Biggest Upsets in Junior Hockey History

[c9777666]

With the NCAA Basketball tournament in full swing, this is when we hear a lot about upsets, underdogs, Cinderella, etc.

Junior hockey has the Memorial Cup and its playoff format is not as clear-cut as 64 team single elimination regionalized tournament, but given how long junior hockey has been crowning champions and the great teams there have been, there has to be a memorable upset or two.

Every now and then, there has to be like a Junior Hockey equivalent of, say, Giguere over Detroit 2003, Halak over Caps 2010, Islanders/Pens 1993, Miracle on Ice, etc.

Even the most loaded teams here and there have been tripped up unexpectedly while trying to win their league or maybe the Memorial Cup.

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[Scott Stevens]

I am interested to follow this thread, good idea mr original poster

 

[Otto]

In 2002 the London Knights got the last playoff spot and finished with 65 points. Plymouth was tops in the League with 92 points. Knights beat them in the opening round 4 games to 2

 

[WaW]

How about the entire 2007 Wolves playoff run? As the 6 seed, We beat #3 Missy in 5, swept #1 Barrie, then beat #2 Belleville in 6 to reach the final, where we ultimately fell in 6 to Plymouth

 

[MeHateHe]

Check out the 1997 Prince George Cougars. Finished sixth in the seven-team west, 11 games below .500. Went on to beat #1 Portland in the first round and then swept #3 Spokane in the second round to reach the conference final for the first time in the franchise's history. They then dragged #2 Seattle to a six-game series before eventually losing. PG fans - who have suffered some awful, awful seasons - were pretty excited about that playoff run.

1996–97 WHL season - Wikipedia

 

[deleteme2468]

1999 London Knights (72 points) defeat Plymouth Whalers (106 points) in 7 games in round 2. The Knights won games 6 and 7 by scores of 8-2 and 10-3, respectively.

 

[Lucky Luke]

1998-99 Hull Olympiques (55 points) defeat the Shawinigan Cataractes (92 points) in round 2.
The Olympiques reached the QMJHL finals that year, only to lose in Game 7 to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan.