1997 Memorial Cup

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.^[1]

1997 Chrysler Memorial Cup

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Robert Guertin Centre Hull, Quebec
Dates	May 10–18, 1997
Teams	4
Host team	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
TV partner(s)	TSN
Final positions
Champions	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	8
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The Memorial Cup trophy

Round-robin standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA
1	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL and host)	3	2	1	22	12
1	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)	3	2	1	12	10
1	Oshawa Generals (OHL)	3	2	1	7	12
4	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL rep.)	3	0	3	10	17

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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 Olympiques^[2]
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

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Scoring leaders

1. Christian Dube, Hull 6-7-13
2. Donald MacLean, Hull 2-6-8
3. Pavel Rosa, Hull 3-4-7
4. Martin Menard, Hull 5-1-6
5. Frederic Bouchard, Chic 2-4-6
6. David Gosselin, Chic 3-2-5
7. Denis Hamel, Chic 2-3-5
8. Mike Josephson, Leth 2-3-5
9. Marc Savard, Osh 0-5-5
10. Jonathan Delisle, Hull 0-5-5
11. Byron Ritchie, Leth 2-2-4

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

• Goal: Christian Bronsard, Hull
• Defence: Chris Phillips, Lethbridge; Jan Snopek, Oshawa
• Forward: Christian Dube, Hull; Martin Menard, Hull; Byron Ritchie, Lethbridge

References

1. "MasterCard Memorial Cup Flashback: 1997 – Mastercard Memorial Cup". mastercardmemorialcup.ca. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
2. . Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
3. "LHJMQ – Incluant la couverture en direct des matchs, des clips audio et vidéo nouvelles exclusives, billets, statistiques, classements, horaires et autres".

External links

• Memorial Cup 2016-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
• Canadian Hockey League
• Mastercardmemorialcup.ca Video
• NHL.com video