2018 Memorial Cup

The 2018 Memorial Cup is a four-team, round-robin format tournament that will be held at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan from May 18–27, 2018. It will be the 100th Memorial Cup championship and will determine the champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The tournament will be hosted by the Regina Pats, who won the right to host the tournament over Hamilton Bulldogs, and the Oshawa Generals. All games were televised nationally on Rogers Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada and on the NHL Network in the United States
==Qualifying Teams==
*Host: Regina Pats
*Ontario Hockey League champion: Hamilton Bulldogs
*Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champion: Acadie-Bathurst Titan
*Western Hockey League champion: Swift Current Broncos
==Round-robin Schedule/Results==
May 18
*Game 1: Regina Pats defeated Hamilton Bulldogs 3-2
May 19
*Game 2: Acadie-Bathurst Titan defeated Swift Current Broncos 4-3 (ot)
May 20
*Game 3: Acadie-Bathurst Titan defeated Regina Pats 8-6
May 21
*Game 4: Hamilton Bulldogs defeated Swift Current Broncos 2-1
May 22
*Game 5: Hamilton Bulldogs defeated Acadie-Bathurst Titan 3-2
May 23
*Game 6: Regina Pats defeated Swift Current Broncos 6-5
==Round-robin standings==
 Indicates team advanced directly to the championship game
 Indicates team advanced to the semifinal game
Team 	GP	W	L	GF	GA
Acadie–Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)	3 	2	1	14	12
Regina Pats (WHL/Host) 	3 	2	1	15	15
Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) 	3 	2	1	7 	6
Swift Current Broncos (WHL) 	3 	0	3	9 	12
==Semifinal==
May 25
*Regina Pats defeated Hamilton Bulldogs 4-2
==Final==
*Acadie–Bathurst Titan defeated Regina Pats 3-0
Sam Steel of the Regina Pats was named tournament MVP with 2 goals and 11 assists in five games including a record tying 5 assists in the 6-5 win over Swift Current.
Bathurst, New Brunswick with a population of just under 12,000 becomes the smallest town since the Flin Flon Bombers won the Memorial Cup in 1957, Flin Flon, Manitoba had a population of 10,234.
==References==
Category:2018 in hockey
Category:Memorial Cup Tournaments‎