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. 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.
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. 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.Lewiston Maineiacs news The QMJHL announced a five-member independent selection committee to evaluate the bids, headed by former New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord.
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
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. Player Tea GP G A Pts PIM Kelowna Rockets 4 5 4 9 8 Windsor Spitfires 6 4 5 9 11 Drummondville Voltigeurs 4 2 6 8 2 Windsor Spitfires 6 2 6 8 8 Windsor Spitfires 6 2 5 7 0 Windsor Spitfires 6 1 6 7 2 Windsor Spitfires 6 5 1 6 2 Windsor Spitfires 6 0 5 5 6 Rimouski Océanic 4 3 1 4 8 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 Windsor Spitfires 6 4 2 139 16 2.58 .885 0 372:04 Drummondville Voltigeurs 4 2 2 146 13 2.94 .911 0 265:27 Kelowna Rockets 4 2 2 79 10 3.21 .873 0 187:04 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 GRyan Ellis, Windsor DTyler Myers, Kelowna DJamie Benn, Kelowna FPatrice Cormier, Rimouski FTaylor Hall, Windsor F
Rosters Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) Head coach: Guy Boucher Pos.No.PlayerGK33Marco CousineauGK35Antoine TardifD3Marc-Érik OuelletD6Marc-Antoine DesnoyersD8Ryan McKiernanD9Patrik ProkopD15Jeff MarcouxD23Charles LandryD26Olivier HotteD29Dmitri KulikovD82 Andrew RandazzoF7Sean CouturierF10Marc-Olivier VachonF11Benoît LévesqueF13Yannick RiendeauF17Dany MasséF24Philippe BergeronF28Samson MahbodF40Gabriel DumontF70Mike HoffmanF81Jonathan BrunelleF83Christopher DiDomenicoF89Maxime FrenetteF94Philippe LefebvreKelowna Rockets (WHL) Head coach: Ryan Huska Pos.No.PlayerGK30Mark GuggenbergerGK31Adam BrownD2Collin BowmanD3Tyler MyersD4Tyson BarrieD7Aaron BorejkoD8Curt GogolD26Tysen DowzakF9Štěpán NovotnýF10Evan BloodoffF11Colin LongF12Cody AlmondF14Jamie BennF15Brandon McMillanF16Spencer MainF17Lucas BloodoffF18Shane McColganF19Ian DuvalF22Mikael BacklundF23Kyle St. DenisF24Mitchell CallahanF27Ryley GranthamF28Kyle Verdino
Rimouski Océanic (Host) Head coach: Clement Jodoin Pos.No.PlayerGK31Maxim GougeonGK38Matthew DopudD3Marc-André BourdonD7Sebastien PicheD14Gleason FournierD17William PlourdeD18Ryan KavanaghD20Alexandre BrunetD21Emmanuel BoudreauD24Maxime OuimetF8Patrick Delisle-HoudeF11Logan MacMillanF15Philippe CornetF16Olivier FortierF19Keven VeilleuxF23Mathieu AsselinF26Alexandre DuretteF27Jordan CaronF55Frédéric DesrochersF65Ilya SilikF71Félix LefrançoisF75Nicholas SamolukF79Luca CuntiF90Patrice CormierWindsor Spitfires (OHL) Head coach: Bob Boughner Pos.No.PlayerGK1Andrew EngelageGK30Josh UniceGK34Steve GleesonD5Ron SoucieD6Ryan EllisD7Adam WallaceD13Rob KwietD17Jesse BlackerD42Ben ShutronD51Mark CundariD55Harry YoungD81Patrick MoranF4Taylor HallF14Adam HenriqueF16Ben DuboisF19Lane MacDermidF22Richard GreenopF25James WoodcroftF29Conor O'DonnellF44Justin ShuggF61Austin WatsonF64Greg NemiszF67Eric WellwoodF71Dale MitchellF77Scott TimminsF90Andrei Loktionov
Road to the Cup
OHL playoffs
QMJHL playoffs
WHL playoffs
References
External links Memorial Cup Canadian Hockey League