2004 Memorial Cup
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The 2004 Memorial Cup
Memorial Cup
The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...

occurred May 15–23 at Prospera Place
Prospera Place
Prospera Place, formerly known as Skyreach Place, is a 6,886-seat multi-purpose arena, in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. It replaced the old Kelowna Memorial Arena, though it is still in use for smaller venues and sports....

 in Kelowna
Kelowna
Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"...

, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. It featured the host team, the Kelowna Rockets
Kelowna Rockets
The Kelowna Rockets are a major junior ice hockey team based in Kelowna, British Columbia. The Rockets play in the Western Hockey League , out of the Canadian Hockey League . They play their home games at Prospera Place....

 as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....

, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...

 and the Western Hockey League
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...

 which were the Guelph Storm
Guelph Storm
The Guelph Storm is a major junior ice hockey team based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. They have played in the OHL since the 1991–92 season. The team plays home games at the Sleeman Centre.-History:...

, Gatineau Olympiques
Gatineau Olympiques
The Gatineau Olympiques are a major junior ice hockey team playing in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League out of Gatineau, Quebec. The Olympiques play out of the Robert Guertin Centre. The club, then known as the Hull Festivals, was granted membership in the QMJHL in 1973. The Olympiques have...

 and the Medicine Hat Tigers
Medicine Hat Tigers
The Medicine Hat Tigers are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League who play out of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Established in 1970, the team has won two national Memorial Cups, five WHL League Championships and seven Division Titles. The Tigers play at the Medicine Hat Arena....

 respectively. The Kelowna Rockets would be the eventual winners, and would become only the third host team to win without winning their league as well. (The first time was in 1983, when the Portland Winter Hawks
Portland Winter Hawks
The Portland Winterhawks are a major junior ice hockey team based in Portland, Oregon, playing in the Western Hockey League, a member league in the Canadian Hockey League. They play their home games at the Memorial Coliseum, though typically a few games each season are also played in the...

 won, the second time was in 1999
1999 Memorial Cup
The 1999 MasterCard Memorial Cup took place from May 15–23 at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. Participating teams were the host Ottawa 67's, the Belleville Bulls, winners of the Ontario Hockey League, the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, winners of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the...

 when the Ottawa 67's
Ottawa 67's
The Ottawa 67’s are a junior ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario. They have played in the Ontario Hockey League since 1967, Canada's centennial year. The current coach is Chris Byrne.-History:...

 did it.) Kelowna defeated the Olympiques who made their second straight Memorial Cup final, but as with 2003
2003 Memorial Cup
The 2003 Memorial Cup occurred May 17-25 at the Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City, Quebec. It featured the host team, the Quebec Remparts as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League which were the Kitchener Rangers, Hull Olympiques...

, the 'Piques lost out. Kelowna also participated in the 2003 tournament as WHL champions but did not advance to the final, and would participate as WHL champions in the 2005 Memorial Cup
2005 Memorial Cup
The 2005 Memorial Cup was held May 21–29, 2005 at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario. The Cup tournament featured the champions from the Western Hockey League, the Kelowna Rockets, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, the Rimouski Océanic, the Ottawa 67's representing the Ontario Hockey...

 as well.

Fans lined up outside Prospera Place for hours to witness the 2-1 victory for the Kelowna Rockets in the championship game at the MasterCard Memorial Cup. Every game of the tournament was sold out and an enthusiastic host city cheered wildly as their home team claimed their first Memorial Cup victory. The Rockets are the first team since the Ottawa 67's in 1999 to win the Memorial Cup on home ice and the victory marks the first time the host team has gone undefeated in the tournament.

Justin Keller
Justin Keller
Justin Keller is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the EHC Black Wings Linz in the Austrian Hockey League...

 scored the game winning goal late in the third period as the host Kelowna Rockets won their first ever MasterCard Memorial Cup by defeating the QMJHL Champion Gatineau Olympiques. Despite numerous chances on both ends of the ice through the first two periods of play, neither team could find the back of the net until the third. With six and a half minutes gone in the third and Gatineau on the power-play, Jean Michel Daoust slapped a pass to Guillaume Fournier, who tipped it past Kelly Guard for his first of the tournament.
Less than four minutes later, Kelowna tied things up after a rebound from a Brett Palin slap shot went straight to Randall Gelech who chipped it in past Gatineau goaltender David Tremblay for his third of the tournament. Kelowna had a chance to take the lead just seconds later but found the post instead.

With 13:38 left to play in the period, Keller streaked in from the right side and tucked the puck between the pads of Tremblay, bringing the largest-ever crowd to attend Kelowna's Prospera Place to their feet. The Canadian Hockey League was proud to announce more than 1.2 million viewers tuned in to Rogers Sportsnet and RDS coverage of the championship tournament, including 410,000 for the final game when the Kelowna Rockets defeated the Gatineau Olympiques to win the 2004 MasterCard Memorial Cup.

