2022 U Sports University Cup
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 31 – April 3, 2022 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | Andrew H. McCain Arena, Wolfville, Nova Scotia |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | UQTR Patriotes (5th title) |
| Runner-up | Alberta Golden Bears |
| Third place | St. Francis Xavier X-Men |
| Fourth place | Ryerson Rams |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| MVP | Alexis Gravel |
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The 2022 U Sports Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (60th Annual) was held March 31 – April 3, 2022, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, to determine a national champion for the 2021–22 U Sports men's ice hockey season.[1][2] The OUA Champion UQTR Patriotes defeated the Canada West Champion, and top-seeded, Alberta Golden Bears by a score of 5–4 in double overtime.[3]
Contents
Host
The tournament was played at Andrew H. McCain Arena on the campus of Acadia University.[2] It was the first full tournament hosted by Acadia following the partially-played, cancelled championship in 2020.[4] This is scheduled to be the first U Sports men's ice hockey championship played since 2019 following two years of cancelled tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[5][6] The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the Scotiabank Centre, but was moved to the Acadia University campus due to scheduling conflicts following a postponement of this tournament by two weeks.[7][8]
Participating teams
| Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion | 16–3–1 | 2018 | 16 |
| 2 | UNB Reds | AUS Champion | 21–3–0 | 2019 | 8 |
| 3 | UQTR Patriotes | OUA Champion | 10–3–2 | 2003 | 4 |
| 4 | Brock Badgers | OUA Finalist | 7–5–2 | None | 0 |
| 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | AUS Finalist | 17–5–1 | 2004 | 1 |
| 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | Canada West Finalist | 14–15–1 | None | 0 |
| 7 | Ryerson Rams | OUA Bronze | 11–4–0 | None | 0 |
| 8 | Acadia Axemen | Lost play-in game (Host) | 7–14–1 | 1996 | 2 |
Championship bracket
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals: April 2 | Gold Medal Game: April 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 7 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Acadia Axemen | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 7 | |||||||||||
| 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Brock Badgers | 0 | |||||||||||
| 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | UQTR Patriotes | 5 (2OT) | |||||||||||
| 2 | UNB Reds | 1 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Ryerson Rams | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | UQTR Patriotes | 7 | Third place | ||||||||||
| 7 | Ryerson Rams | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | UQTR Patriotes | 2 (2OT) | 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 3 (OT) | ||||||||
| 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | 1 | 7 | Ryerson Rams | 2 | ||||||||
Tournament All-Stars
Alexis Gravel, a goaltender from the UQTR Patriotes, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for U Sports University Cup MVP. Gravel played all three games for UQTR (two of which went into overtime) and finished the tournament with a GAA of 1.86 and Save Percentage of .950 as well as Player of the Game honours in UQTR's first game vs UBC.
Joining Gravel on the tournament all-star team were[3]:
Defenseman: Clayton Kirichenko (Alberta Golden Bears)
Defenseman: Santino Centorame, (StFX)
Forward: Simon Lafrance (UQTR Patriotes)
Forward: Eric Florchuk (Alberta Golden Bears)
Forward: Félix Lauzon (UQTR Patriotes)
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