2013 CIS University Cup

The 2013 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (51st Annual) was held March 14–17, 2013. It was the first 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 McGill Redmen, but they would not be able to defend their title having been eliminated in the first round of the OUA-East playoffs by the Nipissing Lakers.

2013 Potashcorp CIS University Cup Presented By Co-Op
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Host team	Saskatchewan Huskies
Champions	UNB Varsity Reds
Venue	Credit Union Centre
Duration	March 14–17, 2013
Number of games	7
Number of teams	6
Total attendance	38,347 (5,478/game)
Television	Sportsnet

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

The AUS playoffs were held from February 13 to March 7, 2013.[1]

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

OUA playoffs

The OUA playoffs were held from February 13 to March 9, 2013.[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

5E

Toronto Varsity Blues

1

4E

Ottawa Gee-Gees

2

4E

Ottawa Gee-Gees

1

2E

Carleton Ravens

2

7E

Queen's Golden Gaels

0

2E

Carleton Ravens

2

2E

Carleton Ravens

1

OUA East

1E

UQTR Patriotes

2

6E

Nipissing Lakers

2

3E

McGill Redmen

1

6E

Nipissing Lakers

0

1E

UQTR Patriotes

2

8E

Ryerson Rams

0

1E

UQTR Patriotes

2

1E

UQTR Patriotes

4

6W

Waterloo Warriors (Host)

1

6W

Waterloo Warriors

2

3W

Lakehead Thunderwolves

0

6W

Waterloo Warriors

2

1W

Western Mustangs

1

8W

UOIT Ridgebacks

0

1W

Western Mustangs

2

6W

Waterloo Warriors

2

OUA West

2W

Windsor Lancers

0

5W

Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks

1

4W

Guelph Gryphons

2

4W

Guelph Gryphons

0

2W

Windsor Lancers

2

7W

York Lions

0

2W

Windsor Lancers

2

Note 1: The Queen's Cup championship game must be held in Ontario (part of the arrangement when the RSEQ hockey league merged with the OUA). When a Quebec based OUA-East representative is the higher seed and should 'host' the game - the game shall be hosted by the OUA-West team instead, but the OUA-East team shall be the 'home' team and have last change.

Note 2: Since the University Cup wild-card spot was allocated to the AUS Conference, the OUA did not hold a 3rd Place/Bronze medal game.

Canada West playoffs

The Canada West playoffs were as follows:[3]

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

University Cup

The six teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card team was selected from the AUS Conference as the OUA was provided the wild-card in 2012 and CW teams are ineligible as they are the host conference.

Rank	Seed	Team	Qualified
1	1	Alberta Golden Bears	Canada West Champion
2	2	UNB Varsity Reds	AUS Champion
3	3	UQTR Patriotes	OUA-East and Queen's Cup Champion
4	4	Saint Mary's Huskies	Wild-card & AUS Finalist
5	5	Saskatchewan Huskies	Host & Canada West Finalist
6	6	Waterloo Warriors	OUA-West Champion and Queen's Cup Finalist

Pool A - Afternoon

Seed	Team	Qualified
1	Alberta Golden Bears	Canada West Champion
4	Saint Mary's Huskies	AUS Finalist
6	Waterloo Warriors	OUA Finalist

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Saint Mary's Huskies	2	1	1	8	5	+3	2
Alberta Golden Bears	2	1	1	5	5	0	2
Waterloo Warriors	2	1	1	3	6	-3	2

• St. Mary's Huskies advance to the Gold Medal final based on the first tie-breaker of having the best GF/GA Differential of +3.

March 14, 2013 1:00 PM

Alberta Golden Bears

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

Waterloo Warriors

Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 6,732 (47.0%)

Game reference
	Kurtis Mucha (0-1-0)	Goalies	Keaton Hartigan (1-0-0)	Linesmen: Kyle Paulsen Darrell Surminski
	J. Larson (C. Behnna, K. Allicock) (PP) - 34:09 1-0 B. Chartier (C. Behenna, K. Hill) (PP) - 47:56 2-0 2-1 56:30 - T. Dyck (J. Craige) (PP)
	24 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	13

March 15, 2013 1:00 PM

Saint Mary's Huskies

3-4 (OT) (1-1, 2-1, 0-1, 0-1)

Alberta Golden Bears

Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 9,465 (66.1%)

Game reference
	Anthony Peters (0-1-0)	Goalies	Kurtis Mucha Real Cyr (36:06) (1-0-0)	Referees: Pierre Lambert Sean Raphael Linesmen: Kelsey Mahoney Derek Craig
	M. Tipoff (S. Johnston) - 15:48 1-0 1-1 19:42 - T. Dyck (S. Ringrose) (PP) 1-2 22:13 - J. Hickmott (G. Gardner, K. Reddick) C. Tanaka (P. O'Keefe) - 26:16 2-2 M. Strickland (B. Smith, P. O'Keefe) - 26:45 3-2 3-3 47:35 - J. Lazo (T. Dyck) 3-4 62:51 - L. Koper
	37 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	40

March 16, 2013 1:30 PM Rogers Sportsnet

Waterloo Warriors

1-5 (1-1, 0-1, 0-3)

Saint Mary's Huskies

Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 4,339 (30.3%)

Game reference
	Keaton Hartigan (1-1-0)	Goalies	Anthony Peters (1-1-0)	Referees: T.J. Foster Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Jason Roy Derek Craig
	J. Larson (C. Behenna) - 0:25 1-0 1-1 16:08 - S. O'Donnell (S. Johnston, J. Marchand) 1-2 26:05 - C. Tanaka (S. O'Donnell, P. O'Keefe) 1-3 46:18 - S. O'Donnell (G. Grant, C. Tanaka) 1-4 49:23 - C. Tanaka (S. O'Donnell) 1-5 54:51 - M. Strickland (C. Tanaka, S. O'Donnell) (PP)
	37 min	Penalties	19 min
	24	Shots	50

Note: Saint Mary's becomes the 4th team to advance to the Championship Final with a 1-1 record (Alberta-2008, Western-2009 and McGill-2011).

