The MemorialCup gets underway Friday in Halifax. RoryBoylen looks at eight players who are prospects of a Canadian NHL team for you to keep an eye on:
Following a thrilling end to a WHL final that included four one-goal games, an 8-2 blowout, a 3-1 series deficit and a Game 7 overtime winner to wrap it all up, the field is set for the 2019 Memorial Cup.
This year’s CHL championship takes place in Halifax, so the host Mooseheads are in despite losing the QMJHL final. This is their first appearance in the tournament since 2013 when, led by Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin, they won the championship in Saskatoon. The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies tied a CHL record with a 25-game winning streak this season and clinched their spot by just getting to the Q final, and then won the President Cup in six games. The Huskies last appeared here in 2016 and got all the way to the final where they lost in overtime to the London Knights on a goal from Matthew Tkachuk.
The OHL is sending the Guelph Storm, who had one of the more unbelievable playoff runs in memory. After sweeping Kitchener in Round 1, the Storm fell behind the Knights 3-0 in their second-round series but won four in a row, capped off by a 6-3 Game 7 win. In the conference final against Saginaw, the Storm again trailed 2-0 and 3-1 in the series, but won the last three in a row by a combined 12-3 score.
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