The 2015 Memorial Cup (branded as the 2015 Mastercard Memorial Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a four-team round-robin format tournament that began on 22 May and ended on 31 May, 2015. It was the 97th Memorial Cup championship and determined the champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The tournament was hosted by the Quebec Remparts of Quebec City, Quebec, who won the right to host the tournament over a bid by the Chicoutimi Saguenéens. They were joined by the WHL champion Kelowna Rockets, the OHL champion Oshawa Generals, and the QMJHL champion Rimouski Océanic.
Since the inclusion of the host team in the Memorial Cup format in 1983, the 2015 edition of the Memorial Cup is the only tournament in which all four of the participating teams had previously won the Memorial Cup. The Oshawa Generals won four in 1939, 1940, 1944 & 1990, the Quebec Remparts won two in 1971 & 2006, the Kelowna Rockets won in 2004, and the Rimouski Océanic won in 2000.
The tournament ended with the Oshawa Generals winning their fifth Memorial Cup with an overtime win over the Kelowna Rockets 2–1 in the championship game. This final game of the tournament was also the last competitive hockey game played in the Colisée Pepsi before the Remparts move to the Videotron Centre in September 2015.
Round-robin standings
Kelowna, Rimouski, and Quebec finished tied for second in points. Based on the rules for 2015, the tiebreaker was a two-step process. Results from the games against Oshawa were removed and the teams' remaining goals for, divided by the sum of their goals for plus goals against, were calculated. This resulted in Kelowna (10/[10+7]=0.59) advancing directly to the semi-final (and receiving home ice advantage). In the second step, Quebec defeated Rimouski in a sudden-death tiebreaker game to advance to the semi-final.
Schedule All times local (UTC −5)Schedule
Round robin
Playoff round
Tiebreaker
Semi-final
Final
Statistical leaders
Skaters
Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Kelowna Rockets 5 4 3 7 12 Quebec Remparts 5 3 3 6 6 Rimouski Océanic 4 2 4 6 2 Kelowna Rockets 5 1 5 6 0 Kelowna Rockets 5 1 5 6 10 Kelowna Rockets 5 4 1 5 0 Oshawa Generals 4 3 2 5 0 Kelowna Rockets 5 3 2 5 14 Oshawa Generals 4 2 3 5 0 Rimouski Océanic 4 2 3 5 0 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 OTL SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI Oshawa Generals 4 4 0 0 97 9 2.08 .915 0 260 Kelowna Rockets 5 2 2 1 139 13 2.60 .906 0 300 Rimouski Océanic 4 1 2 0 109 11 3.23 .899 1 204 Quebec Remparts 5 2 2 1 180 23 4.75 .872 0 291 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)
Awards Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Leon Draisaitl, Kelowna Rockets Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Leading Scorer): Leon Draisaitl, Kelowna Rockets George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanlike): Alexis Loiseau, Rimouski Océanic Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Top Goalie): Ken Appleby, Oshawa Generals All-Star Team: Goaltender: Ken Appleby, Oshawa Generals Defence: Madison Bowey, Kelowna Rockets; Ryan Graves, Quebec Remparts Forwards: Nick Merkley, Kelowna Rockets; Michael McCarron, Oshawa Generals; Michael Dal Colle, Oshawa Generals
Rosters
Quebec Remparts (Host) Head coach: Philippe Boucher Pos.No.PlayerG30Callum BoothG31Zachary FucaleD5Raphaël MaheuxD7Brian LovellD9Aaron DutraD15Nikolas BrouillardD18Cody DonagheyD27Ryan GravesD55Matt MurphyD76Giancarlo FioriD94Olivier ThibodeauF10Anthony DuclairF11Marc-Olivier RoyF14Olivier GarneauF17Yanick TurcotteF19Kurt EtchegaryF20Donovan RehillF21Vladimir TkachevF23Massimo CarozzaF24Guillaume GauthierF61Marcus CuomoF73Adam ErneF77Jérome VerrierF82Jesse SuttonF88Dmytro TimashovF96Zachery Moody
Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL) Head coach: Serge Beausoleil Pos.No.PlayerRimouski Océanic rosterG30Philippe DesrosiersG33Louis-Philip GuindonD3Jan KošťálekD6Beau RuskD24Simon BourqueD27Charles-David BeaudoinD42Andrew PiccoD55Samuel MorinD68Guillaume McSweenD81Eduard NasybullinF10Anthony ChapadosF11Deven St-HilaireF15Anthony DeLucaF16Justin VachonF18William CoutureF19Justin SamsonF22Tyler BolandF23Frédérik GauthierF25Jérémy LépineF57Christopher ClappertonF61François BeaucheminF74Alexis LoiseauF79Samuel LabergeF88Michael Joly
Kelowna Rockets (WHL) Head coach: Dan Lambert Pos.No.PlayerGK1Jackson WhistleGK30Michael HerringerGK33Jake MorrisseyD3Riley StadelD4Madison BoweyD6Mitchell WheatonD7Lucas JohansenD8Cole MartinD21Devante StephensD27Josh MorrisseyD28Joe GatenbyF9Tyler WishnowskiF10Nick MerkleyF11Jordan BorstmayerF12Tyrell GoulbourneF14Rourke ChartierF15Tomáš ŠoustalF16Kole LindF17Rodney SouthamF18Tate CoughlinF19Dillon DubéF20Gage QuinneyF22Chance BraidF23Justin KirklandF24Tyson BaillieF26Cole LinakerF29Leon Draisaitl
Oshawa Generals (OHL) Head coach: D. J. Smith Pos.No.PlayerGK35Ken ApplebyGK56Jeremy BrodeurD3Josh BrownD6Will PetschenigD7Chris CarlisleD18Sonny HertzbergD24Stephen TempletonD26Daniel RobertsonD37Stephen DesrocherD44Dakota MermisD58Mitchell Vande SompelF10Aidan WallaceF14Bradley LatourF15Michael TurnerF17Brent PedersenF19Cole CasselsF20Matt MisteleF22Anthony CirelliF23Tobias LindbergF25Kenny HuetherF29Joe ManchurekF34Hunter SmithF55Michael McCarronF71Michael Dal ColleF89Sam Harding
Road to the Cup
WHL Playoffs
OHL Playoffs
QMJHL Playoffs
References
External links Memorial Cup Canadian Hockey League