1998 Memorial Cup

Canadian junior men's ice hockey championship December 2009 March 2023 March 2023 1998 Memorial Cup 4 May 9–17, 1998 Spokane Veterans Memorial ArenaSpokane, Washington Spokane Chiefs (WHL) 8 Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) (2nd title) TSN 1997 1999 thumb|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 1998 Memorial Cup (branded as the 1998 Chrysler Memorial Cup for sponsorship reasons) occurred May 9–17 at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Washington. It was the 80th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the host Spokane Chiefs and the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League which were the Guelph Storm, Val-d'Or Foreurs and Portland Winter Hawks. The Winter Hawks won their second Memorial Cup defeating the Storm from a goal in overtime by Bobby Russell.http://www.canoe.com/MemorialCup98/may17_gue_por.html https://web.archive.org/web/20000822122616/http://www.canoe.com/MemorialCup98/may17_gue_por.html dead August 22, 2000 SLAM! 1998 Memorial Cup: Game 8: PORTLAND 4, GUELPH 3 (OT) canoe.com 2018-07-28 The tournament set a new Memorial Cup attendance record, though that record was broken the following year in Ottawa. This was the first Memorial Cup to feature two American teams (Spokane and Portland), both representing the WHL. Round-robin standings main WL wins n complete POR Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) GUE Guelph Storm (OHL) SPO Spokane Chiefs (host) VAL Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) 3 0 17 8 2 1 12 7 1 2 8 11 0 3 8 19 green2 A yellow2 B B Scores Round-robin May 9 Spokane 5, Val-d'Or 4 May 10 Portland 6, Guelph 2 May 11 Guelph 3, Spokane 1 May 12 Portland 7, Val-d'Or 4 May 13 Guelph 7, Val-d'Or 0 May 14 Portland 4, Spokane 2 Semi-final May 16 Guelph 2, Spokane 1 (OT) Final May 17 Portland 4, Guelph 3 (OT) Winning roster 1997-98 Portland Winter Hawkshttp://mastercardmemorialcup.ca/history-rosters/ MemorialCup.ca - Winning Rosters 2020-08-07 2017-09-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20170910221004/http://mastercardmemorialcup.ca/history-rosters/ dead Goaltenders – Justin Morneau 1 Brent Belecki 35 Jason LaBarbera Defencemen – Christian Bolding 2 Shon Jones-Parry 3 Kevin Haupt 4 Ryan Thrussell 6 Jerad Smith 22 Mike Muzechka 34 Matt Walker 44 Andrew Ference 55 Joey Tetarenko - C Wingers – Shane Palahicky 8 Marty Standish 9 Derek MacLean 16 Mike Hurley 17 Gerry King 18 Marian Hossa 21 Bobby Russell 23 Ken Davis 25 Kyle Chant 27 Ryan Kehrig 29 Brenden Morrow Centres 12 Todd Hornung 14 Andrej Podkonicky 19 Todd Robinson 27 Blake Robson 39 Chris Jacobson Coach: Brent Peterson General Manager: Ken Hodge https://whl.ca/roster/208/206 WHL Network Scoring leaders Andrej Podkonicky, POR, (6g 4a) 10p Marian Hossa, POR, (5g 4a) 9p Manny Malhotra, GUE, (1g 6a) 7p Bobby Russell, POR, (4g 2a) 6p Mike Hurley, POR, (0g 6a) 6p Jean-Pierre Dumont, VAL, (3g 2a) 5p Todd Robinson, POR, (1g 4a) 5p Greg Leeb, SPO, (3g 1a) 4p Jason Jackman, GUE, (2g 2a) 4p Kent McDonnell, GUE, (2g 2a) 4p Ryan Davis, GUE, (2g 2a) 4p Perry Johnson, SPO (1g 3a) 4p Marian Cisar, SPO (0g 4a) 4p Kevin Haupt, POR, (0g 4a) 4p Goaltending leaders Chris Madden, GUE, 2.21 GAA, .947 pct Brent Belecki, POR, 2.68 GAA, .916 pct David Haun, SPO, 2.93 GAA, .885 pct Roberto Luongo, VAL, 6.33 GAA, .857 pct Award winners Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Chris Madden, Guelph George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): Manny Malhotra, Guelph Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender): Chris Madden, Guelph Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Top Scorer): Andrej Podkonicky, Portland All-star team Goal: Chris Madden, Guelph Defence: Brad Ference, Spokane; Francis Lessard, Val d'Or Forward: Andrej Podkonicky, Portland; Manny Malholtra, Guelph; Marian Hossa, Portland References External links Memorial Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20160602202910/http://mastercardmemorialcup.ca/ 2016-06-02 Canadian Hockey League Collection of Articles from Canoe.ca Video of Championship Game expanded Mem Mem 1998 Memorial Cup Category:Sports in Spokane, Washington Category:May 1998 sports events in the United States Category:1998 in sports in Washington (state)