Canadian Junior Hockey 2007 - 08 Memorial Cup

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The Kitchener Rangers of the OHL hosted the 2008 MasterCard Memorial Cup in Kitchener, Ontario. The Spokane Chiefs opened the tournament with a 5-4 overtime win over the OHL Belleville Bulls. Spokane had a 2-1 win over the host Rangers in their second game. The Chiefs went on to win their third round robine game against the QMJHL Olympiques. The hometown Rangers gefeated the Belleville Bulls 9-0 in the semi-final game before losing to the well rested Spokane Chiefs 4-1 in the championship game. The Memorial Cup was originally known as the OHA Memorial Cup and was donated by the Ontario Hockey Association in March, 1919. Initially the Cup was awarded to the national junior hockey champions of Canada. Later on it came to signify Junior 'A' hockey supremacy when in 1934, junior hockey in Canada was divided into 'A' and 'B' classifications. In 1971, junior 'A' hockey was divided once again to form a major junior and a Tier 'II' level. The Memorial Cup was awarded to the higher category. In 1972, a round-robin tournament format replaced the old play-down system to determine the champions. Since then, the champions of the Western Hockey League (WHL), the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), along with a host club, have met each spring in a round-robin series with the two top teams playing off in a sudden-death game to determine the Cup champions.

Canadian Junior Hockey 2007 - 08 Memorial Cup Games

Friday May-16, 2008 - Gatineau 5, Kitchener 6 OT
Saturday May-17, 2008 - Belleville 4, Spokane 5 OT
Sunday May-18, 2008 - Kitchener 1, Spokane 2
Monday May-19, 2008 - Belleville 6, Gatineau 3
Tuesday May-20, 2008 - Spokane 3, Gatineau 1
Wednesday May-21, 2008 - Kitchener 3, Belleville 4 OT
Friday May-23, 2008 - Kitchener 9, Belleville 0
Sunday May-25, 2008 - Kitchener 1, Spokane 4

Canadian Junior Hockey 2007 - 08 Memorial Cup Winning Roster

2008 Spokane Chiefs - GK 31 Kevin Armstrong, GK 34 Dustin Tokarski, D  2 Jared Cowen, D  3 Trevor Glass, D  4 Mike Reddington, D  5 Jace Coyle, D  6 Brett Bartman, D 15 Justin Falk, D 18 Jared Spurgeon, D 22 Stefan Ulmer, F  7 Ryan Letts, F  9 Tyler Johnson, F 10 Blake Gal, F 12 Chris Bruton, F 14 Mitch Wahl, F 16 Dustin Donaghy, F 17 Justin McCrae, F 20 David Rutherford, F 21 Ondrej Roman, F 23 Judd Blackwater, F 24 Curtis Kelner, F 25 Levko Koper, F 26 Seth Compton, F 27 Drayson Bowman, Head Coach Bill Peters

Canadian Junior Hockey 2007 - 08 Memorial Cup Awards

Tournament MVP - Dustin Tokarski, Spokane Chiefs
Sportsmanship: Matthew Halischuk, Kitchener Rangers
Leading Scorer: Justin Azevedo, Kitchener Rangers
Outstanding Goaltender: Dustin Tokarski, Spokane Chiefs
All Star Team: Goaltender - Dustin Tokarski (Spokane)
Forwards - Justin Azevedo (Kitchener), Drayson Bowman (Spokane), Mitch Wahl (Spokane)
Defencemen - Ben Shutron (Kitchener), Justin Falk (Spokane)