2017 Memorial Cup

The 2017 Memorial Cup (branded as the 2017 Mastercard Memorial Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a four-team, round-robin format tournament held at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario from May 19–28, 2017. It was the 99th Memorial Cup championship, which determined the champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The tournament was hosted by the Windsor Spitfires, who won the right to host the tournament over undisclosed competition.[1] Other participating teams were the OHL champion Erie Otters, the QMJHL champion Saint John Sea Dogs, and the WHL champion Seattle Thunderbirds. The tournament ended with the Windsor Spitfires winning their third Memorial Cup, defeating the Erie Otters 4–3 in the championship final.

2017 Memorial Cup

Windsor, Ontario
Host team	Windsor Spitfires
Venue	WFCU Centre
Champions	Windsor Spitfires
Duration	May 19–28, 2017
Number of teams	4
Total attendance	44,663
Television	Sportsnet, TVA Sports, NHL Network
Memorial Cup Tournaments
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The 99th Memorial Cup was dominated by the performances of the two OHL teams. In defeating the Seattle Thunderbirds by 7–1 in a round-robin game on May 21, 2017, the Windsor Spitfires tied a Memorial Cup record for the fastest 3 goals scored by a team in a single period (38 game seconds), matching the record set by the WHL's New Westminster Bruins in the 1978 tournament.[2] In a round-robin game on May 22, 2017, Dylan Strome scored a Memorial Cup single-game record seven points (four goals and three assists), leading the Erie Otters to a 12–5 win over the Saint John Sea Dogs. The Otters' 12 goals for a team in a single game was also a Memorial Cup record.[3]

All games were televised nationally in Canada on Sportsnet and TVA Sports. The NHL Network televised the games in the United States.

Round-robin standings

     Indicates team advanced directly to the championship game

     Indicates team advanced to the semifinal game

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA
Windsor Spitfires (OHL/Host)	3	3	0	14	5
Erie Otters (OHL)	3	2	1	18	11
Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)	3	1	2	14	15
Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)	3	0	3	3	18

Schedule

All times local (UTC −4)[4]

Round robin

May 19	Windsor Spitfires		3–2		Saint John Sea Dogs	WFCU Centre	Recap
Jeremiah Addison (1) – pp – 4:07		First period			No scoring
Jeremy Bracco (1) – 1:43		Second period			No scoring
Aaron Luchuk (1) – 15:12		Third period			2:46 – Thomas Chabot (1) 3:10 – pp – Nathan Noel (1)
Michael DiPietro 20 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Callum Booth 20 saves / 23 shots

May 20	Seattle Thunderbirds		2–4		Erie Otters	WFCU Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Scott Eansor (1) – 9:01 Austin Strand (1) – 19:07		Second period			5:40 – pp – Alex DeBrincat (1) 17:59 – Jordan Sambrook (1)
No scoring		Third period			1:36 – Dylan Strome (1) 18:41 – en – Christian Girhiny (1)
Carl Stankowski 31 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats			Troy Timpano 18 saves / 20 shots

May 21	Seattle Thunderbirds		1–7		Windsor Spitfires	WFCU Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			4:48 – Graham Knott (1) 5:09 – Julius Nattinen (1) 5:26 – Logan Brown (1)
Keegan Kolesar (1) – 13:34		Second period			18:24 – pp – Julius Nattinen (2)
No scoring		Third period			0:33 – pp – Graham Knott (2) 3:48 – Jeremiah Addison (2) 13:07 – Jeremy Bracco (2)
Carl Stankowski 3 saves / 6 shots Rylan Toth 18 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Michael DiPietro 24 saves / 25 shots

May 22	Saint John Sea Dogs		5–12		Erie Otters	WFCU Centre	Recap
Cedric Pare (1) – 5:43 Mathieu Joseph (1) – 13:32		First period			1:06 – Taylor Raddysh (1) 6:40 – Darren Raddysh (1) 8:33 – Kyle Maksimovich (1) 10:11 – Dylan Strome (2) 16:27 – Anthony Cirelli (1)
Spencer Smallman (1) – 17:52		Second period			6:46 – pp – Taylor Raddysh (2) 8:26 – pp – Dylan Strome (3) 18:47 – Alex DeBrincat (2) 19:52 – pp – Darren Raddysh (2)
Cedric Pare (2) – 14:29 Julien Gauthier (1) – 15:22		Third period			0:22 – Ivan Lodnia (1) 5:32 – Dylan Strome (4) 13:20 – Dylan Strome (5)
Callum Booth 9 saves / 14 shots Alex D'Orio 18 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Troy Timpano 18 saves / 23 shots

May 23	Saint John Sea Dogs		7–0		Seattle Thunderbirds	WFCU Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Joseph Veleno (1) – 1:14 Chase Stewart (1) – 14:04 Mathieu Joseph (2) – 14:19 Spencer Smallman (2) – 14:57 Cole Reginato (1) – 16:29 Bokondji Imama (1) – 17:13		Second period			No scoring
Joseph Veleno (2) – 6:21		Third period			No scoring
Callum Booth 31 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Carl Stankowski 10 saves / 14 shots Rylan Toth 11 saves / 14 shots

