Telus Cup 2025: Levis & Regina Improve to 2-0 on Day 2
Updated April 23 at 9:15 am EDT
The 2024-25 North American Hockey youth season has entered the home stretch as the final national championship events of the year play out in Canada. This week, both of the U18 Canadian Club National Championships are being played in Western Canada, with the Esso Cup for girls having started April 20 and the puck dropping on the Telus Cup Monday, April 21.
Monday was opening day at the U18 Boys Telus Cup in Chilliwack, B.C. Joining the host Fraser Valley Thunderbirds for the tournament are the champions of Quebec along with the champs from the Central, Atlantic, Western and Pacific Regions. This year's field includes the following teams (MHR Week 30 U18 Canada Boys Tier 1 rankings):
- #1 Levis Chevaliers (Quebec) - 2-0-0, 6pts
- #2 Regina Pat Canadians (West) - 2-0-0, 6pts
- #22 Elgin-Middlesex Canucks (Central) - 1-1-0, 3pts
- #33 Okanagan Rockets (Pacific) - 1-1-3, 0pts
- #44 Moncton Flyers (Atlantic) - 0-2-0, 0pts
- #70 Fraser Valley Thunderbirds (Host) 0-2-0, 0pts
Play began Monday, April 21, at 2 p.m. EDT when the No.44 Moncton Flyers took on the 22nd-ranked Elgin-Middlesex Canucks. Other Day 1 matchups included the No. 33 Okanagan Rockets facing the top-ranked Levis Chevaliers at 6 p.m. EDT, while the host 70th-ranked Fraser Valley Thunderbirds played in prime time against the No. 2 Regina Pat Canadians at 10 p.m. EDT.
All Telus Cup games are being played at Chilliwack Coliseum and can be viewed live and on demand at HNLive.ca.
All six teams play each other once in the preliminary round for a total of five games per club. There are three games each day during the opening round, which concludes with Friday night's 10 p.m. EDT matchup between Fraser Valley and Moncton. The gold-medal game will be played Sunday, April 27, at 6 p.m. EDT, and the the semifinals are schedueld for 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. EDT April 26.
Teams that finish first through fourth in round-robin play advance to the semifinals. The bronze-medal game for teams that lose in the semifinals will take place April 27 at 2 p.m. EDT.
The first U18 national-championship tournament was held in 1974, and since then hundreds of Telus Cup alumni have gone on to play in the National Hockey league. Three of those players were No. 1 overall draft picks: Gord Kluzak, Wendel Clark and Sidney Crosby.
Teams earn three points for regulation wins, two for overtime or shootout victories, one for an OT or shootout loss and none for a regulation loss. If necessary, ties will be broken in the preliminary round by five minutes of 3-on-3 overtime followed by a shootout if there is no scoring during the extra session. The semifinals and bronze-medal games will feature a 10-minute 3-on-3 overtime period followed by a shootout if necessary, and overtime for the gold-medal game will be 20 minutes of 3-on-3 followed by a shootout.
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2025 Telus Cup Schedule & Game Recaps
Monday, April 21
#22 Elgin-Middlesex Canucks 3, #44 Moncton Flyers 2
Josh Hyatt scored to win it with 10:46 left in the third period as the Canucks rallied from a 2-0 first-period deficit to earn a hard-fought opening-day victory. Luke Wachowiak and Nash Jacbobs scored in the second period to even the game at 2 heading into the final 20 minutes. Jabobs also assisted on the game-winner. Tristan Richard and Alexandre Caissie scored in the game's first 9:18, with Malik Borque-Vigneault assiging on both tallies, to put Moncton in front, 2-0. Brock Lane was oustanding in goal for Elgin-Middlesex, making 40 saves to earn the victory.
#1 Levis Chevaliers 2, #33 Okanagan Rockets 1
After more than 38 minutes of scoreless hockey, Samuel Cloutier and Charles-Albert Pouliot scored in a nine-minte span overlapping the second and third periods to give Levis what proved to be an insurmountable lead. Kyle Martens scored to bring the Rockets within a goal with 7:34 left in the third period, but Levis goalie Antoine Prouix stood tall, finishing with 25 saves to record the win.
