2015 Memorial Cup

2015 Mastercard Memorial Cup

Quebec City, Quebec
Host team	Quebec Remparts
Venue	Colisée Pepsi
Champions	Oshawa Generals
Duration	May 22–31, 2015
Number of teams	4
Television	Sportsnet, TVA Sports
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The 2015 Memorial Cup was a four-team, round-robin format tournament that began on 22 May and ended on 31 May, 2015. It was the 97th Memorial Cup championship and determined the champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The tournament was hosted by the Quebec Remparts of Quebec City, Quebec, who won the right to host the tournament over a bid by the Chicoutimi Saguenéens.^[1] They were joined by the WHL champion Kelowna Rockets, the OHL champion Oshawa Generals, and the QMJHL champion Rimouski Océanic. All four of the participating teams had previously won the Memorial Cup.

The tournament ended with the Oshawa Generals winning their fifth Memorial Cup with an overtime win over the Kelowna Rockets 2–1 in the championship game. This final game of the tournament was also the last competitive hockey game played in the Colisée Pepsi before the Remparts move to the Videotron Centre in September 2015.

Round-robin standings

 ^†  Indicates team advanced directly to the championship game

 *  Indicates team advanced to the semifinal game

Kelowna, Rimouski and Quebec finished tied for second in points. Based on the rules for 2015, the tiebreaker was a two-step process. Results from the games against Oshawa were removed and the teams' remaining goals for, divided by the sum of their goals for plus goals against, were calculated. This resulted in Kelowna (10/[10+7]=0.59) advancing directly to the semi-final (and receiving home ice advantage). In the second step, Quebec defeated Rimouski in a sudden-death tiebreaker game to advance to the semi-final.^[2]

Note: Quebec had finished behind Rimouski in the round robin when applying the new total-goal-index calculation, or the goal differential, or their round robin loss to Rimouski.

Schedule

All times local (UTC −5)^[3]

Round robin

Playoff Round

Tiebreaker

Semi-Final

Final

Statistical leaders

Skaters

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Goaltending

This is a combined table of the top goaltenders based on goals against average and save percentage with at least sixty minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA.

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds)

Awards

• Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Leon Draisaitl, Kelowna Rockets
• Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Leading Scorer): Leon Draisaitl, Kelowna Rockets
• George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanlike): Alexis Loiseau, Rimouski Océanic
• Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Top Goalie): Ken Appleby, Oshawa Generals
• All-Star Team:

Goaltender: Ken Appleby, Oshawa Generals

Defence: Madison Bowey, Kelowna Rockets; Ryan Graves, Quebec Remparts

Forwards: Nick Merkley, Kelowna Rockets; Michael McCarron, Oshawa Generals; Michael Dal Colle, Oshawa Generals

Rosters

Quebec Remparts (Host) Head coach: Philippe Boucher Pos. No. Player[4] G 30 Callum Booth G 31 Zachary Fucale D 5 Raphaël Maheux D 7 Brian Lovell D 9 Aaron Dutra D 15 Nikolas Brouillard D 18 Cody Donaghey D 27 Ryan Graves D 55 Matt Murphy D 76 Giancarlo Fiori D 94 Olivier Thibodeau F 10 Anthony Duclair F 11 Marc-Olivier Roy F 14 Olivier Garneau F 17 Yanick Turcotte F 19 Kurt Etchegary F 20 Donovan Rehill F 21 Vladimir Tkachev F 23 Massimo Carozza F 24 Guillaume Gauthier F 61 Marcus Cuomo F 73 Adam Erne F 77 Jérome Verrier F 82 Jesse Sutton F 88 Dmytro Timashov F 96 Zachery Moody

Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL) Head Coach: Serge Beausoleil Pos. No. Player[5] G 30 Philippe Desrosiers G 33 Louis-Philip Guindon D 3 Jan Kostalek D 6 Beau Rusk D 24 Simon Bourque D 27 Charles-David Beaudoin D 42 Andrew Picco D 55 Samuel Morin D 68 Guillaume McSween D 81 Eduard Nasybullin F 10 Anthony Chapados F 11 Deven St-Hilaire F 15 Anthony DeLuca F 16 Justin Vachon F 18 William Couture F 19 Justin Samson F 22 Tyler Boland F 23 Frédérik Gauthier F 25 Jérémy Lépine F 57 Christopher Clapperton F 61 François Beauchemin F 74 Alexis Loiseau F 79 Samuel Laberge F 88 Michael Joly

Kelowna Rockets (WHL) Head Coach: Dan Lambert Pos. No. Player[6] GK 1 Jackson Whistle GK 30 Michael Herringer GK 33 Jake Morrissey D 3 Riley Stadel D 4 Madison Bowey D 6 Mitchell Wheaton D 7 Lucas Johansen D 8 Cole Martin D 21 Devante Stephens D 27 Josh Morrissey D 28 Joe Gatenby F 9 Tyler Wishnowski F 10 Nick Merkley F 11 Jordan Borstmayer F 12 Tyrell Goulbourne F 14 Rourke Chartier F 15 Tomas Soustal F 16 Kole Lind F 17 Rodney Southam F 18 Tate Coughlin F 19 Dillon Dube F 20 Gage Quinney F 22 Chance Braid F 23 Justin Kirkland F 24 Tyson Baillie F 26 Cole Linaker F 29 Leon Draisaitl

Oshawa Generals (OHL) Head Coach: D. J. Smith Pos. No. Player[7] GK 35 Ken Appleby GK 56 Jeremy Brodeur D 3 Josh Brown D 6 Will Petschenig D 7 Chris Carlisle D 18 Sonny Hertzberg D 24 Stephen Templeton D 26 Daniel Robertson D 37 Stephen Desrocher D 44 Dakota Mermis D 58 Mitchell Vande Sompel F 10 Aidan Wallace F 14 Bradley Latour F 15 Michael Turner F 17 Brent Pedersen F 19 Cole Cassels F 20 Matt Mistele F 22 Anthony Cirelli F 23 Tobias Lindberg F 25 Kenny Huether F 29 Joe Manchurek F 34 Hunter Smith F 55 Michael McCarron F 71 Michael Dal Colle F 89 Sam Harding

Road to the Cup

WHL Playoffs

OHL Playoffs

QMJHL Playoffs

References