National Junior A Championship | |
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Tournament details | |
Venue(s) | PCU Centre in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba |
Dates | May 9, 2015 – May 17, 2015 |
Teams | 5 (4 regional champions + host) |
Host team | Portage Terriers |
Final positions | |
Champions | Portage Terriers (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Carleton Place Canadians |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 13 |
Scoring leader(s) | Brad Bowles (Portage) |
MVP | Brad Bowles (Portage) |
The 2015 Royal Bank Cup was the 45th Canadian junior A Ice Hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior Hockey League. It was the 45th consecutive year a national championship was awarded to this skill level since the breakaway of Major Junior hockey in 1970. [1]
The host Portage Terriers defeated Carleton Place Canadians in the final to win their first championship since 1973. [2]
Rank | Team | League | Ticket | W–OTW-OTL-L | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | Portage Terriers | MJHL | Host | 3-0-0-1 | 13 | 9 | 9 |
2 | Penticton Vees | BCHL | Western Canada Cup #1 | 3-0-0-1 | 15 | 8 | 9 |
3 | Carleton Place Canadians | CCHL | Fred Page Cup | 2-0-1-1 | 13 | 8 | 7 |
4 | Melfort Mustangs | SJHL | Western Canada Cup #2 | 1-1-0-2 | 11 | 13 | 5 |
5 | Soo Thunderbirds | NOJHL | Dudley Hewitt Cup | 0-0-0-4 | 7 | 21 | 0 |
All games played in Portage la Prairie, MB.
Game | Away team | Score | Home team | Score | Notes | |||||
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May 9, 2015 | ||||||||||
1 | Penticton Vees | 2 | Portage Terriers | 3 | Final - Shots 33-32 PEN | |||||
2 | Soo Thunderbirds | 0 | Carleton Place Canadians | 4 | Final - Shots 36-27 CPC | |||||
May 10, 2015 | ||||||||||
3 | Melfort Mustangs | 0 | Penticton Vees | 4 | Final - Shots 30-17 PEN | |||||
4 | Portage Terriers | 0 | Carleton Place Canadians | 3 | Final - Shots 18-13 CPC | |||||
May 11, 2015 | ||||||||||
5 | Melfort Mustangs | 5 | Soo Thunderbirds | 3 | Final - Shots 32-19 MEL | |||||
May 12, 2015 | ||||||||||
6 | Carleton Place Canadians | 3 | Penticton Vees | 4 | Final - Shots 29-18 PEN | |||||
7 | Soo Thunderbirds | 2 | Portage Terriers | 7 | Final - Shots 34-17 POR | |||||
May 13, 2015 | ||||||||||
8 | Carleton Place Canadians | 3 | Melfort Mustangs | 4 | OT Final - Shots 50-27 MEL | |||||
May 14, 2015 | ||||||||||
9 | Penticton Vees | 5 | Soo Thunderbirds | 2 | Final - Shots 42-22 PEN | |||||
10 | Portage Terriers | 3 | Melfort Mustangs | 2 | Final - Shots 30-28 POR |
Game | Away team | Score | Home team | Score | Notes | |||||
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May 16, 2015 | ||||||||||
SF1 | Carleton Place Canadians | 2 | Penticton Vees | 1 | 2OT Final - Shots 40-37 CPC | |||||
SF2 | Melfort Mustangs | 1 | Portage Terriers | 6 | Final - Shots 30-13 POR |
Game | Away team | Score | Home team | Score | Notes | |||||
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May 17, 2015 | ||||||||||
Final | Carleton Place Canadians | 2 | Portage Terriers | 5 | Final - Shots 28-28 TIE |
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