2013 Telus Cup

2013 Telus Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, ON
DatesApril 22 – 28, 2013
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Red Deer Optimist Chiefs
Runner-up Ottawa Jr. 67's
Third place Laval-Montréal
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Massimo Carozza (6G 5A 11P)
MVPMatthew Hudson
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The 2013 Telus Cup was Canada's 35th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, held April 22 – 28, 2013 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The Red Deer Chiefs defeated the Ottawa Junior 67's in the gold medal game to win their second straight national title. The Rousseau Royal de Laval-Montréal won the bronze medal. This was Sault Ste. Marie's second time hosting the national championship – the 2003 Air Canada Cup was played at the old Sault Memorial Gardens.[1][2]

Teams

Result Team Region City
1st place, gold medalist(s) Red Deer Chiefs Pacific Red Deer, AB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ottawa Junior 67's Central Ottawa, ON
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rousseau Royal de Laval-Montréal Québec Laval, QC
4 Saskatoon Contacts West Saskatoon, SK
5 Sault Ste. Marie North Stars Host Sault Ste. Marie, ON
6 Valley Wildcats Atlantic Berwick, NS

Round robin

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Rousseau Royal de Laval-Montréal 5 4 1 0 28 11 +17 8
2 Red Deer Chiefs 5 2 1 2 21 11 +10 6
3 Saskatoon Contacts 5 2 1 2 19 17 +2 6
4 Ottawa Junior 67's 5 2 2 1 17 13 +4 5
5 Sault Ste. Marie North Stars 5 2 2 1 14 19 −5 5
6 Valley Wildcats 5 0 5 0 7 34 −27 0
Source: [citation needed]

Schedule

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold Medal Game
      
3 Saskatoon 1
2 Red Deer 5
4 Ottawa 0
2 Red Deer 5
4 Ottawa 4
1 Laval-Montréal 1 Bronze Medal Game
3 Saskatoon 2
1 Laval-Montréal 3

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Matthew Hudson (Ottawa)
  • Top Scorer: Massimo Carozza (Laval-Montréal)
  • Top Forward: Kolten Olynek (Saskatoon)
  • Top Defenceman: Gabe Bast (Red Deer)
  • Top Goaltender: Simon Hofley (Ottawa)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Massimo Carozza (Laval-Montréal)
  • Esso Scholarship: Joshua Bergen (Saskatoon)

Road to the Telus Cup

Atlantic Region

Tournament held April 4 – 7, 2013 at the Red Ball Internet Centre in Moncton, New Brunswick[3][4]

Quebec

Ligue de Hockey Midget AAA du Quebec championship series played March 28 – April 9, 2013

Central Region

Tournament held March 30 – April 5, 2013 at the Brockville Memorial Centre in Brockville, Ontario[5][6]

West Region

Tournament held April 4 – 7, 2013 at the Kenora Recreation Centre in Kenora, Ontario[7]

Pacific Region

Best-of-3 playoff series played April 5 – 7, 2013 at the Burnaby Winter Club in Burnaby, British Columbia.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "News Release #114". Hockey Canada. September 12, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  2. ^ "Sault to host 2013 Telus Cup - Canada's National Midget Championship". Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corporation. June 1, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  3. ^ "FIRST EIGHT TEAMS ENTER ROAD TO MONCTON". hockeyscene.com.
  4. ^ "2013 Atlantic Regional Major Midget Championship". hockeyscene.com.
  5. ^ "CENTRAL ONTARIO MIDGET AAA CHAMPIONSHIPS".[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "2013 Central Region Major Midget Championship". August 30, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  7. ^ "Telus Cup Western Regionals". Hockey Northwestern Ontario. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  8. ^ "2012-2013 BC Major Midget League Schedule". BC Hockey. September 6, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.

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