2008 Memorial Cup

{{Short description|Canadian junior men's ice hockey championship}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox ice hockey tournament season

| title = 2008 Mastercard Memorial Cup

| image = 2008 MasterCard Memorial Cup logo.jpg

| caption =

| num_teams = 4

| dates = May 16–25, 2008

| venues = Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
Kitchener, Ontario

| host_team = Kitchener Rangers (OHL)

| games = 8

| winners = Spokane Chiefs (WHL) {{small|(2nd title)}}

| attendance = 53,545

| TV = {{ubl|Rogers Sportsnet (Canada)|NHL Network (USA)}}

| prev_season = 2007

| next_season = 2009

}}

File:Memorial Cup at the 2015 championship.jpg

The 2008 Memorial Cup was played in May 2008 in Kitchener, Ontario at the Memorial Auditorium. It was the 90th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Kitchener defeated competing bids from Oshawa, Saginaw, London, Sarnia and Kingston to host the Memorial Cup, with the official announcement being made on May 10, 2007. The tournament was competed between the WHL champion Spokane Chiefs, the QMJHL champion Gatineau Olympiques, the Kitchener Rangers as host of the tournament and OHL champions, and the OHL representative Belleville Bulls, who earned their place by reaching the OHL finals against Kitchener. The Memorial Cup tournament is a four team tournament with a round-robin format.

The tournament began on May 16, 2008, with a round-robin game between Gatineau and Kitchener and ended on May 25, 2008, with the Spokane Chiefs defeating the Kitchener Rangers 4–1 in the championship game to win the Memorial Cup. A memorable moment of the tournament occurred immediately following the championship game. As Spokane Chiefs captain Chris Bruton was about to hand the trophy to teammate Trevor Glass, the cup detached from the base and fell to the ice.[http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h8-UmDL023H2mNhA2th4EJuHVxIQ Broken trophy still beautiful for Memorial Cup champion Spokane Chiefs]. Canadian Press. 25 May 2008. Accessed 28 May 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528061635/http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h8-UmDL023H2mNhA2th4EJuHVxIQ |date=May 28, 2008 }} This was not the original Memorial Cup, which resides at the Hockey Hall of Fame, but a replica.

Round-robin standings

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL

| ranking_style = wins

| update = complete

| team1 = SPO | name_SPO = Spokane Chiefs (WHL Champion)

| team2 = BEL | name_BEL = Belleville Bulls (OHL Finalist)

| team3 = KIT | name_KIT = Kitchener Rangers (Host/OHL Champion)

| team4 = GAT | name_GAT = Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL Champion)

| win_SPO = 3 | loss_SPO = 0 | gf_SPO = 10 | ga_SPO = 6

| win_BEL = 2 | loss_BEL = 1 | gf_BEL = 14 | ga_BEL = 11

| win_KIT = 1 | loss_KIT = 2 | gf_KIT = 10 | ga_KIT = 11

| win_GAT = 0 | loss_GAT = 3 | gf_GAT = 9 | ga_GAT = 15

| col_A = green2 | text_A = Advanced directly to the championship game

| result1 = A

| col_B = yellow2 | text_B = Advanced to the semifinal game

| result2 = B | result3 = B

| source =

}}

Rosters

border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="500"|Kitchener Rangers (host)

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="500"|Belleville Bulls (OHL)

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Goaltenders

Defencemen

Forwards

Head coach: Peter DeBoer

|align=left|

Goaltenders

Defencemen

Forwards

Head coach: George Burnett

bgcolor="#efefef" width="500"|Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="500"|Spokane Chiefs (WHL)

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Goaltenders

Defencemen

Forwards

Head coach: Benoit Groulx

|align=left|

Goaltenders

Defencemen

Forwards

Head coach: Bill Peters

Schedule

All times local (UTC -5)

