2004 National Midget Championship

The 2004 National Midget Championship was Canada's 26th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 18–25, 2004 at Kenora, Ontario. The Brandon Wheat Kings defeated the Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne 2-1 in overtime to win their first and only national title. It also marked the first time that a Manitoba team was the national midget champion.
This was the only season that Hockey Canada did not have a sponsor for the national midget championship. From 1979 to 2003, it was known as the Air Canada Cup. Later in 2004, a new sponsor would be found and the midget championship would be renamed the Telus Cup.
==Teams==
Result	Team 	Region 	City
 	Brandon Wheat Kings 	West 	Brandon, MB
 	Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne	Quebec 	Sainte-Catherine, QC
 	Red Deer Optimist Chiefs 	Pacific 	Red Deer, AB
4 	Kenora Stars 	Host 	Kenora, ON
5 	Cornwall Thunder 	Atlantic	Cornwall, PE
6 	Toronto Marlboros 	Central 	Toronto, ON
==Round robin==
===Standings===
Rank	Team 	W-L-T	GF	GA	PTS
1 	Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne	5-0-0	29	12	10
2 	Red Deer Optimist Chiefs 	4-1-0	19	14	8
3 	Brandon Wheat Kings 	2-2-1	18	17	5
4 	Kenora Stars 	1-3-1	8 	19	3
5 	Cornwall Thunder 	1-4-0	16	23	2
6 	Toronto Marlboros 	1-4-0	16	21	2
===Scores===
*Red Deer 6 - Brandon 5 (OT)
*Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5 - Cornwall 2
*Toronto 5 - Kenora 1
*Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5 - Brandon 4 (OT)
*Red Deer 3 - Toronto 1
*Kenora 5 - Cornwall 2
*Collège Charles-Lemoyne 6 - Toronto 2
*Brandon 5 - Cornwall 3
*Red Deer 4 - Kenora 1
*Cornwall 7 - Toronto 5
*Collège Charles-Lemoyne 5 - Red Deer 3
*Brandon 0 - Kenora 0
*Red Deer 3 - Cornwall 2 (OT)
*Brandon 4 - Toronto 3
*Collège Charles-Lemoyne 8 - Kenora 1
==Playoffs==
===Semi-Finals===
*Collège Charles-Lemoyne 2 - Kenora 1
*Brandon 6 - Red Deer 2
===Bronze medal game===
*Red Deer 5 - Kenora 2
===Gold medal game===
*Brandon 2 - Collège Charles-Lemoyne 1 (OT)
==Individual awards==
*Most Valuable Player: Francis Paré (Collège Charles-Lemoyne)
*Top Scorer: Francis Paré (Collège Charles-Lemoyne)
*Top Forward: Tyler Dittmer (Brandon)
*Top Defenceman: Jeff Termineski (Toronto)
*Top Goaltender: Tyler Gordon (Kenora)
*Most Sportsmanlike Player: Kyle Dorowicz (Red Deer)
==See also==
*Telus Cup
==References==
==External links==
*2004 National Midget Championship Home Page
*Hockey Canada-Telus Cup Guide and Record Book
Category:Telus Cup
Category:2004 in hockey