2012 Telus Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Leduc Recreation Centre in Leduc, AB
DatesApril 23–29, 2012
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Red Deer Optimist Rebels
Runner-up Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin
Third place Saskatoon Contacts
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Laurent Dauphin (11G 7A 18P)
MVPLaurent Dauphin
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The 2012 Telus Cup was Canada's 34th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship played April 23–29, 2012 at Leduc, Alberta. The Red Deer Optimist Rebels completed an improbable comeback in the gold medal game, scoring four unanswered goals in the third period en route to 6-5 double overtime win over the Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin. It was Red Deer's first gold medal after three previous silver medal finishes.[1][2]

Teams

Result Team Region City
1st place, gold medalist(s) Red Deer Optimist Rebels Pacific Red Deer, AB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin Québec Saint-Jacques, QC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Saskatoon Contacts West Saskatoon, SK
4 Leduc Oil Kings Host Leduc, AB
5 Moncton Flyers Atlantic Moncton, NB
6 Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves Central Sudbury, ON

Round robin

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin 5 4 0 1 28 15 +13 9
2 Red Deer Optimist Rebels 5 3 0 2 19 10 +9 8
3 Saskatoon Contacts 5 2 1 2 24 18 +6 6
4 Leduc Oil Kings 5 2 3 0 22 22 0 4
5 Moncton Flyers 5 1 3 1 17 22 −5 3
6 Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves 5 0 5 0 11 34 −23 0
Source: [citation needed]

Scores

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Saturday, April 28

Bronze medal game

Sunday, April 29

Gold medal game

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Individual awards

Road to the Telus Cup

Atlantic Region

Tournament held March 29-April 1, 2012 at Jack Byrne Arena in Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador

Quebec

Ligue de Hockey Midget AAA du Quebec Championship held March 23 - April 14, 2012 at Multi Glace De Lachenaie and PEPS in Quebec
Best-of-7 series
Pos Qualification Team Pld W L GF GA GD
1 LHMAAAQ Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin 5 4 1 21 13 +8
2 LHMAAAQ Le Blizzard du Séminaire Saint-François 5 1 4 13 21 −8
Source: [citation needed]
Collège Esther-Blondin wins the series 4-1 and advances to Telus Cup

Central Region

Tournament held April 2 – 8, 2012 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario[3][4]

West Region

Tournament held March 29 - April 1, 2012 at the Virden Arena in Virden, Manitoba[5]

Pacific Region

Playoff held April 6–8, 2012 at Red Deer Arena in Red Deer, Alberta.

Best-of-3 series
Pos Qualification Team Pld W L GF GA GD
1 AMHL Red Deer Optimist Rebels 2 2 0 5 3 +2
2 BCMML Vancouver Northwest Giants 2 0 2 3 5 −2
Source: [citation needed]
Red Deer wins series 2-0 and advances to Telus Cup

See also

References

  1. ^ "News Release #58". Hockey Canada. April 24, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  2. ^ "RED DEER REBELS WIN 2012 TELUS CUP". Hockey Canada. April 29, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  3. ^ "Sault to play host to TELUS Cup, Canada's midget hockey championship". Sault Star. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  4. ^ "North Stars aligned for 2012". Sault Ste. Marie This Week. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
  5. ^ "2012 TELUS Cup West Regional qualifier to be hosted by Virden". Hockey Manitoba. June 4, 2011. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2012.

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