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2004 Memorial Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Prospera Place
Kelowna, British Columbia
DatesMay 15–23, 2004
Teams4
Host teamKelowna Rockets (WHL)
TV partner(s)Rogers Sportsnet
Final positions
ChampionsKelowna Rockets (WHL) (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Games played8
Attendance50,078 (6,260 per game)
← 2003
2005 →
Silver bowl trophy with two large handles, mounted on a wide black plinth engraved with team names on silver plates.
The Memorial Cup trophy

The 2004 Memorial Cup (branded as the 2004 Mastercard Memorial Cup for sponsorship reasons) occurred May 15–23 at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia. It was the 86th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). It featured the host team, the Kelowna Rockets as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League which were the Guelph Storm, Gatineau Olympiques and the Medicine Hat Tigers respectively. The Kelowna Rockets would be the eventual winners, and would become only the fourth host team to win without winning their league as well. (The first time was in 1983, when the Portland Winter Hawks won it, the second was in 1993 when the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds won it, and the third was in 1999 when the Ottawa 67's won it.) Kelowna defeated the Olympiques who made their second straight Memorial Cup final, but as with 2003, the 'Piques came up short. Kelowna also participated in the 2003 tournament as WHL champions but did not advance to the final, and would participate as WHL champions in the 2005 Memorial Cup as well.

Round-robin standings

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA Pts
1 Kelowna Rockets (host) 3 3 0 7 2 6
2 Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL) 3 2 1 11 7 4
3 Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) 3 1 2 4 6 2
4 Guelph Storm (OHL) 3 0 3 3 10 0
Source:[citation needed]

Schedule

All times local (UTC -8)

Round-robin

May 15, 2004
Kelowna 1–0 Guelph
Prospera Place, Kelowna
Attendance:6,350
May 16, 2004
Medicine Hat 1-3 Gatineau
Prospera Place, Kelowna
Attendance:6,153
May 17, 2004
Kelowna 4–1 Gatineau
Prospera Place, Kelowna
Attendance:6,250
May 18, 2004
Medicine Hat 2–1 Guelph
Prospera Place, Kelowna
Attendance:6,127
May 19, 2004
Gatineau 7–2 Guelph
Prospera Place, Kelowna
Attendance:6,150
May 20, 2004
Kelowna 2–1 Medicine Hat
Prospera Place, Kelowna
Attendance:6,350

Semi-final

May 22, 2004
Gatineau 6–5 Medicine Hat
Prospera Place, Kelowna
Attendance:6,151

Final

May 23, 2004
Kelowna 2–1 Gatineau
Prospera Place, Kelowna
Attendance: 6,636

Winning team

Michal Blanar, Troy Bodie, Mike Card, Blake Comeau, Ryan Constant, Kyle Cumiskey, Darren Deschamps, Simon Ferguson, Randall Gelech, Josh Gorges, Kelly Guard, Joel Henituik, Brent Howarth, Justin Keller, D. J. King, Josh Lepp, Joni Lindlof, Tyler Mosienko, Mark Olafson, Cam Paddock, Brett Palin, Chris Ray, Kevin Reinholt, Tyler Spurgeon, Stephen Sunderman, Stewart Thiessen, Patrik Valcak, Nolan Waker, Shea Weber, Derek Yeomans. Coach: Marc Habscheid

Scoring leaders

  1. Doug O'Brien, GAT (3g, 5a, 8pts)
  2. Jean-Michel Daoust, GAT (1g, 6a, 7pts)
  3. Nick Fugere, GAT (4g, 1a, 5pts)
  4. Yanick Seidenberg, MH (1g, 4a, 5pts)
  5. Randall Gelech, KEL (3g, 1a, 4pts)
  6. Chris St. Jacques, MH (3g, 1a, 4pts)
  7. Clarke MacArthur, MH (1g, 3a, 4pts)
  8. Cam Paddock, KEL (1g, 3a, 4pts)
  9. Shea Weber, KEL (1g, 3a, 4pts)

Goaltending leaders

  1. Kelly Guard, KEL (0.75gaa, .971sv%)
  2. Kevin Nastiuk, MH (2.77gaa, .888sv%)
  3. David Tremblay, GAT (2.94gaa, .897sv%)
  4. Adam Dennis, GUE (3.00gaa, .848sv%)

Award winners

All-star team

References

External links

Memorial Cup
Canadian Hockey League
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