The 2004 National Midget Championship was Canada's 26th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 18–25, 2004 at Kenora, Ontario. The Brandon Wheat Kings defeated the Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne 2-1 in overtime to win their first and only national title. It also marked the first time that a Manitoba team was the national midget champion.

This was the only season that Hockey Canada did not have a sponsor for the national midget championship. From 1979 to 2003, it was known as the Air Canada Cup. Later in 2004, a new sponsor would be found and the midget championship would be renamed the Telus Cup.

Teams Result Team Region City Brandon Wheat Kings West Brandon, MB Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne Quebec Sainte-Catherine, QC Red Deer Optimist Chiefs Pacific Red Deer, AB 4 Kenora Stars Host Kenora, ON 5 Cornwall Thunder Atlantic Cornwall, PE 6 Toronto Marlboros Central Toronto, ON

Round robin

Standings

Scores

Red Deer 6 - Brandon 5 (OT) Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5 - Cornwall 2 Toronto 5 - Kenora 1 Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5 - Brandon 4 (OT) Red Deer 3 - Toronto 1 Kenora 5 - Cornwall 2 Collège Charles-Lemoyne 6 - Toronto 2 Brandon 5 - Cornwall 3 Red Deer 4 - Kenora 1 Cornwall 7 - Toronto 5 Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5 - Red Deer 3 Brandon 0 - Kenora 0 Red Deer 3 - Cornwall 2 (OT) Brandon 4 - Toronto 3 Collège Charles-Lemoyne 8 - Kenora 1

Playoffs

Semi-finals Collège Charles-Lemoyne 2 - Kenora 1 Brandon 6 - Red Deer 2

Bronze-medal game Red Deer 5 - Kenora 2

Gold-medal game Brandon 2 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 1 (OT)

Individual awards Most Valuable Player: Francis Paré (Collège Charles-Lemoyne) Top Scorer: Francis Paré (Collège Charles-Lemoyne) Top Forward: Tyler Dittmer (Brandon) Top Defenceman: Jeff Termineski (Toronto) Top Goaltender: Tyler Gordon (Kenora) Most Sportsmanlike Player: Kyle Dorowicz (Red Deer)

See also Telus Cup

References

External links 2004 National Midget Championship Home Page Hockey Canada-Telus Cup Guide and Record Book