| Tourney Name: | Telus Cup |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Size: | 300px |
| Dates: | April 23 – 29, 2018 |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Venues: | Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, ON |
| Type: | other |
| Winners: | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Second: | Cantonniers de Magog |
| Third: | Lethbridge Hurricanes |
| Scoring Leader: | Brad Morrissey Jeremey Rainville |
| Mvp: | Ronan Seeley |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
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]
| Result | Team | Region | City | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame Hounds | West | Wilcox, SK | ||
| Cantonniers de Magog | Quebec | Magog, QC | ||
| 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 |
Head-to-head record, most wins, highest goal differential.
| 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 |
| 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 |
Moncton Flyers advance by winning regional championship played March 29-April 1, 2018 at Lantz, Nova Scotia.[3] [4]
| style= width=40% | Away Team | Score | style= width=40% | Home Team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moncton | 3 | Dartmouth | 2 |
Cantonniers de Magog advance by winning Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League championship.
Toronto Young Nationals advance by winning the regional championship played April 1–8, 2018 at Rockland, Ontario.[5]
| Game | style= width=35% | Away Team | Score | style= width=35% | Home Team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF 1 | Ajax-Pickering | 4 | Waterloo | 3 | ||
| SF 2 | Toronto | 4 | Rockland | 3 | ||
| Final | Toronto | 6 | Ajax-Pickering | 2 |
Notre Dame Hounds advanced by winning the regional championship played April 5–8, 2018 at Fort William First Nation near Thunder Bay, Ontario.[6]
| style= width=40% | Away Team | Score | style= width=40% | Home Team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg | 2 | Notre Dame | 5 |
Full standings and statistics available at Pointstreak.com.
Lethbridge Hurriances advance by winning best-of-three series played April 6–7, 2018 at Prospera Centre in Chilliwack, British Columbia.