May 24	Erie Otters		2–4		Windsor Spitfires	WFCU Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			5:50 – Jeremiah Addison (3) 16:08 – Jeremiah Addison (4)
No scoring		Second period			0:43 – pp – Mikhail Sergachev (1)
Kyle Maksimovich (2) – 8:10 Taylor Raddysh (3) – pp – 17:34		Third period			13:31 – Jeremiah Addison (5)
Troy Timpano 15 saves / 19 shots		Goalie stats			Michael DiPietro 33 saves / 35 shots

Playoff Round

Semi-Final

May 26	Erie Otters		6–3		Saint John Sea Dogs	WFCU Centre	Recap
Darren Raddysh (3) – 9:56		First period			14:10 – Joseph Veleno (3)
Taylor Raddysh (3) – pp – 10:57		Second period			19:18 – pp – Julien Gauthier (2)
Dylan Strome (6) – 2:38 German Poddubnyi (1) – 3:45 Taylor Raddysh (5) – pp – 12:31 Warren Foegele (1) – en – 19:26		Third period			16:28 – Thomas Chabot (2)
Troy Timpano 20 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Callum Booth 31 saves / 36 shots

Final

May 28	Windsor Spitfires		4–3		Erie Otters	WFCU Centre	Recap
Jeremy Bracco (3) – pp – 16:07		First period			16:55 – pp – Dylan Strome (7)
Logan Stanley (1) – 6:27 Graham Knott (3) – pp – 14:53		Second period			5:35 – pp – Warren Foegele (2) 12:41 – T. J. Fergus (1)
Aaron Luchuk (2) – 5:07		Third period			No scoring
Michael DiPietro 32 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Troy Timpano 18 saves / 22 shots

Statistical leaders

Skaters

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dylan Strome	Erie Otters	5	7	4	11	8
Taylor Raddysh	Erie Otters	5	5	6	11	0
Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	5	2	8	10	2
Jeremy Bracco	Windsor Spitfires	4	3	5	8	2
Darren Raddysh	Erie Otters	5	3	5	8	0
Anthony Cirelli	Erie Otters	5	1	7	8	0
Warren Foegele	Erie Otters	5	2	5	7	4
Gabriel Vilardi	Windsor Spitfires	4	0	7	7	0
Jeremiah Addison	Windsor Spitfires	4	5	1	6	2
Julien Gauthier	Saint John Sea Dogs	4	2	4	6	0

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 120 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA.

Player	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
Michael DiPietro	Windsor Spitfires	4	4	0	0	117	8	2.00	.932	0	240
Troy Timpano	Erie Otters	5	3	2	0	107	18	3.66	.832	0	295
Callum Booth	Saint John Sea Dogs	4	1	2	0	104	13	4.06	.875	1	192

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)

Awards

• Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Dylan Strome, Erie Otters
• Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Leading Scorer): Dylan Strome, Erie Otters
• George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanlike): Anthony Cirelli, Erie Otters
• Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Top Goalie): Michael DiPietro, Windsor Spitfires
• All-Star Team:

Goaltender: Michael DiPietro, Windsor Spitfires

Defence: Darren Raddysh, Erie Otters; Mikhail Sergachev, Windsor Spitfires

Forwards: Gabriel Vilardi, Windsor Spitfires; Alex DeBrincat, Erie Otters; Taylor Raddysh, Erie Otters

Rosters

Windsor Spitfires (Host) Head coach: Rocky Thompson Pos. No. Player[5] G 32 Mario Culina G 64 Michael DiPietro D 5 Austin McEneny D 8 Connor Corcoran D 17 Logan Stanley D 28 Tyler Nother D 31 Mikhail Sergachev D 51 Jalen Chatfield D 74 Sean Day F 7 Tyler Angle F 10 Jeremiah Addison F 13 Gabriel Vilardi F 19 Adam Laishram F 21 Logan Brown F 25 Julius Nattinen F 26 Cole Purboo F 27 Hayden McCool F 37 Graham Knott F 61 Luke Boka F 91 Aaron Luchuk F 96 Cristiano DiGiacinto F 97 Jeremy Bracco

Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) Head coach: Danny Flynn Pos. No. Player[6] G 40 Callum Booth G 33 Alex D'Orio D 2 Bailey Webster D 4 Simon Bourque D 5 Thomas Chabot D 26 David Comeau D 34 Chase Stewart D 36 Alexandre Bernier D 38 Jakub Zboril F 7 Kyle Ward F 9 Joseph Veleno F 10 Nathan Noel F 12 Julien Gauthier F 14 Samuel Leblanc F 15 Matthew Highmore F 16 Samuel Dove-McFalls F 18 Spencer Smallman F 21 Mathieu Joseph F 24 Cedric Pare F 27 Matt Green F 37 Cole Reginato F 51 Bokondji Imama

