2018 Telus Cup

The 2018 Telus Cup was Canada's 40th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship contested April 23 – 29, 2018 at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. The Notre Dame Hounds defeated the Cantonniers de Magog in the gold medal game to win their fifth national championship. Sudbury previously hosted the event in 1998.[1][2]

2018 Telus Cup
Tournament details
DatesApril 23 – 29, 2018
Teams6
Venue(s)Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, ON
Final positions
Champions Notre Dame Hounds
Runner-up Cantonniers de Magog
Third place Lethbridge Hurricanes
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Brad Morrissey
Jeremey Rainville
MVPRonan Seeley

Teams
ResultTeamRegionCity
1st place, gold medalist(s) Notre Dame Hounds West Wilcox, SK
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cantonniers de Magog Quebec Magog, QC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lethbridge Hurricanes Pacific Lethbridge, AB
4 Toronto Young Nationals Central Toronto, ON
5 Moncton Flyers Atlantic Moncton, NB
6 Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves Host Sudbury, ON

Round robin
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Notre Dame Hounds 5 5 0 0 20 7 +13 10
2 Lethbridge Hurricanes 5 3 1 1 13 9 +4 7
3 Cantonniers de Magog 5 2 2 1 18 16 +2 5
4 Toronto Young Nationals 5 1 2 2 15 16 −1 4
5 Moncton Flyers 5 1 4 0 8 17 −9 2
6 Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves 5 0 3 2 6 15 −9 2
Source:

Tiebreaker: Head-to-head record, most wins, highest goal differential.

Schedule and Results
Game Away team Score Home team Score Notes Date
1 Moncton 1 Magog 4 Final April 23
2 Toronto 3 Notre Dame 5 Final April 23
3 Sudbury 1 Lethbridge 2 Final April 23
4 Toronto 4 Magog 7 Final April 24
5 Lethbridge 2 Moncton 0 Final April 24
6 Notre Dame 4 Sudbury 0 Final April 24
7 Lethbridge 3 Toronto 3 Final April 25
8 Magog 2 Notre Dame 4 Final April 25
9 Sudbury 1 Moncton 5 Final April 25
10 Notre Dame 2 Lethbridge 1 Final April 26
11 Moncton 1 Toronto 5 Final April 26
12 Magog 2 Sudbury 2 Final April 26
13 Moncton 1 Notre Dame 5 Final April 27
14 Magog 3 Lethbridge 5 Final April 27
15 Sudbury 2 Toronto 2 Final April 27

Playoffs
Results
Game Away team Score Home team Score Notes Date
Semi 1 Magog 5 Lethbridge 4 Final (OT) April 28
Semi 2 Toronto 2 Notre Dame 3 Final April 28
Bronze Toronto 0 Lethbridge 4 Final April 29
Gold Magog 1 Notre Dame 5 Final April 29

Individual awards
  • Most Valuable Player: Ronan Seeley (Lethbridge)
  • Top Scorer(s): Brad Morrissey (Notre Dame), Jeremey Rainville (Magog)
  • Top Forward: Zach Stinger (Lethbridge)
  • Top Defensive Player: Thomas Lucas (Notre Dame)
  • Top Goaltender: Alex Vendette (Sudbury)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Brad Morrissey (Notre Dame)
  • Most Dedicated: Joel Mongeon (Sudbury)

Road to the Telus Cup

Atlantic Region

Moncton Flyers advance by winning regional championship played March 29-April 1, 2018 at Lantz, Nova Scotia.[3][4]

Round Robin
Pos Qualification Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 NSMMHL Dartmouth Major Midgets 4 3 0 1 0 21 9 +12 10
2 NBPEIMMHL Moncton Flyers 4 2 1 0 1 15 11 +4 8
3 Host Cole Harbour Wolfpack 4 2 0 0 2 8 17 −9 6
4 NLMMHL St. John's Maple Leafs 4 1 0 0 3 11 14 −3 3
5 NBPEIMMHL Kensington Wild 4 1 0 0 3 13 17 −4 3
Source:
Championship Game
Away Team Score Home Team Score
Moncton 3 Dartmouth 2

Québec

Cantonniers de Magog advance by winning Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League championship.

Best-of-7 series
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD
1 Cantonniers de Magog 4 4 0 17 8 +9
2 Estacades de Trois-Rivières 4 0 4 8 17 −9
Source:

Central Region

Toronto Young Nationals advance by winning regional championship played April 1–8, 2018 at Rockland, Ontario.[5]

Round Robin
Pos Qualification Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Host Rockland Nationals 5 5 0 0 20 7 +13 10
2 Alliance Waterloo Wolves 5 4 1 0 16 8 +8 8
3 OMHA Ajax-Pickering Raiders 5 2 3 0 10 16 −6 4
4 GTHL Toronto Young Nationals 5 2 3 0 21 18 +3 4
5 GNML Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves 5 1 4 0 12 14 −2 2
6 HEO Hawkesbury Hawks 5 1 4 0 8 24 −16 2
Source:
Playoff Round
Game Away Team Score Home Team Score
SF 1 Ajax-Pickering 4 Waterloo 3
SF 2 Toronto 4 Rockland 3
Final Toronto 6 Ajax-Pickering 2

West Region

Tournament to be played April 5–8, 2018 at Fort William First Nation near Thunder Bay, Ontario.[6]

Round Robin
Pos Qualification Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 SMAAAHL Notre Dame Hounds 3 3 0 0 22 4 +18 6
2 MMAAAHL Winnipeg Wild 3 2 1 0 15 6 +9 4
3 Host Thunder Bay Kings 3 1 2 0 5 11 −6 2
4 HNO Kenora Thistles 3 0 3 0 1 22 −21 0
Source:
Championship Game
Away Team Score Home Team Score
Winnipeg 2 Notre Dame 5
Full standings and statistics available at Pointstreak.com.

Pacific Region

Lethbridge Hurriances advance by winning best-of-three series played April 6–7, 2018 at Prospera Centre in Chilliwack, British Columbia.

Best-of-3 series
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD
1 Lethbridge Hurricanes 2 2 0 11 4 +7
2 Fraser Valley Thunderbirds 2 0 2 4 11 −7
Source:

See also

References
  1. "Sudbury lands 2018 bid for Telus Cup, national midget hockey championship". CBC News. July 13, 2016.
  2. "Sudbury, ONT, to host 2018 Telus Cup". Hockey Canada. July 12, 2016.
  3. "Atlantic Major Midget Championship 2018".
  4. "Moncton edges Steele for Atlantic Major Midget Championship". The Chonicle Herald. April 1, 2018. Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  5. "2018 ALL-ONTARIO AND CENTRAL REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTS NAMED". Ontario Hockey Federation. November 27, 2017.
  6. "Telus Cup West". Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
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