Teams 5 Matches played 13 | ||
Dates May 3, 1997 – May 10, 1997 Champions Summerside Western Capitals (1st title) | ||
The 1997 Royal Bank Cup was the 27th Junior "A" 1997 ice hockey national championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.
Contents
The Royal Bank Cup was competed for by the winners of the Doyle Cup, the Anavet Cup, the Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Fred Page Cup and a host city.
The tournament was hosted by the Summerside Western Capitals and Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
Round Robin
Note: x- denotes teams who have advanced to the semi-final.
Results
Weyburn Red Wings defeat Kanata Valley Lasers 7-3Summerside Western Capitals defeat Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats 5-1South Surrey Eagles defeat Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats 5-2Kanata Valley Lasers defeat Summerside Western Capitals 7-5Weyburn Red Wings defeat Summerside Western Capitals 8-2Kanata Valley Lasers defeat Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats 5-4South Surrey Eagles defeat Weyburn Red Wings 5-4 in Overtime for the Abbott CupSouth Surrey Eagles defeat Summerside Western Capitals 3-2 in OvertimeWeyburn Red Wings defeat Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats 7-0Kanata Valley Lasers defeat South Surrey Eagles 7-6Semi and Finals
Note: Summerside defeated Weyburn in Overtime.
Awards
Most Valuable Player: Mark Hartigan (Weyburn Red Wings)Top Scorer: Mark Hartigan (Weyburn Red Wings)Most Sportsmanlike Player: Ryan Jardine (Kanata Valley Lasers)Top Goalie: Geoff Derouin (Weyburn Red Wings)Top Forward: Scott Gomez (South Surrey Eagles)Top Defenceman: Jakub Ficenec (South Surrey Eagles)Roll of League Champions
AJHL: Fort McMurray Oil BaronsBCHL: South Surrey EaglesCJHL: Kanata Valley LasersMJHL: St. James CanadiansMJAHL: Summerside Western CapitalsNOJHL: Rayside-Balfour SabrecatsOPJHL: Milton MerchantsQPJHL: Longueuil Collège FrançaisRMJHL: Cranbrook ColtsSJHL: Weyburn Red WingsRelated links
References
1997 Royal Bank Cup Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA