Telus Cup

Telus Cup
Sport	Ice Hockey
Founded	1973
No. of teams	6
Country(ies)	Canada
Most recent champion(s)	Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves

The Telus Cup, formerly the Air Canada Cup and Wrigley Cup, is Canada's national midget hockey championship.

The most recent winners of the Telus Cup were the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves, from Sudbury, Ontario. They defeated the Winnipeg Thrashers 6-4 in the final game played in Arnprior, Ontario.

The 2009 Telus Cup is being held in Selkirk, Manitoba ^[1] and will run from April 20 to April 26.

The six teams represented in 2008 year are listed below.

[edit] History

[edit] 1973-1978

The forerunner to the Air Canada Cup was the Wrigley National Midget Hockey Tournament which ran for five years, 1974 though 1978 inclusive. Prior to Wrigley, in 1973, the Prince Edward Island provincial government co-sponsored it as part of their "Come Home Year" celebrations.

The Wrigley was an invitation event at the time with regions declaring their respective champions with competition throughout the Christmas and New Years holidays within each of Canadian Hockey's 11 branch play-downs. A host team comprised the 12th competitor in the Wrigley played annually in January.

[edit] 1979

In April of 1979 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the inaugural Air Canada Cup was held. It provided Canada with its first true national midget club hockey championship. At the time, each of Canada's 12 branch champions through a playoff system would advance to the national final sending it's winner to the Air Canada Cup

[edit] 1984

The Air Canada Cup was revised in 1984. It was revised to an annual competition involving five regional champions. The winners of those were declared by inter-branch play downs. The sixth team in the competition is usually the host team. This format remains today.

[edit] Past Telus Cup Winners

[edit] Most Championships by Region

Note: Wins by host teams and teams prior to regional consolidation have been assigned to the respective regions as they currently exist.

[edit] Past Host Cities

[edit] Award Winners

[edit] MVP's

[edit] Most Sportsmanlike

[edit] Top Goaltender

[edit] Top Defenceman

[edit] Top Forward

[edit] Top Scorer

[edit] Esso Most Dedicated Award/Scholarship

[edit] NHL Alumni

A
(*)Glenn Anderson - 1977 - Burnaby, BC (EDM, NYR, STL, TOR)
(*)Shawn Anderson - 1984 - Lac St-Louis, QC (BUF, PHI, QUE, WSH)
(*)Shawn Anderson - 1985 - Lac St-Louis, QC (BUF, PHI, QUE, WSH)

B
(**)Jeff Batters - 1987 - Notre Dame, SK (STL)
(*)Ken Berry - 1977 - Burnaby, BC (EDM, VAN)
(*)Mark Botell - 1978 - Wexford, ON (PHI)
Philippe Boucher - 1990 - Ste-Foy, QC (BUF, LA, DAL)
Daniel Brière - 1994 - Gatineau, QC (BUF, PHO)
Rod Brind’Amour - 1986- Notre Dame, SK (CAR, PHI)
Rod Brind’Amour - 1987 - Notre Dame, SK (CAR, PHI)
(*)Dave Bruce - 1981 - Current River, ON (SJ, STL, VAN)
Benoit Brunet - 1985 - Lac St-Louis, QC (DAL, MTL, OTT)
(*)Mario Brunetta - 1983 - Ste-Foy, QC (QUE)
(*)Mike Bullard - 1978 - East Ottawa, ON (CGY, PHI, PIT, STL, TOR)
(*)Lyndon Byers - 1980 - Notre Dame, SK (BOS, SJ)
(*)Lyndon Byers - 1981 - Notre Dame, SK (BOS, SJ)

C
(*)Frederic Chabot - 1986 - Ste-Foy, QC (LA, MTL, PHI)
(*)Todd Charlesworth - 1981 - Gloucester, ON (NYR, PIT)
Eric Chouinard - 1997 - Ste-Foy, QC (MTL)
(*)Dean Chynoweth - 1985 - Calgary, AB (BOS, NYI)
(*)Wendel Clark - 1982 - Notre Dame, SK (CHI, DET, NYI, QUE, TBY, TOR)
(*)Pat Conacher - 1976 - Calgary, AB (NYR, EDM, NJ, LA, CAL, NYI)
René Corbet - 1990 - Richelieu, QC (CGY, COL, PIT, QUE)
(*)Alain Côté - 1983 - Ste-Foy, QC (BOS, MTL, QUE, TBY, WSH)
Sylvain Côté - 1982 - Ste-Foy, QC (CHI, DAL, HFD, TOR, WSH)
(*)Russ Courtnall - 1982 - Notre Dame, SK (DAL, LA, MIN, MTL, NYR, TOR, VAN)
Marcel Cousineau - 1990 - Richelieu, QC (LA, NYI, TOR)
(*)Dale Craigwell - 1988 - Oshawa, ON (SJ)
(*)Sidney Crosby - 2002 - (PIT)
(*)Brian Curran - 1979 - Red Deer, AB (BOS, BUF, NYI, TOR, WSH)
(*)Brian Curran - 1980 - Red Deer, AB (BOS, BUF, NYI, TOR, WSH)
(*)Denis Cyr - 1975 - Verdun, QC (CGY, CHI, STL)

D
(*)Kevin Dahl - 1985 - Thunder Bay, ON (CBJ, CGY, PHO, TOR)
Xavier Delisle - 1993 - Ste-Foy, QC (MTL, TBY)
(*)Bobby Dollas - 1981 - Ste-Foy, QC (ANA, CGY, DET, EDM, OTT, PIT, QUE, SJ, WPG)
(*)Peter Douris - 1983 - Don Mills, ON (ANA, BOS, DAL, WPG)
(*)Pierre-Claude Drouin - 1991 - Lac St-Louis, QC (BOS)

E
(*)Bruce Eakin - 1979 - St. James, MB (CGY, DET)
(*)Jim Ennis - 1983 - Sherwood Park, AB (EDM)
(*)Jim Ennis - 1984 - Sherwood Park, AB (EDM)
(*)Dean Evason - 1980 - Brandon, MB (CGY, DAL, HFD, SJ, WSH)

F
(*)Brent Fedyk - 1983 - Regina, SK (DAL, DET, NYR, PHI)
Emmanuel Fernandez - 1991 - Lac St-Louis, QC (DAL, MIN)
Stéphane Fiset - 1987 - Richelieu, QC (LA, QUE)
Wade Flaherty - 1983 - Terrace, BC/ C.-B. (NYI, SJ, TBY)
(*)Todd Flichel - 1981 - Gloucester, ON (WPG)
Ron Francis - 1980 - Sault Ste-Marie, ON (TOR, CAR, HFD, PIT)
(*)Scott Fraser - 1990 - Notre Dame, SK (EDM, MTL, NYR)

G
Simon Gagné - 1996 - Ste-Foy, QC (PHI)
(*)Gerard Gallant - 1980 - Sherwood Parkdale, PEI (DET, TBY)
(*)Garry Galley - 1979 - Ottawa West, ON (BOS, BUF, LA, NYI, PHI, WSH)
(*)Eric Germain - 1982 - Ste-Foy, QC (LA)
(*)Eric Germain - 1982 - Ste-Foy, QC (LA)
(*)Paul Gillis - 1979 - St. Michael’s, ON (CHI, HFD, QUE)
(*)Daniel Goneau - 1992 - Lac St-Louis, QC(NYR)
(*)Mike Greenlay - 1985 - Calgary, AB (EDM)
(*)François Groleau - 1989 - Ste-Foy, QC (MTL)
Steve Guolla - 1990 - Toronto, ON (ATL, SJ, TBY)
(*)Kevan Guy - 1982 - Edmonton, AB (CGY, VAN)

