2009 CIS University Cup

The 2009 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (47th Annual) was held March 26–29, 2009. It was the first year of a two-year CIS Championship bid by Lakehead University[1] and was hosted at Fort William Gardens hockey rink.

2009 Cavendish CIS University Cup presented by TBay Tel
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Host teamLakehead Thunderwolves
ChampionsUNB Varsity Reds
VenueFort William Gardens
DurationMarch 26–29, 2009
Number of games7
Number of teams6
Total attendance17,880 (2,554/game)
TelevisionRogers Sportsnet & SSN Canada webcast

Similar to previous years, going back to the introduction of the expanded format in 1998, the six invited teams were split into two pools of three in which each team played the other (two games total). The best team in each pool advanced to the final. All pool games had to be decided by a win; there were no ties. If a pool had a three-way tie for 1st (all teams had 1-1 records) than goals for/goals against differential among the tied teams was the first tie-breaker.

The UNB Varsity Reds advanced to the finals for the third straight year and won their second title in two years, having won in 2007 in Moncton.

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 St. Francis Xavier X-Men 0     5 Acadia Axemen 0    
  5 Acadia Axemen 2         1 UNB Varsity Reds 1
      2 Saint Mary's Huskies 2
        2 Saint Mary's Huskies 3    
  3 Moncton Aigles Bleus 2     3 Moncton Aigles Bleus 1  
  6 UPEI Panthers 1  

OUA Playoffs

The 2009 OUA hockey Conference had two divisions broken-up further into two groups each for a total of four groups: Far-East, Mid-East, Mid-West and Far-West. The pennant winner of each group advanced to the second round and the next best four teams in the division (across both groups) played each other in the first round. The 'next best four' approach accounted for weaknesses and strengths between teams in the same division (as an example,: in the East, the 'next best four' teams all came from the Far-East Group; McGill, Concordia, Carleton and Ottawa).

Since Lakehead was hosting the University Cup and did not advance to the Queen's Cup final and an OUA team can not be a wild-card when the University Cup is hosted by an OUA team, there was no requirement for a bronze medal game.

Division Quarter-Finals (Best of 3)
OUA 1st Round
Division Semi-Finals (Best of 3)
OUA Quarter-finals
Division Finals (Best of 3)
OUA Semi-Finals
Queen's Cup (Single Game)
OUA Championship
            
 
 
1FE UQTR Patriotes 2
4FE Carleton Ravens 1
3FE Concordia Stingers 1
4FE Carleton Ravens 2
1FE UQTR Patriotes 0
OUA East Division
2FE McGill Redmen 2
 
 
1ME Toronto Varsity Blues 0
2FE McGill Redmen 2
2FE McGill Redmen 2
5FE Ottawa Gee-Gees 1
2FE McGill Redmen 1
2FW Western Mustangs 2
 
 
1MW York Lions 0
2FW Western Mustangs 0
2FW Western Mustangs 2
2MW Guelph Gryphons 1
2FW Western Mustangs 2
OUA West Division
1FW Laurier Golden Hawks 0
 
 
1FW Laurier Golden Hawks 2
4FW Lakehead Thunderwolves 1
3FW Waterloo Warriors 0
4FW Lakehead Thunderwolves 2

Canada West playoffs

  Quarter-finals (Best of 3)     Semi-finals (Best of 3)     CW Championship (Best of 3)
                           
        1 Alberta Golden Bears 2  
  3 Manitoba Bisons 0     6 Regina Cougars 1    
  6 Regina Cougars 2         1 Alberta Golden Bears 2
      2 Saskatchewan Huskies 0
        2 Saskatchewan Huskies 2    
  4 Lethbridge Pronghorns 1     5 UBC Thunderbirds 0  
  5 UBC Thunderbirds 2  

University Cup

The six teams that advanced to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card team was selected from the AUS Conference as the CW was provided the wild-card in 2008 and OUA teams were ineligible as they were the host conference. With Lakehead losing in the first round of the playoffs, they were a natural 'host' and are the 6th seed.

Ranking was based on the last Top 10 media release for the season, February 17, well before the end of the playoffs. The Ranking Committee provided the Tournament Committee with a 6-team mini-ranking prior to the tournament which was then used for seeding. As this was not a 'formal' Top 10, it was not released to the media leaving the February 17 ranking as the last and most recent Top 10.

Rank Seed Team Qualification
2 1 Alberta Golden Bears Canada West Champion
4 2 Saint Mary's Huskies AUS Champion
6 3 Western Mustangs OUA-West Champion and Queen's Cup Champion
1 4 UNB Varsity Reds Wild-Card - AUS Finalist
NR 5 McGill Redmen OUA-East Champion and Queen's Cup Finalist
10 6 Lakehead Thunderwolves Host

Pool A - Evening

Seed Team Qualified
1 Alberta Golden Bears Canada West Champion
4 UNB Varsity Reds Wild-Card - AUS Finalist
6 Lakehead Thunderwolves Host
Day Game Home Visitor Score
Thursday 2 #4 UNB Varsity Reds #1 Alberta Golden Bears 6-3 [2]
Friday 4 #1 Alberta Golden Bears #6 Lakehead Thunderwolves 2-1 [3]
Saturday 6 #6 Lakehead Thunderwolves #4 UNB Varsity Reds 1-3 [4]
Team GP W L GF GA DIF PTS
UNB Varsity Reds22094+54
Alberta Golden Bears21157-22
Lakehead Thunderwolves20225-30

Pool B - Afternoon

Seed Team Qualified
2 Saint Mary's Huskies AUS Champion
3 Western Mustangs OUA-West and Queen's Cup Champion
5 McGill Redmen OUA-East Champion and Queen's Cup Finalist
Day Game Home Visitor Score
Thursday 1 #5 McGill Redmen #2 Saint Mary's Huskies 1-4 [5]
Friday 3 #3 Western Mustangs #5 McGill Redmen 3-4 [6]
Saturday 5 #2 Saint Mary's Huskies #3 Western Mustangs 2-7 [7]
Team GP W L GF GA DIF PTS
Western Mustangs211106+42
Saint Mary's Huskies21168-22
McGill Redmen21157-22

Note: The Western Mustangs were the second team in the expanded 6-team format, to advance to the championship final with a 1–1 record. The Alberta Golden Bears were the first team to advanced to the finals with a 1–1 record, which occurred the previous season in Moncton.

Championship Final

Bench assignments were based on each advancing team's 2 pool games, not their tournament seed. UNB was assigned the home bench based on their record of 2-0 versus Western at 1-1.

March 29, 2010
7:00 PM (EST)
Rogers Sportsnet
#4 UNB Varsity Reds (H)4-2
(1–0, 1–1, 2–1)
#3 Western Mustangs (V)Fort William Gardens, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 2,715

Tournament All-Stars

Lachlan MacIntosh, a forward from the UNB Varsity Reds, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP. He had a hat-trick in the Gold Medal final to finish with five goals and one assist for six points, tying for the tournament lead with teammate Kyle Baily's one goal and five assists, and was UNB's Game MVP in the finals as well as in their tournament opener versus Alberta on Thursday.

Joining MacIntosh on the tournament all-star team were:[8]

Goaltender: Travis Fullerton, UNB Varsity Reds
Defenseman: Dustin Friesen, UNB Varsity Reds
Defenseman: Chris Petrow, Western Mustangs
Forward: Kyle Bailey, UNB Varsity Reds
Forward: Joe McCann, Western Mustangs

References

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