The 2013 Memorial Cup was a four-team, round-robin format ice hockey tournament played from May 17–26, 2013. It was the 95th Memorial Cup championship and determined the champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The tournament featured the London Knights, champions of the Ontario Hockey League, the Halifax Mooseheads, champions of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, the Portland Winterhawks, champions of the Western Hockey League, and the Saskatoon Blades, who won the right to host the tournament over bids by the Kelowna Rockets and the Red Deer Rebels.[1] This was the first Memorial Cup to be held in Saskatoon since the Blades hosted it in 1989. The Halifax Mooseheads won the Memorial Cup for the first time in franchise history, beating the Portland Winterhawks 6–4 in the final. The Halifax Mooseheads joined the Saint John Sea Dogs in 2011, and the Shawinigan Cataractes in 2012, as the third straight team from the QMJHL to capture the trophy.

2013 Mastercard Memorial Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Credit Union Centre
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
DatesMay 17–26, 2013
Teams4
Host teamSaskatoon Blades (WHL)
TV partner(s)Sportsnet, TVA Sports
Final positions
ChampionsHalifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Attendance82,503
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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 Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) 3 2 1 18 11 Advanced directly to the championship game
2 Portland Winterhawks (WHL) 3 2 1 14 12 Advanced to the semifinal game
3 London Knights (OHL) 3 1 2 8 17 Won the tie-breaker to advance to the semi-finals
4 Saskatoon Blades (WHL/Host) 3 1 2 9 9
Source: [citation needed]

For the second time since the current tournament format was established in 1983, the teams each split their first two games. At the conclusion of the round-robin, the tiebreaker between the first and second team as well as between the third and fourth placed team were decided by head-to-head records.

Schedule edit

All times local (UTC −6)[2]

Round robin edit

May 17 London Knights 3 – 2 Saskatoon Blades Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Recap  
Brett Welychka 1 - 12:55
Seth Griffith 1 - 18:21
First period 7:59 - Josh Nicholls 1
No scoring Second period 15:21 - Josh Nicholls 2
Nikita Zadorov 1 - pp - 5:45 Third period No scoring
Anthony Stolarz 27 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Andrey Makarov 30 saves / 33 shots


May 18 Portland Winterhawks 4 – 7 Halifax Mooseheads Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Recap  
Seth Jones 1 - 16:41 First period 15:46 - Martin Frk 1
Troy Rutkowski 1 - 0:39
Ty Rattie 1 - pp - 2:11
Second period 3:16 - Jonathan Drouin 1
4:36 - Nathan MacKinnon 1
11:17 - pp - Luca Ciampini 1
14:03 - pp - Nathan MacKinnon 2
18:35 - sh - Nathan MacKinnon 3
Troy Rutkowski 2 - pp - 1:09 Third period 5:33 - Stephen MacAulay 1
Mac Carruth 28 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Zach Fucale 37 saves / 41 shots


May 19 Saskatoon Blades 5 – 2 Halifax Mooseheads Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Recap  
Matej Stransky 1 - 12:11 First period No scoring
Matej Stransky 2 - 18:45 Second period No scoring
Collin Valcourt 1 - 1:43
Darren Dietz 1 - pp - 2:40
Josh Nicholls 3 - en - 19:58
Third period 6:48 - Stephen MacAulay 2
8:19 - Nathan MacKinnon 4
Andrey Makarov 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Zach Fucale 26 saves / 30 shots


May 20 Portland Winterhawks 6 – 3 London Knights Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Recap  
Taylor Leier 1 - 16:53 First period No scoring
Oliver Bjorkstrand 1 - 2:17
Ty Rattie 2 - 10:23
Second period 10:38 - Scott Harrington 1
12:30 - pp - Bo Horvat 1
Derrick Pouliot 1 - pp - 6:20
Chase De Leo 1 - 6:43
Ty Rattie 3 - 19:05
Third period 1:48 - Alex Broadhurst 1
Mac Carruth 25 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Anthony Stolarz 26 saves / 31 shots
Jake Patterson 4 saves / 5 shots


