The 2002 Memorial Cup occurred May 18–26 at the Guelph Sports and Entertainment Centre in Guelph, Ontario. It was the 84th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). It featured the host team, the Guelph Storm, as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League: the Erie Otters, Victoriaville Tigres and the Kootenay Ice respectively. The Kootenay Ice won their first Memorial Cup, beating the Victoriaville Tigres in the final.
Round-robin standings
Scores May 18: Guelph 5–1 Victoriaville May 19: Kootenay 3–0 Erie May 20: Kootenay 4–3 Guelph May 21: Erie 5–1 Victoriaville May 22: Victoriaville 3–2 Kootenay May 23: Erie 4–0 Guelph
Tie-breaker May 24: Victoriaville 4–3 Guelph
Semi-final May 25: Victoriaville 5–4 Erie (OT)
Final May 26: Kootenay 6–3 Victoriaville
Winning team Igor Agarunov, Bryan Bridges, B. J. Boxma, Nigel Dawes, Gerard Dicaire, Brennan Evans, Cole Fischer, Curtis Fransoo, Travis Featherstone, Richard Hamula, Chris LaValley, Dale Mahovsky, Steve Makway, Duncan Milroy, Shaun Norrie, Tomas Plihal, Kyle Sheen, Colin Sinclair, Jarret Stoll, Marek Svatos, Adam Taylor, Andy Thompson, Craig Weller. Coach: Ryan McGill
Scoring leaders Matthew Lombardi, VIC (2g 7a) 9p Cory Pecker, ER (4g 3a) 7p Danny Groulx, VIC (2g 5a) 7p Carl Malette, VIC (5g 1a) 6p Colin Sinclair, KOO (4g 2a) 6p Kevin Dallman, GUE (1g 5a) 6p Brad Boyes, ER (2g 3a) 5p Brandon Cullen, ER (2g 3a) 5p Marek Svatos, KOO, (1g 4a) 5p Jarret Stoll, KOO (0g 5a) 5p
Goaltending leaders T. J. Aceti, ER (1.91 gaa, 0.942 sv%) B. J. Boxma, KOO (2.25 gaa, 0.900 sv%) Daniel Manzato, VIC (2.79 gaa, 0.943 sv%) Andrew Penner, GUE (3.25 gaa, 0.873 sv%) Daniel Boisclair, VIC (4.22 gaa, 0.880 sv%)
Award winners Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Danny Groulx, Victoriaville George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): Tomas Plihal, Kootenay Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender): T. J. Aceti, Erie Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Leading Scorer): Matthew Lombardi, Victoriaville
All-Star Team Goal: T. J. Aceti (Erie) Defence: Danny Groulx (Victoriaville), Kevin Dallman (Guelph) Forwards: Matthew Lombardi (Victoriaville), Colin Sinclair (Kootenay), Cory Pecker (Erie)
References
External links Memorial Cup Canadian Hockey League