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The 2022 Memorial Cup (branded as the 2022 Memorial Cup presented by Kia for sponsorship reasons) was a four-team round-robin format ice hockey tournament held at TD Station in Saint John, New Brunswick from June 20–29, 2022. It was the 102nd Memorial Cup championship which determines the champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The tournament was hosted by the Saint John Sea Dogs, who won the right to host the tournament over the Quebec Remparts. The Saint John Sea Dogs defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs to win their second Memorial Cup. The Memorial Cup returned after two years of absence due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Venue(s) | TD Station Saint John, New Brunswick |
| Dates | June 20–29, 2022 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Host team | Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) |
| TV partner(s) | TSN, RDS |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) (2nd title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 8 |
| Attendance | 41,084 (5,136 per game) |
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The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) considered bids from the Quebec Remparts and Saint John Sea Dogs.[1]
The Canadian Hockey League made changes to the Memorial Cup rules as of 2022:[2]
- A new point system for the round-robin games: three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win, and one point for an overtime loss.[2]
- Overtime in the round-robin played in a 3-on-3 format in 20-minute periods until a winner is decided. The intermissions between the third period and overtime and each additional overtime period is 15 minutes.[2]
- Television timeouts eliminated during overtime. The ice surface to be cleaned in front of the goal nets and player benches at the first stoppage after the 10-minute mark of an overtime period.[2]
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OHL playoffs
| Conference quarterfinals | Conference semifinals | Conference finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Hamilton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E8 | Peterborough | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Hamilton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Mississauga | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Mississauga | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Barrie | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Hamilton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| E2 | North Bay | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Kingston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Oshawa | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | North Bay | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Kingston | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | North Bay | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E7 | Ottawa | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Hamilton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Note: Pairings are re-seeded after the first round. | |||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Windsor | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Windsor | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W8 | Sarnia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Windsor | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W7 | Kitchener | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Sault Ste. Marie | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Guelph | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Windsor | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Flint | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Flint | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W6 | Owen Sound | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Flint | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Sault Ste. Marie | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | London | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W7 | Kitchener | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
QMJHL playoffs
Note: In the first two rounds seeding is determined by conference standings, and in the two final rounds seeding is determined by overall standings.
| Conference quarter-finals | Conference semi-finals | Semi-finals | President's Cup Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Sherbrooke | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W8 | Baie-Comeau | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Sherbrooke | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Blainville-Boisbriand | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Gatineau | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W7 | Val-d'Or | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Quebec | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Shawinigan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Shawinigan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W6 | Rouyn-Noranda | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Gatineau | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Shawinigan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Drummondville | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Blainville-Boisbriand | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Charlottetown | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Shawinigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Quebec | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E8 | Chicoutimi | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Quebec | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Rimouski | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Charlottetown | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E7 | Moncton | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Charlottetown | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sherbrooke | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Saint John | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Rimouski | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Charlottetown | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Acadie–Bathurst | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Acadie–Bathurst | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Halifax | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
WHL playoffs
| Conference quarterfinals | Conference semifinals | Conference finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Winnipeg | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E8 | Prince Albert | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Winnipeg | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Moose Jaw | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Moose Jaw | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Saskatoon | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Winnipeg | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern | |||||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Edmonton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Red Deer | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Brandon | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Edmonton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Red Deer | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Edmonton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E7 | Lethbridge | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Edmonton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Note: Pairings are re-seeded after the first round. | |||||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Seattle | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Everett | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W8 | Vancouver | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Kamloops | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W8 | Vancouver | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Seattle | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Kelowna | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Kamloops | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western | |||||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Seattle | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Portland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W6 | Prince George | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Portland | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Seattle | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Kamloops | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W7 | Spokane | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Saint John Sea Dogs