May 21 Halifax Mooseheads 9 – 2 London Knights Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Recap  
Stefan Fournier 1 - pp - 7:43
Darcy Ashley 1 - 9:36
Darcy Ashley 2 - 12:02
Brent Andrews 1 - 17:31
Martin Frk 2 - 18:00
First period No scoring
Martin Frk 3 - 1:45
Ryan Falkenham 1 - 9:51
Martin Frk 4 - 18:03
Second period 16:02 - Seth Griffith 2
17:20 - Matt Rupert 1
Luca Ciampini 2 - pp - 19:03 Third period No scoring
Zach Fucale 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Jake Patterson 6 saves / 11 shots
Anthony Stolarz 22 saves / 26 shots


May 22 Saskatoon Blades 2 – 4 Portland Winterhawks Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Shane McColgan 1 - pp - 11:20 Second period 6:44 - Derrick Pouliot 2
Josh Nicholls 4 - 16:27 Third period 4:08 - Chase De Leo 2
6:27 - Brendan Leipsic 1
10:16 - Ty Rattie 4
Andrey Makarov 30 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Mac Carruth 29 saves / 31 shots


Playoff round edit

Tie-Breaker edit

May 23 Saskatoon Blades 1 – 6 London Knights Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Recap  
No scoring First period 3:05 - pen/sh - Bo Horvat
No scoring Second period 11:28 - pp - Seth Griffith 3
12:17 - Chris Tierney 1
Nathan Burns 1 - 11:40 Third period 2:16 - Ryan Rupert 1
2:53 - Kyle Platzer 1
3:22 - Nikita Zadorov 2
Andrey Makarov 31 saves / 37 shots
Alex Moodie 3 saves / 3 shots
Goalie stats Jake Patterson 32 saves / 33 shots


Semi-final edit

May 24 London Knights 1 – 2 Portland Winterhawks Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Max Domi 1 - pp - 12:43 Second period 14:51 - Tyler Wotherspoon 1
No scoring Third period 8:32 - Ty Rattie 5
Jake Patterson 32 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Mac Carruth 34 saves / 35 shots


Final edit

May 26 Portland Winterhawks 4 – 6 Halifax Mooseheads Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Recap  
No scoring First period 6:31 - pp - Konrad Abeltshauser 1
8:00 - Nathan MacKinnon 5
15:59 - Martin Frk 5
Nic Petan 1 - sh - 10:36
Seth Jones 2 - 18:41
Second period No scoring
Brendan Leipsic 2 - 14:32
Ty Rattie 6 - 18:44
Third period 7:36 - Nathan MacKinnon 6
11:11 - Konrad Abeltshauser 2
19:37 - en - Nathan MacKinnon 7
Mac Carruth 36 saves / 41 shots Goalie stats Zach Fucale 40 saves / 44 shots


Statistical leaders edit

Skaters edit

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Nathan MacKinnon Halifax Mooseheads 4 7 6 13 0
Ty Rattie Portland Winterhawks 5 6 6 12 6
Nic Petan Portland Winterhawks 5 1 9 10 0
Martin Frk Halifax Mooseheads 4 5 4 9 8
Jonathan Drouin Halifax Mooseheads 4 1 8 9 0
Derrick Pouliot Portland Winterhawks 5 2 5 7 10
Josh Nicholls Saskatoon Blades 4 4 2 6 4
Seth Griffith London Knights 5 3 3 6 10
Darcy Ashley Halifax Mooseheads 4 2 3 5 2
Stephen MacAulay Halifax Mooseheads 4 2 3 5 2
Bo Horvat London Knights 5 2 3 5 0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Goaltending edit

This is a combined table of the top goaltenders based on goals against average and save percentage with at least sixty minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA.

Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Jake Patterson London Knights 4 1 2 82 8 3.18 .902 0 151:00
Zach Fucale Halifax Mooseheads 4 3 1 129 14 3.52 .902 0 239:00
Mac Carruth Portland Winterhawks 5 3 2 170 18 3.61 .894 0 299:00
Andrey Makarov Saskatoon Blades 4 1 3 135 15 4.09 .889 0 220:00
Anthony Stolarz London Knights 3 1 1 86 11 4.50 .872 0 147:00

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds)

Awards edit

Goaltender: Zach Fucale (Halifax Mooseheads)
Defence: Konrad Abeltshauser (Halifax Mooseheads), Derrick Pouliot (Portland Winterhawks)
Forwards: Martin Frk (Halifax Mooseheads), Nathan MacKinnon (Halifax Mooseheads), Ty Rattie (Portland Winterhawks)

Team rosters edit

Road to the Cup edit

WHL Playoffs edit

Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Finals WHL Championship
            
1 Edmonton Oil Kings 4
8 Kootenay Ice 1
1 Edmonton 4
7 Medicine Hat 0
2 Saskatoon Blades 0
7 Medicine Hat Tigers 4
1 Edmonton 4
Eastern
3 Calgary 3
3 Calgary Hitmen 4
6 Swift Current Broncos 1
3 Calgary 4
4 Red Deer 1
4 Red Deer Rebels 4
5 Prince Albert Raiders 0
E1 Edmonton 2
Note: Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.
W1 Portland 4
1 Portland Winterhawks 4
8 Everett Silvertips 2
1 Portland 4
4 Spokane 0
2 Kelowna Rockets 4
7 Seattle Thunderbirds 3
1 Portland 4
Western
3 Kamloops 1
3 Kamloops Blazers 4
6 Victoria Royals 2
2 Kelowna 0
3 Kamloops 4
4 Spokane Chiefs 4
5 Tri-City Americans 1

OHL Playoffs edit

Conference Quarter-finals Conference Semi-finals Conference Finals OHL Championship
            
1 Belleville Bulls 4
8 Mississauga Steelheads 2
1 Belleville 4
5 Sudbury 0
2 Barrie Colts 4
7 Kingston Frontenacs 0
1 Belleville 3
Eastern Conference
2 Barrie 4
3 Oshawa Generals 4
6 Niagara IceDogs 1
2 Barrie 4
3 Oshawa 0
4 Brampton Battalion 1
5 Sudbury Wolves 4
E2 Barrie 3
Note: Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.
W1 London 4
1 London Knights 4
8 Saginaw Spirit 0
1 London 4
4 Kitchener 1
2 Plymouth Whalers 4
7 Sarnia Sting 0
1 London 4
Western Conference
2 Plymouth 1
3 Owen Sound Attack 4
6 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 2
2 Plymouth 4
3 Owen Sound 2
4 Kitchener Rangers 4
5 Guelph Storm 1

QMJHL Playoffs edit

Round 1 Quarter-finals Semi-finals President's Cup Championship
            
1 Halifax Mooseheads 4
16 Saint John Sea Dogs 0
1 Halifax 4
13 Gatineau 0
4 Rimouski Océanic 2
13 Gatineau Olympiques 4
1 Halifax 4
8 Rouyn-Noranda 0
5 Quebec Remparts 4
12 Chicoutimi Saguenéens 2
5 Quebec 1
8 Rouyn-Noranda 4
8 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 4
9 Drummondville Voltigeurs 1
1 Halifax 4
2 Baie-Comeau 1
2 Baie-Comeau Drakkar 4
15 Sherbrooke Phoenix 0
2 Baie-Comeau 4
11 Victoriaville 0
6 Moncton Wildcats 1
11 Victoriaville Tigres 4
2 Baie-Comeau 4
3 Blainville-Boisbriand 2
3 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 4
14 Acadie–Bathurst Titan 1
3 Blainville-Boisbriand 4
10 Val-d'Or 0
7 P.E.I. Rocket 2
10 Val-d'Or Foreurs 4

References edit

  1. ^ "Saskatoon Blades to host 2013 Memorial Cup". Sportsnet.ca. October 12, 2011. Archived from the original on May 27, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  2. ^ Schedule Archived 2013-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Saskatoon Blades Roster". Archived from the original on March 6, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  4. ^ "Portland Winterhawks Roster". Archived from the original on March 24, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  5. ^ London Knights roster
  6. ^ "Halifax Mooseheads roster". Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2013.

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