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2013 Memorial Cup

seahawk

seahawk

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Tournament starts on Friday night in Saskatoon. The host Blades have been waiting since the 1st round of the WHL playoffs. They will be joined by the Halifax Mooseheads and 2 of the following:
WHL - Portland Winterhawks or Edmonton Oil Kings (POR leads 3-2, Game 6 Sunday with Game 7 Monday)
OHL - London Knights or Barrie Colts (BAR leads 3-2, Game 6 Saturday with Game 7 Monday)

Schedule:
Friday May 17 - Saskatoon vs OHL
Saturday May 18 - QMJHL vs WHL
Sunday May 19 - QMJHL vs Saskatoon
Monday May 20 - WHL vs OHL
Tuesday May 21 - OHL vs QMJHL
Wednesday May 22 - WHL vs Saskatoon
Thursday May 23 - tie-breaker
Friday May 24 - Semi-Final
Sunday May 26- Final
 
Will be sitting about 10 rows behind the west end net for the tournament.  Was really looking forward to this one but that is a lot of games so may have to pick some out to miss???  Blades have not been overly good this season and may show the error of host team auto birth??
 
Bates said:
Will be sitting about 10 rows behind the west end net for the tournament.  Was really looking forward to this one but that is a lot of games so may have to pick some out to miss???  Blades have not been overly good this season and may show the error of host team auto birth??
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don't miss the OHL games! If Barrie prevails, watching Mark Scheifele (Winnipeg's property) is worth the price of admission on his own; also great to see Andreas Athanasiou (Detroit prospect) and if he's not suspended again, Boston's future Anthony Camara. If London ends up taking it, Griffith and Rupert are hella fun to watch too. 
 
That's the problem.  All the young stars may make it this year so will want to see them all.  Just not sure I want to go every night for 10 straight???
 
Bates said:
That's the problem.  All the young stars may make it this year so will want to see them all.  Just not sure I want to go every night for 10 straight???
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not ten straight. no games on the 25th. skip the 19th and the 22nd. there, only 7 :)
 
Camara's done for the remainder of the OHL Championship series for a dirty blindside hit.  Barrie would have to petition for him to be reinstated for the Memorial Cup.

Add on the list for the Knights that Domi's kid (2nd in OHL playoff scoring).  He's got warts in his game, but I think he has the potential to be a top line player AND he might be on the board when the Leafs draft.

Mark Scheifele has been unreal in the finals.  14 points in 5 games.
 
Branch did Barrie a favour suspending Camara for the duration. He singlehandedly blows opportunities to tie/win games with the selfish kinda bs he pulled the other night. Colts fans are happy to see him done too :)

Scheif has been unreal all season long. He's had more multiple point games than I can remember. Truly outstanding. Part of me doesn't understand why Winnipeg sent him back down in the first place, but the Colts are the better for it :)

Max Domi I cannot effing stand. Like father, like son I guess. Both are dumb as rocks. If the Leafs draft him, there will not be a DomiBear. Ever. No effing way. (just like there was never a dadDomibear either).
 
god I'm having a coronary watching this game 6 between Barrie and London. First two periods, Knights owned, built up a four goal lead??..and the Colts managed to come back in the third (without the suspended doofus Camara, and the victimised-by-a-dirty-check-that-went-unpunished Scheifele) and tied it with like 25 seconds to go. I hope they win this quickly in OT. effin' Knights?...
 
5-4 Knights win in OT.  Wow that was brutal.  Blowing a 4-0 3rd period lead including 3 goals in the final 5 minutes and one goal with 40 seconds left.

Ryan Rupert (Leafs 6th round draft pick) scored his second of the game and 11th of the postseason early in OT to win it. 

On to Game 7 on Monday.
 
LittleHockeyFan said:
Bates said:
That's the problem.  All the young stars may make it this year so will want to see them all.  Just not sure I want to go every night for 10 straight???
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not ten straight. no games on the 25th. skip the 19th and the 22nd. there, only 7 :)
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No guarantee that there will be one on the 23rd either. Tie-breaker is only needed if there is a tie for 3rd place. You've got 8 games for sure.
 
L K said:
5-4 Knights win in OT.  Wow that was brutal.  Blowing a 4-0 3rd period lead including 3 goals in the final 5 minutes and one goal with 40 seconds left.

Ryan Rupert (Leafs 6th round draft pick) scored his second of the game and 11th of the postseason early in OT to win it. 

On to Game 7 on Monday.
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*copious amounts of really bad swear words*
 
Knights won the OHL Championship literally in the final second of the 3rd period.

Second straight appearance in the Memorial Cup, and thanks to a winning bid, they will be hosting the Memorial Cup in 2014.  Three straight appearances.  At least something is going right in terms of fandomship.
 
L K said:
Knights won the OHL Championship literally in the final second of the 3rd period.

