Five Players Still Alive in Quest to Join Exclusive Club
Five players are still in the running this week to add their names to a very special list, a list that now counts only 19 players and two coaches who have won the Memorial Cup and an IIHF World Junior Championship gold medal in the same season. Canada’s gold medalists who will be vying for the Memorial Cup this weekend are:
• Shawn Matthias, PK Subban (Belleville Bulls, OHL)
• Claude Giroux (Gatineau Olympiques, QMJHL)
• Matthew Halischuk, Steve Mason (Kitchener Rangers, OHL)
The 19 players and two coaches who have won an IIHF World Junior Championship gold medal and a Memorial Cup in the same season:
| 2007 | Cody Franson, Kenndal McArdle | Vancouver Giants, WHL |
| 2006 | NONE | Quebec Remparts, QMJHL |
| 2005 | Corey Perry, Danny Syvret | London Knights, OHL |
| 1997 | Martin Biron, Christian Dubé | Hull Olympiques, QMJHL |
| 1996 | NONE | Granby Predateurs, QMJHL |
| 1995 | Nolan Baumgartner, Darcy Tucker, Don Hay | Kamloops Blazers, WHL |
| 1994 | NONE | Kamloops Blazers, WHL |
| 1993 | Ralph Intranuovo | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, OHL |
| 1991 | Pat Falloon, Travor Kidd | Spokane Chiefs, WHL |
| 1990 | Mike Craig, Eric Lindros | Oshawa Generals, OHL |
| 1988 | Rob DiMaio, Trevor Linden, Wayne McBean, Scott McCrady, Mark Pederson |
Medicine Hat Tigers, WHL |
| 1985 | Dan Hodgson, Terry Simpson | Prince Albert Raiders, WHL |
| 1982 | NONE | Kitchener Rangers, OHL |
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