2003 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Sault Memorial Gardens in Sault Ste. Marie, ON
DatesApril 21–27, 2003
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Calgary Northstars
Runner-up Collège Antoine-Girouard
Third place St. John's Maple Leafs
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Mathieu Aubin
MVPTed Purcell

The 2003 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 25th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 21–27, 2003 at the Sault Memorial Gardens in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.[1] The Calgary Northstars defeated the Gaulois du Collège Antoine-Girouard 5-1 in the gold medal game to win the national title. It also marked the last season that the midget championship was known as the Air Canada Cup; it would be renamed the Telus Cup.

Future National Hockey League players competing in this tournament were Kris Letang, Jay Beagle, Colin Greening, and Teddy Purcell, who was named the most valuable player of the tournament.

Teams

ResultTeamRegionCity
1st place, gold medalist(s)Calgary NorthstarsPacificCalgary, AB
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Gaulois du Collège Antoine-GirouardQuebecSaint-Hyacinthe, QC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)St. John's Maple LeafsAtlanticSt. John's, NL
4Yorkton HarvestWestYorkton, SK
5Waterloo WolvesCentralWaterloo, ON
6Sault Ste. Marie North StarsHostSault Ste. Marie, ON

Round robin

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Gaulois du Collège Antoine-Girouard 5 5 0 0 23 6 +17 10
2 Calgary Northstars 5 4 1 0 15 12 +3 8
3 Yorkton Harvest 5 3 2 0 14 13 +1 6
4 St. John's Maple Leafs 5 2 3 0 12 15 3 4
5 Waterloo Wolves 5 1 4 0 13 18 5 2
6 Sault Ste. Marie North Stars 5 0 5 0 10 23 13 0
Source:

Scores

  • Collège Antoine-Girouard 7 - Calgary 0
  • Yorkton 4 - St. John's 0
  • Waterloo 4 - Sault Ste Marie 3
  • Calgary 4 - Waterloo 3
  • Collège Antoine-Girouard 7 - Yorkton 3
  • St. John's 6 - Sault Ste. Marie 2
  • Collège Antoine-Girouard 2 - St. John's 1
  • Yorkton 2 - Waterloo 1
  • Calgary 6 - Sault Ste. Marie 2
  • Calgary 2 - Yorkton 1
  • St. John's 4 - Waterloo 3
  • Collège Antoine-Girouard 2 - Sault Ste. Marie 0
  • Collège Antoine-Girouard 5 - Waterloo 2
  • Yorkton 5 - Sault Ste. Marie 3
  • Calgary 4 - St. John's 0

Playoffs

Semi-finals

  • Collège Antoine-Girouard 3 - St. John's 2
  • Calgary 2 - Yorkton 1

Bronze-medal game

  • St. John's 5 - Yorkton 4

Gold-medal game

  • Calgary 5 - Collège Antoine-Girouard 1

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Ted Purcell (St. John's)
  • Top Scorer: Mathieu Aubin (Collège Antoine-Girouard)
  • Top Forward: Alexandre Imbeault (Collège Antoine-Girouard)
  • Top Defenceman: Dustin Nehring (Yorkton)
  • Top Goaltender: Justin Mzarek (Yorkton)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Justin St. Louis (Calgary)

See also

References

  1. "News Release #NR.032". Hockey Canada. April 17, 2003. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
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