2023 Memorial Cup - Tournament Schedule & Results

[David]

The 103rd Memorial Cup Tournament will take place at Sandman Centre in Kamloops, British Columbia. The tournament consists of a four-team, round robin tournament consisting of the Championship winners of the Canadian Hockey League's member leagues. The leagues include the champions of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), and the Western Hockey League (WHL). The fourth team, the host team, rotates yearly between all three leagues.

The 2023 Memorial Cup will be hosted by the Kamloops Blazers of the WHL. Joining Kamloops will be the Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL), Peterborough Petes (OHL), and the Quebec Remparts (QMJHL).

The 2023 Memorial Cup will be the mark the first time since the 2018 Memorial Cup tournament that the tournament will be hosted by a team from the WHL. The Kelowna Rockets would have hosted the 2020 Memorial Cup Tournaments, but the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last season, to keep in line with the league rotation, the WHL and OHL hosts were skipped over and hosting rights were given to the QMJHL, who had last hosted in 2019.

Each round of the Memorial Cup will appear most recent at the top of the post. Final results will be updated following the conclusion of the games. All game times are listed in the Pacific Timezone. Where applicable, click on the final score to view the CHL's game tracker for the complete box score.

This schedule will also feature basic information about team in the tournament, including their previous Memorial Cup appearance history, their 2022-23 record, playoff results, and where they play.

All Memorial Cup games will be televised in Canada on TSN/RDS. Broadcasts in the United States will be found on NHL Network.

ROUND ROBIN

Game 1 -- Fri., May 26 - Quebec Remparts 8, Kamloops Blazers 3
Game 2 -- Sat., May 27 - Seattle Thunderbirds 6, Peterborough Petes 3
Game 3 -- Sun., May 28 - Kamloops Blazers 10, Peterborough Petes 2
Game 4 -- Mon., May 29 - Quebec Remparts 3, Seattle Thunderbirds 1
Game 5 -- Tue., May 30 - Peterborough Petes 4, Quebec Remparts 2
Game 6 -- Wed., May 31 - Seattle Thunderbirds 6, Kamloops Blazers 1

PLAYOFF ROUND

Tie-Breaker
Thu., June 1 - Peterborough Petes 5, Kamloops Blazers (H) 4 (OT)

Semifinal
Fri., June 2 - Seattle Thunderbirds 4, Peterborough Petes 1

Championship Final
Sun., June 4 - Quebec Remparts 5, Seattle Thunderbirds 0


THE PARTICIPATING TEAMS (aka THE FROZEN FOUR)


KAMLOOPS BLAZERS (WHL/HOST TEAM)

Established: 1981 (as Kamloops Junior Oilers)
City: Kamloops, British Columbia
Arena: Sandman Centre
Team Colors: Blue, White, Orange
Previous Memorial Cup Appearances: 1984*, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995
2022-23 Regular Season Record: 47-17-1-3 (98 Points)
Playoff Results: Won Round 1 vs Vancouver Giants (4-0); Won Round 2 vs Portland Winterhawks (4-0); Lost Western Conference Championship vs Seattle Thunderbirds (2-4)
* Appearances as the Kamloops Junior Oilers (1981/82-1983/84)


PETERBOROUGH PETES (OHL CHAMPIONS)

Established: 1956
City: Peterborough, Ontario
Arena: Peterborough Memorial Centre
Team Colors: Maroon, White
Previous Memorial Cup Appearances: 1959, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2006
2022-23 Regular Season Record: 35-29-2-2 (74 Points)
Playoff Results: Won Round 1 vs Sudbury Wolves (4-0); Won Round 2 vs Ottawa 67's (4-2); Won Eastern Finals vs North Bay Battalion (4-3); Won OHL Championship vs London Knights (4-2)


QUEBEC REMPARTS (QMJHL CHAMPIONS)

