2017 Esso Cup

2017 Esso Cup

Tournament details
Dates	April 23–29, 2017
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Access Events Centre in Morden, MB
Final positions
Champions	St. Albert Slash
Runner-up	Harfangs du Triolet
Third place	Durham West Lightning
Scoring leader(s)	Kate Gallant
MVP	Halle Oswald
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The 2017 Esso Cup was Canada's ninth national women's midget hockey championship, contested April 23–29, 2017 at Morden, Manitoba. This was the first time that the Esso Cup tournament was played in Manitoba. All games were played at the 1,200-seat Huron Window Corporation Arena, located inside Morden's Access Events Centre. The St. Albert Slash won the gold medal with a 1-0 overtime victory over the Harfangs du Triolet.

Teams

Result Team Region City St. Albert Slash Pacific St. Albert, AB Harfangs du Triolet Quebec Sherbrooke, QC Durham West Lightning Ontario Pickering, ON 4 Pembina Valley Hawks Host Morden, MB 5 Prince Albert Bears Western Prince Albert, SK 6 Mid Isle Wildcats Atlantic Summerside, PE

Round robin

Standings Rank Team W-L-OTW-OTL GF GA Pts 1 St. Albert Slash 5-0-0-0 23 7 15 2 Harfangs du Triolet 3-2-0-0 14 9 9 3 Pembina Valley Hawks 3-2-0-0 13 6 9 4 Durham West Lightning 2-3-0-0 18 17 6 5 Prince Albert Bears 2-3-0-0 11 14 6 6 Mid Isle Wildcats 0-5-0-0 4 30 0

Schedule & Results Game Away Team Score Home Team Score Notes 1 Durham West 1 Triolet 4 Final 2 Mid Isle 0 St. Albert 6 Final 3 Pembina Valley 2 Prince Albert 1 Final 4 Mid Isle 1 Triolet 4 Final 5 Prince Albert 1 Durham West 5 Final 6 St. Albert 2 Pembina Valley 1 Final 7 Prince Albert 6 Mid Isle 1 Final 8 Triolet 3 St. Albert 4 Final 9 Pembina Valley 4 Durham West 1 Final 10 St. Albert 4 Prince Albert 0 Final 11 Durham West 8 Mid Isle 1 Final 12 Triolet 0 Pembina Valley 1 Final 13 Durham West 3 St. Albert 7 Final [1] Triolet 2 Prince Albert 3 Final 15 Mid Isle 1 Pembina Valley 6 Final

Playoffs

Results Game Away Team Score Home Team Score Notes Semi 1 Durham West 0 St. Albert 1 Final Semi 2 Pembina Valley 1 Triolet 2 Final Bronze Durham West 4 Pembina Valley 1 Final Gold Triolet 0 St. Albert 1 OT Final

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Halle Oswald (Pembina Valley)
• Top Scorer: Kate Gallant (Durham West)
• Top Forward: Chloe Gendreau (Triolet)
• Top Defenceman: Katelyn Heppner (Pembina Valley)
• Top Goaltender: Camryn Drever (St. Albert)
• Most Sportsmanlike Player: Kate Gallant (Durham West)

Road to the Esso Cup

Atlantic Region

Mid Isle Wildcats advance by winning regional tournament March 30–April 2, 2017.

Round Robin Rank Team Qualification W–L–T GF GA Pts 1 Northern Selects NSFMAAAHL 4-0-0 21 11 8 2 Mid Isle Wildcats PEIMMHL 3-1-0 15 9 6 3 Western Warriors HNL 1-3-0 17 22 2 4 Moncton Rockets NBFMAAAHL 1-3-0 11 16 2 5 ProCresting Penguins Host 1-3-0 11 17 2 Championship Game Away Team Score Home Team Score Mid Isle 2 Northern 0

Quebec

LHFDQ Midget AAA championship was played April 14–16, 2017.

Playoffs Game Away Team Score Home Team Score Semifinals Semi 1 Triolet 2 Lac St-Louis 1 Semi 2 Estrie 1 Richelieu 2 Medal Games Final Triolet 3 Richelieu 2

Ontario

The OWMA midget championship was played April 6–9, 2017 at Toronto, Ontario

Playoffs Game Away Team Score Home Team Score Semifinals Semi 1 Chatham 0 Toronto 1 Semi 2 Durham West 2 Whitby 0 Medal Games Final Durham West 3 Toronto 1

Western Region

Prince Albert Bears advance by winning series played March 31–April 2, 2017 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (series location alternates by province each year).

Best-of-3 series Rank Team Qualification W–L GF GA 1 Prince Albert Bears SFMAAAHL 2-0 13 10 2 Westman Wildcats* MFMHL 0-2 10 13

Pacific Region

St. Albert Slash advance by winning series played March 31–April 2, 2017 in St. Albert, Alberta (series location alternates by province each year).

Best-of-3 series Rank Team Qualification W–L GF GA 1 St. Albert Slash AMMFHL 2-0 5 2 2 Greater Vancouver Rockets BCFMAAAHL 0-2 2 5

See also

• Esso Cup

External links

• 2017 Esso Cup Home Page at HockeyCanada.com