2014_CIS_University_Cup
The 2014 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (52nd Annual) was held March 20–23, 2014. It was the second of two consecutive CIS Championships to be held at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon hosted by the University of Saskatchewan. The defending champions were the UNB Varsity Reds, but they would not be able to defend their title having been eliminated in the second round of the AUS playoffs by the Saint Mary's Huskies.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Venue(s) | Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Dates | March 20–23, 2014 (2014-03-20 – 2014-03-23) |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Alberta Golden Bears (14th title) |
| Runner-up | Saskatchewan Huskies |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 7 |
| Attendance | 41,089 (5,870 per game) |
| MVP | Derek Hulak |
AUS playoffs
The AUS were held from February 19 to March 10, 2014.[1]
| Quarter-finals (Best of 3) | Semi-finals (Best of 5) | AUS Championship (Best of 5) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UNB Varsity Reds | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 2 | 5 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | UPEI Panthers | 1 | 5 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Acadia Axemen | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Acadia Axemen | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 0 | 3 | Moncton Aigles Bleu | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Moncton Aigles Bleu | 2 | ||||||||||||
OUA playoffs
The OUA playoffs were held from February 19 to March 15, 2014.[2]
| Division Quarter-finals (Best of 3) OUA Sweet 16 | Division Semi-finals (Best of 3) OUA Quarter-Finals | Division Finals (Best of 3) OUA Semi-Finals | Queen's Cup (Single Game) OUA Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| 6E | Concordia Stingers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3E | McGill Redmen | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3E | McGill Redmen | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2E | UQTR Patriots | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7E | UOIT Ridgebacks | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2E | UQTR Patriotes | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3E | McGill Redmen | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| OUA East | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1E | Carleton Ravens | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5E | Ottawa Gee-Gees | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4E | Queen's Golden Gaels | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4E | Queen's Golden Gaels | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1E | Carleton Ravens | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8E | Nipissing Lakers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1E | Carleton Ravens | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3E | McGill Redmen | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4W | Windsor Lancers | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5W | Toronto Varsity Blues | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4W | Windsor Lancers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4W | Windsor Lancers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1W | Western Ontario Mustangs | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8W | Guelph Gryphons | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1W | Western Ontario Mustangs | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4W | Windsor Lancers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| OUA West | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2W | Lakehead Thunderwolves | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6W | Brock Badgers | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3W | Ryerson Rams | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3W | Ryerson Rams | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2W | Lakehead Thunderwolves | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7W | York Lions | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2W | Lakehead Thunderwolves | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bronze Medal | ||||
| 2W | Lakehead Thunderwolves | 4 | ||
| 1E | Carleton Ravens | 7 | ||
Canada West playoffs
The Canada West playoffs were held from February 21 to March 8, 2014.[3]
| Quarter-finals (Best of 3) | Semi-finals (Best of 3) | Canada West Championship (Best of 3) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 1 | 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | 2 | 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Calgary Dinos | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Calgary Dinos | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Manitoba Bisons | 2 | 4 | Manitoba Bisons | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Mount Royal Cougars | 0 | ||||||||||||
The six teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card team was selected from the OUA Conference as the AUS was provided the wild-card in 2013 and CW teams are ineligible as they are the host conference. To avoid having two(2) CW teams in the same pool, Saskatchewan was swapped with Carleton.
