2009 Memorial Cup
The 2009 Memorial Cup was a four-team round-robin format ice hockey tournament played during May 2009 in Rimouski, Quebec. It was the 91st annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announced on April 3, 2008, that the Rimouski Océanic were chosen to host the event at the Colisée de Rimouski.[1] Other participants include the Windsor Spitfires, champions of the Ontario Hockey League, the Drummondville Voltigeurs, champions of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and the Kelowna Rockets, champions of the Western Hockey League.[2]
| Rimouski, Quebec | |
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| Host team | Rimouski Océanic |
|---|---|
| Champions | Windsor Spitfires |
| Duration | May 15–24, 2009 |
| Number of games | 9 |
| Number of teams | 4 |
| Total attendance | 41,440 |
| Television | Rogers Sportsnet (Canada-English) RDS (Canada-French) NHL Network (USA) |
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Five other QMJHL teams submitted a bid to host the event, including the Chicoutimi Saguenéens, Halifax Mooseheads, Lewiston Maineiacs, Shawinigan Cataractes, and the St. John's Fog Devils.[3] The Maineiacs bid partnered with the American Hockey League's Portland Pirates, with a plan to host the event in Portland's Cumberland County Civic Center.[4] The QMJHL announced a five-member independent selection committee to evaluate the bids, headed by former New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord.[5]
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 Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).
Round robin
† Indicates team advanced directly to the championship game
** Indicates team advanced to the semifinal game
* Indicates team advanced to tie-breaker
| GP | W | L | GF | GA | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelowna Rockets (WHL)† | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 |
| Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)** | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Windsor Spitfires (OHL)* | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 |
| Rimouski Océanic (host/QMJHL)* | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 |
Note: Windsor finished 4th based on head to head round robin matchups but defeated Rimouski in the tiebreaker game.
Results
| May 15 | Kelowna Rockets | 4–1 | Rimouski Océanic | Colisée de Rimouski | Recap | |||
| Tyler Myers 1 - 06:33 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jamie Benn 1 - pp - 04:33 Ian Duval 1 - 05:52 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lucas Bloodoff 1 - 01:29 | Third period | 13:04 - Philippe Cornet 1 | ||||||
| Mark Guggenberger 19 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Maxim Gougeon 38 saves / 42 shots | ||||||
| May 16 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 3–2 | OT | Windsor Spitfires | Colisée de Rimouski | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:59 - pp - Adam Henrique 1 | ||||||
| Gabriel Dumont 1 - 07:59 Philippe Lefebvre 1 - 14:07 |
Third period | 11:48 - Adam Henrique 2 | ||||||
| Maxime Frenette 1 - 08:56 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marco Cousineau 33 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Andrew Engelage 30 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 17 | Rimouski Océanic | 5–4 | Windsor Spitfires | Colisée de Rimouski | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrice Cormier 1 - pp - 03:18 Jordan Caron 1 - 10:45 Patrick Delisle-Houde 1 - 14:48 Luca Cunti 1 - 16:32 |
Second period | 06:19 - pp - Ryan Ellis 1 08:50 - sh - Dale Mitchell 1 18:22 - Andrei Loktionov 1 | ||||||
| Logan MacMillan 1 - sh - 00:34 | Third period | 09:34 - Andrei Loktionov 2 | ||||||
| Maxim Gougeon 35 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Andrew Engelage 20 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| May 18 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 4–6 | Kelowna Rockets | Colisée de Rimouski | Recap | |||
| Yannick Riendeau 1 - 14:27 Marc-Olivier Vachon 1 - pp - 17:10 |
First period | 04:02 - sh - Jamie Benn 2 | ||||||
| Marc-Antoine Desnoyers 1 - 09:47 | Second period | 09:09 - Cody Almond 1 18:47 - Jamie Benn 3 | ||||||
| Marc-Olivier Vachon 2 - pp - 07:23 | Third period | 09:26 - pp - Jamie Benn 4 11:41 - Jamie Benn 5 18:29 - Cody Almond 2 | ||||||
| Marco Cousineau 17 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Mark Guggenberger 18 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| May 19 | Windsor Spitfires | 2–1 | Kelowna Rockets | Colisée de Rimouski | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Taylor Hall 1 - 16:21 | Second period | 07:33 - pp - Kyle St.Denis 1 | ||||||
| Ryan Ellis 2 - 04:13 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Engelage 16 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Mark Guggenberger 32 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 20 | Rimouski Océanic | 2–3 | OT | Drummondville Voltigeurs | Colisée de Rimouski | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Luca Cunti 2 - 01:39 | Second period | 06:07 - Jonathan Brunelle 1 11:56 - pp - Dmitry Kulikov 1 | ||||||
| Patrice Cormier 2 - pp - 05:23 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 13:23 - Gabriel Dumont 2 | ||||||
| Maxim Gougeon 17 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Marco Cousineau 39 saves / 41 shots | ||||||
Tiebreaker
| May 21 | Windsor Spitfires | 6–4 | Rimouski Océanic | Colisée de Rimouski | Recap | |||
| Eric Wellwood 1 - 07:13 Scott Timmins 1 - 08:30 |
First period | 08:02 - Sebastien Piche 1 12:47 - pp - Jordan Caron 2 16:15 - Emmanuel Boudreau 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:25 - pp - Patrice Cormier 3 | ||||||
| Dale Mitchell 2 - 04:11 Dale Mitchell 3 - pp - 06:00 Dale Mitchell 4 - pp - 07:44 Greg Nemisz 1 - pp - 19:59 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Engelage 17 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Maxim Gougeon 31 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
Semifinal
| May 22 | Windsor Spitfires | 3–2 | OT | Drummondville Voltigeurs | Colisée de Rimouski | Recap | ||
| Taylor Hall 2 - 15:47 Ben Shutron 1 - 18:02 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:13 - Samson Mahbod 1 15:10 - pp - Yannick Riendeau 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adam Henrique 3 - 04:31 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Engelage 19 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Marco Cousineau 44 saves / 47 shots | ||||||
Final
| May 24 | Windsor Spitfires | 4–1 | Kelowna Rockets | Colisée de Rimouski | Recap | |||
| Adam Henrique 4 - 03:22 Dale Mitchell 5 - 04:58 Rob Kwiet 1 - pp - 07:11 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Ellis 3 - 12:46 | Second period | 00:08 - pp - Colin Long 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Engelage 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Mark Guggenberger 0 saves / 3 shots Adam Brown 24 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
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.
