Here’s the latest consolidated view on the 2014 Memorial Cup.
What is the Memorial Cup 2014
- The 2014 Memorial Cup was the CHL championship tournament held May 16–25, 2014 in London, Ontario. It featured four teams: the Guelph Storm (OHL champions), the Val-d’Or Foreurs (QMJHL champions), the Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL champions), and the London Knights (host).[2]
Key outcomes
- The Edmonton Oil Kings won the Memorial Cup, defeating the Guelph Storm in the final by a 6–3 score. This capped a dramatic run that included record-setting overtime games during the tournament.[2]
- The tournament included a triple-overtime game—the longest in Memorial Cup history at the time—between the Oil Kings and the Foreurs, highlighting the competitive intensity of the event.[1]
Context and background
- The London Knights hosted the event for the first time since 2005, adding to the tournament’s tradition of featuring the host city alongside regional champions from the three leagues (OHL, WHL, QMJHL).[2]
- The Memorial Cup uses a round-robin format where the team with the most points after round-robin play advances directly to the championship game, while the second- and third-place teams meet in a semifinal for the right to play in the final.[1]
Notable moments and implications
- The Oil Kings’ victory marked their first Memorial Cup title after three seasons of strong WHL presence and was a highlight in Edmonton hockey history, often recalled in CHL retrospectives about the 2014 tournament.[6][2]
- Coverage and retrospectives emphasize the double-overtime and triple-overtime thrill of the tournament, underscoring why 2014 is remembered as one of the more exciting editions of the Memorial Cup in the CHL era.[6][1]
If you’d like, I can pull a concise table of game-by-game results from the round-robin and the playoff rounds, or pull embedded snippets from the primary sources for precise dates and scorers.