1996 Air Canada Cup

The 1996 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 18th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 16–21, 1996 at the Kamloops Memorial Arena in Kamloops, British Columbia. The Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy defeated the Thunder Bay Kings in the championship game to win the gold medal. The host North Kamloops Lions won the bronze medal. Future National Hockey League players competing in this tournament were Brad Stuart and Simon Gagné.
==Teams==
Result	Team 	Region 	City
 	Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 	Quebec 	Sainte-Foy, QC
 	Thunder Bay Kings 	West 	Thunder Bay, ON
 	North Kamloops Lions 	Host 	Kamloops, BC
4 	Red Deer Optimist Chiefs	Pacific 	Red Deer, AB
5 	Dartmouth Subways 	Atlantic	Dartmouth, NS
6 	New Liskeard Cubs 	Central 	New Liskeard, ON
==Round robin==
===Standings===
Rank	Team 	W-L-T	GF	GA	PTS
1 	Thunder Bay Kings 	3-2-0	22	19	6
2 	North Kamloops Lions 	3-2-0	27	15	6
3 	Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 	3-2-0	24	20	6
4 	Red Deer Optimist Chiefs	2-2-1	17	15	5
5 	Dartmouth Subways 	1-2-2	18	25	4
6 	New Liskeard Cubs 	1-3-1	16	30	3
===Scores===
*New Liskeard 6 - Dartmouth 6
*Ste-Foy 3 - Red Deer 1
*Thunder Bay 6 - North Kamloops 3
*Ste-Foy 4 - Dartmouth 2
*Thunder Bay 6 - New Liskeard 3
*North Kamloops 6 - Red Deer 2
*Ste-Foy 10 - New Liskeard 2
*Red Deer 4 - Dartmouth 4
*Thunder Bay 8 - Ste-Foy 5
*New Liskeard 3 - North Kamloops 2
*Red Deer 4 - Thunder Bay 0
*North Kamloops 7 - Ste-Foy 2
*Dartmouth 4 - Thunder Bay 2
*Red Deer 6 - New Liskeard 2
*North Kamloops 9 - Dartmouth 2
==Playoffs==
===Semi-Finals===
*Thunder Bay 6 - Red Deer 2
*Ste-Foy 2 - North Kamloops 1
===Bronze medal game===
*North Kamloops 2 - Red Deer 1
===Gold medal game===
*Ste-Foy 6 - Thunder Bay 4
==Individual awards==
*Most Valuable Player: Derek Paget (North Kamloops)
*Top Scorer: Ken MacPherson (Dartmouth)
*Top Forward: Francois Fortier (Ste-Foy)
*Top Defenceman: Paul Manning (Red Deer)
*Top Goaltender: Joey Stephenson (Red Deer)
*Most Sportsmanlike Player: Jesse Pyatt (Thunder Bay)
*Air Canada Scholarship: Derek Paget (North Kamloops)
*Esso Scholarship: Shawn Hebert (Thunder Bay)
==See also==
*Telus Cup
==References==
==External links==
*1996 Air Canada Cup Home Page
*Hockey Canada-Telus Cup Guide and Record Book
Category:Telus Cup
Category:1996 in hockey