The 1999 Memorial Cup took place from May 15–23 at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was the 81st annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the host Ottawa 67's, the Belleville Bulls, winners of the Ontario Hockey League, the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, winners of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Calgary Hitmen, Western Hockey League champions. The host 67's won their second Memorial Cup, the first being in 1984. The 67's, who had lost in the second round of the OHL playoffs to the Bulls were able to win the Cup defeated those same Bulls in a Cup semi-final. The 67's then defeated the Hitmen in the final, an overtime thriller where Matt Zultek scored the winning goal.
The 1999 Memorial Cup set a record for attendance (since the round-robin format was first used in 1972) with a total of 84,200 people in eight sell-out games. It was the first Memorial Cup to be shown on CTV Sportsnet, having moved from TSN. The championship game was shown on the CTV network, where it had last been shown in 1989.
Background At the beginning of the 1998–1999 season, Ottawa's new owner, Jeff Hunt vowed to bring home the Memorial Cup that season. The awarding of the Cup tournament to Ottawa was a big factor in the team more than doubling the attendance from the previous season. That was definitely taken into consideration when Ottawa was chosen as the host of the 1999 Cup, as every game would be sold out in the 10,525 seat Ottawa Civic Centre. Ottawa had previously bid for the 1996 Memorial Cup but lost the bid to the Peterborough Petes.
CHL All-time team During the 1999 Memorial Cup, the CHL unveiled its "All-time team" at the Civic Centre, with notably two 67's on the team. Special banners were raised in their honour, and except for Parent and Lemieux, the team attended the event. The team was as follows;
Goal: Bernie Parent, Niagara Falls Flyers (1963–1965) Defence: Bobby Orr, Oshawa Generals (1963–1966) Defence: Denis Potvin, Ottawa 67's (1967–1973) Centre: Mario Lemieux, Laval Voisins (1981–1984) Right wing: Guy Lafleur, Quebec Remparts (1969–1971) Left wing: Brian Propp, Brandon Wheat Kings (1976–1979) Coach: Brian Kilrea, Ottawa 67's (1974–1984; 1986–1994; 1995–2009)
Source:
Rosters Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)Belleville Bulls (OHL)Goaltenders 1 – Roberto Luongo 30 – Philippe Ozga 33 – Frédéric Cloutier
Defencemen 5 – Hugo Levesque 8 – Jerome Dumont 9 – Alain O'Driscoll 16 – Jean-Sébastien Trudelle 18 – Denis Boudreau 24 – François Beauchemin 63 – Jonathan Girard 71 – Philippe Plante 74 – Danny Groulx
Forwards 4 – Martin Lavergne 7 – Brian Dubé 10 – Jules-Edy Laraque 14 – Martin Fillion 15 – Éric Betournay 25 – Alain Charbonneau 28 – Benoît Beausoleil 44 – Ramzi Abid 55 – Marc Bouchard 79 – Gregor Baumgartner 88 – Ryan Flinn 97 – Mathieu Benoît
Head coach: Roger DejoieGoaltenders 1 – Cory Campbell 30 – Chad Mehlenbacher
Defencemen 2 – Nick Policelli 4 – Jason Lawmaster 5 – Mike Jacobsen 6 – Joe Groleau 14 – Kelly Paddon 24 – Branislav Mezei 25 – Rick Bertran 44 – Adam Collins
Forwards 3 – Justin Grady 7 – Kris Newbury 8 – Tyler Longo 9 – Mike Renzi 10 – Mark Chaplin 11 – Ryan Ready 13 – Chris Stanley 16 – Glenn Crawford 17 – Justin Papineau 18 – Randy Rowe 19 – Jonathan Cheechoo 22 – Branko Radivojevic 23 – Kevin Baker 37 – Derek Campbell 77 – Nathan Robinson
Head coach: Lou CrawfordCalgary Hitmen (WHL)Ottawa 67's (host)Goaltenders 1 – Brent Williams 27 – Alexandre Fomitchev
Defencemen 2 – Matt Kinch 4 – Jeff Feniak 5 – Kenton Smith 6 – Rod Sarich 7 – Brad Stuart 19 – Wade Davis 22 – Curtis Rich
Forwards 3 – Ryan Shannon 8 – Pavel Brendl 10 – Chris Nielsen 11 – Sean McAslan 12 – Jordan Krestanovich 14 – Michael Bubnick 15 – Kris Beech 18 – Shaun Norrie 20 – Brad Moran 21 – Lyle Steenbergen 23 – Ryan Andres 24 – Brent Dodginghorse 25 – Jerred Smithson 26 – Peter Bergman 33 – Eric Clark
Head coach: Dean ClarkGoaltenders 1 – Seamus Kotyk 30 – Levente Szuper
Defencemen 2 – Jeremy Van Hoof 4 – Jon Zion 5 – Jeff MacLean 6 – Chris Cava 10 – Nick Boynton 22 – Luke Sellars 44 – Brian Campbell
Forwards 3 – Dan Tessier 9 – Matt Zultek 11 – Henric Alfredsson 12 – Justin Davis 16 – Mark Bell 17 – Dan Tudin 18 – Dallas Ashford 19 – Ben Gustavson 20 – Zenon Konopka 23 – Miguel Delisle 24 – Ian Jacobs 25 – Joe Talbot 71 – Lance Galbraith
Head coach: Brian Kilrea
Round-robin standings
Scores
Semi-final
Final
Scoring leaders
Justin Davis, OTT (3g, 6a, 9pts) Mark Bell, OTT (2g, 6a, 8pts) Pavel Brendl, CAL (4g, 3a, 7pts) Joe Talbot, OTT (3g, 4a, 7pts) Nick Boynton, OTT (1g, 6a, 7pts) Brad Moran, CAL (3g, 3a, 6pts) Matt Kinch, CAL (0g, 6a, 6pts) Matt Zultek, OTT (3g, 2a, 5pts) Glenn Crawford, BEL (3g, 1a, 4pts) Ian Jacobs, OTT (3g, 1a, 4pts)
Goaltending leaders
Seamus Kotyk, OTT (2.83 gaa, 0.907 sv%) Cory Campbell, BEL (2.97 gaa, 0.911 sv%) Alexandre Fomitchev, CAL (3.49, 0.894 sv%) Roberto Luongo, ACA (3.67, 0.893 sv%)
Award winners
Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Nick Boynton, Ottawa George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): Brian Campbell, Ottawa Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender): Cory Campbell, Belleville Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Top Scorer): Justin Davis, Ottawa
All-star team Goal: Cory Campbell, Belleville Defence: Matt Kinch, Calgary; Nick Boynton, Ottawa Forward: Glenn Crawford, Belleville; Joe Talbot, Ottawa; Pavel Brendl, Calgary
References
External links Memorial Cup Canadian Hockey League