#2 Regina Pat Canadians 6, #70 Fraser Valley Thunderbirds 1
The Pat Canadians broke open a 3-1 game with three third-period goals to send the host crowd home disappointed. Regina scored five straight goals after Marco De Pedrina tied the game at 1 late in the first period. Maddox Schultz notched a hat trick for the winners, with Reid Bechard adding a goal and an assist and Chase Surkan handing out a pair of helpers. Winning goalie Taylor Tabashniu made 18 saves.
Tuesday, April 22
#2 Levis Chevaliers 5, #22 Elgin-Middlesex Canucks 2
Levis scored three times in the final period to pull away from the Canucks and improve to 2-0. Charles-Antoine Dube, Josh Demers and Alex Desruisseaux tallied in the final frame, with Dube also picking up an assist to go along with another goal at the end of the second period. Nash Jabobs had the other Levis goal, while Desruisseaux contributed an assist to go along with his third-period marker. Antoine Prouix made 16 saves to earn the win in goal.
#2 Regina Pat Canadians 3, #44 Moncton Flyers 2
The Pat Canadians scored the game's first three goals, two of them coming from Logan Mehl, then held on as Moncton rallied in the final 20 minutes. Alexandre Caissie and Nathan Weber scored for the Flyers to cut the margin to 3-2 with 2:09 left, but winning netminder Taylor Tabashniuk held them at bay the rest of the way to finish with 24 saves. Ryan Ulmer opened the scoring for Regina in the first period. Maddox Schultz and Chase Surkan each recorded a pair of assists for the winners.
#33 Okanagan Rockets 4, #70 Fraser Valley Thunderbirds 1
Okanagan took control early with three first-period goals and held the hosts scoreless until the third period to improve to 1-1. Von Lakovic, Carson Callon and Brayden Westman scored 12 minutes apart in the opening frame, and Finn McKiernan stopped 32 shots for the victors. Shane Fillinger broke McKiernan's shutout at 3:13 of the third period.
Wednesday, April 23
2 p.m. EDT - #22 Elgin-Middlesex Canucks vs. #2 Regina Pat Canadians
6 p.m. EDT - #33 Okanagan Rockets vs. #44 Moncton Flyers
10 p.m. EDT - #2 Levis Chevaliers vs. #70 Fraser Valley Thunderbirds
Thursday, April 24
2 p.m. EDT - #2 Regina Pat Canadians vs. #33 Okanagan Rockets
6 p.m. EDT - #2 Levis Chevaliers vs. #44 Moncton Flyers
10 p.m. EDT - #70 Fraser Valley Thunderbirdfs vs. #22 Elgin-Middlesex Canucks
Friday, April 25
2 p.m. EDT - #2 Regina Pat Canadians vs. #1 Levis Chevaliers
6 p.m. EDT - #33 Okanagan Rockets vs. #22 Elgin-Middlesex Canucks
10 p.m. EDT - #70 Fraser Valley Thunderbirds vs. #44 Moncton Flyers
Saturday, April 26 - Semifinals
3 p.m. EDT - TBD
7 p.m. EDT - TBD
Sunday, April 27 - Championship Sunday
2 p.m. EDT - Bronze Medal Game TBD
6 p.m. EDT - Gold Medal Game TBD
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There are so many U18 Boys teams competing in Ontario that the province sends teams to two different regional tournaments on the Road to the Telus Cup.
Almost all of the Ontario league champions compete in the Central Region Championship, while the Hockey Northwestern Ontario champions participate in the West Region against the Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League and Saskatchewan Male U18 AAA Hockey League champs. This year, HNO had two teams competing, the Thunder Bay Kings and Kenora Thistles, since Kenora hosted the West Region tournament.