=Round Robin=

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Gatineau Olympiques

|team2 = Kitchener Rangers

|stadium1 = Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener

|date1 = May 16

|score1 = 5–6

|recap1 = www.leaguestat.com/chl/memcup/en/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=60

|won1 = 2

|ot1 = 1

|1-1-1 = Michael Stinziani 1 - 14:13
Paul Byron 1 - 16:40

|1-1-2 = 6:17 - Jason Akeson 1
7:49 - Nick Spaling 1
11:57 - Matthew Halischuk 1

|1-2-1 = Darryl Smith 1 - pp - 12:57

|1-2-2 = 2:30 - pp - Mikkel Boedker 1
9:29 - Matthew Halischuk 2

|1-3-1 = Nicholas Valliere Mayer 1 - pp - 3:59
Alexandre Quesnel 1 - 9:05

|1-3-2 = No scoring

|1-4-2 = 6:59 - pp - Justin Azevedo 1

|goalie1-1 = Ryan Mior 47 saves / 53 shots

|goalie1-2 = Josh Unice 23 saves / 28 shots

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Belleville Bulls

|team2 = Spokane Chiefs

|stadium1 = Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener

|date1 = May 17

|score1 = 4–5

|recap1 = www.leaguestat.com/chl/memcup/en/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=61

|won1 = 2

|ot1 = 1

|1-1-1 = No scoring

|1-1-2 = 9:52 - Drayson Bowman 1
12:12 - Mitch Wahl 1
17:05 - Drayson Bowman 2

|1-2-1 = Bryan Cameron 1 - 2:27
Shawn Matthias 1 - pp - 13:56
Cory Tanaka 1 - 19:04

|1-3-1 = Cory Tanaka 2 - 7:35

|1-3-2 = 17:04 - Drayson Bowman 3

|1-4-2 = 4:46 - Levko Koper 1

|goalie1-1 = Mike Murphy 49 saves / 54 shots

|goalie1-2 = Dustin Tokarski 28 saves / 32 shots

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Kitchener Rangers

|team2 = Spokane Chiefs

|stadium1 = Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener

|date1 = May 18

|score1 = 1–2

|recap1 = www.leaguestat.com/chl/memcup/en/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=62

|won1 = 2

|1-1-1 = Matthew Halischuk 3 - sh - 4:21

|1-1-2 = 16:45 - Justin Falk 1

|1-2-2 = 5:24 - Drayson Bowman 4

|goalie1-1 = Josh Unice 27 saves / 29 shots

|goalie1-2 = Dustin Tokarski 36 saves / 37 shots

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Belleville Bulls

|team2 = Gatineau Olympiques

|stadium1 = Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener

|date1 = May 19

|score1 = 6–3

|recap1 = www.leaguestat.com/chl/memcup/en/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=63

|won1 = 1

|1-1-1 = Jan Mursak 1 - 8:13
Shawn Matthias 2 - sh - 10:26

|1-1-2 = 13:46 - Hugo Laporte 1
18:05 - Michael Stinziani 2

|1-2-1 = Cory Tanaka 3 - sh - 1:49

|1-2-2 = 9:35 - Claude Giroux 1

|1-3-1 = Shawn Matthias 3 - 13:04
Keaton Turkiewicz 1 - 15:35
Nigel Williams 1 - pp - 17:43

|goalie1-1 = Mike Murphy 30 saves / 33 shots

|goalie1-2 = Ryan Mior 41 saves / 47 shots

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Spokane Chiefs

|team2 = Gatineau Olympiques

|stadium1 = Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener

|date1 = May 20

|score1 = 3–1

|recap1 = www.leaguestat.com/chl/memcup/en/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=64

|won1 = 1

|1-1-1 = No scoring

|1-1-2 = 15:57 - pp - Alexandre Quesnel 2

|1-2-1 = Drayson Bowman 5 - pp - 5:20
Mitch Wahl 2 - 16:09

|1-3-1 = Levko Koper 2 - en - 19:25

|goalie1-1 = Dustin Tokarski 26 saves / 27 shots

|goalie1-2 = Ryan Mior 40 saves / 42 shots

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Kitchener Rangers

|team2 = Belleville Bulls

|stadium1 = Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener

|date1 = May 21

|score1 = 3–4

|recap1 = www.leaguestat.com/chl/memcup/en/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=59

