Stanislav Galiev has now won the highest prize in junior hockey in not one, but two countries.
The Russian forward who played for the Ice's Clark Cup champs in 2009 -- the national championship in the United States' lone Tier I junior league -- has now hoisted Canada's top prize. Galiev's Saint John Sea Dogs won the Memorial Cup by beating the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 3-1 in the title game.
Galiev, a Washington Capitals draft pick, scored 37 goals and added 28 assists this year. He also had a 10-17-27 line in the postseason. He had a goal and two assists in the four-team Memorial Cup tournament.
The Majors also had a local tie, as coach/GM Dave Cameron was a member of the Checkers from 1979-81, totaling 40 goals in his second season with the Chex. Cameron was also coach of Canada's silver medal-winning hockey team in the World Junior Championship this year.
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Indy in the Memorial Cup
The Memorial Cup tournament, the top junior tourney in Canada, begins this weekend in Mississauga, Ontario with a bit of an Indianapolis presence.
Stanislav Galiev, who had a 64-point season with the Ice and helped them win the Clark Cup in 2009, is now on a league champion again. He scored 10 goals in the QMJHL playoffs to lead the Saint John Sea Dogs to the league title. He had a 37-28-65 mark this year in the regular season, and has totaled 27 playoff points. Galiev was a 2010 draft pick of the Washington Capitals.
The host team, the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors, is coached by ex-Checker Dave Cameron, who also coached Canada's entry in the World Junior Championships last year. Cameron played two seasons with the Checkers -- from 1979-81, and had a 40-goal season in 1980-81. He would play three NHL seasons with the Rockies/Devils franchise before eventually beginning a long coaching career in 1995.
The other two teams in the Memorial Cup tournament are the Owen Sound Attack (OHL champ) and Kootenay Ice (WHL champ).
Stanislav Galiev, who had a 64-point season with the Ice and helped them win the Clark Cup in 2009, is now on a league champion again. He scored 10 goals in the QMJHL playoffs to lead the Saint John Sea Dogs to the league title. He had a 37-28-65 mark this year in the regular season, and has totaled 27 playoff points. Galiev was a 2010 draft pick of the Washington Capitals.
The host team, the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors, is coached by ex-Checker Dave Cameron, who also coached Canada's entry in the World Junior Championships last year. Cameron played two seasons with the Checkers -- from 1979-81, and had a 40-goal season in 1980-81. He would play three NHL seasons with the Rockies/Devils franchise before eventually beginning a long coaching career in 1995.
The other two teams in the Memorial Cup tournament are the Owen Sound Attack (OHL champ) and Kootenay Ice (WHL champ).
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