1995 Air Canada Cup

1995 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Sherbrooke, QC
DatesApril 19 – 25, 1995
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Thunder Bay Kings
Runner-up Red Deer Chiefs
Third place Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Jesse Heerema
MVPDavid Cinelli
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The 1995 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 17th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, which was played April 19 – 25, 1995 at Sherbrooke, Quebec. The Thunder Bay Kings defeated the Red Deer Chiefs in the championship game to win the gold medal. The Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy won the bronze medal. Future National Hockey League players competing in this tournament were Brad Leeb and Derek Morris.[1]

Teams

Result Team Region City
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thunder Bay Kings West Thunder Bay, ON
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Red Deer Optimist Chiefs Pacific Red Deer, AB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy Quebec Sainte-Foy, QC
4 Wexford Raiders Central Scarborough, ON
5 Cantonniers de Magog Host Magog, QC
6 Dartmouth Subways Atlantic Dartmouth, NS

Round robin

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Thunder Bay Kings 5 4 0 1 15 8 +7 9
2 Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 5 3 2 0 14 9 +5 6
3 Red Deer Chiefs 5 2 2 1 17 8 +9 5
4 Wexford Raiders 5 2 3 0 13 17 −4 4
5 Cantonniers de Magog 5 2 3 0 7 12 −5 4
6 Dartmouth Subways 5 1 4 0 7 20 −13 2
Source: [citation needed]

Scores

  • Thunder Bay 2 - Red Deer 2
  • Ste-Foy 4 - Dartmouth 0
  • Wexford 3 - Magog 0
  • Ste-Foy 2 - Red Deer 1
  • Thunder Bay 2 - Magog 1
  • Dartmouth 4 - Wexford 2
  • Magog 2 - Ste-Foy 1
  • Thunder Bay 5 - Wexford 3
  • Red Deer 8 - Dartmouth 1
  • Ste-Foy 6 - Wexford 3
  • Magog 3 - Dartmouth 1
  • Wexford 2 - Red Deer 1
  • Thunder Bay 3 - Dartmouth 1
  • Red Deer 5 - Magog 1
  • Thunder Bay 3 - Ste-Foy 1

Playoffs

Semi-finals

  • Thunder Bay 5 - Wexford 1
  • Red Deer 6 - Ste-Foy 4

Bronze-medal game

  • Ste-Foy 4 - Wexford 3

Gold-medal game

  • Thunder Bay 4 - Red Deer 3

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player: David Cinelli (Wexford)
  • Top Scorer: Jesse Heerema (Thunder Bay)
  • Top Forward: Josh Lazzari (Red Deer)
  • Top Defenceman: Derek Morris (Red Deer)
  • Top Goaltender: David Cinelli (Wexford)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Bryan Boorman (Red Deer)

See also

References

  1. ^ "2005 National Midget Hockey Championship Awarded to Gatineau, Quebec". Hockey Canada. June 8, 2004.