H
(*)Randy Heath - 1979 - Burnaby, BC/ C.-B. (NYR)
(*)Randy Heath - 1980 - Burnaby, BC/ C.-B. (NYR)
Dany Heatley - 1998- Calgary, AB (ATL)
(*)Mike Heidt - 1980 - Calgary, AB (LA)
(*)Ian Herbers - 1983 - Sherwood Park, AB (EDM, NYI, TBY)
(*)Ian Herbers - 1984 - Sherwood Park, AB (EDM, NYI, TBY)
(*)Jason Herter - 1987 - Notre Dame, SK (NYI)
(*)Ron Hextall - 1980 - Brandon, MB (NYI, PHI, QUE)
Ken Hitchcock (Coach/ Entr.) - 1983 - Sherwood Park, AB (DAL, PHI)
Ken Hitchcock (Coach/ Entr.) - 1984 - Sherwood Park, AB (DAL, PHI)
Terry Hollinger - 1988 - Regina, SK (STL)
(*)Paul Houck - 1979 - Burnaby, BC/ C.-B. (MIN)
(*)Paul Houck - 1980 - Burnaby, BC/ C.-B. (MIN)
Tony Hrkac - 1983 - Andrews, ON (ANA, CHI, DAL, EDM, NYI, QUE, SJ, STL)

J
John Jakopin - 1992 - Mississauga, ON (FLA, PIT)
(*)Grant Jennings - 1982 - Notre Dame, SK (BUF, HFD, PIT, TOR, WSH)
Greg Johnson - 1988 - Thunder Bay, ON (CHI, DET, NSH, PIT)
(*)Bob Joyce - 1982 - Notre Dame, SK (BOS, WPG, WSH)
(*)Claude Julien - 1977 - Ottawa West, ON (QUE)

K
(*)Gord Kluzak - 1980 - Notre Dame, SK (BOS)
Krys Kolanos - 1998 - Calgary, AB (PHX, STL)
Olaf Kolzig - 1987 - Dartmouth, NS/ N.-E. (WSH)
(*)Gord Kruppke - 1985 - Calgary, AB (DET)
(*)Dale Kushner - 1983 - Terrace, BC/ C.-B. (NYI, PHI)

L
(*)Patrick Labrecque - 1988 - Laval-Larentides, QC (MTL)
(*)Norm Lacombe - 1981 - Lac St-Louis, QC (BUF, EDM, PHI)
Claude Lapointe - 1984 - Lac St-Louis, QC (CGY, COL, NYI, QUE)
Claude Lapointe - 1985 - Lac St-Louis, QC (CGY, COL, NYI, QUE)
(*)Steve Larouche - 1987 - Richelieu, QC (LA, NYR, OTT)
(*)David Latta - 1982 - Thunder Bay, ON (QUE)
(*)Éric Lavigne - 1989 - Ste-Foy, QC (LA)
(*)Gary Leeman - 1980 - Notre Dame, SK (CGY, MTL, STL, TOR, VAN)
(*)Gary Leeman - 1981 - Notre Dame, SK (CGY, MTL, STL, TOR, VAN)
(*)Ken Linseman - 1974 - Kingston, ON (BOS, EDM, PHI, TOR)
(*)Robert Logan - 1981 - Lac St-Louis, QC (BUF, LA)
(*)Brian Loney - 1990 - Notre Dame, SK (VAN)
(*)Danny Lorenz - 1986 - Burnaby, BC/ C.-B. (NYI)
Joffrey Lupul - 2000 - Fort Saskatchewan, SK (ANA)

