2009 Memorial Cup

2009 Mastercard Memorial Cup

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Colisée de Rimouski Rimouski, Quebec
Dates	May 15–24, 2009
Teams	4
Host team	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
TV partner(s)	Rogers Sportsnet (Canada-English) RDS (Canada-French) NHL Network (USA)
Final positions
Champions	Windsor Spitfires (OHL) (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	9
Attendance	41,440 (4,604 per game)
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The Memorial Cup trophy

The 2009 Memorial Cup was a four-team round-robin format ice hockey tournament played during May 2009 in Rimouski, Quebec. It was the 91st annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announced on April 3, 2008, that the Rimouski Océanic were chosen to host the event at the Colisée de Rimouski. ^[1] Other participants include the Windsor Spitfires, champions of the Ontario Hockey League, the Drummondville Voltigeurs, champions of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and the Kelowna Rockets, champions of the Western Hockey League. ^[2]

Five other QMJHL teams submitted a bid to host the event, including the Chicoutimi Saguenéens, Halifax Mooseheads, Lewiston Maineiacs, Shawinigan Cataractes, and the St. John's Fog Devils. ^[3] The Maineiacs bid partnered with the American Hockey League's Portland Pirates, with a plan to host the event in Portland's Cumberland County Civic Center. ^[4] The QMJHL announced a five-member independent selection committee to evaluate the bids, headed by former New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord. ^[5]

The tournament began on May 15, 2009 with Kelowna beating Rimouski 4–1. Windsor defeated Rimouski in the tiebreaker and Drummondville in the semifinal, becoming just the second team since the current Memorial Cup tournament format was adopted in 1983 to reach the final after losing its first two games. Windsor then captured the Memorial Cup, defeating Kelowna 4–1 on May 24, 2009, becoming the first team in Memorial Cup history to win the tournament after starting 0–2, and also the first to win coming out of the tiebreaker.

Tournament

All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).

Round robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)	3	2	1	11	7	+4	Advanced directly to the championship game
2	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)	3	2	1	10	10	0	Advanced to the semifinal game
3	Windsor Spitfires (OHL) [a]	3	1	2	8	9	−1	Advanced to the tiebreaker
4	Rimouski Océanic (host/QMJHL)	3	1	2	8	11	−3	Advanced to the tiebreaker

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. Windsor finished 4th based on head-to-head round robin matchups but defeated Rimouski in the tiebreaker game.

Results

May 15	Kelowna Rockets		4–1		Rimouski Océanic	Colisée de Rimouski	Recap
Tyler Myers 1 - 06:33		First period			No scoring
Jamie Benn 1 - pp - 04:33 Ian Duval 1 - 05:52		Second period			No scoring
Lucas Bloodoff 1 - 01:29		Third period			13:04 - Philippe Cornet 1
Mark Guggenberger 19 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats			Maxim Gougeon 38 saves / 42 shots

May 16	Drummondville Voltigeurs		3–2	OT	Windsor Spitfires	Colisée de Rimouski	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			19:59 - pp - Adam Henrique 1
Gabriel Dumont 1 - 07:59 Philippe Lefebvre 1 - 14:07		Third period			11:48 - Adam Henrique 2
Maxime Frenette 1 - 08:56		First overtime period			No scoring
Marco Cousineau 33 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Andrew Engelage 30 saves / 33 shots

May 17	Rimouski Océanic		5–4		Windsor Spitfires	Colisée de Rimouski	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Patrice Cormier 1 - pp - 03:18 Jordan Caron 1 - 10:45 Patrick Delisle-Houde 1 - 14:48 Luca Cunti 1 - 16:32		Second period			06:19 - pp - Ryan Ellis 1 08:50 - sh - Dale Mitchell 1 18:22 - Andrei Loktionov 1
Logan MacMillan 1 - sh - 00:34		Third period			09:34 - Andrei Loktionov 2
Maxim Gougeon 35 saves / 39 shots		Goalie stats			Andrew Engelage 20 saves / 25 shots

