2007 Memorial Cup

The 2007 MasterCard Memorial Cup was played in May 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the Pacific Coliseum. The tournament was competed between the WHL champion Medicine Hat Tigers, the OHL champion Plymouth Whalers, the QMJHL champion Lewiston Maineiacs, and the host team and tournament champion Vancouver Giants, who were competing in their second consecutive national junior championship. The Memorial Cup tournament was a four team tournament with a round-robin format. The Giants won their first Memorial Cup, defeating Medicine Hat 3-1 in the second all-WHL final in tournament history (the first was in 1989). The tournament set a new Memorial Cup attendance record with 121,561 fans attending the nine games. The previous record of 84,686 was set at the 2003 tournament in Quebec City.
The tournament was the first to feature two league champions based in the United States of America, from Lewiston, Maine and Plymouth, Michigan respectively. The only previous Memorial Cup to feature two American teams participating was the 1998 Memorial Cup, featuring the WHL champion Portland Winter Hawks and the host Spokane Chiefs. 
The 2007 MasterCard Memorial Cup was also the first to feature the two-referee system.
thumb|200px|right|The Vancouver Giants celebrate winning the Memorial Cup
==Round-robin standings==
 	GP	W	L	GF	GA	+ / -
Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) 	3 	2	1	6 	4 	+2
Vancouver Giants (host) 	3 	2	1	6 	5 	+1
Plymouth Whalers (OHL)* 	3 	1	2	6 	9 	-3
Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)*	3 	1	2	5 	5 	0
:*Because Lewiston and Plymouth had the same number of wins, they had to play a tiebreaker game .
==Rosters==
Vancouver Giants (host) 	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
Goaltenders
*29 - Tyson Sexsmith
*30 - Blaine Neufeld
Defencemen
* 4 - Brendan Mikkelson
* 5 - Neil Manning
* 6 - Cody Franson
* 7 - Jonathon Blum
*21 - Brett Festerling
*23 - A.J. Thelen
*25 - Nolan Toigo
*28 - Brent Regner
Forwards
*9 - Evander Kane
*10 - Lance Bouma
*11 - J.D. Watt
*12 - Tim Kraus
*14 - Craig Cunningham
*15 - Spencer Machacek
*16 - Wacey Rabbit
*18 - Mitch Czibere
*19 - James Wright
*20 - Mario Bliznak
*22 - Kenndal McArdle
*24 - Garet Hunt
*26 - Michal Repik
*27 - Milan Lucic
*32 - Mike Wuchterl 
Head coach: Don Hay	
Goaltenders
*30 - Jeremy Smith
*40 - Michal Neuvirth
Defencemen
* 2 - Brett Bellemore
* 3 - Wes Cunningham
* 4 - Leo Jenner
* 5 - Jozef Sladok
* 6 - Steven Whitely
*10 - Ryan McGinnis
*26 - Steve Ward
*28 - Zack Shepley
*34 - Jordan O'Neill
Forwards
* 7 - Jared Boll
* 9 - Vern Cooper
*11 - Evan Brophey
*12 - Kaine Geldart
*13 - Sean O'Connor
*15 - Andrew Fournier
*16 - Brett Valiquette
*17 - Dan Collins
*19 - James Neal
*20 - Chris Terry
*21 - Tommy Sestito
*22 - A.J. Jenks
*23 - Joe McCann
*25 - Joe Gaynor
*27 - Daniel Ryder
Head coach: Mike Vellucci
Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
Goaltenders
* 1 - Jonathan Bernier
*30 - Peter Delmas
Defencemen
* 2 - Michael Ward
* 3 - Chad Denny
