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2002 Air Canada Cup

The 2002 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 24th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 22–28, 2002 at the K. C. Irving Regional Centre in Bathurst, New Brunswick.[1] The Tisdale Trojans from Saskatchewan defeated the Dartmouth Subways from Nova Scotia 6-2 in the gold medal game to win the national title.

2002 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)K. C. Irving Regional Centre in Bathurst, NB
DatesApril 22–28, 2002
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Tisdale Trojans
Runner-up Dartmouth Subways
Third place Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Sidney Crosby (11G 13A 24P)
MVPSidney Crosby
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This season's Air Canada Cup gained extra attention from media and hockey scouts as 14-year-old prodigy Sidney Crosby competed as a member of the Dartmouth Subways. He led them to a berth in the championship game, the first time that a team from Atlantic Canada had ever advanced to the gold medal game. Crosby led the round robin in scoring with 18 points in five games and was named the Most Valuable Player.[2][3] Other notable players competing at the 2002 Air Canada Cup were Olivier Latendresse, Guillaume Latendresse, Andrew Gordon, Shaun Heshka, Tyson Strachan, Jay Rosehill, and Torrey Mitchell.

Teams edit

Result Team Region City
  Tisdale Trojans West Tisdale, SK
  Dartmouth Subways Atlantic Dartmouth, NS
  Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne Quebec Sainte-Catherine, QC
4 Red Deer Chiefs Pacific Red Deer, AB
5 Timmins Majors Central Timmins, ON
6 Miramichi Rivermen Host Miramichi, NB

Round robin edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Red Deer Chiefs 5 4 1 0 31 20 +11 8
2 Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5 3 1 1 28 13 +15 7
3 Tisdale Trojans 5 3 2 0 16 13 +3 6
4 Dartmouth Subways 5 2 2 1 23 22 +1 5
5 Timmins Majors 5 2 3 0 19 27 −8 4
6 Miramichi Rivermen 5 0 5 0 12 36 −24 0
Source: [citation needed]

Scores edit

  • Red Deer 9 - Timmins 2
  • Collège Charles-Lemoyne 3 - Tisdale 2
  • Dartmouth 8 - Miramichi 2
  • Dartmouth 3 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 3
  • Tisdale 3 - Timmins 0
  • Red Deer 8 - Miramichi 3
  • Timmins 7 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5
  • Red Deer 8 - Dartmouth 6
  • Tisale 3 - Miramichi 2
  • Dartmouth 5 - Timmins 4
  • Red Deer 5 - Tisdale 3
  • Collège Charles-Lemoyne 10 - Miramichi 0
  • Tisdale 5 - Dartmouth 1
  • Collège Charles-Lemoyne 6 - Red Deer 1
  • Timmins 6 - Miramichi 5

Playoffs edit

Semi-finals edit

  • Dartmouth 5 - Red Deer 4
  • Tisdale 4 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 1

Bronze-medal game edit

  • Collège Charles-Lemoyne 6 - Red Deer 4

Gold-medal game edit

  • Tisdale 6 - Dartmouth 2

Individual awards edit

  • Most Valuable Player: Sidney Crosby (Dartmouth)
  • Top Scorer: Sidney Crosby (Dartmouth)
  • Top Forward: Olivier Latendresse (Collège Charles-Lemoyne)
  • Top Defenseman: Shaun Heshka (Tisdale)
  • Top Goaltender: François Thuot (Collège Charles-Lemoyne)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Andrew Gordon (Dartmouth)

Regional Playdowns edit

Atlantic Region edit

  • The Dartmouth Subways advanced by winning their regional tournament, which was played April 3–7, 2002 at the Community Gardens Arena Complex in Kensington, Prince Edward Island.[1]

Quebec edit

  • The Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne advanced by capturing the Quebec Midget AAA League title.[1]

Central Region edit

West Region edit

Pacific Region edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f "News Release #NR.017". Hockey Canada. March 20, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  2. ^ Jones, Terry (2007-01-17). "It takes a village to raise a phenom". Edmonton Sun. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-15.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "News Release Tel.003". Hockey Canada. April 6, 2006. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2012.

External links edit

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