May 18	Drummondville Voltigeurs		4–6		Kelowna Rockets	Colisée de Rimouski	Recap
Yannick Riendeau 1 - 14:27 Marc-Olivier Vachon 1 - pp - 17:10		First period			04:02 - sh - Jamie Benn 2
Marc-Antoine Desnoyers 1 - 09:47		Second period			09:09 - Cody Almond 1 18:47 - Jamie Benn 3
Marc-Olivier Vachon 2 - pp - 07:23		Third period			09:26 - pp - Jamie Benn 4 11:41 - Jamie Benn 5 18:29 - Cody Almond 2
Marco Cousineau 17 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Mark Guggenberger 18 saves / 22 shots

May 19	Windsor Spitfires		2–1		Kelowna Rockets	Colisée de Rimouski	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Taylor Hall 1 - 16:21		Second period			07:33 - pp - Kyle St.Denis 1
Ryan Ellis 2 - 04:13		Third period			No scoring
Andrew Engelage 16 saves / 17 shots		Goalie stats			Mark Guggenberger 32 saves / 34 shots

May 20	Rimouski Océanic		2–3	OT	Drummondville Voltigeurs	Colisée de Rimouski	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Luca Cunti 2 - 01:39		Second period			06:07 - Jonathan Brunelle 1 11:56 - pp - Dmitry Kulikov 1
Patrice Cormier 2 - pp - 05:23		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			13:23 - Gabriel Dumont 2
Maxim Gougeon 17 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats			Marco Cousineau 39 saves / 41 shots

Tiebreaker

May 21	Windsor Spitfires		6–4		Rimouski Océanic	Colisée de Rimouski	Recap
Eric Wellwood 1 - 07:13 Scott Timmins 1 - 08:30		First period			08:02 - Sebastien Piche 1 12:47 - pp - Jordan Caron 2 16:15 - Emmanuel Boudreau 1
No scoring		Second period			17:25 - pp - Patrice Cormier 3
Dale Mitchell 2 - 04:11 Dale Mitchell 3 - pp - 06:00 Dale Mitchell 4 - pp - 07:44 Greg Nemisz 1 - pp - 19:59		Third period			No scoring
Andrew Engelage 17 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats			Maxim Gougeon 31 saves / 37 shots

Semifinal

May 22	Windsor Spitfires		3–2	OT	Drummondville Voltigeurs	Colisée de Rimouski	Recap
Taylor Hall 2 - 15:47 Ben Shutron 1 - 18:02		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			01:13 - Samson Mahbod 1 15:10 - pp - Yannick Riendeau 2
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Adam Henrique 3 - 04:31		First overtime period			No scoring
Andrew Engelage 19 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats			Marco Cousineau 44 saves / 47 shots

Final

May 24	Windsor Spitfires		4–1		Kelowna Rockets	Colisée de Rimouski	Recap
Adam Henrique 4 - 03:22 Dale Mitchell 5 - 04:58 Rob Kwiet 1 - pp - 07:11		First period			No scoring
Ryan Ellis 3 - 12:46		Second period			00:08 - pp - Colin Long 1
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Andrew Engelage 21 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Mark Guggenberger 0 saves / 3 shots Adam Brown 24 saves / 25 shots

Statistical leaders

Skaters

These are the top skaters based on points. If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player	Tea	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jamie Benn	Kelowna Rockets	4	5	4	9	8
Adam Henrique	Windsor Spitfires	6	4	5	9	11
Yannick Riendeau	Drummondville Voltigeurs	4	2	6	8	2
Taylor Hall	Windsor Spitfires	6	2	6	8	8
Andrei Loktionov	Windsor Spitfires	6	2	5	7	0
Greg Nemisz	Windsor Spitfires	6	1	6	7	2
Dale Mitchell	Windsor Spitfires	6	5	1	6	2
Mark Cundari	Windsor Spitfires	6	0	5	5	6
Patrice Cormier	Rimouski Océanic	4	3	1	4	8
Ryan Ellis	Windsor Spitfires	6	3	1	4	4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Goaltending

This is a combined table of the top goaltenders based on goals against average and save percentage with at least sixty minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA.

