Canadian Junior Hockey 2011 - 12 Memorial Cup

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The 2012 Mastercard Memorial Cup was a four-team, round-robin format ice hockey tournament played from May 18 to 27, 2012 in Shawinigan, Quebec. The tournament featured the London Knights, champions of the Ontario Hockey League, the Saint John Sea Dogs, champions of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, the Edmonton Oil Kings, champions of the Western Hockey League and the host team Shawinigan Cataractes. On May 27, the Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the London Knights 2 to 1 in overtime to win the Memorial Cup. Shawinigan while winning the Memorial Cup for the first time in franchise history became only the second team to win the Memorial Cup after playing in the tiebreaker game. The Cataractes win was the first for the QMJHL since 1997. 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 2011 - 12 Memorial Cup Games

Friday May 18, 2012 - Edmonton Oil Kings 4, Shawinigan Cataractes 3
Saturday May 19, 2012 - London Knights 5, Saint John Sea Dogs 3
Sunday May 20, 2012 - Shawinigan Cataractes 6, London Knights 3
Monday May 21, 2012 - Saint John Sea Dogs 5, Edmonton Oil Kings 2
Tuesday May 22, 2012 - London Knights 4, Edmonton Oil Kings 1
Wednesday May 23, 2012 - Saint John Sea Dogs 4, Shawinigan Cataractes 1
Thursday May 24, 2012 - 6, Edmonton Oil Kings 1
Friday May 25, 2012 - Shawinigan Cataractes 7, Saint John Sea Dogs 4
Sunday May 27, 2012 - Shawinigan Cataractes 2, London Knights 1 (OT)

Canadian Junior Hockey 2011 - 12 Memorial Cup Winning Roster

2012 Shawinigan Cataractes - GK 31 Alex Dubeau, GK 38 Gabriel Girard, D 2 Dillon Donnelly, D 3 Jonathan Racine, D 4 Morgan Ellis, D 12 Patrick Volpe, D 15 Jonathan Narbonne, D 28 Justin Hache, D 36 Brandon Gormley, D 55 Mathieu Gagnon, F 8 Mitchell Maynard, F 9 Yannick Veilleux, F 11 Frederick Gaudreau, F 22 Alexandre Grandmaison, F 44 Felix-Antoine Bergeron, F 54 Maximilien Le Sieur, F 60 Pierre-Olivier Morin, F 62 Michael Chaput, F 72 Loik Poudrier, F 77 Kirill Kabanov, F 78 Michael Bournival, F 79 Anton Zlobin, F 91 Vincent Arseneau, F 92 Peter Sakaris, Coach Eric Veilleux

Canadian Junior Hockey 2011 - 12 Memorial Cup Awards

Tournament MVP - Michael Chaput, Shawinigan Cataractes
Sportsmanship: Zack Phillips, Saint John Sea Dogs
Leading Scorer: Michael Chaput, Shawinigan Cataractes
Outstanding Goaltender: Gabriel Girard, Shawinigan Cataractes
All Star Team: Goaltender - Michael Houser (London Knights)
Forwards - Henrik Samuelsson (Edmonton Oil Kings), Austin Watson (London Knights), Michael Chaput (Shawinigan Cataractes)
Defencemen - Jarred Tinordi (London Knights), Brandon Gormley (Shawinigan Cataractes)