2002 Air Canada Cup

2002 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)	K. C. Irving Regional Centre in Bathurst, NB
Dates	April 22–28, 2002
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Tisdale Trojans
Runner-up	Dartmouth Subways
Third place	Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Sidney Crosby (11G 13A 24P)
MVP	Sidney Crosby
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The 2002 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 24th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 22–28, 2002 at the K. C. Irving Regional Centre in Bathurst, New Brunswick.^[1] The Tisdale Trojans from Saskatchewan defeated the Dartmouth Subways from Nova Scotia 6-2 in the gold medal game to win the national title.

This season's Air Canada Cup gained extra attention from media and hockey scouts as 14-year-old prodigy Sidney Crosby competed as a member of the Dartmouth Subways. He led them to a berth in the championship game, the first time that a team from Atlantic Canada had ever advanced to the gold medal game. Crosby led the round robin in scoring with 18 points in five games and was named the Most Valuable Player.^[2]^[3] Other notable players competing at the 2002 Air Canada Cup were Olivier Latendresse, Guillaume Latendresse, Andrew Gordon, Shaun Heshka, Tyson Strachan, Jay Rosehill, and Torrey Mitchell.

Teams

Result	Team	Region	City
	Tisdale Trojans	West	Tisdale, SK
	Dartmouth Subways	Atlantic	Dartmouth, NS
	Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne	Quebec	Sainte-Catherine, QC
4	Red Deer Chiefs	Pacific	Red Deer, AB
5	Timmins Majors	Central	Timmins, ON
6	Miramichi Rivermen	Host	Miramichi, NB

Round robin

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Red Deer Chiefs	5	4	1	0	31	20	+11	8
2	Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne	5	3	1	1	28	13	+15	7
3	Tisdale Trojans	5	3	2	0	16	13	+3	6
4	Dartmouth Subways	5	2	2	1	23	22	+1	5
5	Timmins Majors	5	2	3	0	19	27	−8	4
6	Miramichi Rivermen	5	0	5	0	12	36	−24	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Scores

Red Deer 9 - Timmins 2
Collège Charles-Lemoyne 3 - Tisdale 2
Dartmouth 8 - Miramichi 2
Dartmouth 3 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 3
Tisdale 3 - Timmins 0
Red Deer 8 - Miramichi 3
Timmins 7 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5
Red Deer 8 - Dartmouth 6
Tisale 3 - Miramichi 2
Dartmouth 5 - Timmins 4
Red Deer 5 - Tisdale 3
Collège Charles-Lemoyne 10 - Miramichi 0
Tisdale 5 - Dartmouth 1
Collège Charles-Lemoyne 6 - Red Deer 1
Timmins 6 - Miramichi 5

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Dartmouth 5 - Red Deer 4
Tisdale 4 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 1

Bronze-medal game

Collège Charles-Lemoyne 6 - Red Deer 4

Gold-medal game

Tisdale 6 - Dartmouth 2

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player: Sidney Crosby (Dartmouth)
Top Scorer: Sidney Crosby (Dartmouth)
Top Forward: Olivier Latendresse (Collège Charles-Lemoyne)
Top Defenseman: Shaun Heshka (Tisdale)
Top Goaltender: François Thuot (Collège Charles-Lemoyne)
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Andrew Gordon (Dartmouth)

Regional Playdowns

Atlantic Region

The Dartmouth Subways advanced by winning their regional tournament, which was played April 3–7, 2002 at the Community Gardens Arena Complex in Kensington, Prince Edward Island.^[1]

Quebec

The Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne advanced by capturing the Quebec Midget AAA League title.^[1]

Central Region

The Timmins Majors advanced by winning their regional tournament, which was played April 2–7, 2002 at the McIntyre Community Building in Timmins, Ontario.^[1]

West Region

The Tisdale Trojans advanced by winning their regional tournament, which was played April 3–7, 2002 at the T.G. Smith Centre in Steinbach, Manitoba.^[1]

Pacific Region

The Red Deer Chiefs advanced by winning their regional tournament, which was played April 3–7, 2002 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "News Release #NR.017". Hockey Canada. March 20, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
^ Jones, Terry (2007-01-17). "It takes a village to raise a phenom". Edmonton Sun. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
^ "News Release Tel.003". Hockey Canada. April 6, 2006. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2012.

External links

[hc-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "News Release #NR.017". Hockey Canada. March 20, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2012.

[2] Jones, Terry (2007-01-17). "It takes a village to raise a phenom". Edmonton Sun. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-15.

[3] "News Release Tel.003". Hockey Canada. April 6, 2006. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2012.

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