2012 Royal Bank Cup
National Junior A Championship | |
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Tournament details | |
Venue(s) | Elgar Peterson Arena in Humboldt, Saskatchewan |
Dates | May 5, 2012 – May 13, 2012 |
Teams | 5 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | Penticton Vees (2nd title) |
Runner-up ![]() | Woodstock Slammers |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 13 |
MVP | John Kleinhans (Soo) |
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The 2012 Royal Bank Cup was the 42nd Junior "A" 2012 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The 2012 Royal Bank Cup marked the 42nd consecutive year a national championship had been awarded to this skill level since the breakaway of Major Junior hockey in 1970.
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The tournament's round robin stage began on May 5, 2012, and the final was played on May 13, 2012. Tournament games were played at the
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The Penticton Vees won their second-ever National Junior A Championship with a 4–3 come-from-behind victory over the Maritime Junior Hockey League's Woodstock Slammers. The Vees led 2–0, but the Slammers stormed back to take a 3–2 lead past the halfway point of the third period. Soon after, the Vees scored to tie it in a game that seemed destined[citation needed] for overtime. In the final eight and a half minutes of play, the Slammers took three consecutive penalties, in which the Vees scored in the final minute of the final power play with 51 seconds remaining in the game to clinch the Royal Bank Cup. During the regular season, the Vees and Slammers were both nationally ranked #1 teams for most of the season, setting up a very evenly matched final.
Teams
- Humboldt Broncos (Host)
- Regular season: 42-11-2-3 (1st overall)
- Playoffs: Defeated Anavet Cup).
- Portage Terriers (West)
- Regular season: 42-15-0-5 (1st overall)
- Playoffs: Defeated Selkirk 4-0, Defeated Winnipeg Blues 4-2, Defeated Winnipeg Saints 4-1 (MJHL Champions), Lost to Humboldt 3-4.
- Soo Thunderbirds (Central)
- Regular season: 37-11-0-2 (1st overall)
- Playoffs: Won round robin (3-0-1), Defeated North Bay 4-1 (NOJHL Champions), Won Dudley Hewitt Cup(4-1).
- Penticton Vees (Pacific)
- Regular season: 54-4-0-2 (1st overall)
- Playoffs: Defeated Chilliwack 4-2, Defeated Merritt 4-1, Defeated Powell River 4-0 (BCHL Champions), Defeated Brooks 4-1 (Won Doyle Cup).
- Woodstock Slammers (East)
- Regular season: 45-6-0-1 (1st overall)
- Playoffs: Defeated Campbellton 4-0, Defeated Summerside 4-0, Defeated Yarmouth 4-3 (MHL Champions), Won Fred Page Cup (4-0).
Tournament
Round Robin
Pos | League (Ticket) | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
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1 | Anavet Cup )
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Humboldt Broncos | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | Semi-final |
2 | NOJHL (Dudley Hewitt Cup) | Soo Thunderbirds | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | |
3 | BCHL (Doyle Cup )
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Penticton Vees | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | |
4 | MHL (Fred Page Cup) | Woodstock Slammers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | |
5 | Anavet Cup finalist)
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Portage Terriers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | −6 | Eliminated |
Results
All games at the Elgar Peterson Arena in Humboldt, SK.
Game | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Score | Notes | |||||
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Saturday, May 5, 2012 | ||||||||||
1 | Penticton Vees | 1 | Soo Thunderbirds | 2 | Final - Shots: 45-15 PEN | |||||
2 | Woodstock Slammers | 1 | Humboldt Broncos | 4 | Final - Shots: 37-35 HUM | |||||
Sunday, May 6, 2012 | ||||||||||
3 | Portage Terriers | 4 | Soo Thunderbirds | 3 | 2OT Final - Shots: 72-44 POR | |||||
4 | Humboldt Broncos | 3 | Penticton Vees | 2 | OT Final - Shots: 43-31 HUM | |||||
Monday, May 7, 2012 | ||||||||||
5 | Portage Terriers | 1 | Woodstock Slammers | 4 | Final - Shots: 35-29 WST | |||||
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 | ||||||||||
6 | Soo Thunderbirds | 0 | Humboldt Broncos | 3 | Final - Shots: 42-19 HUM | |||||
7 | Woodstock Slammers | 1 | Penticton Vees | 2 | Final - Shots: 41-21 PEN | |||||
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 | ||||||||||
8 | Penticton Vees | 3 | Portage Terriers | 1 | Final - Shots: 27-26 PEN | |||||
Thursday, May 10, 2012 | ||||||||||
9 | Soo Thunderbirds | 7 | Woodstock Slammers | 4 | Final - Shots: 35-19 WST | |||||
10 | Humboldt Broncos | 5 | Portage Terriers | 3 | Final - Shots: 35-30 POR |
Semi-final
Game | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Score | Notes | |||||
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Saturday, May 12, 2012 | ||||||||||
11 | Humboldt Broncos | 3 | Woodstock Slammers | 4 | OT Final - Shots: 43-24 HUM | |||||
12 | Soo Thunderbirds | 0 | Penticton Vees | 3 | Final - Shots: 33-20 PEN |
Final
Game | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Score | Notes | |||||
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Sunday, May 13, 2012 | ||||||||||
13 | Penticton Vees | 4 | Woodstock Slammers | 3 | Final - Shots: 34-25 PEN |
Awards
- Roland Mercier Trophy (Tournament MVP): John Kleinhans (Soo Thunderbirds)
- Top Forward: Andrew Johnston (Humboldt Broncos)
- Top Defencemen: Troy Stecher (Penticton Vees)
- Top Goaltender: John Kleinhans (Soo Thunderbirds)
- Tubby Smaltz Trophy (Sportsmanship): Micky Sartoretto (Soo Thunderbirds)
Roll of League Champions
- AJHL: Brooks Bandits
- BCHL: Penticton Vees
- CCHL: Nepean Raiders
- MHL: Woodstock Slammers
- MJHL: Portage Terriers
- NOJHL: Soo Thunderbirds
- OJHL: Stouffville Spirit
- Princeville Titans
- SJHL: Humboldt Broncos
- SIJHL: Wisconsin Wilderness
See also
- Canadian Junior A Hockey League
- Royal Bank Cup
- Anavet Cup
- Doyle Cup
- Dudley Hewitt Cup
- Fred Page Cup