1982, at Hull, Quebec: Portland Winter Hawks, WHL champion; Winter Hawks go

2-2 in round robin and fail to make playoffs of three-team tournament.

Kitchener defeats Sherbrooke 7-4 in final.

1983, at Portland, Oregon: First four-team tournament; Portland Winter

Hawks, WHL runner-up; Portland goes 2-1 in round robin, earns berth into

final, then beats OHL champion Oshawa 8-3 for Cup.

1986, at Portland, Oregon: Portland Winter Hawks, tournament hosts; Hawks go

1-2 in round robin, then lose tiebreaker to Kamloops, 8-1, and fail to

make playoffs. Guelph defeats Hull 6-2 in final.

1991, at Quebec City, Quebec: Spokane Chiefs, WHL champion; Chiefs go 3-0 in

round robin, earn berth into final, then beat Drummondville 5-1 for Cup.

1992, at Seattle, Washington: Seattle Thunderbirds, tournament hosts; T-Birds

go 1-2 in round robin, then lose 8-3 to Kamloops in semifinal. Kamloops

defeats Sault Ste. Marie 5-4 in final.

1995 at Kamloops, British Columbia: Detroit Jr. Red Wings, OHL champions; Wings go

2-1 in round robin, then beat Brandon 2-1 in semifinal. In the final,

Detroit loses 8-2 to Kamloops, which claimed its third Memorial Cup in

four years.

1998, Spokane, Washington: Spokane Chiefs, tournament hosts; Portland Winter

Hawks, WHL champions; Chiefs go 1-2 in round robin, then lose 2-1 in

overtime to Guelph in the semifinal. Portland goes 3-0 in round robin and

earns berth in final. Portland then defeats Guelph, 4-3 in overtime, for

the Cup.

* Thank you to Doyle Potenteau of the Daily Courier (Kelowna, British Coolumbia).

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