1998 Air Canada Cup

1998 Air Canada Cup

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, ON
Dates	April 21–26, 1998
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne
Runner-up	Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals
Third place	Calgary Buffaloes
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Dany Heatley
MVP	Dany Heatley

The 1998 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 20th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 21–26, 1998 at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. The Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne defeated the host Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals in the championship game to win the gold medal. The Calgary Buffaloes won the bronze medal. Calgary's Dany Heatley was the tournament's top scorer and most valuable player. Other future National Hockey League players playing in this tournament were Sheldon Brookbank, Randy Jones and Krys Kolanos.

Teams

Result	Team	Region	City
	Riverains de Collège Charles-Lemoyne	Quebec	Sainte-Catherine, QC
	Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals	Host	Sudbury, ON
	Calgary Buffaloes	Pacific	Calgary, AB
4	Saskatoon Contacts	West	Saskatoon, SK
5	Saint John Flames	Atlantic	Saint John, NB
6	Don Mills Flyers	Central	Toronto, ON

Round robin

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Calgary Buffaloes	5	4	0	1	34	17	+17	9
2	Saskatoon Contacts	5	4	1	0	27	12	+15	8
3	Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne	5	2	1	2	25	20	+5	6
4	Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals	5	2	2	1	25	25	0	5
5	Saint John Flames	5	2	3	0	20	17	+3	4
6	Don Mills Flyers	5	0	5	0	7	30	−23	0

Source:

Scores

• Collège Charles-Lemoyne 7 - Don Mills 0
• Calgary 6 - Saint John 5
• Saskatoon 7 - Sudbury 2
• Collège Charles-Lemoyne 6 - Saint John 2
• Saskatoon 7 - Don Mills 2
• Calgary 9 - Sudbury 2
• Saint John 4 - Don Mills 2
• Saskatoon 6 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 1
• Calgary 7 - Don Mills 1
• Sudbury 9 - Saint John 0
• Calgary 7 - Saskatoon 4
• Sudbury 5 - Don Mills 2
• Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5 - Calgary 5
• Saskatoon 3 - Saint John 0
• Sudbury 7 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 7

Playoffs

Semi-finals

• Collège Charles-Lemoyne 3 - Saskatoon 2
• Sudbury 5 - Calgary 2

Bronze-medal game

• Calgary 5 - Saskatoon 4

Gold-medal game

• Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5 - Sudbury 4

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Dany Heatley (Calgary)
• Top Scorer: Dany Heatley (Calgary)
• Top Forward: Adrian Foster (Calgary)
• Top Defenceman: Shawn Landry (Calgary)
• Top Goaltender: Chad Yaremko (Regina)
• Most Sportsmanlike Player: Krys Kolanos (Calgary)

See also

• Telus Cup

External links

• 1998 Air Canada Cup Home Page
• Hockey Canada-Telus Cup Guide and Record Book