2011 Memorial Cup
The 2011 Memorial Cup was a four-team round-robin format ice hockey tournament played from May 20–29, 2011 in Mississauga, Ontario. It was the 93rd annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The Ontario Hockey League (OHL) announced on May 10, 2010 that the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors were chosen to host the event at the Hershey Centre. Other tournament participants included the Owen Sound Attack from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), the Saint John Sea Dogs from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and the Kootenay Ice from the Western Hockey League (WHL).
Tournament details | |
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Dates | May 20–29, 2011 |
Teams | 4 |
Venue(s) | Hershey Centre Mississauga, Ontario |
Host team | Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (OHL) |
TV partner(s) | Sportsnet, RDS |
Final positions | |
Champions | Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) (1st title) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 9 |
Attendance | 48,248 (5,361 per match) |
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The Majors won the right to host the event over the Barrie Colts, Kingston Frontenacs and Windsor Spitfires.[1]
The Saint John Sea Dogs defeated the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 3–1 in the final to win the title for the first time, and as a result, became the first team based in Canada's Maritime Provinces to win the Memorial Cup.
Round-robin Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | |
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1 | Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | +1 | Advanced directly to the championship game |
2 | Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (Host/OHL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | Advanced to the semifinal game |
3 | Owen Sound Attack (OHL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | |
4 | Kootenay Ice (WHL)[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | Advanced to the semifinal game |
Notes:
- Kootenay finished fourth based on head-to-head round-robin matchups, but defeated Owen Sound in the tiebreaker game.
Schedule
All times local (UTC −5)
Round Robin
May 20 | Saint John Sea Dogs | 4–3 | Mississauga St. Michael's Majors | Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario | Recap | |||
Tomas Jurco 1 – 1:44 Jonathan Huberdeau 1 – pp – 17:35 |
First period | 7:07 – Casey Cizikas 1 13:55 – pp – Devante Smith-Pelly 1 | ||||||
Michael Kirkpatrick 1 – pp – 6:58 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Nathan Beaulieu 1 – pp – 8:00 | Third period | 8:33 – pp – Casey Cizikas 2 | ||||||
Jacob De Serres 24 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | J. P. Anderson 27 saves / 31 shots |
May 21 | Owen Sound Attack | 5–0 | Kootenay Ice | Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario | Recap | |||
Robby Mignardi 1 – 16:49 | First period | No scoring. | ||||||
Roman Berdnikov 1 – 3:30 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Robby Mignardi 2 – sh – 12:29 Andrew Fritsch 1 – pp – 16:23 Garrett Wilson 1 – pp– 17:27 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jordan Binnington 29 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Nathan Lieuwen 27 saves / 32 shots |
May 22 | Mississauga St. Michael's Majors | 2–1 | Kootenay Ice | Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario | Recap | |||
Maxim Kitsyn 1 – 9:18 | First period | 7:55 – pp – Cody Eakin 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Rob Flick 1 – 11:51 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
J. P. Anderson 32 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Nathan Lieuwen 32 saves / 34 shots |
May 23 | Owen Sound Attack | 2–3 | OT | Saint John Sea Dogs | Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario | Recap | ||
Matt Petgrave 1 – 6:36 Andrew Shaw 1 – pp – 14:23 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
No Scoring | Second period | 13:49 – pp – Stanislav Galiev 1 | ||||||
No Scoring | Third period | 16:33 – Tomas Jurco 2 | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 17:35 – Jonathan Huberdeau 2 | ||||||
Jordan Binnington 41 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Jacob De Serres 47 saves / 49 shots |
May 24 | Kootenay Ice | 5–4 | OT | Saint John Sea Dogs | Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Drew Czerwonka 1 – pp – 13:13 Kevin King 1 – pp – 15:10 |
Second period | 1:26 – Ryan Tesnik 1 5:33 – Tomas Jurco 3 | ||||||
Jesse Ismond 1 – 0:23 Matt Fraser 1 – pp – 7:19 |
Third period | 2:10 – Kevin Gagné 1 19:45 – Tomas Jurco 4 | ||||||
Matt Fraser 2 – 3:55 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Nathan Lieuwen 19 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Mathieu Corbeil-Theriault 40 saves / 45 shots |
May 25 | Mississauga St. Michael's Majors | 3–1 | Owen Sound Attack | Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario | Recap | |||
Jordan Mayer 1 – 8:01 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
Rob Flick 2 – pp – 18:24 | Second period | 8:00 – Andrew Shaw 2 | ||||||
Justin Shugg 1 – en – 19:25 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
J. P. Anderson 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Jordan Binnington 25 saves / 27 shots |
Playoff round
- Tiebreaker
May 26 | Kootenay Ice | 7–3 | Owen Sound Attack | Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 7:12 – Cameron Brace 1 13:55 – Jarrod Maidens 1 | ||||||
Erik Benoit 1 – 7:48 Joe Antilla 1 – sh – 8:01 Matt Fraser 3 – pp – 11:14 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Matt Fraser 4 – pp – 1:13 Cody Eakin 2 – 3:24 Max Reinhart 1 – sh – 4:59 Cody Eakin 3 – en – 17:28 |
Third period | 5:37 – pp – Mike Halmo 1 | ||||||
Nathan Lieuwen 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Scott Stajcer 25 saves / 31 shots Jordan Binnington 3 saves / 3 shots |
- Semi-final
May 27 | Kootenay Ice | 1–3 | Mississauga St. Michael's Majors | Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 1:03 – pp – Devante Smith-Pelly 2 | ||||||
Joe Antilla 2 – pp – 19:59 | Second period | 17:40 – Devante Smith-Pelly 3 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:05 – en – Chris DeSousa 1 | ||||||
Nathan Lieuwen 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | J. P. Anderson 28 saves / 29 shots |
- Final
May 29 | Mississauga St. Michael's Majors | 1–3 | Saint John Sea Dogs | Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 2:24 – sh – Simon Despres 1 | ||||||
Riley Brace 1 – 14:41 | Second period | 13:17 – Zack Phillips 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 16:17 – Jonathan Huberdeau 3 | ||||||
J. P. Anderson 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Jacob De Serres 34 saves / 35 shots |
Statistical leaders
Skaters
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Andrew Shaw | Owen Sound Attack | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
Matt Fraser | Kootenay Ice | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Jonathan Huberdeau | Saint John Sea Dogs | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Cody Eakin | Kootenay Ice | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Devante Smith-Pelly | Mississauga St. Michael's Majors | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Max Reinhart | Kootenay Ice | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
Tomas Jurco | Saint John Sea Dogs | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Michael Kirkpatrick | Saint John Sea Dogs | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Mike Halmo | Owen Sound Attack | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Zack Phillips | Saint John Sea Dogs | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Goaltending
This is a combined table of the top goaltenders based on goals against average and save percentage with at least sixty minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA.
Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
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Jordan Binnington | Owen Sound Attack | 4 | 1 | 2 | 98 | 5 | 1.42 | .951 | 1 | 211:00 |
Jacob DeSerres | Saint John Sea Dogs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 111 | 6 | 1.82 | .946 | 0 | 198:00 |
J. P. Anderson | Mississauga St. Michael's Majors | 5 | 3 | 2 | 140 | 10 | 2.02 | .929 | 0 | 297:00 |
Nathan Lieuwen | Kootenay Ice | 5 | 2 | 3 | 146 | 16 | 3.18 | .890 | 0 | 302:00 |
Mathieu Corbeil-Theriault | Saint John Sea Dogs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 4.81 | .889 | 0 | 62:00 |
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds)
Rosters
Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (Host/OHL)
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Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
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Kootenay Ice (WHL)
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Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
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Awards
- Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP) – Jonathan Huberdeau (Saint John Sea Dogs)
- Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Leading Scorer) – Andrew Shaw (Owen Sound Attack)
- George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanlike) – Marc Cantin (Mississauga St. Michael's Majors)
- Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Top Goalie) – Jordan Binnington (Owen Sound Attack)
- All-Star Team:
- Goaltender: Jordan Binnington (Owen Sound Attack)
- Defence: Stuart Percy (Mississauga St. Michael's Majors), Nathan Beaulieu (Saint John Sea Dogs)
- Forwards: Andrew Shaw (Owen Sound Attack), Devante Smith-Pelly (Mississauga St. Michael's Majors), Jonathan Huberdeau (Saint John Sea Dogs)
Road to the Cup
OHL playoffs
Conference Quarter-finals | Conference Semi-finals | Conference Finals | OHL Championship | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Mississauga | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Belleville | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Mississauga | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Sudbury | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Ottawa | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Sudbury | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Mississauga | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Niagara | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Niagara | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Brampton | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Niagara | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Oshawa | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Oshawa | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Kingston | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Mississauga | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Owen Sound | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Owen Sound | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | London | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Owen Sound | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Plymouth | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Kitchener | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Plymouth | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Owen Sound | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Western | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Windsor | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Saginaw | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Guelph | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Saginaw | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Windsor | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Windsor | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Erie | 3 |
QMJHL playoffs
Round 1 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | President Cup Championship | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Saint John | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Cape Breton | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Saint John | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Victoriaville | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Acadie-Bathurst | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Victoriaville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Saint John | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Lewiston | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Montréal | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
15 | Halifax | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Montréal | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Lewiston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Lewiston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Moncton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Saint John | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Gatineau | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Québec | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Val-d'Or | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Québec | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Shawinigan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Shawinigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | P.E.I. | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Québec | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Gatineau | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Drummondville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Chicoutimi | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Drummondville | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Gatineau | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Gatineau | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Rimouski | 1 |
WHL playoffs
Conference Quarter-finals | Conference Semi-finals | Conference Finals | WHL Championship | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Saskatoon | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Prince Albert | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Saskatoon | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Kootenay | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Kootenay | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Moose Jaw | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Medicine Hat | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Kootenay | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Red Deer | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Edmonton | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Red Deer | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Medicine Hat | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Medicine Hat | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Brandon | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E4 | Kootenay | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Portland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Portland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Everett | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Portland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Kelowna | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Kelowna | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Prince George | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Portland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Western | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Spokane | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Spokane | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Chilliwack | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Spokane | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Tri-City | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Tri-City | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Vancouver | 0 |
References
- The Canadian Press (May 10, 2010). "Mississauga St. Michael's Majors to host 2011 Memorial Cup". The Sports Network. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
- "Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 2011 Playoffs Roster". Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- "Owen Sound Attack 2011 Playoff Roster". Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- "Kootenay Ice 2011 WHL Playoffs Roster". Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
External links
- Memorial Cup Archived June 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- Canadian Hockey League