2004 Memorial Cup

The 2004 Memorial Cup (branded as the 2004 Mastercard Memorial Cup for sponsorship reasons) occurred May 15–23 at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia. It was the 86th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). It featured the host team, the Kelowna Rockets as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League which were the Guelph Storm, Gatineau Olympiques and the Medicine Hat Tigers respectively. The Kelowna Rockets would be the eventual winners, and would become only the fourth host team to win without winning their league as well. (The first time was in 1983, when the Portland Winter Hawks won it, the second was in 1993 when the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds won it, and the third was in 1999 when the Ottawa 67's won it.) Kelowna defeated the Olympiques who made their second straight Memorial Cup final, but as with 2003, the 'Piques came up short. 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 as well.

2004 Memorial Cup

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Prospera Place Kelowna, British Columbia
Dates	May 15–23, 2004
Teams	4
Host team	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
TV partner(s)	Rogers Sportsnet
Final positions
Champions	Kelowna Rockets (WHL) (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	8
Attendance	50,078 (6,260 per game)

The Memorial Cup trophy

Round-robin standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Kelowna Rockets (host)	3	3	0	7	2	6
2	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)	3	2	1	11	7	4
3	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)	3	1	2	4	6	2
4	Guelph Storm (OHL)	3	0	3	3	10	0

Source:

Schedule

All times local (UTC -8)

Round-robin

May 15, 2004 Kelowna 1–0 Guelph Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance:6,350

May 16, 2004 Medicine Hat 1-3 Gatineau Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance:6,153

May 17, 2004 Kelowna 4–1 Gatineau Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance:6,250

May 18, 2004 Medicine Hat 2–1 Guelph Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance:6,127

May 19, 2004 Gatineau 7–2 Guelph Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance:6,150

May 20, 2004 Kelowna 2–1 Medicine Hat Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance:6,350

Semi-final

May 22, 2004 Gatineau 6–5 Medicine Hat Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance:6,151

Final

May 23, 2004 Kelowna 2–1 Gatineau Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance: 6,636

Winning team

Michal Blanar, Troy Bodie, Mike Card, Blake Comeau, Ryan Constant, Kyle Cumiskey, Darren Deschamps, Simon Ferguson, Randall Gelech, Josh Gorges, Kelly Guard, Joel Henituik, Brent Howarth, Justin Keller, D. J. King, Josh Lepp, Joni Lindlof, Tyler Mosienko, Mark Olafson, Cam Paddock, Brett Palin, Chris Ray, Kevin Reinholt, Tyler Spurgeon, Stephen Sunderman, Stewart Thiessen, Patrik Valcak, Nolan Waker, Shea Weber, Derek Yeomans. Coach: Marc Habscheid

Scoring leaders

1. Doug O'Brien, 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, MH (1g, 3a, 4pts)
8. Cam Paddock, KEL (1g, 3a, 4pts)
9. Shea Weber, KEL (1g, 3a, 4pts)

Goaltending leaders

1. Kelly Guard, KEL (0.75gaa, .971sv%)
2. Kevin Nastiuk, MH (2.77gaa, .888sv%)
3. David Tremblay, GAT (2.94gaa, .897sv%)
4. Adam Dennis, GUE (3.00gaa, .848sv%)

Award winners

• Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Kelly Guard, Kelowna
• George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): Josh Gorges, Kelowna
• Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender): Kelly Guard, Kelowna
• Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Leading Scorer): Doug O'Brien, Gatineau

All-star team

• Goal: Kelly Guard, Kelowna
• Defence: Doug O'Brien, Gatineau; Shea Weber, Kelowna
• Forwards: Jean-Michel Daoust, Gatineau; Clarke MacArthur, Medicine Hat; Randall Gelech, Kelowna

External links

• Memorial Cup Archived 2016-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
• Canadian Hockey League