2001 Memorial Cup

Summary

The 2001 Memorial Cup occurred May 19–27 at the Agridome in Regina, Saskatchewan. It was the 83rd annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). It featured the host team, the Regina Pats as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League which were the Ottawa 67's, Val-d'Or Foreurs and the Red Deer Rebels respectively. The Red Deer Rebels won their first Memorial Cup, beating the Val-d'Or Foreurs in the final.

2001 Mastercard Memorial Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Agridome
Regina, Saskatchewan
DatesMay 19–27, 2001
Teams4
Host teamRegina Pats (WHL)
TV partner(s)CTV, CTV Sportsnet
Final positions
ChampionsRed Deer Rebels (WHL) (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Games played9
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Silver bowl trophy with two large handles, mounted on a wide black plinth engraved with team names on silver plates.
The Memorial Cup trophy

Round-robin standings edit

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA
1 Red Deer Rebels (WHL) 3 2 1 11 11
1 Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) 3 2 1 15 8
3 Regina Pats (host) 3 1 2 9 12
3 Ottawa 67's (OHL) 3 1 2 8 12
Source:[citation needed]

Scores edit

Round Robin

  • May 19 Ottawa 5, Regina 2
  • May 20 Red Deer 5, Val d'Or 4 (OT)
  • May 21 Val d'Or 5, Regina 2
  • May 22 Red Deer 4, Ottawa 2
  • May 23 Val d'Or 6, Ottawa 1
  • May 24 Regina 5, Red Deer 2

Tie-breaker

  • May 25: Regina 5, Ottawa 0

Semi-final

  • May 26: Val d'Or 5, Regina 4 (OT)

Final

  • May 27: Red Deer 6, Val d'Or 5 (OT)

Winning roster edit

Colby Armstrong, Shane Bendera, Andrew Bergen, Martin Erat, Devin Francon, Boyd Gordon, Diarmuid Kelly, Ross Lupaschuk, Doug Lynch, Justin Mapletoft, Derek Meech, Cam Ondrik, Darcy Robinson, Jeff Smith, Shay Stephenson, Joel Stepp, Bryce Thoma, Jim Vandermeer, Kyle Wanvig, Jeff Woywitka. Coach: Brent Sutter

Scoring leaders edit

  1. Simon Gamache, VDO, (4g 3a) 7p
  2. Brett Lysak, REG, (3g 4a) 7p
  3. Ross Lupaschuk, RD, (2g 5a) 7p
  4. Chris Lyness, VDO, (1g 6a) 7p
  5. Stephane Veilleux, VDO, (3g 3a) 6p
  6. Brandon Reid, VDO, (3g 3a) 6p
  7. Karel Mosovsky, REG, (3g 3a) 6p
  8. Kevin Korol, REG, (3g 3a) 6p
  9. Kyle Wanvig, RD, (2g 4a) 6p
  10. Paul Elliott, REG, (2g 4a) 6p
  11. Martin Erat, RD, (1g 5a) 6p
  12. Eric Fortier, VDO, (1g 5a) 6p

Goaltending leaders edit

  1. Chad Davidson, REG (2.20 GAA)
  2. Maxime Daigneault, VDO (3.22 GAA)
  3. Shane Bendera, RD (3.91 GAA)
  4. Seamus Kotyk, OTT

Award winners edit

All-star team

  • Goaltender – Maxime Daigneault, Val-d'Or
  • Defence – Paul Elliott, Regina; Chris Lyness, Val-d'Or & Ross Lupaschuk, Red Deer (tie)
  • Forward – Brett Lysak, Regina; Simon Gamache, Val-d'Or; Kyle Wanvig, Red Deer

References edit

External links edit

  • Memorial Cup Archived 2016-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
  • Canadian Hockey League