The 1997 Memorial Cup occurred May 10–18 at the Robert Guertin Centre in Hull, Quebec. It was the 79th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the host Hull Olympiques, who were also the champions of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, as well as the QMJHL runner-up Chicoutimi Saguenéens, and the winners of the Ontario Hockey League and Western Hockey League, which were the Oshawa Generals and the Lethbridge Hurricanes respectively. The round-robin portion of the tournament also featured one of the greatest games in Memorial Cup history, in which Lethbridge trailed Hull 6–1 to start the third period of their game and stormed back to win 7–6 in overtime. The Olympiques won their first Memorial Cup, over Lethbridge.
Round-robin standings
Scores Round-robin May 10 – Oshawa – 5, Chicoutimi – 3 May 11 – Lethbridge – 4, Chicoutimi – 2 May 11 – Hull – 8, Oshawa – 0 May 13 – Lethbridge – 7, Hull – 6; (OT) May 14 – Oshawa – 2, Lethbridge – 1 May 15 – Hull – 8, Chicoutimi – 5
Semi-final May 17 – Lethbridge – 5, Oshawa – 4; (OT)
Final May 18 – Hull – 5, Lethbridge – 1
Winning roster 1996-97 Hull Olympiques
Goaltenders Defencemen Wingers Centres
Coach: Claude Julien General Manager: Charles Henry
Scoring leaders Christian Dube – 6-7-13 (HUL) Donald MacLean – 2-6-8 (HUL) Pavel Rosa – 3-4-7 (HUL) Martin Menard – 5-1-6 (HUL) Frederic Bouchard – 2-4-6 (CHI) David Gosselin – 3-2-5 (CHI) Denis Hamel – 2-3-5 (CHI) Mike Josephson – 2-3-5 (LET) Marc Savard – 0-5-5 (OSH) Jonathan Delisle – 0-5-5 (HUL) Byron Ritchie – 2-2-4 (LET)
Goaltending leaders Statistics to be added
Award winners Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Christian Dube, Hull George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): Radoslav Suchy, Chicoutimi Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender): Christian Bronsard, Hull Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Top Scorer): Christian Dube, Hull
All-star team Goaltender: Christian Bronsard, Hull Defence: Chris Phillips, Lethbridge; Jan Snopek, Oshawa Forward: Christian Dube, Hull; Martin Menard, Hull; Byron Ritchie, Lethbridge
References
External links Memorial Cup Canadian Hockey League Mastercardmemorialcup.ca Video NHL.com video