1987 Air Canada Cup Explained

Tourney Name:Air Canada Cup
Year:1987
Dates:April 1987
Num Teams:6
Venues:Earl Armstrong Arena in Gloucester, ON
Type:other
Winners:Riverains du Richelieu
Second:Notre Dame Hounds
Third:Calgary Buffaloes
Mvp:Reggie Savage
Scoring Leader:Reggie Savage
Prevseason:1986
Nextseason:1988

The 1987 Air Canada Cup was Canada's ninth annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, which was played in April 1987 at the Earl Armstrong Arena in Gloucester, Ontario. The Riverains du Richelieu defeated the Notre Dame Hounds to win their first national title.[1] The Calgary Buffaloes won the bronze medal. Future National Hockey League players competing in this tournament were Rod Brind'Amour, Scott Pellerin, Reggie Savage, Olaf Kölzig, and Stephane Fiset. Savage, playing for Richelieu, was the tournament's top scorer and named Most Valuable Player.

Teams

width=20Result Team width=80Region City
Riverains du Richelieu Quebec Sorel, QC
West Wilcox, SK
Calgary Buffaloes Pacific Calgary, AB
4 Sudbury Burgess Powertrains Central Sudbury, ON
5 Gloucester Rangers Host Gloucester, ON
6 Dartmouth Forbes Atlantic Dartmouth, NS

Round robin

Scores

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Bronze-medal game

Gold-medal game

Individual awards

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TELUS40. 2013-04-23. Hockey Canada.