| Player | Tea | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Benn | Kelowna Rockets | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| Adam Henrique | Windsor Spitfires | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
| Yannick Riendeau | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| Taylor Hall | Windsor Spitfires | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Andrei Loktionov | Windsor Spitfires | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Greg Nemisz | Windsor Spitfires | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Dale Mitchell | Windsor Spitfires | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Mark Cundari | Windsor Spitfires | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Patrice Cormier | Rimouski Océanic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Ryan Ellis | Windsor Spitfires | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
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 and save percentage with at least sixty minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA.
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Engelage | Windsor Spitfires | 6 | 4 | 2 | 139 | 16 | 2.58 | .885 | 0 | 372:04 |
| Marco Cousineau | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 4 | 2 | 2 | 146 | 13 | 2.94 | .911 | 0 | 265:27 |
| Mark Guggenberger | Kelowna Rockets | 4 | 2 | 2 | 79 | 10 | 3.21 | .873 | 0 | 187:04 |
| Maxim Gougeon | Rimouski Océanic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 138 | 17 | 4.03 | .877 | 0 | 253:23 |
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
| Award | Recipient |
|---|---|
| Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (Most Valuable Player) | Taylor Hall, Windsor |
| George Parsons Trophy (Most Sportsmanlike) | Yannick Riendeau, Drummondville |
| Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Top Goaltender) | Marco Cousineau, Drummondville |
| Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Leading Scorer) | Jamie Benn, Kelowna |
| All-Star team | Position |
|---|---|
| Marco Cousineau, Drummondville | G |
| Ryan Ellis, Windsor | D |
| Tyler Myers, Kelowna | D |
| Jamie Benn, Kelowna | F |
| Patrice Cormier, Rimouski | F |
| Taylor Hall, Windsor | F |
Rosters
Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
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Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
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Rimouski Océanic (Host)
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Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
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Road to the Cup
OHL playoffs
| Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | OHL Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Belleville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sudbury | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Belleville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Niagara | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ottawa | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Niagara | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Belleville | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Brampton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Brampton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Peterborough | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Brampton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mississauga | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mississauga | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Barrie | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Brampton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Windsor | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Windsor | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Owen Sound | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Windsor | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Plymouth | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Plymouth | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sarnia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Windsor | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | London | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | London | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Erie | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | London | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Saginaw | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Saginaw | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Guelph | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
QMJHL playoffs
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | QMJHL Championships | ||||||||||||||||
| 1C | Drummondville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4C | Lewiston | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Drummondville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Montreal | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2O | Montreal | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3O | Rouyn-Noranda | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Drummondville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Rimouski | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1A | Moncton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4A | P.E.I. | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Moncton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Rimouski | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2E | Rimouski | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3E | Chicoutimi | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Drummondville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Shawinigan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1E | Quebec | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4E | Baie-Comeau | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Quebec | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Cape Breton | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2A | Cape Breton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3A | Saint John | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Quebec | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Shawinigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1O | Gatineau | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5A | Acadie-Bathurst | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Gatineau | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Shawinigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2C | Shawinigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3C | Victoriaville | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
WHL playoffs
| Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | WHL Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Calgary | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Edmonton | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Calgary | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Lethbridge | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Saskatoon | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Lethbridge | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Calgary | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Brandon | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Brandon | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Kootenay | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Brandon | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Medicine Hat | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Swift Current | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Medicine Hat | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Calgary | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Kelowna | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Vancouver | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Prince George | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Vancouver | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Spokane | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Spokane | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Seattle | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Vancouver | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kelowna | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tri-City | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Everett | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tri-City | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kelowna | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kelowna | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Kamloops | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
References
- Jahnke, Karl (2008-04-03). "Rimouski wins 2009 MasterCard Memorial Cup bid". QMJHL. Archived from the original on 2008-11-15. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
- Hale, Jeff; Pargas, Mark (May 15, 2009). "The Junior Report: Windsor Draws Attention With Memorial Cup Set to Begin". The New York Times.
- "QMHL news archives, November 1, 2007". Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
- Lewiston Maineiacs news
- "QMHL news archives, December 26, 2007". Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2007-12-08.