Christian Dube, Hull
- George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): Radoslav Suchy, Chicoutimi
- Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender): Christian Bronsard, Hull
- Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Top Scorer): Christian Dube, Hull
All-star team
- Goaltender: Christian Bronsard, Hull
- Defence: Chris Phillips, Lethbridge; Jan Snopek, Oshawa
- Forward: Christian Dube, Hull; Martin Menard, Hull; Byron Ritchie, Lethbridge
References
References
- "MasterCard Memorial Cup Flashback: 1997 – Mastercard Memorial Cup".
- "MemorialCup.ca - Winning Rosters".
- "LHJMQ – Incluant la couverture en direct des matchs, des clips audio et vidéo nouvelles exclusives, billets, statistiques, classements, horaires et autres".
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