Established: 1997
City: Quebec City, Quebec
Arena: Videotron Centre
Team Colors: Red, Black, White
Previous Memorial Cup Appearances: 2003, 2006, 2015
2022-23 Regular Season Record: 53-12-1-2 (109 Points)
Playoff Results: Won Round 1 vs Charlottetown Islanders (4-0); Won Quarterfinals vs Rimouski Oceanic (4-0); Won Semifinals vs Gatineau Olympiques (4-0); Won QMJHL Championship vs Halifax, Mooseheads (4-2)


SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS (WHL CHAMPIONS)

Established: 1977 (as Seattle Breakers)
City: Kent, Washington
Arena: accesso ShoWare Center
Team Colors: Red, Royal Blue, Gold, White
Previous Memorial Cup Appearances: 1992, 2017
2022-23 Regular Season Record: 54-11-1-2 (111 points)
Playoff Results: Won Round 1 vs Kelowna Rockets (4-0); Won Round 2 vs Prince George Cougars (4-0); Won Western Conference Final vs Kamloops Blazers (4-2); Won WHL Championship vs Winnipeg Ice (4-2)




To share this post on social media, please go to the right side of the page (the top of the page on the mobile site) to the social media icons and choose which social media site(s) to share the thread. To comment on this thread and others on this forum, please login or register.
  

[David]

The Peterborough Petes forced the Tiebreaker game in the Memorial Cup tournament.

Peterborough (1-2-0-0, 2 points) was facing elimination entering Tuesday night's game against Quebec. They defeated the Remparts 4-2 to force a tiebreaker game to be played Thursday evening. 

The Petes will play the loser of Wednesday's Round Robin finale between the host Kamloops Blazers (1-1-0-0, 2 points)  and the WHL Champion Seattle Thunderbirds (1-1-0-0, 2 points). The winner of this game will advance automatically to Friday's Semifinal.

Wednesday's final Round Robin game is a 1-game rematch of the 2023 WHL Western Conference Championship in which Seattle defeated Kamloops 4-2.

Quebec (2-1-0-0, 4 points) automatically clinches a berth in the Memorial Cup Championship game. 

[David]

The Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the Kamloops Blazers 6-1 in the final game of the Round Robin.

Seattle (2-1-0-0, 4 points) clinch a berth in the Semifinal and await the winner of the tiebreaker game between the Peterborough Petes (1-2-0-0, 2 points) and Kamloops (1-2-0-0, 2 points).

[David]

The Kamloops Blazers have been eliminated from the Memorial Cup tournament.

Kamloops was eliminated 5-4 in Overtime by Peterborough in the Tiebreaker game. The Blazers end their tournament run with a 1-2-1-0 mark (1 Regulation Win, 1 Regulation Loss, 1 Overtime Loss) with 2 points.

With the loss, Kamloops snaps a streak of Memorial Cups where the host team reaches the Championship, becoming the first team since the Red Deer Rebels in 2016 to not appear in the Championship game.

[David]

The Peterborough Petes have been eliminated from the Memorial Cup Tournament.

Peterborough falls to the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-1 in the Semifinal and finishes with a record of 2-3-0-0 with 4 points.

[David]

Congratulations to the Quebec Remparts, who defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds on Sunday by a score of 5-0 to claim the franchise's second Memorial Cup Championship. The Remparts previously won the Memorial Cup in 2006, defeating the Moncton Wildcats by a score of 6-2.

This is only counting the Quebec Remparts organization that began play in 1997; the Remparts previously were apart of the QMJHL from 1969/70-1984/85 and won the Memorial Cup in 1971. However, this is only acknowledging the current incarnation of the Remparts, who began as the Beauport Harfangs in 1990.

The Remparts' victory against the Thunderbirds was the fourth consecutive Memorial Cup Championship for a team from the QMJHL (Acadie–Bathurst Titan in 2018, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in 2019, Saint John Sea Dogs in 2022).

Next year's Memorial C up will rotate to the OHL, as the Saginaw Spirit will host the 2024 Memorial Cup at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw, Michigan. This will be the first Memorial Cup hosted in the state of Michigan, and the first United States location for the tournament since 1998 (Spokane, Washington - Spokane Chiefs).