M
Al MacInnis - 1979 - Antigonish, NS/ N.-E (CGY, STL)
(*)Donald MacLean - 1994 - Halifax, NS/ N.-E. (LA, TOR)
Norm Maracle - 1991 - Calgary, AB (ATL, DET)
Marquis Mathieu - 1990 - Ste-Foy, QC (BOS)
(*)Paul Marshall - 1977 - Don Mills, ON (HFD, PIT, TOR)
Randy McKay - 1984 - Lac St-Louis, QC (DAL, DET, NJ)
(*)Andrew McKim - 1986 - Moncton, NB/ N.-B. (BOS, DET)
Kirk McLean - 1983 - Don Mills, ON (CAR, FLA, NJ, NYR, VAN)
(*)Roland Melanson - 1977 - Moncton, NB/ N.-B. (LA, MIN, MTL, NJ, NYI)
Dean Melanson - 1989 - Antigonish, NS/ N.-E (BUF, WSH)
Scott Mellanby - 1983 - Don Mills, ON (EDM, FLA, PHI, STL)
(*)Mitch Messier - 1981 - Notre Dame, SK (MIN)
(*)Mitch Messier - 1982 - Notre Dame, SK (MIN)
(*)Mike Millar - 1982 - St. Catharines, ON (BOS, HFD, TOR, WSH)
(*)Mike Moller - 1979 - Red Deer, AB (BUF, EDM)
(*)Randy Moller - 1979 - Red Deer, AB (BUF, FLA, NYR, QUE)
Jason Morgan - 1993 - Kitchener, ON (LA)
Derek Morris - 1995 - Red Deer, AB (PHO, CGY)
(*)Larry Murphy - 1977 - Don Mills, ON (DET, LA, MIN, PIT, TOR, WSH)

N
Tyson Nash - 1991 - Sherwood Park, AB (PHO, STL)
(*)Dwayne Norris - 1986 - St. John’s, NF/ T.-N. (ANA, QUE)
(*)Dwayne Norris - 1987 - Notre Dame, SK (ANA, QUE)

O
(*)Selmar Odelein - 1983 - Regina, SK (EDM)
Lyle Odelein - 1985 - Regina, SK (CBJ, CHI, MTL, NJ, PHO)
(*)Keith Osborne - 1986 - Toronto, ON (STL, TBY)
(*)Myles O’Connor - 1984 - Notre Dame, SK (ANA, NJ)
(*)Mike O’Neill - 1984 - Lac St-Louis, QC (ANA, WPG)

P
(*)Darren Pang - 1980 - Nepean, ON (CHI)
James Patrick - 1979 - St. James, MB (BUF, CGY, NYR)
James Patrick - 1980 - St. James, MB (BUF, CGY, NYR)
(*)Mark Paterson - 1980 - Nepean, ON (HFD)
(*)Kent Paynter - 1981 - North River, PEI/ I.-P.-E (CHI, OTT, WPG, WSH)
(*)Rob Pearson - 1988 - Oshawa, ON (STL, TOR, WSH)
Mike Peca - 1990 - Toronto, ON (BUF, NYI, VAN)
Scott Pellerin - 1986 - Moncton, NB/ N.-B. (BOS, CAR, DAL, MIN, NJ, STL)
Scott Pellerin - 1987 - Notre Dame, SK (BOS, CAR, DAL, MIN, NJ, STL)
(*)Michel Petit - 1980 - Ste-Foy, QC (CGY, EDM, LA, NYR, PHI, PHO, QUE, TBY, TOR, VAN)
(*)Michel Picard - 1986 - Ste-Foy, QC (EDM, HFD, OTT, PHI, SJ, STL)
Patrick Poulin - 1989 - Ste-Foy, QC (CHI, HFD, MTL, TBY)

