The 2005 Telus Cup was

Canada's Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total ...

27th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 18–24, 2005 at the

Robert Guertin Arena The Robert Guertin Centre (formerly Robert Guertin Arena and Hull Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in the Hull sector of Gatineau, Quebec, with a capacity of 4,000 capacity (3,196 seated). It was built in 1957. The original tenant hockey team wa ...

in Gatineau,

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. The Saskatoon Contacts defeated the host L'Intrépide de Gatineau 4–1 in the gold medal game to win the national title.

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

defencemen

Luke Schenn Luke Schenn (born November 2, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Schenn played junior hockey with the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL). In his f ...

and

Eric Gryba Eric David Gryba (born April 14, 1988) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Gryba was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the third round, 68th overall, of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Ottawa Senators Gryba was sele ...

were members of the Contacts' championship team. At the start of the 2004-05 hockey season,

Telus Telus Communications Inc. (TCI) is the wholly owned principal subsidiary of Telus Corporation, a Telecommunications in Canada, Canadian national telecommunications company that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services ...

signed on as a premier sponsor of Hockey Canada. As a result of the sponsorship agreement, the national midget championship was named the

Telus Cup The Telus Cup is Canada's national under-18 ice hockey club championship. It is an annual event, held by Hockey Canada each April. From 1979 to 2003, the national championship was sponsored by Air Canada. The current champions are the Monct ...

. Until 2003, it had been known as the ''Air Canada Cup''.

Teams

Round robin

Standings

Scores

*Saskatoon 4 - Edmonton 3 *Lévis 3 - Don Mills 1 *Gatineau 6 - Cole Harbour 0 *Lévis 3 - Saskatoon 3 *Cole Harbour 5 - Edmonton 4 (OT) *Gatineau 3 - Don Mills 1 *Don Mills 5 - Edmonton 4 *Saskatoon 5 - Cole Harbour 1 *Lévis 2 - Gatineau 1 *Don Mills 3 - Cole Harbour 2 *Lévis 4 - Edmonton 2 *Saskatoon 4 0 Gatineau 2 *Cole Harbour 4 - Lévis 3 (OT) *Saskatoon 7 - Don Mills 2 *Edmonton 4 - Gatineau 0

Playoffs

Semi-Finals

*Saskatoon 3 - Don Mills 5 *Gatineau 5 - Lévis 2

Bronze medal game

*Lévis 7 - Don Mills 3

Gold medal game

*Saskatoon 4 - Gatineau 1

Individual awards

*Most Valuable Player: Dave Richard (Saskatoon) *Top Scorer: Kyle Bortis (Saskatoon) *Top Forward: Kyle Bortis (Saskatoon) *Top Defenceman:

(Saskatoon) *Top Goaltender: Bobby Nadeau (Lévis) *Most Sportsmanlike Player: Simon Danis-Pépin (Gatineau)

References

External links

2005 Telus Cup Home Page
{{Midget AAA Hockey in Canada Telus Cup

Sport in Gatineau April 2005 sports events in Canada