Erie Otters (OHL) Head coach: Kris Knoblauch Pos. No. Player[7] G 30 Joseph Murdaca G 33 Troy Timpano D 2 Mitchell Byrne D 6 Jordan Sambrook D 14 Erik Cernak D 20 Josh Wainman D 24 Darren Raddysh D 25 T. J. Fergus D 47 Owen Headrick D 49 Cameron Lizotte F 7 Christian Girhiny F 9 Kyle Maksimovich F 12 Alex DeBrincat F 15 Kyle Pettit F 17 Taylor Raddysh F 19 Dylan Strome F 21 Patrick Fellows F 22 Anthony Cirelli F 27 Ivan Lodnia F 37 Warren Foegele F 39 Gera Poddubnyi F 42 Haydn Hopkins F 46 Cade Robinson

Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) Head coach: Steve Konowalchuk Pos. No. Player[8] G 1 Carl Stankowski G 31 Rylan Toth D 2 Austin Strand D 3 Anthony Bishop D 4 Turner Ottenbreit D 5 Jarret Tyszka D 6 Aaron Hyman D 7 Reece Harsch D 25 Ethan Bear F 8 Scott Eansor F 11 Elijah Brown F 12 Ryan Gropp F 13 Mathew Barzal F 16 Alexander True F 17 Tyler Adams F 18 Sami Moilanen F 19 Donovan Neuls F 20 Zack Andrusiak F 21 Matthew Wedman F 23 Luke Ormsby F 26 Nolan Volcan F 28 Keegan Kolesar

Road to the Cup

OHL Playoffs

Main article: 2016–17 OHL season

	Conference quarterfinals					Conference semifinals					Conference finals					Finals
	1	Erie	4
	8	Sarnia	0
						1	Erie	4
						4	London	3
	4	London	4
	5	Windsor	3
											1	Erie	4
	Western conference
											3	Owen Sound	2
	2	Sault Ste. Marie	4
	7	Flint	1
						2	Sault Ste. Marie	2
						3	Owen Sound	4
	3	Owen Sound	4
	6	Kitchener	1
																W1	Erie	4
																E2	Mississauga	1
	1	Peterborough	4
	8	Niagara	0
						1	Peterborough	4
						4	Kingston	0
	4	Kingston	4
	5	Hamilton	3
											1	Peterborough	0
	Eastern conference
											2	Mississauga	4
	2	Mississauga	4
	7	Ottawa	2
						2	Mississauga	4
						3	Oshawa	1
	3	Oshawa	4
	6	Sudbury	2

QMJHL Playoffs

Main article: 2016–17 QMJHL season

	Round 1					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					President's Cup Championship
	1	Saint John	4
	16	Rimouski	0
						1	Saint John	4
						14	Val-d'Or	0
	3	Shawinigan	2
	14	Val-d'Or	4
											1	Saint John	4
											8	Chicoutimi	2
	2	Rouyn-Noranda	4
	15	Halifax	2
						2	Rouyn-Noranda	3
						8	Chicoutimi	4
	8	Chicoutimi	4
	9	Victoriaville	0
																1	Saint John	4
																5	Blainville-Boisbriand	0
	4	Charlottetown	4
	13	Baie-Comeau	0
						4	Charlottetown	4
						7	Cape Breton	0
	7	Cape Breton	4
	10	Gatineau	3
											4	Charlottetown	1
											5	Blainville-Boisbriand	4
	5	Blainville-Boisbriand	4
	12	Drummondville	0
						5	Blainville-Boisbriand	4
						6	Acadie–Bathurst	3
	6	Acadie–Bathurst	4
	11	Quebec	0

WHL Playoffs

Main article: 2016–17 WHL season

Conference Quarter-finals

Conference Semi-finals

Conference Finals

WHL Championship

E1

Regina

4

W2

Calgary

0

E1

Regina

4

E3

Swift Current

3

E2

Moose Jaw

3

E3

Swift Current

4

E1

Regina

4

Eastern

C2

Lethbridge

2

C1

Medicine Hat

4

W1

Brandon

0

C1

Medicine Hat

3

C2

Lethbridge

4

C2

Lethbridge

4

C3

Red Deer

3

E1

Regina

2

U2

Seattle

4

U1

Everett

4

W2

Victoria

2

U1

Everett

0

U2

Seattle

4

U2

Seattle

4

U3

Tri-City

0

U2

Seattle

4

Western

B2

Kelowna

2

B2

Kelowna

4

B3

Kamloops

2

B2

Kelowna

4

W1

Portland

1

B1

Prince George

2

W1

Portland

4

References

1. "OHL Notebook: Windsor gets Memorial Cup". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
2. Coccimiglio, Brad (May 21, 2017). "Memorial Cup Notebook: Spitfires tie record in win". Windsor, Ontario: SooToday.com. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
3. "Strome sets record, Otters demolish Sea Dogs at Mastercard Memorial Cup". Sportsnet. The Canadian Press. May 22, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
4. Schedule
5. Windsor Spitfires roster
6. Saint John Sea Dogs roster
7. Erie Otters roster
8. Seattle Thunderbirds roster

External links

• Memorial Cup
• Canadian Hockey League