1978 Valor Cup Tournament

 1978 Valor Cup Tournament (Toronto, Ontario)

Teams: Fargo Owls, Kitchener Generals, Trois-Rivieres Titans

Standings

Trois-Rivieres Titans: 2W, 2L

Kitchener Generals: 2W, 2L

Fargo Owls: 2W, 2L

Story

For the first time in CIHA Valor Cup history that three teams are battling for the Valor Cup together back to back. This time, however, all three teams finished the same record with 2 wins and 2 losses, but the only difference is that the Titans finished 1st with the most goals with 15 after their last game of the tournament, where they won a 7-1 blowout over the Fargo Owls.

2nd vs. 3rd semi-finals: With the Titans moving on to the finals, they’ll wait to see who goes to the finals with them. In the first period, the Owls played strong, but the Generals took over in the 2nd period, and then the Generals finish the Owls off in the 3rd period; as the clock hits zero, the Generals are going to the Valor Cup finals with a 5-2 final over the Owls.

1978 Valor Cup finals: Period number 1 was wild, shots were made by both teams, and both goalies were on their heads as the 1st period ends with a score of 0-0. In the 2nd period, the Titans finally broke through the wall as Jaune Fredette scores on a breakaway, but the Generals got it back as Patrick Herbco shot on point to tie the game as the buzzer sound as the 2nd-period end with a 1-1 tie game. The 3rd period was all Generals as Patrick Herbco, Neil Kelly, forward Sam Ricky, and Ed Greer score a goal as the 3rd period ended with the score of 5-1, and the Kitchener Generals is the 1978 Valor Cup champions with Patrick Herbco the Valor Cup MVP.