2012 Royal Bank Cup

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2012 Royal Bank Cup
National Junior A Championship
Tournament details
DatesMay 5, 2012 – May 13, 2012
Teams5
Venue(s) Elgar Peterson Arena in Humboldt, Saskatchewan
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Penticton Vees (2nd title)
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Woodstock Slammers
Tournament statistics
Games played13
MVP John Kleinhans (Soo)
  2011
2013  

The 2012 Royal Bank Cup was the 42nd Junior "A" 2012 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The 2012 Royal Bank Cup marked the 42nd consecutive year a national championship had been awarded to this skill level since the breakaway of Major Junior hockey in 1970.

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The Royal Bank Cup was competed for by the winners of the Doyle Cup, Anavet Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Fred Page Cup and the host team, the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. [1]

The tournament's round robin stage began on May 5, 2012, and the final was played on May 13, 2012. Tournament games were played at the Elgar Peterson Arena in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. Like every other year of the RBC round robin, it consisted of 5 teams in 2012.

Format

Since the Humboldt Broncos were the 2012 SJHL regular season champions and playoff champions, the Broncos still moved on to compete for the 2012 Anavet Cup. The Broncos turned out to be successful in the best of 7 2012 Anavet Cup series, defeating the 2012 MJHL playoff champion the Portage Terriers 4–3. Since the Humboldt Broncos hosted the 2012 RBC, the Portage Terriers received a berth in the tournament because every year during the RBC tournament the host teams automatically play, even if they missed or lost out of the playoffs early. [2]

The Penticton Vees of the BCHL entered the tournament as BCHL and Doyle Cup champions, with a BCHL record 42-game winning streak under their belt from earlier in the year. While breaking the BCHL record, the Vees rivaled but did not surpass the nationwide Junior A records of the 1999-2000 Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats (49 games, NOJHL), 1989-90 Sudbury Cubs (48 games, NOJHL), or 1981-82 Flin Flon Bombers (46 games, NJHL).

Final

The Penticton Vees won their second-ever National Junior A Championship with a 4–3 come-from-behind victory over the Maritime Junior Hockey League's Woodstock Slammers. The Vees led 2–0, but the Slammers stormed back to take a 3–2 lead past the halfway point of the third period. Soon after, the Vees scored to tie it in a game that seemed destined[ citation needed ] for overtime. In the final eight and a half minutes of play, the Slammers took three consecutive penalties, in which the Vees scored in the final minute of the final power play with 51 seconds remaining in the game to clinch the Royal Bank Cup. During the regular season, the Vees and Slammers were both nationally ranked #1 teams for most of the season, setting up a very evenly matched final.

Teams

Regular season: 42-11-2-3 (1st overall)
Playoffs: Defeated La Ronge 4-0, Defeated Battlefords 4-2, Defeated Weyburn 4-2 (SJHL Champions), Defeated Portage 4-3 (Won Anavet Cup).
Regular season: 42-15-0-5 (1st overall)
Playoffs: Defeated Selkirk 4-0, Defeated Winnipeg Blues 4-2, Defeated Winnipeg Saints 4-1 (MJHL Champions), Lost to Humboldt 3-4.
Regular season: 37-11-0-2 (1st overall)
Playoffs: Won round robin (3-0-1), Defeated Soo Eagles 4-0, Defeated North Bay 4-1 (NOJHL Champions), Won Dudley Hewitt Cup (4-1).
Regular season: 54-4-0-2 (1st overall)
Playoffs: Defeated Chilliwack 4-2, Defeated Merritt 4-1, Defeated Powell River 4-0 (BCHL Champions), Defeated Brooks 4-1 (Won Doyle Cup).
Regular season: 45-6-0-1 (1st overall)
Playoffs: Defeated Campbellton 4-0, Defeated Summerside 4-0, Defeated Yarmouth 4-3 (MHL Champions), Won Fred Page Cup (4-0).

Tournament

Round Robin

PosLeague (Ticket)TeamPldWLGFGAGDQualification
1 SJHL (Host/Anavet Cup) Humboldt Broncos 440156+9Semi-final
2 NOJHL (Dudley Hewitt Cup) Soo Thunderbirds 42212120
3 BCHL (Doyle Cup) Penticton Vees 42287+1
4 MHL (Fred Page Cup) Woodstock Slammers 41310144
5 MJHL (Anavet Cup finalist) Portage Terriers 4139156Eliminated
Source: [ citation needed ]

Results

All games at the Elgar Peterson Arena in Humboldt, SK.

GameHome TeamScoreAway TeamScoreNotes
Saturday, May 5, 2012
1 Penticton Vees 1 Soo Thunderbirds 2Final - Shots: 45-15 PEN
2 Woodstock Slammers 1 Humboldt Broncos 4Final - Shots: 37-35 HUM
Sunday, May 6, 2012
3 Portage Terriers 4 Soo Thunderbirds 32OT Final - Shots: 72-44 POR
4 Humboldt Broncos 3 Penticton Vees 2OT Final - Shots: 43-31 HUM
Monday, May 7, 2012
5 Portage Terriers 1 Woodstock Slammers 4Final - Shots: 35-29 WST
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
6 Soo Thunderbirds 0 Humboldt Broncos 3Final - Shots: 42-19 HUM
7 Woodstock Slammers 1 Penticton Vees 2Final - Shots: 41-21 PEN
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
8 Penticton Vees 3 Portage Terriers 1Final - Shots: 27-26 PEN
Thursday, May 10, 2012
9 Soo Thunderbirds 7 Woodstock Slammers 4Final - Shots: 35-19 WST
10 Humboldt Broncos 5 Portage Terriers 3Final - Shots: 35-30 POR

Semi-final

GameHome TeamScoreAway TeamScoreNotes
Saturday, May 12, 2012
11 Humboldt Broncos 3 Woodstock Slammers 4OT Final - Shots: 43-24 HUM
12 Soo Thunderbirds 0 Penticton Vees 3Final - Shots: 33-20 PEN

Final

GameHome TeamScoreAway TeamScoreNotes
Sunday, May 13, 2012
13 Penticton Vees 4 Woodstock Slammers 3Final - Shots: 34-25 PEN

Awards

Roland Mercier Trophy (Tournament MVP): John Kleinhans (Soo Thunderbirds)
Top Forward: Andrew Johnston (Humboldt Broncos)
Top Defencemen: Troy Stecher (Penticton Vees)
Top Goaltender: John Kleinhans (Soo Thunderbirds)
Tubby Smaltz Trophy (Sportsmanship): Micky Sartoretto (Soo Thunderbirds)

Roll of League Champions

AJHL : Brooks Bandits
BCHL : Penticton Vees
CCHL : Nepean Raiders
MHL : Woodstock Slammers
MJHL : Portage Terriers
NOJHL : Soo Thunderbirds
OJHL : Stouffville Spirit
QJAAAHL : Princeville Titans
SJHL : Humboldt Broncos
SIJHL : Wisconsin Wilderness

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References

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