Second straight appearance in the Memorial Cup, and thanks to a winning bid, they will be hosting the Memorial Cup in 2014.  Three straight appearances.  At least something is going right in terms of fandomship.
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maybe for you. I feel the Colts got raped by the OHL and the officials yet again. Their possible winning goal was disallowed. And then, after being waived off by the on ice referee, the off ice officials gave the Knights that goal. Congrats to you, but London will have the OHL in their back pocket until Branch isn't running it anymore. And Barrie and Windsor were wasting their time and money even making bids for the Memorial Cup. It won't be going to Barrie, ever. Branch hates Barrie. It was gonna be London as soon as London said they were going to be bidding.
 
LittleHockeyFan did you want me to get either of the Domi's to autograph a bear for you this week??  JK'ing!!!  Lots of buzz here for the Cup and it all starts tonight.  Looking forward to seeing if the Blades can elevate their game as I highly doubt they can prove they belong.  Although they do have a world class goalie when he chooses to compete??
 
Tonight's Memorial Cup Final 7pm ET (Sportsnet)

Halifax Mooseheads vs Portland Winterhawks

Dubbed the "Nathan & Seth show", this Memorial Cup Final promises to be more than just the top 1 & 2 draft prospects in Nathan McKinnon and Seth Jones, respectively.

Halifax, led by McKinnon, Jonathan Drouin (#3 prospect), Martin Frk and goaltender Zach Fucale, will need to be at the top of it's game against a very well-solidified Portland team led by Jones, Nic Petan, Ty Rattie and goaltender Mike Carruth.

Should make for an interesting final.


http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/jrhockey-buzzing-the-net/2013-memorial-cup-not-nathan-vs-seth-portland-224717944.html
 
Halifax Mooseheads win the 2013 Memorial Cup.

Final score:  Halifax 6  Portland 4

Nathan McKinnon (with a hat trick), Jonathan Drouin (with 5 assists) and Martin Frk helped propel the Halifax Mooseheads to their first-ever Memorial Cup.  The Mooseheads winning it also ensured that the QMJHL has now had three different teams in three successive years that have won the Memorial Cup.

As for the Portland Winterhawks (yes, Seth Jones did score), they got themselves mired in a 3-0 deficit in the first period before mounting a brief comeback in the second, only to have Ty Rattie's goal disallowed.  Portland was beginning to evolve a momentum at that point before the Mooseheads broke out and put the game out of reach for the Winterhawks.

Nathan McKinnon was tournament MVP as well as it's top goal scorer.

For more, go to: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/mackinnon-drouin-come-through-for-mooseheads/:
 
dappleganger said:
Everyone still think Seth Jones is the first pick in 2013?
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After finally getting a good viewing dose of Jones' play in that Mem cup, I wouldn't take him over McKinnon. Not a chance.

McKinnon is the real deal. I think there's little doubt of that, especially after his performance. I think he's Tavares level but with better natural wheels.  Might even be a bit better but he's up there in that echelon of potential.

The problem with Jones is his defensive shutdown game isn't all that good - not yet. He doesn't play anywhere nasty enough in his own end. I think it goes back to the theory that it's very hard to determine how a d-man will mature at only 18 yrs old. offensively you can see he's got  but defense seems to evolve as they get older.  The "failed" 1st overall d-men picks of the past suggest it's not a good strategy. 

Drew Doughty is about the only d-man that comes to mind in recent draft history who lived up to or exceeded expectations almost immediately as a top 5'ish pick. 

The Avs are going to have the local kid pressure to draft Jones and it wouldn't surprise me at all if they did, but I think it's the wrong choice.
 
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Everyone still think Seth Jones is the first pick in 2013?
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Yeah, I do anyway. I just think it makes too much sense for Colorado to pick the local defenseman when they're pretty deep down the middle. I can't pretend to have seen the entire junior season but I don't think the Memorial cup, even if Jones had a disappointing one, is going to play that big a role vs. the season long evaluation. Remember, there were a lot of people who after the World Juniors questioned whether or not McKinnon would even go in the top 2.
 
I watched every game this tournament and was not impressed with Jones as a franchise D-man.  He skates very well and moves the puck very well but his defensive side of the game to me is average. He also plays with almost no emotion and plays way too laid back for my liking.  Almost seems disinterested at times. He never moves anyone from front of net and rarely hits.  Of course this part of game could improve or may not be that important.  I sat with Portland fans and they say that is his game all the time, he is not a physical player.  I don't think he was even Portland's best defenseman this week or all season.  I would not want to be the GM who has to make this year's choice!!!

Drouin and Mackinnon both played very well this week but to me MacKinnon is clearly the better player.  Drouin sees the ice well and is a terrific passer but MacKinnon is just electric.  When he gets the puck the ice just tilts and players are left on their heels.  He can also stick handle in a phone booth as I watched him many times beat players in slow motion.  He is the real deal.

I don't think any of the teams that get these 3 will be disappointed but to me MacKinnon has the chance to be a real special player and is the one I would pick if I was picking first.
 
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