2002 Memorial Cup


The 2002 Memorial Cup occurred May 18–26 at the Guelph Sports and Entertainment Centre in Guelph, Ontario. It was the 84th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League. It featured the host team, the Guelph Storm, as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League: the Erie Otters, Victoriaville Tigres and the Kootenay Ice respectively. The Kootenay Ice won their first Memorial Cup, beating the Victoriaville Tigres in the final.

Round-robin standings

Scores

  • May 18: Guelph 5–1 Victoriaville
  • May 19: Kootenay 3–0 Erie
  • May 20: Kootenay 4–3 Guelph
  • May 21: Erie 5–1 Victoriaville
  • May 22: Victoriaville 3–2 Kootenay
  • May 23: Erie 4–0 Guelph
Tie-breaker
  • May 24: Victoriaville 4–3 Guelph
Semi-final
  • May 25: Victoriaville 5–4 Erie
Final
  • May 26: Kootenay 6–3 Victoriaville

    Winning team

, Bryan Bridges, B. J. Boxma, Nigel Dawes, Gerard Dicaire, Brennan Evans, Cole Fischer, Curtis Fransoo, Travis Featherstone, Richard Hamula, Chris LaValley, Dale Mahovsky, Steve Makway, Duncan Milroy, Shaun Norrie, Tomas Plihal, Kyle Sheen, Colin Sinclair, Jarret Stoll, Marek Svatos, Adam Taylor, Andy Thompson, Craig Weller. Coach: Ryan McGill

Scoring leaders

  1. Matthew Lombardi, VIC 9p
  2. Cory Pecker, ER 7p
  3. Danny Groulx, VIC 7p
  4. Carl Malette, VIC 6p
  5. Colin Sinclair, KOO 6p
  6. Kevin Dallman, GUE 6p
  7. Brad Boyes, ER 5p
  8. Brandon Cullen, ER 5p
  9. Marek Svatos, KOO, 5p
  10. Jarret Stoll, KOO 5p

    Goaltending leaders

  11. T. J. Aceti, ER
  12. B. J. Boxma, KOO
  13. Daniel Manzato, VIC
  14. Andrew Penner, GUE
  15. Daniel Boisclair, VIC

    Award winners

  • Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy : Danny Groulx, Victoriaville
  • George Parsons Trophy : Tomas Plihal, Kootenay
  • Hap Emms Memorial Trophy : T. J. Aceti, Erie
  • Ed Chynoweth Trophy : Matthew Lombardi, Victoriaville
All-Star Team