1996 Air Canada Cup

March 2026 Air Canada Cup 1996 April 16–21, 1996 6 Kamloops Memorial Arena in Kamloops, BC other Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy Thunder Bay Kings North Kamloops Lions Ken MacPherson Derek Paget 1995 1997 The 1996 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 18th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 16–21, 1996 at the Kamloops Memorial Arena in Kamloops, British Columbia. The Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy defeated the Thunder Bay Kings in the championship game to win the gold medal. The host North Kamloops Lions won the bronze medal.http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/9893/la_id/1.htm News Release #NR.0044 May 21, 1996 April 16, 2012 Hockey Canada Future National Hockey League players competing in this tournament were Brad Stuart and Simon Gagné. Teams Result Team Region City Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy Quebec Sainte-Foy, QC Thunder Bay Kings West Thunder Bay, ON North Kamloops Lions Host Kamloops, BC 4 Red Deer Optimist Chiefs Pacific Red Deer, AB 5 Dartmouth Subways Atlantic Dartmouth, NS 6 New Liskeard Cubs Central New Liskeard, ON Round robin Standings main WDL y 2 TBK Thunder Bay Kings NKL North Kamloops Lions GSF Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy RED Red Deer Optimist Chiefs DSU Dartmouth Subways NLC New Liskeard Cubs 3 0 2 22 19 3 0 2 27 15 3 0 2 24 20 2 1 2 17 15 1 2 2 18 25 1 1 3 16 30 complete Scores 25em New Liskeard 6 - Dartmouth 6 Ste-Foy 3 - Red Deer 1 Thunder Bay 6 - North Kamloops 3 Ste-Foy 4 - Dartmouth 2 Thunder Bay 6 - New Liskeard 3 North Kamloops 6 - Red Deer 2 Ste-Foy 10 - New Liskeard 2 Red Deer 4 - Dartmouth 4 Thunder Bay 8 - Ste-Foy 5 New Liskeard 3 - North Kamloops 2 Red Deer 4 - Thunder Bay 0 North Kamloops 7 - Ste-Foy 2 Dartmouth 4 - Thunder Bay 2 Red Deer 6 - New Liskeard 2 North Kamloops 9 - Dartmouth 2 Playoffs Semi-finals Thunder Bay 6 - Red Deer 2 Ste-Foy 2 - North Kamloops 1 Bronze-medal game North Kamloops 2 - Red Deer 1 Gold-medal game Ste-Foy 6 - Thunder Bay 4 Individual awards Most Valuable Player: Derek Paget (North Kamloops) Top Scorer: Ken MacPherson (Dartmouth) Top Forward: Francois Fortier (Ste-Foy) Top Defenceman: Paul Manning (Red Deer) Top Goaltender: Joey Stephenson (Red Deer) Most Sportsmanlike Player: Jesse Pyatt (Thunder Bay) Air Canada Scholarship: Derek Paget (North Kamloops) Esso Scholarship: Shawn Hebert (Thunder Bay) See also Telus Cup References External links 1996 Air Canada Cup Home Page Hockey Canada-Telus Cup Guide and Record Book Category:Telus Cup Air Canada Cup Category:April 1996 sports events in Canada Category:1996 in British Columbia Category:1996 in sports in British Columbia Category:Sports in Kamloops