2007 Memorial Cup
The 2007 MasterCard Memorial Cup was played in May 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the Pacific Coliseum. It was the 89th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League. The tournament was competed between the WHL champion, the Medicine Hat Tigers; the OHL champion, the Plymouth Whalers; the QMJHL champion, the Lewiston Maineiacs; and the host team and tournament champion, Vancouver Giants, who were competing in their second consecutive national junior championship. The Memorial Cup tournament was a four team tournament with a round-robin format. The Giants won their first Memorial Cup, defeating Medicine Hat 3–1 in the second all-WHL final in tournament history. The tournament set a new Memorial Cup attendance record with 121,561 fans attending the nine games. The previous record of 84,686 was set at the 2003 tournament in Quebec City.
The tournament was the first to feature two league champions based in the United States, from Lewiston, Maine and Plymouth, Michigan, respectively. The only previous Memorial Cup to feature two American teams was the 1998 Memorial Cup, featuring the WHL champion, the Portland Winter Hawks and the host, the Spokane Chiefs.
The 2007 MasterCard Memorial Cup was also the first to feature the two-referee system.
The Memorial Cup trophy's ties to Canadian military were evident when Canadian Forces units delivered it to the championship by sea, aboard ; by air, hoisted aboard a CH-149 Cormorant helicopter; and by land, via the armoured 39th Canadian Brigade Group Convoy.
Round-robin standings
| GP | W | L | GF | GA | + / – | |
| Medicine Hat Tigers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
| Vancouver Giants | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 |
| Plymouth Whalers * | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 |
| Lewiston Maineiacs * | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Rosters
Schedule
Round robin
Playoff round
Tie breaker
Semi-final
Championship game
Leading scorers
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Michal Repik, Vancouver | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Milan Lucic, Vancouver | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Tom Sestito, Plymouth | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| James Neal, Plymouth | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 42 |
| Mario Bliznak, Vancouver | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Tyler Ennis, Medicine Hat | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Kenndal McArdle, Vancouver | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| J. D. Watt, Vancouver | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| Spencer Machacek, Vancouver | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Simon Courcelles, Lewiston | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Evan Brophey, Plymouth | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| Andrew Fournier, Plymouth | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Wacey Rabbit, Vancouver | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Leading goaltenders
| Player | GP | W | L | MINS | GA | GAA | SO | Sv% |
| Tyson Sexsmith, Vancouver | 5 | 4 | 1 | 300 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | .936 |
| Matt Keetley, Medicine Hat | 4 | 2 | 2 | 238 | 6 | 1.51 | 1 | .949 |
| Jonathan Bernier, Lewiston | 4 | 1 | 3 | 203 | 7 | 2.07 | 0 | .940 |
| Michal Neuvirth, Plymouth | 5 | 2 | 3 | 219 | 11 | 3.02 | 0 | .902 |
| Jeremy Smith, Plymouth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 7 | 4.63 | 0 | .883 |
Award winners
- Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy : Milan Lucic, Vancouver
- George Parsons Trophy : Brennan Bosch, Medicine Hat
- Hap Emms Memorial Trophy : Matt Keetley, Medicine Hat
- Ed Chynoweth Trophy : Michal Repik, Vancouver
- Goal: Matt Keetley, Medicine Hat
- Defence: Brendan Mikkelson, Vancouver; Cody Franson, Vancouver
- Forwards: Darren Helm, Medicine Hat; Michal Repik, Vancouver; Milan Lucic, Vancouver
Road to the cup