2014 CIS University Cup

2014 Potashcorp CIS University Cup Presented By Co-Op
Tournament details
Venue(s)	Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Dates	March 20–23, 2014
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 (Saskatchewan)
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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.

Road to the Cup

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

University Cup

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 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

Kurtis Mucha (1–0)

Goalies

Francis Dupuis (0–1)

Referees:
Nathan Wieler
Todd Thomander
Linesmen:
Nick Bilko
Sean Dufour

J. Rowley (1) (B. Ferguson, L. Koper) – 1:29	1–0
T.J. Foster (1) (B. Ferguson) (PP) – 6:31	2–0
	2–1	14:40 – J. Pleckaitis (1) (T. Billingsley, M. McNamee) (PP)
T. Toomey (1) (D. Nichol, K. Reddick) – 16:49	3–1
	3–2	57:21 – D. Cross (1) (J. Pleckaitis) (PP)

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

Francis Dupuis (0–2)

Goalies

Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (1–0)

Referees:
Pascal St. Jacques
Derek Zalaski
Linesmen:
Nick Bilko
Kelsey Mahoney

	0–1	7:49 – J.P. Mathieu (1) (N. Prokop, B. Levesque)
Timothy Billingsley (2) (Unassisted) – 19:59	1–1
	1–2	22:05 – P. Deslisle-Houde (1) (R. McKiernan, C. McNicholl) (PP)
	1–3	27:27 – D. Rose (J.P. Mathieu, N. Prokop)
J. West (1) (T. Billingsley) – 43:42	2–3

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

Luke Siemens (1–0)

Goalies

Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (1–1)

Referees:
Derek Zalaski
Scott Ferguson
Linesmen:
Nick Bilko
Mike Roberts

K. Reddick (1) (J. Hickmont, B. Ferguson) – 7:52	1–0
	1–1	35:35 – G. Langelier-Parent (1) (Unassisted)
	1–2	41:00 – J.P. Mathieu (2) (C. McNicholl) (PP)
B. Ferguson (1) (J. Crooks, K. Reddick) – 47:13	2–2
J. Lazo (1) (K. Reddick) – 96:22	3–2

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

M. Cazzola (1) (L. Heelis) – 1:19	1–0
	1–1	16:52 – R. Cameron (1) (M. Doan, I. Quackenbush)
L. Heelis (1) (M. Cazzola, B. Thompson) – 21:43	2–1
	2–2	32:43 – D. Palmer (1) (S. Pommells, S. Posa) (PP)
	2–3	41:07 – K. Bradford (1) (S. Pommells, S. Posa) (PP)
	2–4	44:14 – M. Christou (1) (R. Cameron, B. Blondeel)

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

Evan Mosher (0–2)

Goalies

Ryan Holfeld (1–0)

Referees:
Nathan Wieler
Scott Ferguson
Linesmen:
Mike Roberts
Sean Dufour

L. Heelis (2) (B. Thompson, C. Owens) (PP) – 3:40	1–0
	1–1	5:29 – C. Smuk (1) (A. Bailey)
	1–2	9:50 – B. Bosch (1) (D. Hulak) (PP)
L. Jenner (1) (L. Heelis, B. Thompson) – 35:58	2–2
	2–3	57:58 – D. Hulak (1) (B. Bosch)

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

Parker Van Buskirk (1–1)

Goalies

Ryan Holfeld (2–0)

Referees:
Pascal St. Jacques
Todd Thomander
Linesmen:
Ryan Lundquist
Kelsey Mahoney

	0–1	8:42 – K. McFaull (1)(J. Ross, D. Hulak)
	0–2	10:49 – D. Hulak (2) (C. McCallum, C. Cox) (PP)
	0–3	24:41 – D. Hulak (3) (J. Ross, B. Bosch)
	0–4	26:07 – A. Bailey (1) (C. McCallum)
	0–5	32:21 – C. McCallum (1) (J. Ross, M. Delahey)
	0–6	37:58 – J. Lawrence (1) (J. Ross)
	0–7	49:26 – R. McDonald (1) (Unassisted)
	0–8	53:03 – – J. Roach (1) (C. Smuk)
	0–9	58:20 – C. Smuk (2) (Z. Stebner, J. Roach) (PP)

18 min

Penalties

26 min

19

Shots

34

Championship final

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

J. Hickmont (1) (B. Ferguson, J. Crooks) – 24:02	1–0
L. Koper (1) (J. Dobrowolski) (SH) – 45:19	2–0
	2–1	36:38 – D. Hulak (4) (J. Roach, B. Bosch)
L. Koper (2) (T. Toomey) – 54:12	3–1

19 min

Penalties

22 min

36

Shots

21

Tournament All-Stars

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)

References

^ "2014 Subway AUS Men's Hockey Championship Schedule". Atlantic University Sport.
^ "2013-14 M Playoff Bracket". leaguesta.com.
^ Canada West Composite Schedule. Archived 2014-04-22 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "2014 PotashCorp University Cup presented by Co-op: Alberta seeded No. 1 for CIS men's hockey championship". Canadian Interuniversity Sport.
^ "No. 14 in 2014: Alberta wins". prestosports.com.

External links

Tournament website

[1] "2014 Subway AUS Men's Hockey Championship Schedule". Atlantic University Sport.

[2] "2013-14 M Playoff Bracket". leaguesta.com.

[3] Canada West Composite Schedule. Archived 2014-04-22 at the Wayback Machine.

[4] "2014 PotashCorp University Cup presented by Co-op: Alberta seeded No. 1 for CIS men's hockey championship". Canadian Interuniversity Sport.

[5] "No. 14 in 2014: Alberta wins". prestosports.com.

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