2012 CIS University Cup

The 2012 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (50th Annual) was held March 22–25, 2012. This event marked the 50th anniversary of the inception of the University Cup tournament to decide the Men's University Hockey Champion. It is the second of two consecutive CIS Championships to be held at the University of New Brunswick's Aitken University Centre before moving to Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon for two years (hosted by the University of Saskatchewan.

2012 Cavendish Farms CIS University Cup Presented By Home Depot
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Host team	UNB Varsity Reds
Champions	McGill Redmen
Venue	Aitken University Centre
Duration	March 22–25, 2012
Number of games	7
Number of teams	6
Total attendance	26,250 (3,750/game)
Television	Sportsnet

The defending champions were the UNB Varsity Reds, who won their 4th title in fourteen years and who return to the tournament with a record of 20-5-3 in CIS play.[1] They were joined by three qualifiers, a designated host team and one wild cards for a total of six(6) teams.

Similar to previous years, going back to the introduction of the expanded format in 1998, the teams are split into two(2) Pools of three teams where each team plays the other two teams. The best team in each Pool advances to the final. All pool games must be decided by a win, there are no ties. If a pool has a three-way tie for 1st (all teams have 1-1 records) than GF/GA differential among the tied teams is the first tie-breaker.

Road to the Cup

AUS playoffs

	Quarter-finals (Best of 3)					Semi-finals (Best of 5)					AUS Championship (Best of 5)
						1	UNB Varsity Reds	3
	4	UPEI Panthers	2			4	UPEI Panthers	0
	5	Acadia Axemen	1								1	UNB Varsity Reds	3
											4	Moncton Aigles Bleu	0
						2	Saint Mary's Huskies	1
	3	Moncton Aigles Bleu	2			3	Moncton Aigles Bleu	3
	6	St. Francis Xavier X-Men	1

OUA Playoffs

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

1E

McGill Redmen

2

8E

Queen's Golden Gaels

0

1E

McGill Redmen

2

5E

Ottawa Gee-Gees

0

3E

Nipissing Lakers

0

5E

Ottawa Gee-Gees

2

1E

McGill Redmen

2

OUA East

2E

UQTR Patriotes

0

2E

UQTR Patriotes

2

6E

Ryerson Rams

1

2E

UQTR Patriotes

2

7E

Carleton Ravens

1

4E

Toronto Varsity Blues

1

7E

Carleton Ravens

2

1E

McGill Redmen

4

1W

Western Mustangs

1

1W

Western Mustangs

2

8W

Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks

0

1W

Western Mustangs

2

6W

Brock Badgers

0

3W

Waterloo Warriors

0

6W

Brock Badgers

2

1W

Western Mustangs

2

OUA West

5W

Windsor Lancers

1

2W

Lakehead Thunderwolves

2

7W

Guelph Gryphons

1

2W

Lakehead Thunderwolves

1

5W

Windsor Lancers

2

4W

York Lions

0

5W

Windsor Lancers

2

	Bronze Medal
	2E	UQTR Patriotes	5
	5W	Windsor Lancers	3

Canada West playoffs

	Quarter-finals (Best of 3)					Semi-finals (Best of 3)					Canada West Championship (Best of 3)
						1	Manitoba Bisons	0
	3	Saskatchewan Huskies	2			4	Calgary Dinos	2
	6	Lethbridge Pronghorns	0								3	Saskatchewan Huskies	2
											4	Calgary Dinos	1
						2	Alberta Golden Bears	1
	4	Calgary Dinos	2			3	Saskatchewan Huskies	2
	5	UBC Thunderbirds	1

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 CW was provided the wild-card in 2011 and AUS teams are ineligible as they are the host conference.

Rank	Seed	Team	Qualification
1	1	UNB Varsity Reds	AUS Champion
2	2	McGill Redmen	OUA-East and Queen's Cup Champion
3	3	Saskatchewan Huskies	Canada West Finalist
4	4	Western Mustangs	OUA-West Champions and Queen's Cup Finalist
5	5	Moncton Aigles Bleu	Host Designate & AUS Finalist
7	6	UQTR Patriotes	Wild-Card - OUA Third Place

Pool A - Evening

Seed	Team	Qualified
1	UNB Varsity Reds	AUS Champion
4	Western Mustangs	OUA-West Champion and Queen's Cup Finalist
6	UQTR Patriotes	Wild-card - OUA Third Place

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Western Mustangs	2	2	0	6	4	+2	4
UNB Varsity Reds	2	1	1	8	4	+4	2
UQTR Patriotes	2	0	2	3	9	-6	0

March 22, 2012 7:00 PM

UNB Varsity Reds

6-1 (2–0, 1–0, 3–1)

UQTR Patriotes

Aitken University Centre, Fredericton Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Travis Fullerton (1-0-0)	Goalies	Guillaume Nadeau (0-1-0)	Referees: Nathan Wieler Jonathan Langille Linesmen: Mike MacDonnell Ryan Power
	D. Todd (T. Carroll, C. Culligan) - 5:12 1-0 M. Fillier (T. MacDougall, A. Houde-Caron) - 7:05 2-0 C. Culligan (D. Todd, T. Carroll) - 27:39 3-0 3-1 46:26 - F. Petit (F. Lefrançois, P.L. Lessard) D. Todd (J. Clendenning, L. Gallant) - 47:50 4-1 N. MacNeil (J. Harty) - 50:17 5-1 A. Houde-Caron (T. Carroll) - 56:54 6-1
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	21

March 23, 2012 7:00 PM

UQTR Patriotes

2-3 OT (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 0-1)

Western Mustangs

Aitken University Centre, Fredericton Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Guillaume Nadeau (0-1-1)	Goalies	Josh Unice (1-0-0)	Referees: Nathan Wieler Mario Maillet Linesmen: Brett Boyce Ryan Power
	0-1 2:08 - K. Turkiewicz (Z. Harnden, K. Baker) (PP) B. Lacasse (A. Demers) - 10:20 1-1 F. Lefrançois (J. Desjardins, P.L. Lessard) (PP) - 33:25 2-1 2-2 36:41 - S. Reese (M. Ashman, J. Cimadamore) 2-3 61:21 - J. Cimadamore (S. Reese, G. Killing)
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	43	Shots	33

March 24, 2012 4:30 PM Rogers Sportsnet

Western Mustangs

3-2 (3–0, 0–0, 0–2)

UNB Varsity Reds

Aitken University Centre, Fredericton Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Josh Unice (2-0-0)	Goalies	Travis Fullerton (1-1-0)	Referees: Francois Fortin Sean Reid Linesmen: Andy Flick Jay Doiron
	D. Desando (K. Turkiewicz, M. Paltridge) - 12:25 1-0 K. Turkiewicz (K. Baker, S. Aarssen) (PP) - 15:20 2-0 J. Furlong (SH) - 17:48 3-0 3-1 52:43 - J. Harty (K. Bailey, C. Culligan) (PP) 3-2 56:57 - K. Bailey (C. Culligan, L. Gallant) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	37

Pool B - Afternoon

Seed	Team	Qualified
2	McGill Redmen	OUA-East and Queen's Cup Champion
3	Saskatchewan Huskies	Canada West Champion
5	Moncton Aigles Bleu	Host and AUS Finalist

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
McGill Redmen	2	1	1	9	7	+2	2
Moncton Aigles Bleu	2	1	1	8	7	+1	2
Saskatchewan Huskies	2	1	1	5	8	-3	2

• McGill Redmen advance to the Gold Medal final based on the first tie-breaker of having the best GF/GA Differential of +2.

March 22, 2012 2:00 PM

Moncton Aigles Bleu

3-6 (1–3, 0–2, 1–2)

McGill Redmen

Aitken University Centre, Fredericton Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Pierre-Alexandre Marion (0-1-0)	Goalies	Hubert Morin (1-0-0)	Referees: Mario Maillet Sean Reid Linesmen: Andy Flick Brett Boyce
	0-1 3:50 - F. Verreault-Paul (M.A. Dorion, A. Picard-Hooper) (PP) 0-2 5:37 - A. Picard-Hooper (F. Verreault-Paul, M. Leangelier-Parent (PP) C. Gaudet (M.A. Cote, C. Bergeron) - 15:11 1-2 1-3 16:37 - N. Biniek (H. Laporte, C. Longpre-Poirier) 1-4 32:26 - F. Verreault-Paul 1-5 32:45 - A. Wright (A. Picard-Hooper) M.A. Cote (D. Ouellet, Grouxl) (PP) - 46:13 2-5 2-6 52:40 - N. Biniek (P. Belzile) D. Ouellet (E. Faille, S. Jodoin) - 57:37 3-6
	32 min	Penalties	38 min
	24	Shots	19

