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Air Canada Cup 2002 April 22–28, 2002 6 K. C. Irving Regional Centre in Bathurst, NB other Tisdale Trojans Dartmouth Subways Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne Sidney Crosby (11G 13A 24P) Sidney Crosby 2001 2003
The 2002 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 24th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 22–28, 2002 at the K. C. Irving Regional Centre in Bathurst, New Brunswick.http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/10678/la_id/1.htm News Release #NR.017 March 20, 2006 January 16, 2012 Hockey Canada The Tisdale Trojans from Saskatchewan defeated the Dartmouth Subways from Nova Scotia 6-2 in the gold medal game to win the national title.
This season's Air Canada Cup gained extra attention from media and hockey scouts as 14-year-old prodigy Sidney Crosby competed as a member of the Dartmouth Subways. He led them to a berth in the championship game, the first time that a team from Atlantic Canada had ever advanced to the gold medal game. Crosby led the round robin in scoring with 18 points in five games and was named the Most Valuable Player. http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Pittsburgh/2007/01/17/3394408-sun.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160108035624/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Pittsburgh/2007/01/17/3394408-sun.html dead January 8, 2016 It takes a village to raise a phenom Jones Terry Edmonton Sun 2007-01-17 2012-01-15http://www.royalbankcup.com/index.php/ci_id/19770/ss_id/19765/la_id/1.htm https://archive.today/20130201123737/http://www.royalbankcup.com/index.php/ci_id/19770/ss_id/19765/la_id/1.htm dead February 1, 2013 News Release Tel.003 April 6, 2006 January 14, 2012 Hockey Canada Other notable players competing at the 2002 Air Canada Cup were Olivier Latendresse, Guillaume Latendresse, Andrew Gordon, Shaun Heshka, Tyson Strachan, Jay Rosehill, and Torrey Mitchell.
Teams
Result Team Region City Tisdale Trojans West Tisdale, SK Dartmouth Subways Atlantic Dartmouth, NS Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne Quebec Sainte-Catherine, QC 4 Red Deer Chiefs Pacific Red Deer, AB 5 Timmins Majors Central Timmins, ON 6 Miramichi Rivermen Host Miramichi, NB
Round robin
Standings
main WDL 2 y RDC Red Deer Chiefs RIV Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne TTR Tisdale Trojans DSU Dartmouth Subways TMA Timmins Majors MRI Miramichi Rivermen 4 0 1 31 20 3 1 1 28 13 3 0 2 16 13 2 1 2 23 22 2 0 3 19 27 0 0 5 12 36 complete
Scores
25em
Red Deer 9 - Timmins 2
Collège Charles-Lemoyne 3 - Tisdale 2
Dartmouth 8 - Miramichi 2
Dartmouth 3 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 3
Tisdale 3 - Timmins 0
Red Deer 8 - Miramichi 3
Timmins 7 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5
Red Deer 8 - Dartmouth 6
Tisale 3 - Miramichi 2
Dartmouth 5 - Timmins 4
Red Deer 5 - Tisdale 3
Collège Charles-Lemoyne 10 - Miramichi 0
Tisdale 5 - Dartmouth 1
Collège Charles-Lemoyne 6 - Red Deer 1
Timmins 6 - Miramichi 5
Playoffs
Semi-finals
Dartmouth 5 - Red Deer 4
Tisdale 4 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 1
Bronze-medal game
Collège Charles-Lemoyne 6 - Red Deer 4
Gold-medal game
Tisdale 6 - Dartmouth 2
Individual awards
Most Valuable Player: Sidney Crosby (Dartmouth)
Top Scorer: Sidney Crosby (Dartmouth)
Top Forward: Olivier Latendresse (Collège Charles-Lemoyne)
Top Defenseman: Shaun Heshka (Tisdale)
Top Goaltender: François Thuot (Collège Charles-Lemoyne)
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Andrew Gordon (Dartmouth)
Regional Playdowns
Atlantic Region
The Dartmouth Subways advanced by winning their regional tournament, which was played April 3–7, 2002 at the Community Gardens Arena Complex in Kensington, Prince Edward Island.
Quebec
The Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne advanced by capturing the Quebec Midget AAA League title.
Central Region
The Timmins Majors advanced by winning their regional tournament, which was played April 2–7, 2002 at the McIntyre Community Building in Timmins, Ontario.
West Region
The Tisdale Trojans advanced by winning their regional tournament, which was played April 3–7, 2002 at the T.G. Smith Centre in Steinbach, Manitoba.
Pacific Region
The Red Deer Chiefs advanced by winning their regional tournament, which was played April 3–7, 2002 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
See also
Telus Cup
References
External links
2002 Air Canada Cup Home Page
Hockey Canada-Telus Cup Guide and Record Book
Category:Telus Cup
Air Canada Cup
Category:Sports in Bathurst, New Brunswick
Category:April 2002 sports events in Canada
Category:Ice hockey competitions in New Brunswick
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