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Shawinigan Cataractes
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Edmonton Oil Kings
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Hamilton Bulldogs
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Round-robin
| June 20 | Saint John Sea Dogs | 5–3 | Hamilton Bulldogs | TD Station | Recap | |||
| Yan Kuznetsov (1) – 2:17 Ryan Francis (1) – 16:31 |
First period | 8:43 – pp – Ryan Winterton (1) | ||||||
| William Dufour (1) – 10:50 Ryan Francis (2) – 18:33 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Peter Reynolds (1) – en – 18:48 | Third period | 10:06 – pp – Avery Hayes (1) 16:41 – Ryan Winterton (2) | ||||||
| Nikolas Hurtubise (17 saves / 20 shots) | Goalie stats | Marco Costantini (30 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| June 21 | Edmonton Oil Kings | 3–4 | Shawinigan Cataractes | TD Station | Recap | |||
| Luke Prokop (1) – 19:16 | First period | 10:11 – pp – Jordan Tourigny (1) | ||||||
| Tyler Horstmann (1) – 4:11 Cole Miller (1) – 17:03 |
Second period | 7:11 – Xavier Bourgault (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 5:37 – Pierrick Dubé (1) 6:55 – Olivier Nadeau (1) | ||||||
| Sebastian Cossa (31 saves / 35 shots) | Goalie stats | Charles-Antoine Lavalée (25 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| June 22 | Edmonton Oil Kings | 4–3 | OT | Saint John Sea Dogs | TD Station | Recap | ||
| Jaxsen Wiebe (1) – 2:14 Carter Stoch (1) – 4:27 |
First period | 6:01 – Raivis Kristians Ansons (1) 6:27 – Josh Lawrence (1) 10:00 – William Dufour (1) | ||||||
| Jaxsen Wiebe (2) – 2:05 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jaxsen Wiebe (3) – 8:05 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sebastian Cossa (36 saves / 39 shots) | Goalie stats | Nikolas Hurtubise (27 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| June 23 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 2–3 | Shawinigan Cataractes | TD Station | Recap | |||
| Mason McTavish (1) – pp – 5:08 | First period | 6:47 – pp – Xavier Bourgault (2) 11:42 – pp – Mavrik Bourque (1) | ||||||
| Avery Hayes (2) – 17:28 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 7:06 – pp – Olivier Nadeau (2) | ||||||
| Marco Costantini (31 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Antoine Coulombe (38 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| June 24 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 4–2 | Edmonton Oil Kings | TD Station | Recap | |||
| Avery Hayes (3) – pp – 9:09 Ryan Winterton (3) – pp – 16:47 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mason McTavish (2) – 13:26 Mason McTavish (3) – en – 19:59 |
Third period | 2:03 – sh – Jalen Luypen (1) 17:14 – Jake Neighbours (1) | ||||||
| Marco Costantini (40 saves / 42 shots) | Goalie stats | Sebastian Cossa (32 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| June 25 | Shawinigan Cataractes | 3–5 | Saint John Sea Dogs | TD Station | Recap | |||
| Loris Rafanomezantsoa (1) – 0:49 Olivier Nadeau (3) – 14:33 William Veillette (1) – 19:17 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 2:02 – William Dufour (3) 2:23 – William Dufour (4) 8:38 – William Dufour (5) 14:12 – pp – Jérémie Poirier (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 1:57 – William Dufour (6) | ||||||
| Antoine Coulombe (31 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Nikolas Hurtubise (26 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
- Round-robin standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL/host) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 7 | Advanced directly to the championship game |
| 2 | Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | Advanced to the semifinal game |
| 3 | Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 2 |
Updated to match(es) played on June 25, 2022. Source: chlmemorialcup.ca/standings
Semifinal game
| June 27 | Shawinigan Cataractes | 3–4 | OT | Hamilton Bulldogs | TD Station | Recap | ||
| Mavrik Bourque (2) – 14:39 | First period | 16:29 – Artem Grushnikov (1) | ||||||
| Olivier Nadeau (4) – 5:49 | Second period | 1:23 – Mason McTavish (4) | ||||||
| William Veillette (2) – 10:01 | Third period | 13:56 – Logan Morrison (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 10:08 – Jan Mysak (1) | ||||||
| Antoine Coulombe (39 saves / 43 shots) | Goalie stats | Marco Costantini (33 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
Championship game
| June 29 | Saint John Sea Dogs | 6–3 | Hamilton Bulldogs | TD Station | Recap | |||
| Vincent Sevigny (1) – 2:35 Cam MacDonald (1) – 5:47 |
First period | 7:45 – Mason McTavish (5) | ||||||
| Riley Bezeau (1) – 4:41 William Dufour (7) – 5:15 |
Second period | 19:51 – Jan Mysak (2) | ||||||
| Josh Lawrence (2) – pp – 6:32 Peter Reynolds (2) – en – 18:43 |
Third period | 15:03 – Mason McTavish (6) | ||||||
| Nikolas Hurtubise (25 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Marco Costantini (21 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
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Skaters
The Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding player in the Memorial Cup playoffs
The Ed Chynoweth Trophy, awarded to the top scorer in the Memorial Cup tournament
- GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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| William Dufour | Saint John Sea Dogs | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| Mason McTavish | Hamilton Bulldogs | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Logan Morrison | Hamilton Bulldogs | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| Xavier Bourgault | Shawinigan Cataractes | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Mavrik Bourque | Shawinigan Cataractes | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Olivier Nadeau | Shawinigan Cataractes | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Ryan Winterton | Hamilton Bulldogs | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Ryan Francis | Saint John Sea Dogs | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Josh Lawrence | Saint John Sea Dogs | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Philippe Daoust | Saint John Sea Dogs | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Goaltenders
- GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (minutes)
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
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| Charles-Antoine Lavallée | Shawinigan Cataractes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 3.00 | .893 | 0 | 60 |
| Nikolas Hurtubise | Saint John Sea Dogs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 13 | 3.14 | .880 | 0 | 248 |
| Sebastian Cossa | Edmonton Oil Kings | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 10 | 3.25 | .908 | 0 | 184 |
| Marco Costantini | Hamilton Bulldogs | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 172 | 17 | 3.34 | .901 | 0 | 305 |
| Antoine Coulombe | Shawinigan Cataractes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 11 | 3.52 | .908 | 0 | 187 |
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The CHL handed out the following awards at the conclusion of the 2022 Memorial Cup:
- Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (Most outstanding player): William Dufour, Saint John Sea Dogs
- Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Top scorer): William Dufour, Saint John Sea Dogs
- George Parsons Trophy (Most sportsmanlike player): Logan Morrison, Hamilton Bulldogs
- Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Best goaltender): Nikolas Hurtubise, Saint John Sea Dogs
- Memorial Cup All-Star Team:
- Goaltender: Nikolas Hurtubise, Saint John Sea Dogs
- Defence: Yan Kuznetsov, Saint John Sea Dogs; Arber Xhekaj, Hamilton Bulldogs
- Forwards: Mavrik Bourque, Shawinigan Cataractes; William Dufour, Saint John Sea Dogs; Mason McTavish, Hamilton Bulldogs
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