Tourney Name: | Air Canada Cup |
Year: | 1998 |
Dates: | April 21–26, 1998 |
Num Teams: | 6 |
Venues: | Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, ON |
Type: | other |
Winners: | Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne |
Second: | Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals |
Third: | Calgary Buffaloes |
Scoring Leader: | Dany Heatley |
Mvp: | Dany Heatley |
Prevseason: | 1997 |
Nextseason: | 1999 |
The 1998 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 20th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 21–26, 1998 at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. The Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne defeated the host Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals in the championship game to win the gold medal. The Calgary Buffaloes won the bronze medal. Calgary's Dany Heatley was the tournament's top scorer and most valuable player.[1] Other future National Hockey League players playing in this tournament were Sheldon Brookbank, Randy Jones and Krys Kolanos.
width=20 | Result | Team | width=80 | Region | City |
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Riverains de Collège Charles-Lemoyne | Quebec | Sainte-Catherine, QC | |||
Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals | Host | Sudbury, ON | |||
Calgary Buffaloes | Pacific | Calgary, AB | |||
4 | Saskatoon Contacts | West | Saskatoon, SK | ||
5 | Saint John Flames | Atlantic | Saint John, NB | ||
6 | Don Mills Flyers | Central | Toronto, ON |