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1998 Air Canada Cup

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Dates
  
April 21–26, 1998

Third place
  
Calgary Buffaloes

Teams
  
6

Venue(s)
  
Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, ON

Champions
  
Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne

Runner-up
  
Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals

The 1998 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 20th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 21–26, 1998 at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. The Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne defeated the host Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals in the championship game to win the gold medal. The Calgary Buffaloes won the bronze medal. Calgary's Dany Heatley was the tournament's top scorer and most valuable player. Other future National Hockey League players playing in this tournament were Sheldon Brookbank, Randy Jones and Krys Kolanos.

Contents

Semi-Finals

  • Collège Charles-Lemoyne 3 - Saskatoon 2
  • Subdury 5 - Calgary 2

    • Bronze Medal Game

  • Calgary 5 - Saskatoon 4

    • Gold Medal Game

  • Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5 - Sudbury 4

    • Individual Awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Dany Heatley (Calgary)
  • Top Scorer: Dany Heatley (Calgary)
  • Top Forward: Adrian Foster (Calgary)
  • Top Defenceman: Shawn Landry (Calgary)
  • Top Goaltender: Chad Yaremko (Regina)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Krys Kolanos (Calgary)

    • References

    1998 Air Canada Cup Wikipedia
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