March 23, 2012 2:00 PM

Moncton Aigles Bleu

5-1 (2-1, 1-0, 2-0)

Saskatchewan Huskies

Aitken University Centre, Fredericton Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Pierre-Alexandre Marion (1-1-0)	Goalies	David Reekie (0-1-0)	Referees: Jonathan Langille Francois Fortin Linesmen: Jay Dorion Andrew Connors
	0-1 2:08 - M. Delahey (C. Durand, M. Spafford) E. Faille (M. Bolduc) (SH) - 10:51 1-1 S. Groulx (E. Faille, D. Ouellet) - 14:56 2-1 F. Rochon (K. Charland, G. Parenteau) - 38:36 3-1 S. Lacroix (C. Bergeron) - 46:25 4-1 E. Faille (D. Ouellet, S. Lacroix) - 59:29 5-1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	21

March 24, 2012 11:30 AM

Saskatchewan Huskies

4-3 (1–1, 0–1, 2–2)

McGill Redmen

Aitken University Centre, Fredericton Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Ryan Holfeld (1-0-0)	Goalies	Hubert Morin (1-1-0)	Referees: Mario Maillet Nathan Wieler Linesmen: Andrew Connors Mike MacDonnell
	K. Bortis (S. Vey, K. Ross) (PP) - 10:51 1-0 1-1 14:38 - E. Vossen (A. Picard-Hooper, A. Wright) C. Smuk (M. Delahey, T. Brisebois) - 22:55 2-1 2-2 44:12 - F. Verreault-Paul (M.A. Dorion, A. Picard-Hooper) (PP) D. Hulak (K. Bortis) - 46:24 3-2 3-3 46:51 - K. Dupont (E. Vossen, A. Wright) K. Ross (K. Bortis, D. Hulak (PP) - 54:48 4-3
	20 min	Penalties	18 min
	30	Shots	43

Note: McGill becomes the 3rd team to advance to the Championship Final with a 1-1 record (Alberta-2008 & Western-2009).

Championship Final

Bench assignments for the championship finals is based on the each advancing team's record and stats from their 2 pool games, not their tournament seed. Western was determined to be the home team with a record of 2-0 versus McGill at 1-1.

March 25, 2012 8:00 PM Rogers Sportsnet

#4 Western Mustangs

3-4 OT (1–1, 1–2, 1–0) (OT: 0-1)

#2 McGill Redmen

Aitken University Centre, Fredericton Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Josh Unice (2-1-0)	Goalies	Hubert Morin (2-1-0)	Referees: Jonathan Langille Sean Reid Linesmen: Mike MacDonnell Jay Doiron
	K. Turkiewicz (Z. Harnden, K. Baker) (PP) - 8:38 1-0 1-1 15:38 - B. Levesque (M.A. Dorion, M. Langelier-Parent) 1-2 20:48 - B. Levesque (M.A. Daneau, M.O. Vachon) K. Baker (S. Aarssen, G. Killing) - 33:49 2-2 2-3 35:27 - N. Biniek (C. Longpre-Poirier, F. Verreault-Paul) K. Turkiewicz (K. Baker, S. Aarssen) (PP) - 54:18 3-3 3-4 66:00 - E. Vossen (A. Picard-Hooper, A. Wright)
	6 min	Penalties	19 min
	27	Shots	40

Tournament All-Stars

Francis Verreault-Paul, from the McGill Redmen, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP[2] despite receiving a 5-minute Major and Game Misconduct in the 3rd period of the Championship final (charging Western Mustangs' goalie, Josh Unice, on a partial break-away), Verreault-Paul was McGill's MVP in their two pool games and was second in tournament goals (3) and tied for 2nd in points (5).

Joining Verreault-Paul on the tournament all-star team were:
Forward: Alexandre Picard-Hooper (McGill Redmen)
Forward: Keaton Turkiewicz (Western Mustangs)
Defenseman: Jonathan Harty (UNB Varsity Reds)
Defenseman: Marc-André Dorion (McGill Redmen)
Goalie: Josh Unice (Western Mustangs)

References

1. Participating Teams
2. http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/mice/2011-12/releases/20120325-final Redmen capture first University Cup

External links

• Tournament Website