| Rank | Seed | Team | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion |
| 2 | 2 | Acadia Axemen | AUS Champion |
| 3 | 3 | Windsor Lancers | OUA-West and Queen's Cup Champion |
| 4 | 4 | McGill Redmen | OUA-East and Queen's Cup Finalist |
| 10 | 5 | Saskatchewan Huskies | Host & Canada West Finalist |
| 5 | 6 | Carleton Ravens | Wild-Card - OUA Third Place |
Pool A - Afternoon
Pool A games were played from March 20 to March 22, 2014.[4]
| Seed | Team | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion |
| 4 | McGill Redmen | OUA-East Champion (Queen's Cup Finalist) |
| 6 | Carleton Ravens | Wild-card - OUA Third Place |
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| McGill Redmen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Carleton Ravens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 0 |
| March 20, 2014 1:00 PM | Alberta Golden Bears | 3-2 (3-1, 0-0, 0-1) | Carleton Ravens | Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 6,102 (40.2%) |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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| Kurtis Mucha (1-0) | Goalies | Francis Dupuis (0-1) | Referees: Nathan Wieler Todd Thomander Linesmen: Nick Bilko Sean Dufour | ||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 28 min | |||||||||||||||
| 41 | Shots | 17 | |||||||||||||||
| March 21, 2014 1:00 PM | Carleton Ravens | 2-3 (1-1, 0-2, 1-0) | McGill Redmen | Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 8,304 (54.6%) |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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| Francis Dupuis (0-2) | Goalies | Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (1-0) | Referees: Pascal St. Jacques Derek Zalaski Linesmen: Nick Bilko Kelsey Mahoney | ||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
| 36 | Shots | 38 | |||||||||||||||
| March 22, 2014 2:00 PM Sportsnet 360 | Alberta Golden Bears | 3-2 (2 OT) (0-0, 1-1, 1-1, 0-0, 1-0) | McGill Redmen | Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 3,041 (20.0%) |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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| Luke Siemens (1-0) | Goalies | Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (1-1) | Referees: Derek Zalaski Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Nick Bilko Mike Roberts | ||||||||||||||
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| 20 min | Penalties | 22 min | |||||||||||||||
| 55 | Shots | 20 | |||||||||||||||
Pool B - Evening
| Seed | Team | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Acadia Axemen | AUS Champion |
| 3 | Windsor Lancers | OUA-West and Queen's Cup Champion |
| 5 | Saskatchewan Huskies | Host |
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saskatchewan Huskies | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| Windsor Lancers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 2 |
| Acadia Axemen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 0 |
| March 20, 2014 7:00 PM | Acadia Axemen | 2-4 (1-1, 1-1, 0-2) | Windsor Lancers | Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 2,008 (13.2%) |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Mosher (0-1) | Goalies | Parker Van Buskirk (1-0) | Referees: Scott Ferguson Derek Zalaski Linesmen: Mike Roberts Ryan Lundquist | |||||||||||||||||
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| 14 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Shots | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| March 21, 2014 7:00 PM | Acadia Axemen | 2-3 (1-2, 1-0, 0-1) | Saskatchewan Huskies | Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 8,104 (53.3%) |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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| Evan Mosher (0-2) | Goalies | Ryan Holfeld (1-0) | Referees: Nathan Wieler Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Mike Roberts Sean Dufour | ||||||||||||||
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| 28 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
| 28 | Shots | 30 | |||||||||||||||
| March 22, 2014 7:00 PM Sportsnet 360 | Windsor Lancers | 0-9 (0-2, 0-4, 0-3) | Saskatchewan Huskies | Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 7,241 (47.7%) |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parker Van Buskirk (1-1) | Goalies | Ryan Holfeld (2-0) | Referees: Pascal St. Jacques Todd Thomander Linesmen: Ryan Lundquist Kelsey Mahoney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 18 min | Penalties | 26 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Shots | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bench assignments for the championship final (home/visitor) is based on each advancing team's record and stats from their 2 game pool games, not their tournament seed. Saskatchewan is the home team with a 2-0 record (4pts) and a GF/GA ratio of 12/2 = 6.0 versus Alberta with a 2-0 record (4pts) and a GF/GA ratio of 6/4 = 1.5.
| March 23, 2014 1:30 PM Rogers Sportsnet | #1 Alberta Golden Bears | 3-1 (0-0, 2-1, 1-0) | #5 Saskatchewan Huskies | Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 6,289 (41.4%) |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurtis Mucha (2-0) | Goalies | Ryan Holfeld (2-1) | Referees: Nathan Wieler Pascal St. Jacques Linesmen: Nick Bilko Ryan Lundquist | |||||||||||
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| 19 min | Penalties | 22 min | ||||||||||||
| 36 | Shots | 21 | ||||||||||||
Derek Hulak, from the Saskatchewan Huskies, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP.[5] Hulak led all players in goals (4) and points (6) in the tournament. He is the first MVP selection from the Championship losing team since Yvan Busque (Moncton) was selected in 2007.
Joining Hulak on the tournament all-star team were:
Forward: Kruise Reddick (Alberta Golden Bears)
Forward: Brett Ferguson (Alberta Golden Bears)
Defenseman: Jesse Craig (Alberta Golden Bears)
Defenseman: Kendall McFaull (Saskatchewan Huskies)
Goalie: Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (McGill Redmen)
- Canada West Composite Schedule Archived 2014-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
- http://canadawest.prestosports.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MHOCKEY_0320143007.doc No. 14 in 2014: Alberta wins