1991 Centennial Cup

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1991 Manitoba Centennial Cup
Tournament details
DatesMay 1991
Teams5
Venue(s) Sudbury, Ontario
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Vernon Lakers (2nd title)
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Sudbury Cubs
Tournament statistics
Games played13
Scoring leader(s) Ryan Reynard (Thunder Bay)
MVP Andrew Backen (Thunder Bay)
  1990
1992  
The Centennial Cup Manitoba Centennial Cup at the HHOF.jpg
The Centennial Cup

The 1991 Centennial Cup was the 21st Junior "A" 1991 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.

Contents

The Centennial Cup was competed for by the winners of the Doyle Cup, Anavet Cup, Central Canadian Championship, the Eastern Canadian Champion and a host city.

The tournament was hosted by the Sudbury Cubs and Sudbury, Ontario.

The Playoffs

The Thunder Bay Flyers coached by Dave Siciliano won the Anderson Cup as the United States Hockey League regular season champion, [1] byt lost in the playoffs finals. [2] In the Dudley Hewitt Cup finals versus the Sudbury Cubs, the Flyers won by a 5–1 score. [3]

Round Robin

PosLeague (Ticket)TeamPldWLGFGAGDQualification
1 SJHL (Anavet Cup) Yorkton Terriers 4312215+7 Semi-final
2 MJAHL (Callaghan Cup) Halifax Jr. Canadians 4221514+1
3 NOJHL (Host) Sudbury Cubs 42216215
4 BCJHL (Doyle Cup) Vernon Lakers 42214206
5 USHL (Dudley Hewitt Cup) Thunder Bay Flyers 4132017+3
Source: [ citation needed ]

Results

Yorkton Terriers defeated Sudbury Cubs 8-4
Halifax Jr. Canadians defeated Thunder Bay Flyers 5-4
Halifax Jr. Canadians defeated Vernon Lakers 8-3
Thunder Bay Flyers defeated Sudbury Cubs 10-4
Yorkton Terriers defeated Halifax Jr. Canadians 5-2
Vernon Lakers defeated Thunder Bay Flyers 3-2
Vernon Lakers defeated Yorkton Terriers 5-4 in Overtime for the Abbott Cup
Sudbury Cubs defeated Halifax Jr. Canadians 2-0
Yorkton Terriers defeated Thunder Bay Flyers 5-4
Sudbury Cubs defeated Vernon Lakers 6-3

Semi-finals and Final

Semi-finals Centennial Cup Finals
      
1 Yorkton Terriers 5
4 Vernon Lakers 7
2 Sudbury Cubs 4
4 Vernon Lakers 8
2 Halifax Jr. Canadians 3
3 Sudbury Cubs 5

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Andrew Backen (Thunder Bay Flyers)
Top Scorer: Ryan Reynard (Thunder Bay Flyers)
Most Sportsmanlike Player: George Burton (Sudbury Cubs)

All-Star Team

Forward

Wayne Strachan (Thunder Bay Flyers)
Jason Elders (Vernon Lakers)
Dana Drake (Halifax Jr. Canadians)

Defence

Barry Cummins (Yorkton Terriers)
Andrew Backen (Thunder Bay Flyers)

Goal

Jocelyn Provost (Halifax Jr. Canadians)

Roll of League Champions

AJHL : Calgary Royals
BCHL : Vernon Lakers
CJHL : Hawkesbury Hawks
IJHL : Charlottetown Abbies
MJHL : Winkler Flyers
MVJHL : Halifax Jr. Canadians
NOJHL : Sudbury Cubs
PCJHL : Prince George Spruce Kings
QPJHL : Montreal Olympiques
SJHL : Yorkton Terriers
SJJHL : St. John's Jr. 50's

See also

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References

  1. "1990–91 United States Hockey League Standings". Hockey Database. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  2. "USHL Playoffs". The Des Moines Register . Des Moines, Iowa. April 7, 1991. p. 36. Lock-green.svg
  3. Ferguson, Bob (April 28, 1991). "Thunder Bay beats Sudbury in qualifying". Ottawa Citizen . Ottawa, Ontario. p. 29. Lock-green.svg