|won1 = 2

|ot1 = 1

|1-1-1 = Scott Tregunna 1 - 8:07
Mikkel Boedker 2 - pp - 11:38
Yannick Weber 1 - 12:39

|1-2-2 = 7:28 - sh - Shawn Matthias 4
13:15 - pp - Cory Tanaka 4

|1-3-2 = 0:20 - pp - P. K. Subban 1

|1-4-2 = 8:55 - Keaton Turkiewicz 2

|goalie1-1 = Josh Unice 25 saves / 29 shots

|goalie1-2 = Mike Murphy 54 saves / 57 shots

}}

=Semi-final=

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Kitchener Rangers

|team2 = Belleville Bulls

|stadium1 = Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener

|date1 = May 23

|score1 = 9–0

|recap1 = www.leaguestat.com/chl/memcup/en/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=66

|won1 = 1

|1-1-1 = Nazem Kadri 1 - 0:46
Matthew Halischuk 4 - 8:46
Justin Azevedo 2 - 13:28
Nick Spaling 2 - 15:17

|1-2-1 = Justin Azevedo 3 - 6:57
Mike Duco 1 - 14:04
Justin Azevedo 4 - 15:45

|1-3-1 = Matthew Halischuk 5 - 6:31
Scott Tregunna 2 - pp - 19:43

|goalie1-1 = Josh Unice 25 saves / 25 shots

|goalie1-2 = Mike Murphy 29 saves / 38 shots

}}

=Final=

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Kitchener Rangers

|team2 = Spokane Chiefs

|stadium1 = Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener

|date1 = May 25

|score1 = 1–4

|recap1 = www.leaguestat.com/chl/memcup/en/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=65

|won1 = 2

|1-1-1 = Brandon Mashinter 1 - 5:01

|1-1-2 = 16:10 - pp - Judd Blackwater 1

|1-2-2 = 4:11 - Drayson Bowman 6
5:12 - pp - Trevor Glass 1

|1-3-2 = 19:04 - en - Jared Cowen 1

|goalie1-1 = Josh Unice 22 saves / 25 shots

|goalie1-2 = Dustin Tokarski 53 saves / 54 shots

}}

Leading scorers

class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="175px" | Player

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25px" | GP

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25px" | G

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25px" | A

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25px" | Pts

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25px" | PIM

Justin Azevedo, Kitchener547112
Matthew Halischuk, Kitchener55490
Drayson Bowman, Spokane46280
Nick Spaling, Kitchener52682
Mitch Wahl, Spokane42462
Mikkel Boedker, Kitchener52460
Chris Bruton, Spokane40660
Shawn Matthias, Belleville44152
Cory Tanaka, Belleville44152
Michael Stinziani, Gatineau32350
Adam Perry, Belleville40556

Leading goaltenders

:Goalies Have To Play A Minimum Of 60 Minutes To Be Listed.

class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="175px" | Player

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25px" | GP

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25px" | W

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25px" | L

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25px" | MINS

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25px" | GA

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25px" | GAA

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25px" | SO

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25px" | Sv%

Dustin Tokarski, Spokane44024571.720.953
Josh Unice, Kitchener523316142.661.897
Ryan Mior, Gatineau303142144.490.901
Mike Murphy, Belleville422254204.730.890

