1998 Memorial Cup

The 1998 Memorial Cup (branded as the 1998 Chrysler Memorial Cup for sponsorship reasons) occurred May 9–17 at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Washington. It was the 80th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the host Spokane Chiefs and the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League which were the Guelph Storm, Val-d'Or Foreurs and Portland Winter Hawks. The Winter Hawks won their second Memorial Cup defeating the Storm from a goal in overtime by Bobby Russell.[1] As of 2022, only Portland (twice) and Spokane (twice) have taken the Cup to the US.

1998 Memorial Cup
Tournament details
DatesMay 9–17, 1998
Teams4
Venue(s)Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
Spokane, Washington
Host teamSpokane Chiefs (WHL)
TV partner(s)TSN
Final positions
ChampionsPortland Winter Hawks (WHL) (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
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Silver bowl trophy with two large handles, mounted on a wide black plinth engraved with team names on silver plates.
The Memorial Cup trophy

The tournament set a new Memorial Cup attendance record. However, that record was broken the following year in Ottawa.

Round-robin standings
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA
1 Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) 3 3 0 17 8
2 Guelph Storm (OHL) 3 2 1 12 7
3 Spokane Chiefs (host) 3 1 2 8 11
4 Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) 3 0 3 8 19
Source:

Scores

Round-robin

  • May 9 Spokane 5, Val-d'Or 4
  • May 10 Portland 6, Guelph 2
  • May 11 Guelph 3, Spokane 1
  • May 12 Portland 7, Val-d'Or 4
  • May 13 Guelph 7, Val-d'Or 0
  • May 14 Portland 4, Spokane 2

Semi-final

  • May 16 Guelph 2, Spokane 1 (OT)

Final

  • May 17 Portland 4, Guelph 3 (OT)

Winning roster
1997-98 Portland Winter Hawks[2]

Goaltenders

Defencemen

  • – Christian Bolding 
  • 2 – Shon Jones-Parry 
  • 3 – Kevin Haupt 
  • 4 – Ryan Thrussell 
  • 6 – Jerad Smith 
  • 22 – Mike Muzechka 
  • 34 – Matt Walker 
  • 44 – Andrew Ference 
  • 55 – Joey Tetarenko  - C

Wingers

  • – Shane Palahicky 
  • 8 – Marty Standish 
  • 9 – Derek MacLean 
  • 16 – Mike Hurley 
  • 17 – Gerry King 
  • 18 – Marian Hossa 
  • 21 – Bobby Russell 
  • 23 – Ken Davis 
  • 25 – Kyle Chant 
  • 27 – Ryan Kehrig 
  • 29 – Brenden Morrow 

Centres

[3]

Scoring leaders
  1. Andrej Podkonicky, POR, (6g 4a) 10p
  2. Marian Hossa, POR, (5g 4a) 9p
  3. Manny Malhotra, GUE, (1g 6a) 7p
  4. Bobby Russell, POR, (4g 2a) 6p
  5. Mike Hurley, POR, (0g 6a) 6p
  6. Jean-Pierre Dumont, VAL, (3g 2a) 5p
  7. Todd Robinson, POR, (1g 4a) 5p
  8. Greg Leeb, SPO, (3g 1a) 4p
  9. Jason Jackman, GUE, (2g 2a) 4p
  10. Kent McDonnell, GUE, (2g 2a) 4p
  11. Ryan Davis, GUE, (2g 2a) 4p
  12. Perry Johnson, SPO (1g 3a) 4p
  13. Marian Cisar, SPO (0g 4a) 4p
  14. Kevin Haupt, POR, (0g 4a) 4p

Goaltending leaders
  1. Chris Madden, GUE, 2.21 GAA, .947 pct
  2. Brent Belecki, POR, 2.68 GAA, .916 pct
  3. David Haun, SPO, 2.93 GAA, .885 pct
  4. Roberto Luongo, VAL, 6.33 GAA, .857 pct

Award winners

All-star team

  • Goal: Chris Madden, Guelph
  • Defence: Brad Ference, Spokane; Francis Lessard, Val d'Or
  • Forward: Andrej Podkonicky, Portland; Manny Malholtra, Guelph; Marian Hossa, Portland

References
  1. "SLAM! 1998 Memorial Cup: Game 8: PORTLAND 4, GUELPH 3 (OT)". www.canoe.ca. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  2. "MemorialCup.ca - Winning Rosters". Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  3. "WHL Network".
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