The 2003 Air Canada Cup was

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25th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 21–27, 2003 at the

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. The Calgary Northstars defeated the Gaulois du

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5-1 in the gold medal game to win the national title. It also marked the last season that the midget championship was known as the Air Canada Cup; it would be renamed the

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. Future

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players competing in this tournament were

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, and

Teddy Purcell Edward Purcell (born September 8, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Los Angeles Kings, Tampa Bay Lightning, Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers. He was not dr ...

, who was named the most valuable player of the tournament.

Teams

Round robin

Standings

Scores

*Collège Antoine-Girouard 7 - Calgary 0 *Yorkton 4 - St. John's 0 *Waterloo 4 - Sault Ste Marie 3 *Calgary 4 - Waterloo 3 *Collège Antoine-Girouard 7 - Yorkton 3 *St. John's 6 - Sault Ste. Marie 2 *Collège Antoine-Girouard 2 - St. John's 1 *Yorkton 2 - Waterloo 1 *Calgary 6 - Sault Ste. Marie 2 *Calgary 2 - Yorkton 1 *St. John's 4 - Waterloo 3 *Collège Antoine-Girouard 2 - Sault Ste. Marie 0 *Collège Antoine-Girouard 5 - Waterloo 2 *Yorkton 5 - Sault Ste. Marie 3 *Calgary 4 - St. John's 0

Playoffs

Semi-Finals

*Collège Antoine-Girouard 3 - St. John's 2 *Calgary 2 - Yorkton 1

Bronze medal game

*St. John's 5 - Yorkton 4

Gold medal game

*Calgary 5 - Collège Antoine-Girouard 1

Individual awards

*Most Valuable Player: Ted Purcell (St. John's) *Top Scorer: Mathieu Aubin (Collège Antoine-Girouard) *Top Forward: Alexandre Imbeault (Collège Antoine-Girouard) *Top Defenceman: Dustin Nehring (Yorkton) *Top Goaltender: Justin Mzarek (Yorkton) *Most Sportsmanlike Player: Justin St. Louis (Calgary)

References

External links

2003 Air Canada Cup Home Page
{{Midget AAA Hockey in Canada Telus Cup

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