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				The 2009 Memorial Cup Thread
			 
			 
			
		
		
		
			
			The 2009 Memorial Cup kicks off in one week, Friday May 15, as the champions of the CHL's three leagues join the host Rimouski Oceanic to determine major junior hockey supremacy! 
 
The Teams: 
The Kelowna Rockets (WHL Champions; features Flames prospects Mikael Backlund & Ryley Grantham) 
The Windsor Spitfires (OHL Champions; Flames prospect Greg Nemisz is alternate captain) 
The Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL Champions) 
The Rimouski Oceanic (hosts) 
 
The Schedule: (times MT) 
Fri. May 15: Kelowna def. Rimouski 4-1 
Sat. May 16: Drummondville def. Windsor 3-2 (OT) 
Sun. May 17: Rimouski @ Windsor (2:30pm) 
Mon. May 18: Drummondville @ Kelowna (5pm) 
Tue. May 19: Windsor @ Kelowna (5pm) [NEMISZ v. BACKLUND] 
Wed. May 20: Rimouski @ Drummondville (5pm) 
Thu. May 21: Tie-Breaker (5pm) 
Fri. May 22: Semi-Final (5pm) 
Sun. May 24: Final (2:30pm)
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
			
				  
				
					
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			05-10-2009, 01:58 AM
			
			
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			05-10-2009, 02:15 AM
			
			
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			05-10-2009, 03:17 AM
			
			
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Also want to add Ryley Grantham. Lesser known guy, but a flames prospect nonetheless. 3 prospects in the tourny to watch. Really looking forward to watching the games.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			05-10-2009, 04:25 AM
			
			
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			Backlund vs Niemsz, how much better can that get?
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			05-10-2009, 09:25 AM
			
			
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				Backlund vs Niemsz, how much better can that get? 
			
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I am now officially more excited about the Memorial Cup Finals than the Stanley Cup Finals.
  
And the Stanley Cup has been producing some good games....
  
Backlund v. Nemisz is fantastic.
 
 
  
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			05-10-2009, 10:18 AM
			
			
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			Yeah, this is a good tourney for flames fans to watch.  awesome stuff.  go rockets.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			05-10-2009, 11:22 AM
			
			
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			Definitely looking forward to some great hockey games from this tournament. 
 
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			05-10-2009, 11:30 AM
			
			
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			It's to bad the Hitmen couldn't make it but it would be great to see Backlund v. Nemisz. 
 
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			05-10-2009, 11:30 AM
			
			
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			Any streams for Europeans? 
 
Edit. Who are Nemisz's and Backlund's linemates? Is Nemisz center or winger on his line?
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			05-10-2009, 03:08 PM
			
			
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				Any streams for Europeans? 
  
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Nemisz plays with Hall and Loktionov, on RW, but he takes a lot of the face-offs.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
				  
				
					
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			05-10-2009, 03:43 PM
			
			
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I think Backlund plays with Almond and Duval.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			05-10-2009, 04:43 PM
			
			
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				Nemisz plays with Hall and Loktionov, on RW, but he takes a lot of the face-offs. 
			
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The Spitfire games I have seen had Nemisz playing with Loktionov and Wellwood.................but that was earlier in the season.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			05-10-2009, 06:00 PM
			
			
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				I think Backlund plays with Almond and Duval. 
			
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Correct sir. Although Duval gets subbed out every so often for Evan Bloodoff when they need to stir the pot a bit.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			05-16-2009, 04:20 PM
			
			
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			It's tied at 2-2, heading into OT  in the Windsor vs. Drummondville game right now.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
				  
				
					
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			05-16-2009, 07:52 PM
			
			
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			Windsor loses in OT to Drummondville!
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			05-16-2009, 10:59 PM
			
			
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			Haha sucks to be Windsor.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			05-17-2009, 01:13 PM
			
			
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Not really.
 
They should easily beat the Oceanic today and then get to face Drummondville again in the Semi's where Drummondville is unlikely to get the same lucky bounces and incredibly weak goal.
 
If I were the Spitfires I would feel pretty good about my chances of getting to the finals since they were clearly the better team out there yesterday.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			05-17-2009, 02:27 PM
			
			
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				Not really. 
 
They should easily beat the Oceanic today and then get to face Drummondville again in the Semi's where Drummondville is unlikely to get the same lucky bounces and incredibly weak goal. 
 
If I were the Spitfires I would feel pretty good about my chances of getting to the finals since they were clearly the better team out there yesterday. 
			
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Hopefully, the game worked as a wake-up call for the Spits. This should be a two-team tournament right now (it would have been between three teams, but Drummondville is just too banged up to bet on.) I'll be very surprised if Kelowna and Windsor aren't in the final.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			05-17-2009, 04:54 PM
			
			
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			I know that Rimouski is the host but does that mean they get the hometown reffing as well? 
 
The calls in the Kelowna were pretty bad and in this game the reffing has been in favor of Rimouski as well.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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