The 2006 Memorial Cup was held in

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, from May 19–28. It was the 88th annual

Memorial Cup The Memorial Cup () is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), a consortium of three Junior ice hockey, major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tou ...

competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the

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(CHL). The host team

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were the only team guaranteed a spot in the tournament. The other teams were the champions of the

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(OHL), the

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; the

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(WHL) champions, the Vancouver Giants; and the

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(QMJHL)'s

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, who were runners-up in the QMJHL final to the champion Wildcats. The Remparts won the Memorial Cup, defeating the Wildcats 6–2 in the first all-QMJHL final in tournament history. It also marked the first, and currently only time in Memorial Cup history that the winning team was neither the host nor a league champion.

Round-robin standings

Rosters

Schedule

Round robin

Playoff round

Tie breaker

Semi-final

Championship game

Leading scorers

Leading goaltenders

Award winners

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(MVP):

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, Quebec * George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): Jerome Samson, Moncton *

Hap Emms Memorial Trophy The Hap Emms Memorial Trophy is awarded to the outstanding goaltender at the Memorial Cup of the Canadian Hockey League. The award is named after Leighton "Hap" Emms, a former NHL player, who had a 33 year presence in the Ontario Hockey Associ ...

(Goaltender): Cedrick Desjardins, Quebec * Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Leading Scorer): Gilbert Brule, Vancouver All-star team *Goal: Cedrick Desjardins, Quebec *Defence: Paul Albers, Vancouver; Michal Sersen, Quebec *Forwards:

, Québec; Gilbert Brule, Vancouver; Adam Pineault, Moncton

The road to the cup

''All series are best-of-seven''

WHL playoffs

''For regular season final standings and other stats, see

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OHL playoffs

''For regular season final standings and other stats, see

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''.

QMJHL playoffs

''For regular season final standings and other stats, see

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''. :''Note: teams cross over between conferences for the final four.''

References

External links

Memorial Cup

Canadian Hockey League
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