1998 Memorial Cup

The 1998 Memorial Cup (branded as the 1998 Chrysler Memorial Cup for sponsorship reasons) occurred May 9–17 at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Washington. It was the 80th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the host Spokane Chiefs and the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League which were the Guelph Storm, Val-d'Or Foreurs and Portland Winter Hawks. The Winter Hawks won their second Memorial Cup defeating the Storm from a goal in overtime by Bobby Russell.^[1]

1998 Memorial Cup

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, Washington
Dates	May 9–17, 1998
Teams	4
Host team	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
TV partner(s)	TSN
Final positions
Champions	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	8
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The Memorial Cup trophy

The tournament set a new Memorial Cup attendance record. However, that record was broken the following year in Ottawa.

Round-robin standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA
1	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)	3	3	0	17	8
2	Guelph Storm (OHL)	3	2	1	12	7
3	Spokane Chiefs (host)	3	1	2	8	11
4	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)	3	0	3	8	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Scores

Round-robin

• May 9 Spokane 5, Val-d'Or 4
• May 10 Portland 6, Guelph 2
• May 11 Guelph 3, Spokane 1
• May 12 Portland 7, Val-d'Or 4
• May 13 Guelph 7, Val-d'Or 0
• May 14 Portland 4, Spokane 2

Semi-final

• May 16 Guelph 2, Spokane 1 (OT)

Final

• May 17 Portland 4, Guelph 3 (OT)

Winning roster

1997-98 Portland Winter Hawks[2]
Goaltenders – Justin Morneau  1 – Brent Belecki  35 – Jason LaBarbera		Defencemen – Christian Bolding  2 – Shon Jones-Parry  3 – Kevin Haupt  4 – Ryan Thrussell  6 – Jerad Smith  22 – Mike Muzechka  34 – Matt Walker  44 – Andrew Ference  55 – Joey Tetarenko  - C		Wingers – Shane Palahicky  8 – Marty Standish  9 – Derek MacLean  16 – Mike Hurley  17 – Gerry King  18 – Marian Hossa  21 – Bobby Russell  23 – Ken Davis  25 – Kyle Chant  27 – Ryan Kehrig  29 – Brenden Morrow		Centres 12 – Todd Hornung  14 – Andrej Podkonicky  19 – Todd Robinson  27 – Blake Robson  39 – Chris Jacobson  Coach: Brent Peterson General Manager: Ken Hodge

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Scoring leaders

1. Andrej Podkonicky, POR, (6g 4a) 10p
2. Marian Hossa, POR, (5g 4a) 9p
3. Manny Malhotra, GUE, (1g 6a) 7p
4. Bobby Russell, POR, (4g 2a) 6p
5. Mike Hurley, POR, (0g 6a) 6p
6. Jean-Pierre Dumont, VAL, (3g 2a) 5p
7. Todd Robinson, POR, (1g 4a) 5p
8. Greg Leeb, SPO, (3g 1a) 4p
9. Jason Jackman, GUE, (2g 2a) 4p
10. Kent McDonnell, GUE, (2g 2a) 4p
11. Ryan Davis, GUE, (2g 2a) 4p
12. Perry Johnson, SPO (1g 3a) 4p
13. Marian Cisar, SPO (0g 4a) 4p
14. Kevin Haupt, POR, (0g 4a) 4p

Goaltending leaders

1. Chris Madden, GUE, 2.21 GAA, .947 pct
2. Brent Belecki, POR, 2.68 GAA, .916 pct
3. David Haun, SPO, 2.93 GAA, .885 pct
4. Roberto Luongo, VAL, 6.33 GAA, .857 pct

Award winners

• Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Chris Madden, Guelph
• George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): Manny Malhotra, Guelph
• Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender): Chris Madden, Guelph
• Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Top Scorer): Andrej Podkonicky, Portland

All-star team

• Goal: Chris Madden, Guelph
• Defence: Brad Ference, Spokane; Francis Lessard, Val d'Or
• Forward: Andrej Podkonicky, Portland; Manny Malholtra, Guelph; Marian Hossa, Portland