Moncton Defeats Elgin Middlesex Canucks Win’s Bronze

Hockey Canada’s 2025 Telus Cup is hosted by the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds with the event being played in Chilliwack at the Coliseum which is home for the Chiefs that continue to draw record numbers for all games.

Sunday’s final for the Telus Cup Championship in Chilliwack saw a pair of games starring with the Moncton Flyers taking on the Elgin Middlesex Canucks.

Entering the game the Moncton Flyers with a week long record of 2 wins, 3 losses while Elgin Middlesex finished the round robin with a record of 2 wins, 1 O/T win and 2 losses finishing third.

It was ironic that the only two teams that failed to make the finals were the Okanagan Rockets (1-0-3) and the host team, the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds who failed to win any of their five games.

As for skater stats Maddox Schultz of Regina managed 17 player points securing 8 goals along with 9 assists

The event has been a feature for hockey in Canada since 1974 which features the best U-18 teams in the country having gathered to compete for Canada’s U18 Men’s National Club Championship. 

Five regional champions join the host team in a week-long marathon to crown the very best in Canada. 

The LHM18AAAQ champions advance directly to the TELUS Cup as Quebec representatives, while the other four regional spots which are filled by the champions from Pacific (BC and Alberta), West (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, NW Ontario), Central (GNU18L, MHAO, GTHL, OMHA, HEO) including Atlantic (N.S., N.L., N.B., P.E.I.).

In conversation with some of the fans one comment they did mention was that they were somewhat disappointed with the overall attendance for each game and had wished that the teams had a mid-week day off sot hey could play tourist and see the area.

Overall the attendance was sizeable given the weekly schedule the teams were unilizing their time away from their home community while playing in the championship series in BC many of  which had never been west until now.

In conversation with John DeCourcey, Head Coach for Moncton he mentioned that “while they have played at this level in the past it was important to keep the players grounded as well as focused on the task at hand”

I asked him what the mind-set of the coaching staff was going into the game and he mentioned “We told them to finish strong as we worked all year to get to this point and it’s unfortunate we never got to the Gold medal game but to finish third in the country is a pretty big deal.”

Nathan Weber who calls Riverview NB home mentioned that “He never gets tired of playing at this level” albeit he is unsure where his career will end up next season and doesn’t have “any long term plans.”

Despite the loss the players from Middlesex Canucks will take this as a learning curve as they move forward not knowing who will be returning this coming fall.