1998 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, ON
DatesApril 21–26, 1998
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne
Runner-up Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals
Third place Calgary Buffaloes
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Dany Heatley
MVPDany Heatley
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The 1998 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 20th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 21–26, 1998 at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. The Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne defeated the host Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals in the championship game to win the gold medal. The Calgary Buffaloes won the bronze medal. Calgary's Dany Heatley was the tournament's top scorer and most valuable player.[1] Other future National Hockey League players playing in this tournament were Sheldon Brookbank, Randy Jones and Krys Kolanos.

Teams

Result Team Region City
1st place, gold medalist(s) Riverains de Collège Charles-Lemoyne Quebec Sainte-Catherine, QC
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals Host Sudbury, ON
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Calgary Buffaloes Pacific Calgary, AB
4 Saskatoon Contacts West Saskatoon, SK
5 Saint John Flames Atlantic Saint John, NB
6 Don Mills Flyers Central Toronto, ON

Round robin

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Calgary Buffaloes 5 4 0 1 34 17 +17 9
2 Saskatoon Contacts 5 4 1 0 27 12 +15 8
3 Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5 2 1 2 25 20 +5 6
4 Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals 5 2 2 1 25 25 0 5
5 Saint John Flames 5 2 3 0 20 17 +3 4
6 Don Mills Flyers 5 0 5 0 7 30 −23 0
Source:[citation needed]

Scores

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Bronze-medal game

Gold-medal game

Individual awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "News Release #NR.0024". Hockey Canada. April 9, 1998. Retrieved January 16, 2012.