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	Min
Andrew Engelage	Windsor Spitfires	6	4	2	139	16	2.58	.885	0	372:04
Marco Cousineau	Drummondville Voltigeurs	4	2	2	146	13	2.94	.911	0	265:27
Mark Guggenberger	Kelowna Rockets	4	2	2	79	10	3.21	.873	0	187:04
Maxim Gougeon	Rimouski Océanic	4	1	3	138	17	4.03	.877	0	253:23

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds)

Tournament awards

Award	Recipient
Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (Most Valuable Player)	Taylor Hall, Windsor
George Parsons Trophy (Most Sportsmanlike)	Yannick Riendeau, Drummondville
Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Top Goaltender)	Marco Cousineau, Drummondville
Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Leading Scorer)	Jamie Benn, Kelowna

All-Star team	Position
Marco Cousineau, Drummondville	G
Ryan Ellis, Windsor	D
Tyler Myers, Kelowna	D
Jamie Benn, Kelowna	F
Patrice Cormier, Rimouski	F
Taylor Hall, Windsor	F

Rosters

Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) Head coach: Guy Boucher Pos. No. Player GK 33 Marco Cousineau GK 35 Antoine Tardif D 3 Marc-Érik Ouellet D 6 Marc-Antoine Desnoyers D 8 Ryan McKiernan D 9 Patrik Prokop D 15 Jeff Marcoux D 23 Charles Landry D 26 Olivier Hotte D 29 Dmitri Kulikov D 82 Andrew Randazzo F 7 Sean Couturier F 10 Marc-Olivier Vachon F 11 Benoît Lévesque F 13 Yannick Riendeau F 17 Dany Massé F 24 Philippe Bergeron F 28 Samson Mahbod F 40 Gabriel Dumont F 70 Mike Hoffman F 81 Jonathan Brunelle F 83 Christopher DiDomenico F 89 Maxime Frenette F 94 Philippe Lefebvre

Kelowna Rockets (WHL) Head coach: Ryan Huska Pos. No. Player GK 30 Mark Guggenberger GK 31 Adam Brown D 2 Collin Bowman D 3 Tyler Myers D 4 Tyson Barrie D 7 Aaron Borejko D 8 Curt Gogol D 26 Tysen Dowzak F 9 Štěpán Novotný F 10 Evan Bloodoff F 11 Colin Long F 12 Cody Almond F 14 Jamie Benn F 15 Brandon McMillan F 16 Spencer Main F 17 Lucas Bloodoff F 18 Shane McColgan F 19 Ian Duval F 22 Mikael Backlund F 23 Kyle St. Denis F 24 Mitchell Callahan F 27 Ryley Grantham F 28 Kyle Verdino

Rimouski Océanic (Host) Head coach: Clement Jodoin Pos. No. Player GK 31 Maxim Gougeon GK 38 Matthew Dopud D 3 Marc-André Bourdon D 7 Sebastien Piche D 14 Gleason Fournier D 17 William Plourde D 18 Ryan Kavanagh D 20 Alexandre Brunet D 21 Emmanuel Boudreau D 24 Maxime Ouimet F 8 Patrick Delisle-Houde F 11 Logan MacMillan F 15 Philippe Cornet F 16 Olivier Fortier F 19 Keven Veilleux F 23 Mathieu Asselin F 26 Alexandre Durette F 27 Jordan Caron F 55 Frédéric Desrochers F 65 Ilya Silik F 71 Félix Lefrançois F 75 Nicholas Samoluk F 79 Luca Cunti F 90 Patrice Cormier

