2012 CIS University Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Venue(s) | Aitken University Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Dates | March 22–25, 2012 (2012年03月22日 – 2012年03月25日) |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | McGill Redmen (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Western Ontario Mustangs |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 7 |
| Attendance | 26,250 (3,750 per game) |
| MVP | Francis Verreault-Paul (McGill) |
The 2012 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (50th Annual) was held March 22–25, 2012. This event marked the 50th anniversary of the inception of the University Cup tournament to decide the Men's University Hockey Champion. It is the second of two consecutive CIS Championships to be held at the University of New Brunswick's Aitken University Centre before moving to Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon for two years (hosted by the University of Saskatchewan.
The defending champions were the UNB Varsity Reds, who won their 4th title in fourteen years and who return to the tournament with a record of 20–5–3 in CIS play.[1] They were joined by three qualifiers, a designated host team and one wild cards for a total of six(6) teams.
Similar to previous years, going back to the introduction of the expanded format in 1998, the teams are split into two(2) Pools of three teams where each team plays the other two teams. The best team in each Pool advances to the final. All pool games must be decided by a win, there are no ties. If a pool has a three-way tie for 1st (all teams have 1–1 records) than GF/GA differential among the tied teams is the first tie-breaker.
Road to the Cup
[edit ]AUS playoffs
[edit ]Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
OUA playoffs
[edit ]February 15–19 Division Semifinals
February 22–26 Division Finals
February 29–March 4 Queen's Cup Final
March 10
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
University Cup
[edit ]The six teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card team was selected from the OUA Conference as the CW was provided the wild-card in 2011 and AUS teams are ineligible as they are the host conference.
| Rank | Seed | Team | Qualification | Record | Appearance | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | New Brunswick Varsity Reds | Atlantic: AUS Champion | 25–6–3 | 13th | 2011 |
| 2 | 2 | McGill Redmen | Quebec: OUA Champion | 24–11–1 | 6th | 2011 |
| 3 | 3 | Saskatchewan Huskies | West: Canada West Champion | 26–5–2 | 14th | 2008 |
| 4 | 4 | Western Ontario Mustangs | Ontario: OUA Runner-up | 24–9–0 | 10th | 2009 |
| 5 | 5 | Moncton Aigles Bleus | Host | 25–9–1 | 15th | 2008 |
| 7 | 6 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières Patriotes | Wild-card: OUA Third place | 28–5–1 | 17th | 2010 |
Pool A – Evening
[edit ]| Seed | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | New Brunswick |
| 4 | Western Ontario |
| 6 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières |
7:00 PM UNB Varsity Reds 6–1
(2–0, 1–0, 3–1) UQTR Patriotes Aitken University Centre, Fredericton
Attendance: 3,750
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Fullerton (1–0–0) | Goalies | Guillaume Nadeau (0–1–0) | Referees: Nathan Wieler Jonathan Langille Linesmen: Mike MacDonnell Ryan Power | |
3–1 46:26 – F. Petit (F. Lefrançois, P.L. Lessard) N. MacNeil (J. Harty) – 50:17 5–1 A. Houde-Caron (T. Carroll) – 56:54 6–1 | ||||
| 20 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
| 33 | Shots | 21 | ||
7:00 PM UQTR Patriotes 2–3 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1) Western Mustangs Aitken University Centre, Fredericton
Attendance: 3,750
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guillaume Nadeau (0–1–1) | Goalies | Josh Unice (1–0–0) | Referees: Nathan Wieler Mario Maillet Linesmen: Brett Boyce Ryan Power | |
B. Lacasse (A. Demers) – 10:20 1–1 F. Lefrançois (J. Desjardins, P.L. Lessard) (PP) – 33:25 2–1 | ||||
| 10 min | Penalties | 20 min | ||
| 43 | Shots | 33 | ||
4:30 PM
Rogers Sportsnet Western Mustangs 3–2
(3–0, 0–0, 0–2) UNB Varsity Reds Aitken University Centre, Fredericton