Round-robin standings

Team  GP W L GF GA PTS
Kelowna Rockets
Kelowna Rockets
The Kelowna Rockets are a major junior ice hockey team based in Kelowna, British Columbia. The Rockets play in the Western Hockey League , out of the Canadian Hockey League . They play their home games at Prospera Place....

 (host)
3 3 0 7 2 6
Gatineau Olympiques
Gatineau Olympiques
The Gatineau Olympiques are a major junior ice hockey team playing in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League out of Gatineau, Quebec. The Olympiques play out of the Robert Guertin Centre. The club, then known as the Hull Festivals, was granted membership in the QMJHL in 1973. The Olympiques have...

 (QMJHL
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...

)
3 2 1 11 7 4
Medicine Hat Tigers
Medicine Hat Tigers
The Medicine Hat Tigers are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League who play out of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Established in 1970, the team has won two national Memorial Cups, five WHL League Championships and seven Division Titles. The Tigers play at the Medicine Hat Arena....

 (WHL
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...

)
3 1 2 4 6 2
Guelph Storm
Guelph Storm
The Guelph Storm is a major junior ice hockey team based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. They have played in the OHL since the 1991–92 season. The team plays home games at the Sleeman Centre.-History:...

 (OHL
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....

)
3 0 3 3 10 0

Round-robin

Semi-final

Final

Winning team

Michal Blanar, Troy Bodie
Troy Bodie
Troy Bodie is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger who is currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks-Playing career:...

, Mike Card
Mike Card
Mike Card is a professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Kassel Huskies of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.-Playing career:...

, Blake Comeau
Blake Comeau
Blake Comeau is a Canadian ice hockey player who currently plays for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...

, Ryan Constant, Kyle Cumiskey
Kyle Cumiskey
Kyle Cumiskey is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. Kyle's brother, Clayton, is a current member of the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League....

, Darren Deschamps, Simon Ferguson
Simon Ferguson
Simon Alexander Ross Ferguson played List A cricket for Suffolk in 1984 and first-class cricket for Somerset in 1985. He was born in Lagos, Nigeria....

, Randall Gelech, Josh Gorges
Josh Gorges
Josh Gorges is a professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League. He is of German ancestry as his grandparents immigrated from Germany to Canada.-Playing career:...

, Kelly Guard
Kelly Guard
Kelly Guard is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He last played for HC Pustertal-Val Pusteria in Italy's Serie A. He helped lead the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League to a Memorial Cup championship in 2004.-Playing career:Guard spent his entire junior career with...

, Joel Henituik, Brent Howarth, Justin Keller
Justin Keller
Justin Keller is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the EHC Black Wings Linz in the Austrian Hockey League...

, D. J. King
D. J. King
-International:-External links:...

, Josh Lepp, Joni Lindlof, Tyler Mosienko
Tyler Mosienko
Tyler Mosienko is an Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Las Vegas Wranglers in the ECHL. He is the grandson of Hockey Hall of Famer Bill Mosienko.-External links:...

, Mark Olafson, Cam Paddock
Cam Paddock
Cam Paddock is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He currently plays for the Manchester Monarchs of the AHL.- Early life :...

, Brett Palin
Brett Palin
Brett Palin is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and is currently a member of the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League . The Admirals are the AHL affiliate of the Nashville Predators' organization of the National Hockey League...

, Chris Ray, Kevin Reinholt, Tyler Spurgeon
Tyler Spurgeon
Tyler Spurgeon is a centre in the Dallas Stars organization for the Idaho Steelheads of the East Coast Hockey League....

, Stephen Sunderman, Stewart Thiessen, Patrik Valcak, Nolan Waker, Shea Weber
Shea Weber
Shea Michael Weber is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League . An NHL All-Star and Olympic gold medalist, he is the captain of the Nashville Predators....

, Derek Yeomans. Coach: Marc Habscheid
Marc Habscheid
Marc Joseph Habscheid is a former National Hockey League forward and current head coach and general manager of the Victoria Royals of the Western Hockey League. He was drafted in the 6th round, 113th Overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers...


Scoring leaders

  1. Doug O'Brien
    Doug O'Brien
    Doug O'Brien is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for HC Sparta in the Czech Extraliga.-Playing career:O'Brien was drafted 192nd overall in the 6th round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning...

    , GAT (3g, 5a, 8pts)
  2. Jean-Michel Daoust, GAT (1g, 6a, 7pts)
  3. Nick Fugere, GAT (4g, 1a, 5pts)
  4. Yanick Seidenberg, MH (1g, 4a, 5pts)
  5. Randall Gelech, KEL (3g, 1a, 4pts)
  6. Chris St. Jacques, MH (3g, 1a, 4pts)
  7. Clarke MacArthur
    Clarke MacArthur
    Clarke MacArthur is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League . He was drafted by the Sabres in the third round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. MacArthur started his NHL career with the Buffalo Sabres, and was later...

