1989 Centennial Cup

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1989 Manitoba Centennial Cup
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Tournament details
DatesMay 1989
Teams4
Venue(s) Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Thunder Bay Flyers (1st title)
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Summerside Western Capitals
Third place  Bronze medal blank.svg Moncton Hawks
Fourth place Vernon Lakers
Tournament statistics
Games played8
Scoring leader(s) Greg Johnson (Thunder Bay)
MVP Todd Hendersen (Thunder Bay)
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The Centennial Cup

The 1989 Centennial Cup is the 19th Junior "A" 1989 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.

Contents

The Centennial Cup was competed for by the winners of the Abbott Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Callaghan Cup, and a host city.

The tournament was hosted by the Summerside Western Capitals in the city of Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

The Playoffs

The Thunder Bay Flyers were coached by Dave Siciliano, and won the United States Hockey League regular season and playoffs in 1989. [1] The Flyers began the Canadian playoffs undefeated in eight games with series victories versus the Sudbury Cubs and the Pembroke Lumber Kings to win the Dudley Hewitt Cup. [1] [2] Siciliano recalled that the Flyers were not given respect in advance of the 1989 Centennial Cup, and said that "the host Summerside team commented at the coaches press conference that Thunder Bay couldn't be very strong since they played in an American-based league". [2] During the round-robin stage of the tournament, the Flyers earned wins versus the Vernon Lakers and Moncton Hawks, and lost to the Summerside Western Capitals. [1] [2] The Flyers earned a berth in the cup finals based on goal difference among three teams tied for first place, then defeated Summerside by a 4–1 score in the final game to win the Centennial Cup. [2] The Centennial Cup championship was the first for any team from Northwestern Ontario. [1]

Round Robin

PosLeague (Ticket)TeamPldWLGFGAGDQualification
1 USHL (Dudley Hewitt Cup) Thunder Bay Flyers 321189+9 Final
2 MVJHL (Callaghan Cup) Moncton Hawks 3211311+2 Semi-final
3 IJHL (Host) Summerside Western Capitals 3211314−1
4 BCJHL (Abbott Cup) Vernon Lakers 303818−10
Source: [ citation needed ]

Results

Thunder Bay Flyers defeated Vernon Lakers 8-2
Summerside Western Capitals defeated Thunder Bay Flyers 5-4
Moncton Hawks defeated Vernon Lakers 5-2
Moncton Hawks defeated Summerside Western Capitals 6-3
Thunder Bay Flyers defeated Moncton Hawks 6-2
Summerside Western Capitals defeated Vernon Lakers 5-4 double overtime

Semi-finals and Final

Semi-finals Centennial Cup Finals
      
1 Thunder Bay Flyers 4
3 Summerside Western Capitals 1
2 Moncton Hawks 2
3 Summerside Western Capitals 3

Please note: Semi- Final was won in 14:51 of 3rd overtime period

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Todd Hendersen (Thunder Bay Flyers)
Top Scorer: Greg Johnson (Thunder Bay Flyers)
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Cam Sylven (Vernon Lakers)

All-Star Team

Forward

Greg Johnson (Thunder Bay Flyers)
Ken Murchison (Summerside Western Capitals)
Jason Bortolussi(Thunder Bay Flyers)

Defence

Rodney Gallant (Summerside Western Capitals)
Stephane Duval (Moncton Hawks)

Goal

Darin Baker (Moncton Hawks)

Roll of League Champions

AJHL : Red Deer Rustlers
BCJHL : Vernon Lakers
CJHL : Pembroke Lumber Kings
IJHL : Summerside Western Capitals
MJHL : Winnipeg South Blues
MVJHL : Moncton Hawks
NOJHL : Sudbury Cubs
PCJHL : Williams Lake Mustangs
QPJHL : Longueuil Collège Français
SJHL : Humboldt Broncos

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Imrie, Diane (April 12, 2018). "Reliving the years when Flyers were buzzing". The Chronicle-Journal . Thunder Bay, Ontario. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "National Jr. A Championship Rewind: Thunder Bay Flyers celebrated initial national Jr. A title 30 years ago". Canadian Junior Hockey League . May 19, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
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