R
(*)Yves Racine - 1986 - Ste-Foy, QC (CGY, DET, MTL, PHI, SJ, TBY)
(*)Darryl Reaugh - 1981 - Prince George, BC/ C.-B. (EDM, HFD)
Pascal Rhéaume - 1990 - Ste-Foy, QC (ATL, CHI, NJ, STL)
(*)Jean-Marc Richard - 1983 - Ste-Foy, QC (QUE)
(*)Mike Richard - 1983 - Don Mills, ON (WSH)
Luke Richardson - 1984 - Ottawa West, ON (CLMB, EDM, PHI, TOR)
(*)Pierre Rioux - 1978 - Ste-Foy, QC (CGY)
(*)Pierre Rioux - 1979 - Ste-Foy, QC (CGY)
(*)Normand Rochefort - 1976 - Trois-Rivières, QC (NYR, QUE, TBY)
Cliff Ronning - 1982 - Burnaby, BC/ C.-B. (NYI, LA, NSH, PHO, STL, VAN)
(*)Patrick Roy - 1982 - Ste-Foy, QC (COL, MTL)
(*)Stéphane Roy - 1983 - Ste-Foy, QC (MIN)
(*)Cam Russell - 1984 - Dartmouth, NS/ N.-E (CHI, COL)
(*)Cam Russell - 1985 - Dartmouth, NS/ N.-E (CHI, COL)

S
Joe Sakic - 1986 - Burnaby, BC (COL, QUE)
(*)Jean-François Sauvé - 1977 - Lac St-Louis, QC (BUF, QUE)
(*)Réginald Savage - 1987 - Richelieu, QC (QUE, WSH)
(*)Denis Savard - 1975 - Verdun, QC (CHI, MTL, TBY)
(*)Andy Schliebener - 1979 - Ottawa West, ON (VAN)
(*)Jeff Sharples - 1983 - Terrace, BC/ C.-B. (DET)
(*)Brad Shaw - 1981 - Kitchener, ON (HFD, OTT, STL, WSH)
(*)Gord Sherven - 1979 - Notre Dame, SK (EDM, HFD, MIN)
(*)Gord Sherven - 1980 - Notre Dame, SK (EDM, HFD, MIN)
(*)Mike Siltala - 1980 - Sault Ste-Marie, ON (NYR, WSH)
(*)Chris Snell - 1988 - Oshawa, ON (LA, TOR)
(*)Mike Stothers - 1979 - St. Michael’s, ON (PHI, TOR)
(*)Ken Strong - 1979 - St. Michael’s, ON (TOR)
(*)Todd Strueby - 1980 - Notre Dame, SK (EDM)
Brad Stuart - 1996 - Red Deer, AB (SJ)
Don Sweeney - 1983 - Saint John, NB/ N.-B (BOS)

T
(*)Tony Tanti - 1979 - St. Michael’s, ON (BUF, CHI, PIT, VAN)
(*)Bill Terry - 1978 - Wexford, ON (MIN)
Brent Thompson - 1988 - Calgary, AB (LA, PHO, WPG)
(*)Mike Tomlak - 1981 - Thunder Bay, ON (HFD)
Barry Trotz - 1979 - Notre Dame, SK (NASH)
Marty Turco - 1993 - Sault Ste. Marie, ON(DAL)
(*)Darren Turcotte - 1984 - North Bay, ON (HFD, NSH, NYR, SJ, STL, WPG)

V
(*)Mark Vermette - 1984 - Notre Dame, SK (QUE)
(*)Claude Verret - 1979 - Ste-Foy, QC (BUF)
(*)Claude Verret - 1980 - Ste-Foy, QC (BUF)

W
Wes Walz - 1988 - Calgary, AB (BOS, CGY, DET, MIN, PHI)
Brad Werenka - 1984 - Sherwood Park, AB (CGY, CHI, EDM, PIT, QUE)
Peter White - 1985 - Lac St-Louis, QC (CHI, EDM, PHI, TOR)

Y
(*)Steve Yzerman - 1980 - Nepean, ON (DET)

(*) Indicates that player is no longer affiliated to an NHL club or is retired.
(**) Indicates that player is deceased.

[edit] References

1. ^ Telus Cup

[edit] External links

• Air Canada Cup/Telus Cup NHL alumni