Award winners

All-star team

Road to the cup

=OHL Playoffs=

{{further|2007–08 OHL season}}

{{16TeamBracket | RD1=Conference Quarter-finals

| RD2=Conference Semi-finals

| RD3=Conference Finals

| RD4=OHL Championship

| RD2-group1=Eastern

| RD2-group2=Western

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01=Belleville

| RD1-score01=4

| RD1-seed02=8

| RD1-team02=Peterborough

| RD1-score02=1

| RD1-seed03=2

| RD1-team03=Brampton

| RD1-score03=1

| RD1-seed04=7

| RD1-team04=Barrie

| RD1-score04=4

| RD1-seed05=3

| RD1-team05=Oshawa

| RD1-score05=4

| RD1-seed06=6

| RD1-team06=Ottawa

| RD1-score06=0

| RD1-seed07=4

| RD1-team07=Niagara

| RD1-score07=4

| RD1-seed08=5

| RD1-team08=Mississauga

| RD1-score08=0

| RD1-seed09=1

| RD1-team09=Kitchener

| RD1-score09=4

| RD1-seed10=8

| RD1-team10=Plymouth

| RD1-score10=0

| RD1-seed11=3

| RD1-team11=Windsor

| RD1-score11=1

| RD1-seed12=6

| RD1-team12=Sarnia

| RD1-score12=4

| RD1-seed13=2

| RD1-team13=Sault Ste. Marie

| RD1-score13=4

| RD1-seed14=7

| RD1-team14=Saginaw

| RD1-score14=0

| RD1-seed15=4

| RD1-team15=London

| RD1-score15=1

| RD1-seed16=5

| RD1-team16=Guelph

| RD1-score16=4

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=Belleville

| RD2-score01=4

| RD2-seed02=7

| RD2-team02=Barrie

| RD2-score02=0

| RD2-seed03=3

| RD2-team03=Oshawa

| RD2-score03=4

| RD2-seed04=4

| RD2-team04=Niagara

| RD2-score04=2

| RD2-seed05=1

| RD2-team05=Kitchener

| RD2-score05=4

| RD2-seed06=6

| RD2-team06=Sarnia

| RD2-score06=0

| RD2-seed07=2

| RD2-team07=Sault Ste. Marie

| RD2-score07=4

| RD2-seed08=5

| RD2-team08=Guelph

| RD2-score08=1

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=Belleville

| RD3-score01=4

| RD3-seed02=3

| RD3-team02=Oshawa

| RD3-score02=1

| RD3-seed03=1

| RD3-team03=Kitchener

| RD3-score03=4

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-team04=Sault Ste. Marie

| RD3-score04=1

| RD4-seed01=E1

| RD4-team01=Belleville

| RD4-score01=3

| RD4-seed02=W1

| RD4-team02=Kitchener

| RD4-score02=4

}}

=QMJHL Playoffs=

{{further|2007–08 QMJHL season}}

{{16TeamBracket

| RD1=Division quarterfinals

| RD2=Division semifinals

| RD3=Semifinals

| RD4=Finals

| RD2-group1=Eastern Division

| RD2-group2=Telus Division

| RD1-seed01=E1

| RD1-team01=Halifax

| RD1-score01=4

| RD1-seed02=E8

| RD1-team02=Victoriaville

| RD1-score02=2

| RD1-seed03=E4

| RD1-team03=Cape Breton

| RD1-score03=4

| RD1-seed04=E5

| RD1-team04=Lewiston

| RD1-score04=2

| RD1-seed05=E2

| RD1-team05=Saint John

| RD1-score05=4

| RD1-seed06=E7

| RD1-team06=P.E.I.

