1997 Air Canada Cup

March 2026 Air Canada Cup 1997 April 22–27, 1997 6 New Glasgow Stadium in New Glasgow, NS other Thunder Bay Kings New Liskeard Cubs Calgary Royals Tim Zafiris Tim Zafiris 1996 1998 The 1997 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 19th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 22–27, 1997 at the New Glasgow Stadium in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. The Thunder Bay Kings defeated the New Liskeard Cubs in the championship game to win their second gold medal in three years. The Calgary Royals won the bronze medal. Teams Result Team Region City Thunder Bay Kings West Thunder Bay, ON New Liskeard Cubs Central New Liskeard, ON Calgary Royals Pacific Calgary, Alberta 4 Riverains de Collège Charles-Lemoyne Quebec Sainte-Catherine, QC 5 Charlottetown Abbies Atlantic Charlottetown, PE 6 Pictou County Weeks Host New Glasgow, NS Round robin Standings main WDL y 2 TBK Thunder Bay Kings RIV Riverains de Collège Charles-Lemoyne NLC New Liskeard Cubs CRO Calgary Royals CAB Charlottetown Abbies PCW Pictou County Weeks 4 0 1 23 13 3 1 1 28 11 3 0 2 23 14 2 1 2 18 19 1 0 4 12 36 0 2 3 15 26 complete Scores 25em New Liskeard 5 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 2 Calgary 9 - Charlotteown 2 Thunder Bay 6 - Pictou County 3 Collège Charles-Lemoyne 13 - Charlottetown 1 Thunder Bay 6 - New Liskeard 3 Calgary 4 - Pictou County 4 New Liskeard 5 - Charlottetown 1 Collège Charles-Lemoyne 4 - Thunder Bay 1 Calgary 4 - New Liskeard 2 Charlottetown 5 - Pictou County 4 Thunder Bay 4 - Calgary 0 New Liskeard 8 - Pictou County 1 Collège Charles-Lemoyne 7 - Calgary 1 Thunder Bay 6 - Charlottetown 3 Pictou County 3 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 3 Playoffs Semi-finals New Liskeard 4 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 3 Thunder Bay 3 - Calgary 2 (OT) Bronze-medal game Calgary 3 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 2 Gold-medal game Thunder Bay 4 - New Liskeard 1 Individual awards Most Valuable Player: Tim Zafiris (New Liskeard) Top Scorer: Tim Zafiris (New Liskeard) Top Forward: John Bistihas (Calgary) Top Defenceman: Erik Adams (Thunder Bay) Top Goaltender: David St. Germain (Collège Charles-Lemoyne) Most Sportsmanlike Player: Derek Field (Pictou County) Air Canada Scholarship: Tim Zafiris (New Liskeard) Esso Scholarship: Vincent Blanchette (Collège Charles-Lemoyne) See also Telus Cup References External links 1997 Air Canada Cup Home Page Hockey Canada-Telus Cup Guide and Record Book Category:Telus Cup Air Canada Cup Category:New Glasgow, Nova Scotia Category:April 1997 sports events in Canada Category:1997 in Nova Scotia Category:1997 in sports in Nova Scotia