SUNDAY, MAY 22

Matthew Greenfield (G) – West Kelowna Warriors
Was it really going to be anyone else? Greenfield was very good in the Warriors’ semifinal win, but he was spectacular in the championship game, making 18 saves in the first period, 14 in the second and 16 more in the third to become the first goaltender since 2011, and just the sixth since Canada’s National Junior A Championship went to a tournament format, to record a shutout in the national final.

SATURDAY, MAY 21

Matthew Greenfield (G) – West Kelowna Warriors
Making just his second start of the tournament, Greenfield was the story for Warriors in their semifinal win over Brooks, finishing with 33 saves to lead West Kelowna to the championship game. The Parkland, Fla., native was at his best in the second period, turning aside all 14 shots he faced, including a couple of we-have-to-see-those-again-on-replay stops to help his team hang on to a one-goal lead.

THURSDAY, MAY 19

Cale Makar (D) – Brooks Bandits
Makar joined Jeff Malott and Mitch Emerson with two-goal-one-assist performances, but Makar gets the nod because, well, his goals were prettier. He dangled his way to the front of the net to bring Brooks even early in the first period, and used a fake slap shot to freeze Colton Point before scoring his second, helping the Bandits to their third win in a row to close the preliminary round.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18

Jonathan Desbiens (F) – West Kelowna Warriors
The lone player to put his name on the scoresheet twice in the Warriors’ Wednesday win over Carleton Place, Desbiens went to the net to knock in a rebound for the game-winner late in the second period and helped set up Liam Blackburn for the insurance goal midway through the third, moving into second place in tournament scoring with six points (2G 4A), one behind Blackburn.

TUESDAY, MAY 17

Jackson McIntosh (G) – Trenton Golden Hawks
McIntosh hadn’t seen much action lately – he had played just 80 minutes since the end of February – but he came up big when called upon Tuesday, stopping all 15 shots he faced in relief of Daniel Urbani, allowing the Golden Hawks to erase a 3-0 deficit, force overtime (and the first RBC Cup shootout) and earn the single point they needed to clinch a place in Saturday’s semifinals.

MONDAY, MAY 16

Kevin Darrar (F) – Lloydminster Bobcats
Could it be anyone else? Darrar may have saved the Bobcats’ season on Monday night; his power-play goal tied the game with 6:37 remaining before he won it with a man-advantage marker just 54 seconds into overtime, giving Lloydminster its first RBC Cup win and ensuring it wouldn’t be the first host to start with back-to-back losses since the 1992 St. James Canadians.

SUNDAY, MAY 15

Logan Mick (F) – Brooks Bandits
The lone player on the Bandits roster with previous RBC Cup experience – he reached the semifinals with the host Vernon Vipers in 2014 – Mick helped Brooks pull away from West Kelowna over the final 40 minutes, setting up Joe O’Connor’s power-play marker midway through the second period before scoring two goals of his own to clinch the AJHL champions’ first win.

SATURDAY, MAY 14

Kevin Lavoie (F) – Trenton Golden Hawks
A 20-goal scorer for the Golden Hawks during the regular season, Lavoie hadn’t found the back of the net twice in one game since Nov. 15 – until Saturday. He doubled the Trenton lead in the first minute of the second period before scoring the game-winner eight minutes into the third, going skate-to-stick to give the Golden Hawks three important points on Day 1.