The 2009 Memorial Cup was a four-team round-robin format ice hockey tournament played during May 2009 in

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. It was the 91st annual

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competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the

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(CHL). The

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announced on April 3, 2008, that the

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were chosen to host the event at the Colisée de Rimouski. Other participants include the

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, champions of the

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, the

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, champions of the

, and the

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, champions of the

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. Five other QMJHL teams submitted a bid to host the event, including the

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, Lewiston Maineiacs,

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, and the

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. The Maineiacs bid partnered with the

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, with a plan to host the event in Portland's

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. The QMJHL announced a five-member independent selection committee to evaluate the bids, headed by former

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Premier

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. The tournament began on May 15, 2009 with Kelowna beating Rimouski 4–1. Windsor defeated Rimouski in the tiebreaker and Drummondville in the semifinal, becoming just the second team since the current Memorial Cup tournament format was adopted in 1983 to reach the final after losing its first two games. Windsor then captured the Memorial Cup, defeating Kelowna 4–1 on May 24, 2009, becoming the first team in Memorial Cup history to win the tournament after starting 0–2, and also the first to win coming out of the tiebreaker.

Tournament

All times listed are

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( UTC−4).

Round robin

Results

Tiebreaker

Semifinal

Final

Statistical leaders

Skaters

These are the top skaters based on points. If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown. ''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes''

Goaltending

This is a combined table of the top goaltenders based on

goals against average Goals against average (GAA), also known as average goals against (AGA), is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on spo ...

and

save percentage Save percentage (often known by such symbols as SV%, SVS%, SVP, PCT) is a statistic in various Goal (sports), goal-scoring sports that track Save (goaltender), saves as a statistic. In ice hockey and lacrosse and association football, it is a sta ...

with at least sixty minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA. ''GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds)''

Tournament awards

Rosters

Road to the Cup

OHL playoffs

QMJHL playoffs

WHL playoffs

References

External links

Memorial Cup

Canadian Hockey League
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