Host team Hull Olympiques Duration May 10–18, 1997 Number of teams 4 | Champions Hull Olympiques Number of games 8 Television TSN | |
The 1997 Memorial Cup occurred May 10–18 at the Robert Guertin Centre in Hull, Quebec. It was the 79th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the host Hull Olympiques, who were also the champions of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, as well as the QMJHL runner-up Chicoutimi Saguenéens, and the winners of the Ontario Hockey League and Western Hockey League, which were the Oshawa Generals and the Lethbridge Hurricanes. The round-robin portion of the tournament also featured one of the greatest games in Memorial Cup history, in which Lethbridge trailed Hull 6-1 to start the third period of their game and stormed back to win 7-6 in overtime. The Olympiques won their first Memorial Cup, over Lethbridge.
Contents
Scores
Round-robin
Semi-final
Final
Winning roster
Alexandre Audet, Francis Belanger, Martin Biron, Keven Brochu, Christian Bronsard, Alexandre Couture, Jonathan Delisle, Matthieu Descoteaux, Christian Dube, Martin Ethier, Eric Hunter, Martin Johnston, Mario Larocque, Ryan Lauzon, Steven Low, Donald MacLean, Martin Menard, Eric Naud, Francis Nault, Pavel Rosa, Jaret Sledz, Colin White, Peter Worrell. Coach: Claude Julien
Scoring leaders
- Christian Dube, Hull 6-7-13
- Donald MacLean, Hull 2-6-8
- Pavel Rosa, Hull 3-4-7
- Martin Menard, Hull 5-1-6
- Frederic Bouchard, Chic 2-4-6
- David Gosselin, Chic 3-2-5
- Denis Hamel, Chic 2-3-5
- Mike Josephson, Leth 2-3-5
- Marc Savard, Osh 0-5-5
- Jonathan Delisle, Hull 0-5-5
- Byron Ritchie, Leth 2-2-4
Goaltending leaders
Statistics to be addedAward winners
All-star team