1997 Memorial Cup

Canadian junior men's ice hockey championship December 2009 March 2023 March 2023 1997 Chrysler Memorial Cup 4 May 10–18, 1997 Robert Guertin CentreHull, Quebec Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) 8 Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) (1st title) Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) Scoring leader Christian Dubé (Olympiques) 13 points MVP Christian Dubé (Olympiques) TSN 1996 1998 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 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.http://mastercardmemorialcup.ca/mastercard-memorial-cup-flashback-1997/ MasterCard Memorial Cup Flashback: 1997 – Mastercard Memorial Cup mastercardmemorialcup.ca en-CA 2018-07-28 Round-robin standings main WL wins n complete HUL Hull Olympiques (QMJHL and host) LET Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) OSH Oshawa Generals (OHL) CHI Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL rep.) 1 1 2 1 22 12 2 1 12 10 2 1 7 12 0 3 10 17 green2 A yellow2 B B 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 1996-97 Hull Olympiqueshttp://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 29 Martin Biron 30 Christian Bronsard Defencemen 4 Kevin Brochu 7 Mario Larocque 12 Steven Low 21 Martin Ethier 22 Jaret Sledz 24 Colin White Wingers 9 Martin Johnston 11 Eric Naud 14 Francis Belanger 17 Alexandre Audet 18 Francis Nault 20 Alexandre Couture 27 Jonathan Delisle 28 Peter Worrell 35 Matthieu Descoteaux 55 Pavel Rosa Centres 10 Donald MacLean 23 Eric Hunter 25 Martin Menard 26 Ryan Lauzon 96 Christian Dube Coach: Claude Julien General Manager: Charles Henry https://theqmjhl.ca/roster/12/150 LHJMQ – Incluant la couverture en direct des matchs, des clips audio et vidéo nouvelles exclusives, billets, statistiques, classements, horaires et autres Scoring leaders Christian Dube – 6-7-13 (HUL) Donald MacLean – 2-6-8 (HUL) Pavel Rosa – 3-4-7 (HUL) Martin Menard – 5-1-6 (HUL) Frederic Bouchard – 2-4-6 (CHI) David Gosselin – 3-2-5 (CHI) Denis Hamel – 2-3-5 (CHI) Mike Josephson – 2-3-5 (LET) Marc Savard – 0-5-5 (OSH) Jonathan Delisle – 0-5-5 (HUL) Byron Ritchie – 2-2-4 (LET) 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 External links Memorial Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20160602202910/http://mastercardmemorialcup.ca/ 2016-06-02 Canadian Hockey League Mastercardmemorialcup.ca Video NHL.com video expanded Mem 1997 Memorial Cup Category:Ice hockey in Gatineau Category:May 1997 sports events in Canada Category:1997 in sports in Quebec Category:Sports competitions in Gatineau Category:1990s in Gatineau