Attendance: 3,750
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Unice (2–0–0) | Goalies | Travis Fullerton (1–1–0) | Referees: Francois Fortin Sean Reid Linesmen: Andy Flick Jay Doiron | |
J. Furlong (SH) – 17:48 3–0 3–1 52:43 – J. Harty (K. Bailey, C. Culligan) (PP) 3–2 56:57 – K. Bailey (C. Culligan, L. Gallant) (PP) | ||||
| 12 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
| 24 | Shots | 37 | ||
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Ontario | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| New Brunswick | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 2 |
| Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
Pool B – Afternoon
[edit ]| Seed | Team |
|---|---|
| 2 | McGill |
| 3 | Saskatchewan |
| 5 | Moncton |
2:00 PM Moncton Aigles Bleus 3–6
(1–3, 0–2, 1–2) McGill Redmen Aitken University Centre, Fredericton
Attendance: 3,750
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre-Alexandre Marion (0–1–0) | Goalies | Hubert Morin (1–0–0) | Referees: Mario Maillet Sean Reid Linesmen: Andy Flick Brett Boyce | |
1–4 32:26 – F. Verreault-Paul 1–5 32:45 – A. Wright (A. Picard-Hooper) 2–6 52:40 – N. Biniek (P. Belzile) | ||||
| 32 min | Penalties | 38 min | ||
| 24 | Shots | 19 | ||
2:00 PM Moncton Aigles Bleus 5–1
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0) Saskatchewan Huskies Aitken University Centre, Fredericton
Attendance: 3,750
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre-Alexandre Marion (1–1–0) | Goalies | David Reekie (0–1–0) | Referees: Jonathan Langille Francois Fortin Linesmen: Jay Dorion Andrew Connors | |
S. Lacroix (C. Bergeron) – 46:25 4–1 | ||||
| 8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 32 | Shots | 21 | ||
11:30 AM Saskatchewan Huskies 4–3
(1–1, 0–1, 2–2) McGill Redmen Aitken University Centre, Fredericton
Attendance: 3,750
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Holfeld (1–0–0) | Goalies | Hubert Morin (1–1–0) | Referees: Mario Maillet Nathan Wieler Linesmen: Andrew Connors Mike MacDonnell | |
| 20 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||
| 30 | Shots | 43 | ||
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McGill | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 2 |
| Moncton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 2 |
| Saskatchewan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 |
- McGill Redmen advance to the Gold Medal final based on the first tie-breaker of having the best GF/GA Differential of +2.
Note: McGill becomes the 3rd team to advance to the Championship Final with a 1–1 record (Alberta–2008 and Western Ontario–2009).
Championship final
[edit ]Bench assignments for the championship finals is based on the each advancing team's record and stats from their 2 pool games, not their tournament seed. Western was determined to be the home team with a record of 2–0 versus McGill at 1–1.
8:00 PM
Rogers Sportsnet #4 Western Mustangs 3–4 OT
(1–1, 1–2, 1–0, 0–1) #2 McGill Redmen Aitken University Centre, Fredericton
Attendance: 3,750
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Unice (2–1–0) | Goalies | Hubert Morin (2–1–0) | Referees: Jonathan Langille Sean Reid Linesmen: Mike MacDonnell Jay Doiron | |
| 6 min | Penalties | 19 min | ||
| 27 | Shots | 40 | ||
Tournament All-Stars
[edit ]Francis Verreault-Paul, from the McGill Redmen, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP[2] despite receiving a 5-minute Major and Game Misconduct in the 3rd period of the Championship final (charging Western Mustangs' goalie, Josh Unice, on a partial break-away), Verreault-Paul was McGill's MVP in their two pool games and was second in tournament goals (3) and tied for 2nd in points (5).
Joining Verreault-Paul on the tournament all-star team were:
- Forward: Alexandre Picard-Hooper (McGill Redmen)
- Forward: Keaton Turkiewicz (Western Mustangs)
- Defenseman: Jonathan Harty (UNB Varsity Reds)
- Defenseman: Marc-André Dorion (McGill Redmen)
- Goalie: Josh Unice (Western Mustangs)
References
[edit ]- ^ Participating Teams. Canadian Interuniversity Sport.
- ^ "Redmen capture first University Cup". Canadian Interuniversity Sport.