The 2008 Memorial Cup was played in May 2008 in

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at the Memorial Auditorium. It was the 90th annual

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competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the

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(CHL). Kitchener defeated competing bids from

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, Saginaw,

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and Kingston to host the Memorial Cup, with the official announcement being made on May 10, 2007. The tournament was competed between the WHL champion

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, the QMJHL champion

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, the

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as host of the tournament and OHL champions, and the OHL representative

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, who earned their place by reaching the OHL finals against Kitchener. The Memorial Cup tournament is a four team tournament with a round-robin format. The tournament began on May 16, 2008, with a round-robin game between Gatineau and Kitchener and ended on May 25, 2008, with the Spokane Chiefs defeating the Kitchener Rangers 4–1 in the

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game to win the Memorial Cup. A memorable moment of the tournament occurred immediately following the championship game. As Spokane Chiefs captain Chris Bruton was about to hand the trophy to teammate Trevor Glass, the cup detached from the base and fell to the ice.Broken trophy still beautiful for Memorial Cup champion Spokane Chiefs
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, but a replica.

Round-robin standings

Rosters

Schedule

All times local (UTC -5)

Round Robin

Semi-final

Final

Leading scorers

Leading goaltenders

:''Goalies Have To Play A Minimum Of 60 Minutes To Be Listed.''

Award winners

* Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Dustin Tokarski, Spokane * George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): Matthew Halischuk, Kitchener * Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender): Dustin Tokarski, Spokane * Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Leading Scorer): Justin Azevedo, Kitchener All-star team *Goal: Dustin Tokarski, Spokane *Defence: Ben Shutron, Kitchener; Justin Falk, Spokane *Forwards: Justin Azevedo, Kitchener; Drayson Bowman, Spokane; Mitch Wahl, Spokane

Road to the cup

OHL Playoffs

QMJHL Playoffs

^†Victoriaville seeded 8th in Eastern division.

WHL Playoffs

References

External links

Memorial Cup

Canadian Hockey League
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