2018 Telus Cup

The 2018 Telus Cup was Canada's 40th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship contested April 23 – 29, 2018 at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. The Notre Dame Hounds defeated the Cantonniers de Magog in the gold medal game to win their fifth national championship. Sudbury previously hosted the event in 1998.^[1][2]

2018 Telus Cup

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, ON
Dates	April 23 – 29, 2018
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Notre Dame Hounds
Runners-up	Cantonniers de Magog
Third place	Lethbridge Hurricanes
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Brad Morrissey Jeremey Rainville
Awards
MVP	Ronan Seeley
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Teams

Result	Team	Region	City
	Notre Dame Hounds	West	Wilcox, SK
	Cantonniers de Magog	Quebec	Magog, QC
	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Pacific	Lethbridge, AB
4	Toronto Young Nationals	Central	Toronto, ON
5	Moncton Flyers	Atlantic	Moncton, NB
6	Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves	Host	Sudbury, ON

Round robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Notre Dame Hounds	5	5	0	0	20	7	+13	10
2	Lethbridge Hurricanes	5	3	1	1	13	9	+4	7
3	Cantonniers de Magog	5	2	2	1	18	16	+2	5
4	Toronto Young Nationals	5	1	2	2	15	16	−1	4
5	Moncton Flyers	5	1	4	0	8	17	−9	2
6	Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves	5	0	3	2	6	15	−9	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Tiebreaker: Head-to-head record, most wins, highest goal differential.

Schedule and Results

Game	Away team	Score	Home team	Score	Notes	Date
1	Moncton	1	Magog	4	Final	April 23
2	Toronto	3	Notre Dame	5	Final	April 23
3	Sudbury	1	Lethbridge	2	Final	April 23
4	Toronto	4	Magog	7	Final	April 24
5	Lethbridge	2	Moncton	0	Final	April 24
6	Notre Dame	4	Sudbury	0	Final	April 24
7	Lethbridge	3	Toronto	3	Final	April 25
8	Magog	2	Notre Dame	4	Final	April 25
9	Sudbury	1	Moncton	5	Final	April 25
10	Notre Dame	2	Lethbridge	1	Final	April 26
11	Moncton	1	Toronto	5	Final	April 26
12	Magog	2	Sudbury	2	Final	April 26
13	Moncton	1	Notre Dame	5	Final	April 27
14	Magog	3	Lethbridge	5	Final	April 27
15	Sudbury	2	Toronto	2	Final	April 27

Playoffs

Results

Game	Away team	Score	Home team	Score	Notes	Date
Semi 1	Magog	5	Lethbridge	4	Final (OT)	April 28
Semi 2	Toronto	2	Notre Dame	3	Final	April 28
Bronze	Toronto	0	Lethbridge	4	Final	April 29
Gold	Magog	1	Notre Dame	5	Final	April 29

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Ronan Seeley (Lethbridge)
• Top Scorer(s): Brad Morrissey (Notre Dame), Jeremey Rainville (Magog)
• Top Forward: Zach Stinger (Lethbridge)
• Top Defensive Player: Thomas Lucas (Notre Dame)
• Top Goaltender: Alex Vendette (Sudbury)
• Most Sportsmanlike Player: Brad Morrissey (Notre Dame)
• Most Dedicated: Joel Mongeon (Sudbury)

Road to the Telus Cup

Atlantic Region

Moncton Flyers advance by winning regional championship played March 29-April 1, 2018 at Lantz, Nova Scotia.^[3][4]

Round Robin

Pos	Qualification	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	NSMMHL	Dartmouth Major Midgets	4	3	0	1	0	21	9	+12	10
2	NBPEIMMHL	Moncton Flyers	4	2	1	0	1	15	11	+4	8
3	Host	Cole Harbour Wolfpack	4	2	0	0	2	8	17	−9	6
4	NLMMHL	St. John's Maple Leafs	4	1	0	0	3	11	14	−3	3
5	NBPEIMMHL	Kensington Wild	4	1	0	0	3	13	17	−4	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Championship Game

Away Team	Score	Home Team	Score
Moncton	3	Dartmouth	2

Québec

Cantonniers de Magog advance by winning Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League championship.

Best-of-7 series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Cantonniers de Magog	4	4	0	17	8	+9
2	Estacades de Trois-Rivières	4	0	4	8	17	−9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Central Region

Toronto Young Nationals advance by winning the regional championship played April 1–8, 2018 at Rockland, Ontario.^[5]

Round Robin

Pos	Qualification	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Host	Rockland Nationals	5	5	0	0	20	7	+13	10
2	Alliance	Waterloo Wolves	5	4	1	0	16	8	+8	8
3	OMHA	Ajax-Pickering Raiders	5	2	3	0	10	16	−6	4
4	GTHL	Toronto Young Nationals	5	2	3	0	21	18	+3	4
5	GNML	Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves	5	1	4	0	12	14	−2	2
6	HEO	Hawkesbury Hawks	5	1	4	0	8	24	−16	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoff Round

Game	Away Team	Score	Home Team	Score
SF 1	Ajax-Pickering	4	Waterloo	3
SF 2	Toronto	4	Rockland	3
Final	Toronto	6	Ajax-Pickering	2

West Region

Notre Dame Hounds advanced by winning the regional championship played April 5–8, 2018 at Fort William First Nation near Thunder Bay, Ontario.^[6]

Round Robin

Pos	Qualification	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	SMAAAHL	Notre Dame Hounds	3	3	0	0	22	4	+18	6
2	MMAAAHL	Winnipeg Wild	3	2	1	0	15	6	+9	4
3	Host	Thunder Bay Kings	3	1	2	0	5	11	−6	2
4	HNO	Kenora Thistles	3	0	3	0	1	22	−21	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Championship Game

Away Team	Score	Home Team	Score
Winnipeg	2	Notre Dame	5

Full standings and statistics available at Pointstreak.com.

Pacific Region

Lethbridge Hurriances advance by winning best-of-three series played April 6–7, 2018 at Prospera Centre in Chilliwack, British Columbia.

Best-of-3 series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Lethbridge Hurricanes	2	2	0	11	4	+7
2	Fraser Valley Thunderbirds	2	0	2	4	11	−7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Telus Cup