Tournament details | |
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Venue(s) | Andrew H. McCain Arena, Wolfville, Nova Scotia |
Dates | March 31 – April 3, 2022 |
Teams | 8 |
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 | |
Games played | 8 |
MVP | Alexis Gravel |
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]
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]
Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
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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 |
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 | ||||||||||||
Thursday Mar. 31st | ||||||||||||||
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 | Bronze Medal Game | |||||||||||
Friday Apr. 1st | ||||||||||||||
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 |
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]:
Defenceman:
Clayton Kirichenko (Alberta Golden Bears)
Defenceman:
Santino Centorame, (StFX)
Forward:
Simon Lafrance (UQTR Patriotes)
Forward:
Eric Florchuk (Alberta Golden Bears)
Forward:
Félix Lauzon (UQTR Patriotes)