Windsor Spitfires (OHL) Head coach: Bob Boughner Pos. No. Player GK 1 Andrew Engelage GK 30 Josh Unice GK 34 Steve Gleeson D 5 Ron Soucie D 6 Ryan Ellis D 7 Adam Wallace D 13 Rob Kwiet D 17 Jesse Blacker D 42 Ben Shutron D 51 Mark Cundari D 55 Harry Young D 81 Patrick Moran F 4 Taylor Hall F 14 Adam Henrique F 16 Ben Dubois F 19 Lane MacDermid F 22 Richard Greenop F 25 James Woodcroft F 29 Conor O'Donnell F 44 Justin Shugg F 61 Austin Watson F 64 Greg Nemisz F 67 Eric Wellwood F 71 Dale Mitchell F 77 Scott Timmins F 90 Andrei Loktionov

Road to the Cup

OHL playoffs

Main article: 2008–09 OHL season

	Conference Quarterfinals					Conference Semifinals					Conference Finals					OHL Championship
	1	Belleville	4
	8	Sudbury	2
						1	Belleville	4
						6	Niagara	1
	3	Ottawa	3
	6	Niagara	4
											1	Belleville	2
	Eastern
											2	Brampton	4
	2	Brampton	4
	7	Peterborough	0
						2	Brampton	4
						4	Mississauga	2
	4	Mississauga	4
	5	Barrie	1
																E2	Brampton	1
																W1	Windsor	4
	1	Windsor	4
	8	Owen Sound	0
						1	Windsor	4
						4	Plymouth	2
	4	Plymouth	4
	5	Sarnia	1
											1	Windsor	4
	Western
											2	London	1
	2	London	4
	7	Erie	1
						2	London	4
						3	Saginaw	0
	3	Saginaw	4
	6	Guelph	0

QMJHL playoffs

Main article: 2008–09 QMJHL season

	First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					QMJHL Championships
	1C	Drummondville	4
	4C	Lewiston	0
						1	Drummondville	4
						8	Montreal	0
	2O	Montreal	4
	3O	Rouyn-Noranda	2
											1	Drummondville	4
											7	Rimouski	0
	1A	Moncton	4
	4A	P.E.I.	1
						2	Moncton	1
						7	Rimouski	4
	2E	Rimouski	4
	3E	Chicoutimi	0
																1	Drummondville	4
																5	Shawinigan	3
	1E	Quebec	4
	4E	Baie-Comeau	1
						3	Quebec	4
						6	Cape Breton	3
	2A	Cape Breton	4
	3A	Saint John	0
											3	Quebec	1
											5	Shawinigan	4
	1O	Gatineau	4
	5A	Acadie-Bathurst	1
						4	Gatineau	1
						5	Shawinigan	4
	2C	Shawinigan	4
	3C	Victoriaville	0

WHL playoffs

Main article: 2008–09 WHL season

	Conference Quarterfinals					Conference Semifinals					Conference Finals					WHL Championship
	1	Calgary	4
	8	Edmonton	0
						1	Calgary	4
						7	Lethbridge	0
	2	Saskatoon	3
	7	Lethbridge	4
											1	Calgary	4
	Eastern
											3	Brandon	0
	3	Brandon	4
	6	Kootenay	0
						3	Brandon	4
						5	Medicine Hat	0
	4	Swift Current	3
	5	Medicine Hat	4
																E1	Calgary	2
																W3	Kelowna	4
	1	Vancouver	4
	8	Prince George	0
						1	Vancouver	4
						4	Spokane	3
	4	Spokane	4
	5	Seattle	1
											1	Vancouver	2
	Western
											3	Kelowna	4
	2	Tri-City	4
	7	Everett	1
						2	Tri-City	2
						3	Kelowna	4
	3	Kelowna	4
	6	Kamloops	0

References

1. Jahnke, Karl (April 3, 2008). "Rimouski wins 2009 MasterCard Memorial Cup bid". QMJHL. Archived from the original on November 15, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2008.
2. Hale, Jeff; Pargas, Mark (May 15, 2009). "The Junior Report: Windsor Draws Attention With Memorial Cup Set to Begin". The New York Times.
3. "QMHL news archives, November 1, 2007". Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved November 3, 2007.
4. Lewiston Maineiacs news
5. "QMHL news archives, December 26, 2007". Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2007.

External links

• Memorial Cup Archived June 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
• Canadian Hockey League