The remaining Ontario league champions representing the Great North U18 AAA League, the Greater Toronto Hockey League, the Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario, Hockey Eastern Ontario and the Ontario Minor Hockey Association, competed in the Central Region Championship along with the host Upper Canada Cyclones.
Other champions from the Atlantic, Pacific and Quebec regions are in B.C. for the Telus Cup along with the host Fraser Valley Thunderbirds of the British Columbia Elite Hockey League. Below is a look at the 2025 Telus Cup field:
Quebec Provincial Champions
Ranked No. 1 in the Week 30 MHR Canada U18 Boys Rankings, the Levis Chevaliers advanced to the Telus Cup after capturing the Quebec Elite Hockey League (LHEQ U18 AAA) championship. The Chevaliers emerged from a very competitive 15-team league that featured nine teams ranked among the MHR Week 29 Canadian top 50.
Levis will continue its dominant season in B.C. The Chevaliers were 53-5-0 overall and outscored their opponents 268-96. They won their final seven games, dating to a 5-1 March 15 playoff loss to the No. 34 St. Francois Blizzard. That was the lone setback in their final 24 outings. Levis did not suffer one regulation loss during the regular season and went 11-1 in the postseason, sweeping 31st-ranked Laval-Montreal Rousseau Royal, three games to none, to capture the league and provincial title.
The Chevaliers also swept the 28th-ranked St. Hyacinthe Gaulois, 3-0, in the semifinals. Rousseau did manage to push Levis to a pair of one-goal decisions in the championship series after the Chevaliers had outscored St. Hyacinthe, 16-2, in three semifinal victories.
Levis opens the Telus Cup April 21 at 6 p.m. EDT vs. the No. 33 Okanagan Rockets from the Pacific Region. The Chevaliers are making their third Telus Cup appearance and finished sixth in 2010, the last time they participated.
Pacific Region Champions
The No. 33 Okanagan Rockets entered their league playoffs as the third seed but captured the BCEHL title and advanced to the Pacific Championship with series wins against the Vancouver North East Chiefs (2-0), the Valley West Giants (2-0) and the top-seeded and 20th-ranked Cariboo Cougars (2-1). From there, it was on to Pacific Regionals, where they knocked off the No. 13 Calgary Flames, two games to none. They won Games 1 and 3 vs. Calgary, 4-1 and 1-0, and dropped the middle game of the series, 4-0.
Okanagan enters the Telus Cup with a 30-18-2 record and having outscored its opponents, 191-151. The Rockets won nine of their final 11 contests and went 16-5-1 in their last 22.
The Rockets and Flames met for the West title for the second time in three years, with Okangan avenging a two-game sweep from 2023. Okanagan is making its second Telus Cup appearance, having captured the bronze medal in 2014.
The Rockets open Telus Cup play vs. the top-ranked Levis Chevaliers from Quebec April 21 at 6 p.m. EDT.
West Region Champions
It’s been a dominant season for the Regina Pat Canadians, who have blitzed their opponents all year long, including in the Saskatchewan Male U18 AAA Hockey League Playoffs and the West Regionals. They went 4-0 and outscored their regional opponents, 25-2, to earn their spot in the Telus Cup. Regina is ranked No. 2 in the Week 30 MHR Canada Boys U18 AAA Rankings.
Overall, the Pat Canadians were 50-11-2 and outscored their opponents, 310-160. Including their run through the regional tournament and the league playoffs they won their final nine games and 27 of their last 29 contests. They swept the fourth-ranked Moose Jaw Warriors in three games to capture the league championship after knocking off the No. 12 Saskatoon Blazers, 3-1, in the best-of-five semifinals.
Regina is making its 10th trip to the Telus Cup; the Pat Canadians finished fourth in 2017, their last appearance. Forward Maddox Schultz will be one of the highest-profile players at the tournament after recording more than 40 goals and 90 points during the season and 22 points in 10 league playoff games.
The Regina Pat Canadians open play at the Telus Cup April 21 at 10 p.m. EDT vs. the host Fraser Valley Thunderbirds.