| RD1-score06=0

| RD1-seed07=E3

| RD1-team07=Acadie-Bathurst

| RD1-score07=4

| RD1-seed08=E6

| RD1-team08=St. John's

| RD1-score08=2

| RD1-seed09=T1

| RD1-team09=Rouyn-Noranda

| RD1-score09=4

| RD1-seed10=T8

| RD1-team10=Val-d'Or

| RD1-score10=0

| RD1-seed11=T2

| RD1-team11=Baie-Comeau

| RD1-score11=1

| RD1-seed12=T7

| RD1-team12=Rimouski

| RD1-score12=4

| RD1-seed13=T3

| RD1-team13=Gatineau

| RD1-score13=4

| RD1-seed14=T6

| RD1-team14=Shawinigan

| RD1-score14=1

| RD1-seed15=T4

| RD1-team15=Chicoutimi

| RD1-score15=2

| RD1-seed16=T5

| RD1-team16=Québec

| RD1-score16=4

| RD2-seed01=E1

| RD2-team01=Halifax

| RD2-score01=4

| RD2-seed02=E4

| RD2-team02=Cape Breton

| RD2-score02=1

| RD2-seed03=E2

| RD2-team03=Saint John

| RD2-score03=4

| RD2-seed04=E3

| RD2-team04=Acadie-Bathurst

| RD2-score04=2

| RD2-seed05=T1

| RD2-team05=Rouyn-Noranda

| RD2-score05=4

| RD2-seed06=T7

| RD2-team06=Rimouski

| RD2-score06=0

| RD2-seed07=T3

| RD2-team07=Gatineau

| RD2-score07=4

| RD2-seed08=T5

| RD2-team08=Québec

| RD2-score08=1

| RD3-seed01=E1

| RD3-team01=Halifax

| RD3-score01=0

| RD3-seed02=T3

| RD3-team02=Gatineau

| RD3-score02=4

| RD3-seed03=T1

| RD3-team03=Rouyn-Noranda

| RD3-score03=4

| RD3-seed04=E2

| RD3-team04=Saint John

| RD3-score04=0

| RD4-seed01=T3

| RD4-team01=Gatineau

| RD4-score01=4

| RD4-seed02=T1

| RD4-team02=Rouyn-Noranda

| RD4-score02=1

}}

Victoriaville seeded 8th in Eastern division.

=WHL Playoffs=

{{further|2007–08 WHL season}}

{{16TeamBracket | RD1=Conference Quarter-finals

| RD2=Conference Semi-finals

| RD3=Conference Finals

| RD4=WHL Championship

| RD2-group1=Eastern

| RD2-group2=Western

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01=Calgary

| RD1-score01=4

| RD1-seed02=8

| RD1-team02=Moose Jaw

| RD1-score02=2

| RD1-seed03=2

| RD1-team03=Regina

| RD1-score03=2

| RD1-seed04=7

| RD1-team04=Swift Current

| RD1-score04=4

| RD1-seed05=3

| RD1-team05=Lethbridge

| RD1-score05=4

| RD1-seed06=6

| RD1-team06=Brandon

| RD1-score06=2

| RD1-seed07=4

| RD1-team07=Medicine Hat

| RD1-score07=1

| RD1-seed08=5

| RD1-team08=Kootenay

| RD1-score08=4

| RD1-seed09=1

| RD1-team09=Tri-City

| RD1-seed10=8

| RD1-team10=Kamloops

| RD1-score09=4

| RD1-score10=0

| RD1-seed11=4

| RD1-team11=Seattle

| RD1-score11=4

| RD1-seed12=5

| RD1-team12=Kelowna

| RD1-score12=3

| RD1-seed13=2

| RD1-team13=Vancouver

| RD1-score13=4

| RD1-seed14=7

| RD1-team14=Chilliwack

| RD1-score14=0

| RD1-seed15=3

| RD1-team15=Spokane

| RD1-score15=4

| RD1-seed16=6

| RD1-team16=Everett

| RD1-score16=0

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=Calgary

| RD2-score01=4

| RD2-seed02=7

| RD2-team02=Swift Current

| RD2-score02=2

| RD2-seed03=3

| RD2-team03=Lethbridge

| RD2-score03=4

| RD2-seed04=5

| RD2-team04=Kootenay

| RD2-score04=1

| RD2-seed05=1

| RD2-team05=Tri-City

| RD2-score05=4

| RD2-seed06=4

| RD2-team06=Seattle

| RD2-score06=1

| RD2-seed07=2

| RD2-team07=Vancouver

| RD2-score07=2

| RD2-seed08=3

| RD2-team08=Spokane

| RD2-score08=4

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=Calgary

| RD3-score01=0

| RD3-seed02=3

| RD3-team02=Lethbridge

| RD3-score02=4

| RD3-seed03=1

| RD3-team03=Tri-City

| RD3-score03=3

| RD3-seed04=3

| RD3-team04=Spokane

| RD3-score04=4

| RD4-seed01=E3

| RD4-team01=Lethbridge

| RD4-score01=0

| RD4-seed02=W3

| RD4-team02=Spokane

| RD4-score02=4

}}

References

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