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1996 Air Canada Cup

The 1996 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 18th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 16–21, 1996 at the Kamloops Memorial Arena in Kamloops, British Columbia. The Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy defeated the Thunder Bay Kings in the championship game to win the gold medal. The host North Kamloops Lions won the bronze medal.[1] Future National Hockey League players competing in this tournament were Brad Stuart and Simon Gagné.

1996 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Kamloops Memorial Arena in Kamloops, BC
DatesApril 16–21, 1996
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy
Runner-up Thunder Bay Kings
Third place North Kamloops Lions
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Ken MacPherson
MVPDerek Paget
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Teams edit

Result Team Region City
  Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy Quebec Sainte-Foy, QC
  Thunder Bay Kings West Thunder Bay, ON
  North Kamloops Lions Host Kamloops, BC
4 Red Deer Optimist Chiefs Pacific Red Deer, AB
5 Dartmouth Subways Atlantic Dartmouth, NS
6 New Liskeard Cubs Central New Liskeard, ON

Round robin edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Thunder Bay Kings 5 3 2 0 22 19 +3 6
2 North Kamloops Lions 5 3 2 0 27 15 +12 6
3 Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 5 3 2 0 24 20 +4 6
4 Red Deer Optimist Chiefs 5 2 2 1 17 15 +2 5
5 Dartmouth Subways 5 1 2 2 18 25 −7 4
6 New Liskeard Cubs 5 1 3 1 16 30 −14 3
Source: [citation needed]

Scores edit

  • New Liskeard 6 - Dartmouth 6
  • Ste-Foy 3 - Red Deer 1
  • Thunder Bay 6 - North Kamloops 3
  • Ste-Foy 4 - Dartmouth 2
  • Thunder Bay 6 - New Liskeard 3
  • North Kamloops 6 - Red Deer 2
  • Ste-Foy 10 - New Liskeard 2
  • Red Deer 4 - Dartmouth 4
  • Thunder Bay 8 - Ste-Foy 5
  • New Liskeard 3 - North Kamloops 2
  • Red Deer 4 - Thunder Bay 0
  • North Kamloops 7 - Ste-Foy 2
  • Dartmouth 4 - Thunder Bay 2
  • Red Deer 6 - New Liskeard 2
  • North Kamloops 9 - Dartmouth 2

Playoffs edit

Semi-finals edit

  • Thunder Bay 6 - Red Deer 2
  • Ste-Foy 2 - North Kamloops 1

Bronze-medal game edit

  • North Kamloops 2 - Red Deer 1

Gold-medal game edit

  • Ste-Foy 6 - Thunder Bay 4

Individual awards edit

  • Most Valuable Player: Derek Paget (North Kamloops)
  • Top Scorer: Ken MacPherson (Dartmouth)
  • Top Forward: Francois Fortier (Ste-Foy)
  • Top Defenceman: Paul Manning (Red Deer)
  • Top Goaltender: Joey Stephenson (Red Deer)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Jesse Pyatt (Thunder Bay)
  • Air Canada Scholarship: Derek Paget (North Kamloops)
  • Esso Scholarship: Shawn Hebert (Thunder Bay)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "News Release #NR.0044". Hockey Canada. May 21, 1996. Retrieved April 16, 2012.

External links edit

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