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. It was the 85th annual

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competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). It featured the host team, the

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, as well as the winners of the

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and the

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, which were the

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and the

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respectively. The Kitchener Rangers won their second ever Memorial Cup, their first being in 1982. They beat the Hull Olympiques in the final, who were trying to win their first Memorial Cup since 1997 when they won it on home ice.

Round-robin standings

Scores

*May 17: Kitchener 4–3 Quebec *May 18: Hull 4–1 Kelowna *May 19: Kelowna 3–2 Quebec *May 20: Kitchener 4–1 Hull *May 21: Kitchener 4–2 Kelowna *May 22: Hull 5–3 Quebec Semi-final *May 24: Hull 2–1 Kelowna Final *May 25: Kitchener 6–3 Hull

Winning team

Andre Benoit, Jesse Boucher, Gregory Campbell, Mike Chmielewski, David Clarkson,

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, T. J. Eason,

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, Thomas Harrison, Kevin Hurley, Petr Kanko, Adam Keefe, Matt Manias, Rafal Martynowski, Chad McCaffrey, Matt McCann,

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, Nathan O'Nabigon, Mike Richards,

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(Captain), Marcus Smith. Head Coach:

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Scoring leaders

# Gregory Campbell, KIT (1g, 6a, 7pts) #

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, HUL (2g, 4a, 6pts) # Andre Benoit, KIT (1g, 5a, 6pts) # Petr Kanko, KIT (4g, 1a, 5pts) # Mathieu Brunelle, HUL (3g, 2a, 5pts) # Mike Richards, KIT (2g, 3a, 5pts) # Jesse Schultz, KEL (1g, 4a, 5pts) #

, KIT (3g, 1a, 4pts) #

, KIT (2g, 2a, 4pts) # Kiel McLeod, KEL (2g, 2a, 4pts)

Goaltending leaders

, KIT (2.25 gaa, 0.911 sv%) # Eric Lafrance, HUL (3.00 gaa, 0.907 sv%) # Kelly Guard, KEL (3.02 gaa, 0.862 sv%) # Jean-Michel Filiatrault, QUE (3.71 gaa, 0.894 sv%) # Michael Kim, KEL (2.21 gaa, 0.931 sv%)

Award winners

* Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP):

, Kitchener *

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(Sportsmanship): Gregory Campbell, Kitchener * Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender):

, Kitchener *

Ed Chynoweth Trophy The Ed Chynoweth Trophy is awarded to the leading scorer at the Memorial Cup tournament. It was first awarded in 1996. In the case of a tie in points, the award is given to the player with the fewest games played. If they have played the same num ...

(Leading Scorer): Gregory Campbell, Kitchener All-star team *Goal:

, Kitchener *Defence:

, Kitchener; Doug O'Brien, Hull *Forwards:

, Kitchener; Gregory Campbell, Kitchener; Mike Richards, Kitchener

References

External links

Memorial Cup

Canadian Hockey League
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