1998 Air Canada Cup

The 1998 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 20th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 21–26, 1998 at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. The Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne defeated the host Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals in the championship game to win the gold medal. The Calgary Buffaloes won the bronze medal. Calgary's Dany Heatley was the tournament's top scorer and most valuable player. Other future National Hockey League players playing in this tournament were Sheldon Brookbank, Randy Jones and Krys Kolanos.
==Teams==
Result	Team 	Region 	City
 	Riverains de Collège Charles-Lemoyne	Quebec 	Sainte-Catherine, QC
 	Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals 	Host 	Sudbury, ON
 	Calgary Buffaloes 	Pacific 	Calgary, AB
4 	Saskatoon Contacts 	West 	Saskatoon, SK
5 	Saint John Flames 	Atlantic	Saint John, NB
6 	Don Mills Flyers 	Central 	Toronto, ON
==Round robin==
===Standings===
Rank	Team 	W-L-T	GF	GA	PTS
1 	Calgary Buffaloes 	4-0-1	34	17	9
2 	Saskatoon Contacts 	4-1-0	27	12	8
3 	Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne	2-1-2	25	20	6
4 	Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals 	2-2-1	25	25	5
5 	Saint John Flames 	2-3-0	20	17	4
6 	Don Mills Flyers 	0-5-0	7 	30	0
===Scores===
*Collège Charles-Lemoyne 7 - Don Mills 0
*Calgary 6 - Saint John 5
*Saskatoon 7 - Sudbury 2
*Collège Charles-Lemoyne 6 - Saint John 2
*Saskatoon 7 - Don Mills 2
*Calgary 9 - Sudbury 2
*Saint John 4 - Don Mills 2
*Saskatoon 6 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 1
*Calgary 7 - Don Mills 1
*Sudbury 9 - Saint John 0
*Calgary 7 - Saskatoon 4
*Sudbury 5 - Don Mills 2
*Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5 - Calgary 5
*Saskatoon 3 - Saint John 0
*Sudbury 7 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 7
==Playoffs==
===Semi-Finals===
*Collège Charles-Lemoyne 3 - Saskatoon 2
*Sudbury 5 - Calgary 2
===Bronze medal game===
*Calgary 5 - Saskatoon 4
===Gold medal game===
*Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5 - Sudbury 4
==Individual awards==
*Most Valuable Player: Dany Heatley (Calgary)
*Top Scorer: Dany Heatley (Calgary)
*Top Forward: Adrian Foster (Calgary)
*Top Defenceman: Shawn Landry (Calgary)
*Top Goaltender: Chad Yaremko (Regina)
*Most Sportsmanlike Player: Krys Kolanos (Calgary)
==See also==
*Telus Cup
==References==
==External links==
*1998 Air Canada Cup Home Page
*Hockey Canada-Telus Cup Guide and Record Book
Category:Telus Cup
Category:1998 in hockey