Atlantic Region Champions
The Moncton Flyers, ranked 44th in Canada by MHR for Week 30 defeated the No. 78 Fredericton Caps to capture the New Brunswick Championship then overcame four other quality opponents to win the Atlantic Region championship and advance to play for the Telus Cup.
Moncton won the New Brunswick provincial title after finishing tied with the Caps atop the NB/PEI U18 Major Hockey League regular-season standings with 55 points. The Flyers lost the opening game of the New Brunswick championship series to Fredericton but rallied to win the next four to advance to regionals. Three of those games were decided by a single goal, with one requiring overtime.
The Flyers capped off their Atlantic Championship weekend with a 5-3 April 6 victory against Kensington Wild, ranked seventh in Eastern Canada, to earn their way to the Telus Cup. That victory was their fourth of the weekend in five games and their second straight against Kensington. Moncton beat the Wild, 6-1, the previous day and suffered its only loss of the regional tournament, 3-2, vs. the No. 45 Halifax McDonalds. In their regional wins, the Flyers outscored their four opponents by a combined 27-8 margin.
Moncton heads to the Telus cup with an overall record of 48-19-10 and having outscored its opponents, 301-172. The Flyers went 12-3 in their final 15 contests.
They open play at the Telus Cup vs. the 22nd-ranked Elgin-Middlesex Canucks from Ontario April 21 at 2 p.m. EDT.
Central Region Champions
The No. 22 Elgin-Middlesex Canucks, ranked second in Ontario, had to run the gauntlet by winning the highly competitive Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario championship before competing against a stacked Central Region Championship field.
The Canucks earned a hard-fought 3-2 best-of-five ALLIANCE championship-series victory over Ontario’s 11th-ranked Waterloo Wolves, coming back from a 1-0 Game 4 loss with a decisive 5-0 win in the final contest. They went on to compile a 5-2 record in seven games at the Central Region tournament, six of those coming against teams ranked among Ontario’s top 17.
Elgin-Middlesex defeated both the Vaughan Kings, No. 4 in Ontario and 37th in Canada, and Upper Canada Cyclones, 14th in Ontario and 79th overall, to advance to the Telus Cup. The Canucks beat Upper Canada in consecutive games, 5-1 and 3-0, and captured the Central championship with a 3-2 overtime victory against the Kings as Lucas Steensel buried game-winning goal with 13:25 left in the extra session.
The Canucks went 55-13-2 overall this season and outscored their opponents by a stunning 305-97 margin. They recorded 22 shutouts and held their opponents to one goal or fewer on 43 occasions.
Elgin-Middlesex begins its quest for the Telus Cup against the Atlantic-champion Moncton Flyers April 21 at 2 p.m. EDT.
Host Team
The 70th-ranked Fraser Valley Thunderbirds automatically qualified for the Telus Cup as the host team. Fraser Valley will have been off for more than six weeks, 44 days to be exact, when the puck drops on the T-Birds' first tournament game. The Thunderbirds were the fifth seed for the eight-team BCEHL quarterfinals and were swept in two games by the Vancouver North West Hawks.
Fraser Valley does have BCEHL scoring-champion Cole Brown, who finished with 65 points in league play. With Brown leading a balanced offensive group that features five 40-point scorers, the T-Birds may be able to provide the home fans with something to cheer about.
The last host team to win the Telus Cup was the Calgary Northstars in 1991, while the host St. Hyacinthe Gaulois advanced to the championship game in 2023. This will be the Thunderbirds’ first Telus Cup appearance.
They went 20-25-1 during a season that was a bit of a roller-coaster ride but never experienced extended winning or losing streaks. Fraser Valley was outscored by a 201-177 margin and concluded its season by dropping six of its final seven contests on the heels of a three-game winning streak.
The Thunderbirds begin play in prime time on opening day, April 21, at 10 p.m. EDT against the second-ranked Regina Pat Canadians.