    , MH (1g, 3a, 4pts)
  8. Cam Paddock
    Cam Paddock
    Cam Paddock is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He currently plays for the Manchester Monarchs of the AHL.- Early life :...

    , KEL (1g, 3a, 4pts)
  9. Shea Weber
    Shea Weber
    Shea Michael Weber is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League . An NHL All-Star and Olympic gold medalist, he is the captain of the Nashville Predators....

    , KEL (1g, 3a, 4pts)

Goaltending leaders

  1. Kelly Guard, KEL (0.75gaa, .971sv%)
  2. Kevin Nastiuk
    Kevin Nastiuk
    Kevin Nastiuk is a Ukrainian Canadian ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany. Nastiuk played junior hockey with the Medicine Hat Tigers from 2001 through 2005 and was drafted in the fourth round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the...

    , MH (2.77gaa, .888sv%)
  3. David Tremblay, GAT (2.94gaa, .897sv%)
  4. Adam Dennis
    Adam Dennis
    Adam Dennis is an ice hockey goalie who played for :de:Kölner Haie.- Early career :He was acquired by the London Knights from the Guelph Storm on January 10, 2005 in exchange for goalie Ryan MacDonald and 3 draft picks.- Draft :He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League in...

    , GUE (3.00gaa, .848sv%)

Award winners

  • Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy
    Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy
    The Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy is a Canadian Hockey League trophy, awarded to the most valuable player in the annual Memorial Cup Tournament...

     (MVP): Kelly Guard
    Kelly Guard
    Kelly Guard is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He last played for HC Pustertal-Val Pusteria in Italy's Serie A. He helped lead the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League to a Memorial Cup championship in 2004.-Playing career:Guard spent his entire junior career with...

    , Kelowna
  • George Parsons Trophy
    George Parsons Trophy
    The George Parsons Trophy is awarded annually to the player judged to be the most sportsmanlike at the Memorial Cup ice hockey tournament. It was first awarded in 1973. The trophy is named for George Parsons, a former OHA and NHL player whose career was ended prematurely in 1939 by an eye...

     (Sportsmanship): Josh Gorges
    Josh Gorges
    Josh Gorges is a professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League. He is of German ancestry as his grandparents immigrated from Germany to Canada.-Playing career:...

    , Kelowna
  • Hap Emms Memorial Trophy
    Hap Emms Memorial Trophy
    The Hap Emms Memorial Trophy is awarded to the outstanding goaltender at the Memorial Cup of the Canadian Hockey League.The award is named after Leighton "Hap" Emms, who led four teams to championship victories at the Memorial Cup in the 1950s and 1960s....

     (Goaltender): Kelly Guard
    Kelly Guard
    Kelly Guard is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He last played for HC Pustertal-Val Pusteria in Italy's Serie A. He helped lead the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League to a Memorial Cup championship in 2004.-Playing career:Guard spent his entire junior career with...

    , Kelowna
  • Ed Chynoweth Trophy
    Ed Chynoweth Trophy
    The Ed Chynoweth Trophy is awarded to the leading scorer at the Memorial Cup tournament. It was first awarded in 1996. In the case of a tie in points, the award is given to the player with the fewest games played. If they have played the same number of games, the award goes to the player with the...

     (Leading Scorer): Doug O'Brien
    Doug O'Brien
    Doug O'Brien is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for HC Sparta in the Czech Extraliga.-Playing career:O'Brien was drafted 192nd overall in the 6th round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning...

    , Gatineau


All-star team
  • Goal: Kelly Guard
    Kelly Guard
    Kelly Guard is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He last played for HC Pustertal-Val Pusteria in Italy's Serie A. He helped lead the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League to a Memorial Cup championship in 2004.-Playing career:Guard spent his entire junior career with...

    , Kelowna
  • Defence: Doug O'Brien
    Doug O'Brien
    Doug O'Brien is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for HC Sparta in the Czech Extraliga.-Playing career:O'Brien was drafted 192nd overall in the 6th round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning...

    , Gatineau; Shea Weber
    Shea Weber
    Shea Michael Weber is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League . An NHL All-Star and Olympic gold medalist, he is the captain of the Nashville Predators....

    , Kelowna
  • Forwards: Jean-Michel Daoust
    Jean-Michel Daoust
    Jean-Michel Daoust is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for the Straubing Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-Playing career:...

    , Gatineau; Clarke MacArthur
    Clarke MacArthur
    Clarke MacArthur is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League . He was drafted by the Sabres in the third round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. MacArthur started his NHL career with the Buffalo Sabres, and was later...

    , Medicine Hat; Randall Gelech, Kelowna

See also

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