2003 Air Canada Cup Explained

Tourney Name:Air Canada Cup
Year:2003
Dates:April 21–27, 2003
Num Teams:6
Venues:Sault Memorial Gardens in Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Type:other
Winners:Calgary Northstars
Second:Collège Antoine-Girouard
Third:St. John's Maple Leafs
Scoring Leader:Mathieu Aubin
Mvp:Ted Purcell
Prevseason:2002
Nextseason:2004

The 2003 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 25th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 21–27, 2003 at the Sault Memorial Gardens in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.[1] The Calgary Northstars defeated the Gaulois du Collège Antoine-Girouard 5-1 in the gold medal game to win the national title. It also marked the last season that the midget championship was known as the Air Canada Cup; it would be renamed the Telus Cup.

Future National Hockey League players competing in this tournament were Kris Letang, Jay Beagle, Colin Greening, and Teddy Purcell, who was named the most valuable player of the tournament.

Teams

width=20Result Team width=80Region City
Calgary Northstars Pacific Calgary, AB
Gaulois du Collège Antoine-Girouard Quebec Saint-Hyacinthe, QC
St. John's Maple Leafs Atlantic St. John's, NL
4 Yorkton HarvestWest Yorkton, SK
5 Waterloo Wolves CentralWaterloo, ON
6 Sault Ste. Marie North Stars Host Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Round robin

Scores

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Bronze-medal game

Gold-medal game

Individual awards

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: News Release #NR.032. April 17, 2003. January 16, 2012. Hockey Canada.