This was the 1997 Russ Barnes Trophy:
Preliminary round[]
Incomplete
- St. Albert Merchants - Lacombe Wranglers 2:1
- Stony Plain Flyers - Foothills Bisons 6:2
- Lloydminster Bandits - Slave Lake Wolves 7:2
- Lethbridge Barons - Calgary Stampeders 8:6
- Lacombe - Calgary 11:1
- St. Albert - Lethbridge 3:1
- Stony Plain - Lloydminster 6:4
- Foothills - Slave Lake 7:2
- Lacombe - Lethbridge 6:4
Semifinals[]
- Lloydminster - St. Albert 3:1
- Stony Plain - Lacombe 5:1
Final[]
- Lloydminster - Stony Plain 5:1