Pool B - Evening

Seed	Team	Qualified
2	UNB Varsity Reds	AUS Champion
3	UQTR Patriotes	OUA Champion
5	Saskatchewan Huskies	Canada West Finalist/Host

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
UNB Varsity Reds	2	2	0	11	4	+7	4
UQTR Patriotes	2	1	1	6	12	-6	2
Saskatchewan Huskies	2	0	2	2	6	-4	0

March 14, 2013 7:20 PM

UNB Varsity Reds

3-1 (0-0, 2-1, 1-0)

Saskatchewan Huskies

Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 5,865 (41.0%)

Game reference
	Daniel LaCosta	Goalies	Ryan Holfeld	Referees: T.J. Foster Sean Raphael Linesmen: Jason Roy Scott Sharun
	0-1 25:26 - J. Bubnick (K. Bortis, D. Hulak) (PP) D. Todd (N. MacNeil, M-A Desnoyers) (PP) - 30:47 1-1 T. Carroll (C. Braes, D. Todd) - 29:06 (PP) 2-1 A. Houde-Caron (D. Todd) - 57:17 3-1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	24

March 15, 2013 7:00 PM

Saskatchewan Huskies

1-3 (1-1, 0-0, 0-2)

UQTR Patriotes

Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 4,379 (30.6%)

Game reference
	Ryan Holfeld (0-2-0)	Goalies	Marc-Antoine Gelinas (1-0-0)	Referees: Mario Maillett Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Scott Sharun Darryl Surminski
	0-1 6:21 - T. Tremblay (F. Petit) K. Bortis (A. Bailey) - 16:49 (PP) 1-1 1-2 41:11 - O. Donovan (E. Boudreau) (PP) 1-3 59:59 - T. Tremblay (B. Lacasse, F. Petit)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	19	Shots	23

March 16, 2013 8:00 PM Rogers Sportsnet

UQTR Patriotes

3-8 (3-3, 0-2, 0-3)

UNB Varsity Reds

Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 3,649 (25.5%)

Game reference
	Marc-Antoine Gelinas (1-1-0) Guillaume Nadeau	Goalies	Daniel LaCosta (2-0-0)	Referees: Kyle Paulsen Mario Maillett Linesmen: Sean Raphael Kelsey Mahoney
	0-1 0:45 - N. MacNeil (A. Robertson, B. Wright) 0-2 2:28 - B. Swan (A. Houde-Caron) F. Petit (B. Lacasse, M. Robichaud) - 3:09 (PP) 1-2 P-O Morin (P-L Lesard) - 4:36 2-2 M. Paquette-Gravel (R. Boudreau) - 8:20 3-2 3-3 9:59 - T. Carroll (T. Nesbitt, C. Culligan) 3-4 25:11 - D. Campbell (N. MacNeil, D. Todd) 3-5 30:53 - N. MacNeil (C. Pridham, D. Campbell) 3-6 48:36 - T. Carroll 3-7 53:43 - T. Nesbitt (C. Culligan) 3-8 55:01 - B. Swan (A. Houde-Caron, T. MacDougall)
	12 min	Penalties	24 min
	22	Shots	51

Championship Final

Bench assignments for the championship finals are based on each advancing team's 2 pool games, not their tournament seed. UNB was determine the home team with a record of 2-0 versus Saint Mary's with a record of 1-1.

March 17, 2013 6:30 PM Rogers Sportsnet

#4 Saint Mary's Huskies

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

#2 UNB Varsity Reds

Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 3,918 (27.4%)

Game reference
	Anthony Peters (1-2-0)	Goalies	Daniel LaCosta (3-0-0)	Referees: Pierre Lambert Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Jason Roy Scott Sharun
	0-1 10:39 - D. Todd (N. MacNeil, C. Pridham) (PP) 0-2 59:49 - T. Carroll (EN)
	32 min	Penalties	20 min
	17	Shots	23

Fewest Goals

The 2 goal aggregate in the Championship final represented the lowest ever to date - one lower than the previous record of 3 (1990, 2-1 and 2003 3-0). The shutout was the fourth shutout in a Championship final (1972, 2003, 2011 & 2013) and the first time a team has accomplished it twice (UNB's 4th Championship title in 2011 was a 4-0 shutout of McGill).

Tournament All-Stars

Tyler Carroll, from the UNB Varsity Reds, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP.[4] Carroll led all players in goals (4) and was second in points with 4.

Joining Carroll on the tournament all-star team were:
Forward: Nick MacNeil (UNB Varsity Reds)
Forward: Cory Tanaka (Saint Mary's Huskies)
Defenseman: Jesse Craige (Alberta Golden Bears)
Defenseman: Marc-Antoine Desnoyers (UNB Varsity Reds)
Goalie: Dan LaCosta (UNB Varsity Reds)

References

1. 2013 Subway AUS Men's Hockey Championship Schedule
2. 2012-13 M Playoff Bracket
3. "Canada West Composite Schedule". Archived from the original on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
4. http://en.cis-sic.ca/championships/mice/2013/releases/final V-Reds claim 5th University Cup title

External links

• Tournament Website