2014 CIS University Cup

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2014 Potashcorp CIS University Cup Presented By Co-Op
Tournament details
Venue(s)
Alberta Golden Bears (14th title)
Runner-upSaskatchewan Huskies
Tournament statistics
Games played7
Attendance41,089 (5,870 per game)
MVPDerek Hulak

The 2014

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(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
Saskatoon
Attendance: 6,102 (40.2%)
Game reference
Kurtis Mucha (1-0)GoaliesFrancis Dupuis (0-1)Referees:
Nathan Wieler
Todd Thomander
Linesmen:
Nick Bilko
Sean Dufour
J. Rowley (1) (B. Ferguson, L. Koper) - 1:291-0
T.J. Foster (1) (B. Ferguson) (PP) - 6:312-0
2-114:40 - J. Pleckaitis (1) (T. Billingsley, M. McNamee) (PP)
T. Toomey (1) (D. Nichol, K. Reddick) - 16:493-1
3-257:21 - D. Cross (1) (J. Pleckaitis) (PP)
10 minPenalties28 min
41Shots17
March 21, 2014
1:00 PM
Saskatoon
Attendance: 8,304 (54.6%)
Game reference
Francis Dupuis (0-2)GoaliesJacob Gervais-Chouinard (1-0)Referees:
Pascal St. Jacques
Derek Zalaski
Linesmen:
Nick Bilko
Kelsey Mahoney
0-17:49 - J.P. Mathieu (1) (N. Prokop, B. Levesque)
Timothy Billingsley (2) (Unassisted) - 19:591-1
1-222:05 - P. Deslisle-Houde (1) (R. McKiernan, C. McNicholl) (PP)
1-327:27 - D. Rose (J.P. Mathieu, N. Prokop)
J. West (1) (T. Billingsley) - 43:422-3
10 minPenalties8 min
36Shots38
March 22, 2014
2:00 PM
Saskatoon
Attendance: 3,041 (20.0%)
Game reference
Luke Siemens (1-0)GoaliesJacob Gervais-Chouinard (1-1)Referees:
Derek Zalaski
Scott Ferguson
Linesmen:
Nick Bilko
Mike Roberts
K. Reddick (1) (J. Hickmont, B. Ferguson) - 7:521-0
1-135:35 - G. Langelier-Parent (1) (Unassisted)
1-241:00 - J.P. Mathieu (2) (C. McNicholl) (PP)
B. Ferguson (1) (J. Crooks, K. Reddick) - 47:132-2
J. Lazo (1) (K. Reddick) - 96:223-2
20 minPenalties22 min
55Shots20

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
Saskatoon
Attendance: 2,008 (13.2%)
Game reference
Evan Mosher (0-1)GoaliesParker Van Buskirk (1-0)Referees:
Scott Ferguson
Derek Zalaski
Linesmen:
Mike Roberts
Ryan Lundquist
M. Cazzola (1) (L. Heelis) - 1:191-0
1-116:52 - R. Cameron (1) (M. Doan, I. Quackenbush)
L. Heelis (1) (M. Cazzola, B. Thompson) - 21:432-1
2-232:43 - D. Palmer (1) (S. Pommells, S. Posa) (PP)
2-341:07 - K. Bradford (1) (S. Pommells, S. Posa) (PP)
2-444:14 - M. Christou (1) (R. Cameron, B. Blondeel)
14 minPenalties12 min
27Shots28
March 21, 2014
7:00 PM
L. Jenner (1) (L. Heelis, B. Thompson) - 35:58
2-2
2-357:58 - D. Hulak (1) (B. Bosch)
28 minPenalties10 min28Shots30
March 22, 2014
7:00 PM
Saskatoon
Attendance: 7,241 (47.7%)
Game reference
Parker Van Buskirk (1-1)GoaliesRyan Holfeld (2-0)Referees:
Pascal St. Jacques
Todd Thomander
Linesmen:
Ryan Lundquist
Kelsey Mahoney
0-18:42 - K. McFaull (1)(J. Ross, D. Hulak)
0-210:49 - D. Hulak (2) (C. McCallum, C. Cox) (PP)
0-324:41 - D. Hulak (3) (J. Ross, B. Bosch)
0-426:07 - A. Bailey (1) (C. McCallum)
0-532:21 - C. McCallum (1) (J. Ross, M. Delahey)
0-637:58 - J. Lawrence (1) (J. Ross)
0-749:26 - R. McDonald (1) (Unassisted)
0-853:03 - J. Roach (1) (C. Smuk)
0-958:20 - C. Smuk (2) (Z. Stebner, J. Roach) (PP)
18 minPenalties26 min
19Shots34

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
Saskatoon
Attendance: 6,289 (41.4%)
Game reference
Kurtis Mucha (2-0)GoaliesRyan Holfeld (2-1)Referees:
Nathan Wieler
Pascal St. Jacques
Linesmen:
Nick Bilko
Ryan Lundquist
J. Hickmont (1) (B. Ferguson, J. Crooks) - 24:021-0
L. Koper (1) (J. Dobrowolski) (SH) - 45:192-0
2-136:38 - D. Hulak (4) (J. Roach, B. Bosch)
L. Koper (2) (T. Toomey) - 54:123-1
19 minPenalties22 min
36Shots21

Tournament All-Stars

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

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