* 4 - Tom Michalik
*15 - Marc-Andre Crete
*46 - Kevin Marshall
*48 - Patrick Cusack
*79 - Michal Korenko
Forwards
* 5 - Alexander Beaton
* 9 - Simon Courcelles
*10 - Marc-Andre Cliche
*11 - Stefano Giliati
*19 - Marc-Andre Daneau
*20 - Jakub Bundil
*21 - David Taylor
*22 - Chris Tutalo
*27 - Eric Castonguay
*34 - Stefan Chaput
*39 - David Perron
*47 - Danick Paquette
*55 - Sebastien Piche
*72 - Pierre-Luc Faubert
*89 - Triston Manson
Head coach: Clément Jodoin	
Goaltenders
*31 - Ryan Holfeld
*33 - Matt Keetley
Defencemen
* 3 - Gord Baldwin
* 4 - David Schlemko
* 5 - Trevor Glass
*10 - Kris Russell
*18 - Michael Sauer
*24 - Mark Isherwood
*27 - Shayne Brown
*29 - Jordan Bendfeld
Forwards
* 9 - Brennan Bosch
*11 - Scott Wasden
*12 - Colton Grant
*14 - Darren Helm
*15 - Derek Dorsett
*16 - Daine Todd
*17 - Tyler Swystun
*19 - Matt Lowry
*20 - Kevin Undershute
*21 - Jerrid Sauer
*22 - Tyler Ennis
*23 - Jordan Hickmott
*25 - Jakub Rumpel
*28 - Bretton Cameron
*36 - Chris Stevens
Head coach: Willie Desjardins
==Schedule==
===Round robin===
===Playoff round===
===Tie breaker===
===Semi-final===
===Championship game===
==Leading scorers==
thumb|200px|right|Fans waiving towels prior to the Championship game
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Michal Repik, Vancouver 	5 	3	4	7 	4
Milan Lucic, Vancouver 	5 	2	5	7 	12
Tom Sestito, Plymouth 	5 	2	5	7 	6
James Neal, Plymouth 	5 	5	1	6 	42
Mario Bliznak, Vancouver 	5 	1	5	6 	2
Tyler Ennis, Medicine Hat 	4 	2	2	4 	4
Kenndal McArdle, Vancouver 	5 		2	2	4 	6
J.D. Watt, Vancouver 	5 	1	3	4 	14
Spencer Machacek, Vancouver	5 	3	0	3 	0
Simon Courcelles, Lewiston 	4 	2	1	3 	0
Evan Brophey, Plymouth 	5 	2	1	3 	18
Andrew Fournier, Plymouth 	5 	2	1	3 	0
Wacey Rabbit, Vancouver 	5 	2	1	3 	2
==Leading goaltenders==
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Player 	GP	W	L	MINS	GA	GAA 	SO	Sv%
Tyson Sexsmith, Vancouver 	5 	4	1	300 	7 	1.40	0 	.936
Matt Keetley, Medicine Hat	4 	2	2	238 	6 	1.51	1 	.949
Jonathan Bernier, Lewiston	4 	1	3	203 	7 	2.07	0 	.940
Michal Neuvirth, Plymouth 	5 	2	3	219 	11	3.02	0 	.902
Jeremy Smith, Plymouth 	2 	0	0	91 	7 	4.63	0 	.883
==Award winners==
*Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Milan Lucic, Vancouver
*George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): Brennan Bosch, Medicine Hat
*Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender): Matt Keetley, Medicine Hat
*Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Leading Scorer): Michal Repik, Vancouver
All-star team
*Goal: Matt Keetley, Medicine Hat
*Defence: Brendan Mikkelson, Vancouver; Cody Franson, Vancouver
*Forwards: Darren Helm, Medicine Hat; Michal Repik, Vancouver; Milan Lucic, Vancouver
==Road to the cup==
===OHL playoffs===
:For more information see 2006–07 OHL season.
===QMJHL playoffs===
:For more information see 2006–07 QMJHL season.
†Shawinigan seeded 8th in Eastern division.
===WHL playoffs===
:For more information see 2006–07 WHL season.
==External links==
*Official Site
Category:2007 in hockey
Category:Memorial Cup Tournaments