2002 Air Canada Cup

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.

2002 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
DatesApril 22–28, 2002
Teams6
Venue(s)K. C. Irving Regional Centre in Bathurst, NB
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)
MVPSidney Crosby

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
ResultTeamRegionCity
1st place, gold medalist(s)Tisdale TrojansWestTisdale, SK
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Dartmouth SubwaysAtlanticDartmouth, NS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Riverains du Collège Charles-LemoyneQuebecSainte-Catherine, QC
4Red Deer ChiefsPacificRed Deer, AB
5Timmins MajorsCentralTimmins, ON
6Miramichi RivermenHostMiramichi, 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:

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

West Region

Pacific Region

See also

References
  1. "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. 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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