Tournament details | |
---|---|
Venue(s) | Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, ON |
Dates | April 21–26, 1998 |
Teams | 6 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne |
Runner-up | Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals |
Third place | Calgary Buffaloes |
Tournament statistics | |
Scoring leader(s) | Dany Heatley |
MVP | Dany Heatley |
The 1998 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 20th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 21–26, 1998 at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. The Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne defeated the host Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals in the championship game to win the gold medal. The Calgary Buffaloes won the bronze medal. Calgary's Dany Heatley was the tournament's top scorer and most valuable player.[1] Other future National Hockey League players playing in this tournament were Sheldon Brookbank, Randy Jones and Krys Kolanos.