2012 Memorial Cup Explained

2012 Mastercard Memorial Cup
Num Teams:4
Dates:May 18–27, 2012
Venues:Centre Bionest
Shawinigan, Quebec
Host Team:Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
Games:9
Winners:Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
Attendance:40,373
Tv:Sportsnet, TVA Sports
Prev Season:2011
Next Season:2013

The 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup was a four-team, round-robin format ice hockey tournament played from May 18–27, 2012 at the Centre Bionest in Shawinigan, Quebec. It was the 94th Memorial Cup championship and determined the champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The tournament featured the London Knights, champions of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL); the Saint John Sea Dogs, champions of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL); the Edmonton Oil Kings, champions of the Western Hockey League (WHL); and the Shawinigan Cataractes, who won the right to host the tournament over bids by the Saint John Sea Dogs, Halifax Mooseheads and Cape Breton Screaming Eagles.[1]

On May 27, the Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the London Knights 2–1 in overtime to win the Memorial Cup for the first time ever in franchise history, becoming just the second team after the 2009 Windsor Spitfires to win the Memorial Cup after playing in the tiebreaker game; the first host to win the Memorial Cup at home since the Vancouver Giants in 2007; and the first QMJHL host to win the Memorial Cup since the Hull Olympiques in 1997. The Cataractes win also gave the QMJHL back-to-back Memorial Cups for the first time since the Granby Prédateurs in 1996 and the Hull Olympiques in 1997.

Round-robin standings

For the first time since the current tournament format was established in 1983, the teams each split their first two games. At the conclusion of the round-robin, the tiebreaker between the first and second team as well as between the third and fourth placed team were decided by head-to-head records.

Note: Shawinigan finished fourth based on head-to-head round-robin matchups but defeated Edmonton in the tiebreaker game.

Schedule

All times local (UTC −4)

Playoff round

Statistical leaders

Skaters

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Shawinigan Cataractes 6 5 7 12 4
Shawinigan Cataractes 6 5 4 9 0
Shawinigan Cataractes 6 3 6 9 6
Saint John Sea Dogs 4 5 2 7 10
Shawinigan Cataractes 6 3 4 7 8
Edmonton Oil Kings 4 2 3 5 8
London Knights 4 2 3 5 0
Shawinigan Cataractes 6 1 4 5 6
Shawinigan Cataractes 6 1 4 5 0
Saint John Sea Dogs 4 3 1 4 4
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.

PlayerTeamGPWLSAGAGAASV%SOTOI
Shawinigan Cataractes 5 4 1 157 11 2.08 .930 0 317:36
London Knights 4 2 2 115 11 2.58 .904 0 256:07
Saint John Sea Dogs 4 2 2 118 14 3.51 .881 0 239:07
Edmonton Oil Kings 4 1 3 124 16 4.04 .871 0 237:29
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)

Awards

Goaltender: Michael Houser (London Knights)

Defence: Jarred Tinordi (London Knights), Brandon Gormley (Shawinigan Cataractes)

Forwards: Henrik Samuelsson (Edmonton Oil Kings), Austin Watson (London Knights), Michael Chaput (Shawinigan Cataractes)

Rosters

References:[2] [3] [4] [5]

Shawinigan Cataractes (Host)

width=40Pos.width=40No.width=250Player
GK31Alex Dubeau
GK38Gabriel Girard
D2Dillon Donnelly
D3Jonathan Racine
D4Morgan Ellis
D12Patrick Volpe
D15Jonathan Narbonne
D28Justin Hache
D36Brandon Gormley
D55Mathieu Gagnon
F8Mitchell Maynard
F9Yannick Veilleux
F11Frederick Gaudreau
F22Alexandre Grandmaison
F44Felix-Antoine Bergeron
F54Maximilien Le Sieur
F60Pierre-Olivier Morin
F62Michael Chaput
F72Loik Poudrier
F77Kirill Kabanov
F78Michael Bournival
F79Anton Zlobin
F91Vincent Arseneau
F92Peter Sakaris

Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)

width=40Pos.width=40No.width=250Player
GK33Sebastien Auger
GK35Mathieu Corbeil
D4Ian Saab
D6Jason Seed
D8Spencer MacDonald
D21Kevin Gagné
D23Pierre Durepos
D28Nathan Beaulieu
D55Charles-Olivier Roussel
F3Charlie Coyle
F7Zack Phillips
F9Stephen MacAulay
F11Jonathan Huberdeau
F12Devon Oliver-Dares
F13Tomas Jurco
F14Jason Cameron
F18Danick Gauthier
F19Ryan Tesink
F22Aidan Kelly
F25Maxime Villemaire
F26Grant West
F27Oliver Cooper
F97Stanislav Galiev

London Knights (OHL)

width=40Pos.width=40No.width=250Player
GK29Michael Houser
GK35Jake Patterson
GK41Tyson Teichmann
D2Olli Maatta
D3Brett Cook
D6Scott Harrington
D14Tommy Hughes
D20Kevin Raine
D24Jarred Tinordi
D26Colin Martin
D39Kyle Flemington
F16Max Domi
F17Seth Griffith
F18Vladislav Namestnikov
D/F21Tyler Ferry
F27Brett Welychka
F46Matt Rupert
F51Austin Watson
F53Bo Horvat
F64Ryan Rupert
F71Chris Tierney
F77Josh Anderson
F86Andreas Athanasiou
F92Gregory McKegg
F97Jared Knight

Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)

width=40Pos.width=40No.width=250Player
GK30Tristan Jarry
GK31Laurent Brossoit
D2Cody Corbett
D3Mark Pysyk
D4Keegan Lowe
D5Ashton Sautner
D8Griffin Reinhart
D22Ryan Dech
D24Mason Geertsen
D28Martin Gernat
F7Stephane Legault
F9Klarc Wilson
F10Henrik Samuelsson
F11Dylan Wruck
F12Cole Benson
F16T. J. Foster
F17Jordan Peddle
F18Michael St. Croix
F20Rhett Rachinski
F21Travis Ewanyk
F23Tyler Maxwell
F25Tristan Sieben
F26Kristians Pelss
F27Curtis Lazar
F29Mitchell Moroz

Road to the Cup

OHL playoffs

See main article: 2011–12 OHL season.

QMJHL playoffs

See main article: 2011–12 QMJHL season.

WHL playoffs

See main article: 2011–12 WHL season.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saint John loses Memorial Cup bid to Shawinigan . . April 7, 2011 . April 7, 2011.
  2. Web site: Shawinigan Cataractes 2012 Playoffs Roster . March 17, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120418104639/http://www.cataractes.qc.ca/roster/index/team/49/sort/last . April 18, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
  3. Web site: Saint John Sea Dogs roster . May 11, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120427041703/http://www.saintjohnseadogs.com/roster/index/team/60/sort/last . April 27, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
  4. Web site: London Knights . May 12, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120501083130/http://www.londonknights.com/roster/list/year/2011/team/8 . May 1, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
  5. Web site: Edmonton Oil Kings . May 14, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120512101341/http://oilkings.ca/roster/index/team/32 . May 12, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .

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