However, the CHL won’t let May go by without some Memorial Cup Content. 2002-03 Kootenay Ice roster and statistics. For complete Memorial Cup coverage, Live Game Scoring Updates and Game Summaries, visit www.memorialcup.net.Tigres’ defenceman Danny Groulx, who scored twice and assisted on five others in six games, was named the tournament MVP. “(Former Kootenay coach) Ryan McGill told me to soak it up because he didn’t enjoy it the first time he won the league title, so he gave me some reminders.”After dropping Game 1 of the final to Portland, the Western Conference’s top team, the Ice won four straight to take home the Ed Chynoweth Cup.Portland lost in its first trip to the league finals since 2001. Historical facts and data about the Kootenay Ice hockey team of the WHL, including players, … Kootenay Ice Advance to MasterCard Memorial Cup Semi-Finals MISSISSAUGA, Thursday, March 26, 2011 – After falling behind by two goals, the Ice quickly recovered and registered six unanswered markers to go on to a 7-3 victory over the Owen Sound Attack and clinch a berth in the 2011 MasterCard Memorial Cup semi-final game. The 2011 Memorial Cup was not without top performances from other squads, particularly Attack netminder and 2011 NHL Draft prospect Jordan Binnington who despite winning a lone contest across four outings finished with a spectacular .951 save percentage to lead all goaltenders, marked by a 41-save showing coming in an overtime decision versus the eventual champion Sea Dogs. Boxma and beat the Otters, 3-0.The Ice improved to 2-0 on May 20 with a 4-3 victory over Guelph, as Tomas Plihal scored the winner at 19:12 of the third period.Over the next three days, Erie beat Victoriaville, 5-1; the Tigers edged the Ice, 3-2; and the Otters blanked the Storm, 4-0, behind 32 saves from goaltender T.J. Aceti.With the round-robin over, the Ice was in the final, with Guelph and Victoriaville headed to a tiebreaker, won 4-3 by the Tigres on May 24. Joe Antilla blasted a shot that beat the Owen Sound goaltender on his glove side. We also invite you to ask us about our policies or feel free to let us know how we can better serve your privacy concerns. More News It was the 93rd Memorial Cup championship and determined the champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). It visited Niagara Falls, watched a Toronto Blue Jays game, and toured the Hockey Hall of Fame.The rest paid off on May 26 as Kootenay, with Colin Sinclair scoring twice, doubled Victoriaville, 6-3.“We knew if we stuck to the plan the longest, we’d be effective in the end because they would be tired. “I’ve worked four years for this in this league, but really it’s something you dream of when you first put on skates as a kid.”Matt Fraser scored his league-leading 16th and 17th goals of the post-season for Kootenay, which trailed 1-0 early in the first period.Steele Boomer scored in the first for the Ice, and Jesse Ismond added at empty-netter with 41 seconds left in the third.Nathan Lieuwen, who was named series MVP, stopped 26 shots for his 16th win of the playoffs, while Mac Carruth made 36 saves for the Winterhawks.Eakin was held off the scoresheet Friday, but led the Ice with nine points in the series and had 27 points in 19 playoff games.The Ice finished fourth in the Eastern Conference during the regular season, but lost just three playoff games on the way to its first league title since 2002 — despite having a 32-year-old rookie head coach in Kris Knoblauch.“I’m not sure we can top this,” said Knoblauch said.

“We played well as a team.“I don’t know if I’ll be able to coach a group of players like this ever again.”Kootenay’s longest series was a six-game triumph over Moose Jaw in the first round. Brayden McNabb faked a shot from the high slot and passed to an open Fraser, who beat a flailing Carruth with a one-timer.Fraser added an insurance goal on another one-timer with 5:44 left in the third period before Ismond scored into an empty net.See a complete wrap-up of the Ice’s WHL playoff campaign, and what to expect in the days ahead in Monday’s Daily Townsman. I plan to break it all down and figure it out for myself. We believe in fully disclosing the methods to which we collect and use your personal information. - The Kootenay Ice ran out of comebacks at the MasterCard Memorial Cup. The Ice then swept away the top-seeded Saskatoon Blades and third-seeded Medicine Hat Tigers to win the East.“It’s been a grind, but I’ve been trying to enjoy it,” Knoblauch added. Boomer deflected the puck off the crossbar behind Carruth and it bounced down on the ice past the goal-line, but the officials waved the goal off and play continued for nearly three minutes until a whistle.Kootenay then took a 2-1 lead on a power-play goal late in the second. We also invite you to ask us about our policies or feel free to let us know how we can better serve your privacy concerns. Between the 2012-13 and 2019-20 rosters, which group of Winterhawks had a better chance of bringing the Memorial Cup back to the WHL?