2019 National Junior A Championship Explained

Tourney Name:National Junior A Championship
Year:2019
Host:Brooks Bandits
Dates:May 11–19, 2019
Venues:Centennial Regional Arena in Brooks, Alberta
Type:other
Winners:Brooks Bandits
Second:Prince George Spruce Kings
Games:13
Scoring Leader:Dylan Anhorn (Prince George)
Mvp:Francis Boisvert (Ottawa)
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2022

The 2019 National Junior A Championship was the 49th Canadian junior A ice hockey national championship for the Canadian Junior Hockey League and the 49th consecutive year a national championship was awarded to this skill level since the breakaway of Major Junior hockey in 1970. The tournament was played at the Centennial Regional Arena in Brooks, Alberta from May 11 to 19, 2019. The event and championship trophy were without a sponsor or title for this year following the ending of Royal Bank of Canada's partnership with Hockey Canada; Hockey Canada formally reinstated the Centennial Cup as the Junior 'A' championship in the summer of 2019.

Teams

Tournament

Round-robin

Rank Team League Ticket W–OTW–L–OTL Points
1 Host 4–0–0–0 12
2 Pacific 3–0–1–0 9
3 Central 2–0–2–0 6
4 Eastern 1–0–3–0 3
5 Western 0–0–4–0 0

Round-robin schedule

Game Away team Score Home team
May 11, 2019
1 Ottawa Jr. Senators 3–0 Portage Terriers
2 Oakville Blades 3–7 Brooks Bandits
May 12, 2019
3 Prince George Spruce Kings 5–1 Oakville Blades
4 Brooks Bandits 5–3 Portage Terriers
May 13, 2019
5 Prince George Spruce Kings 4–0 Ottawa Jr. Senators
May 14, 2019
6 Portage Terriers 4–5 Oakville Blades
7 Ottawa Jr. Senators 1–2 Brooks Bandits
May 15, 2019
8 Portage Terriers 1–5 Prince George Spruce Kings
May 16, 2019
9 Oakville Blades 7–4 Ottawa Jr. Senators
10 Brooks Bandits 3–1 Prince George Spruce Kings

Finals

Awards

Roland Mercier Trophy (Tournament MVP): Francis Boisvert, Ottawa Jr. Senators[1]

Top Forward: Ryan Mahshie, Brooks Bandits

Top Defencemen: Luke Bast, Brooks Bandits

Top Goaltender: Logan Neaton, Prince George Spruce Kings

Tubby Schmalz Trophy (Sportsmanship): Simon Gravel, Brooks Bandits

Top Scorer: Spencer Kersten, Oakville Blades

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NJAC AWARD WINNERS NAMED . CJHL . May 17, 2019.