2014 CIS University Cup

The 2014 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (52nd Annual) was held March 20–23, 2014. It was the second 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 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.

2014 Potashcorp CIS University Cup Presented By Co-Op
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Host teamSaskatchewan Huskies
ChampionsAlberta Golden Bears
VenueCredit Union Centre
DurationMarch 20–23, 2014
Number of games7
Number of teams6
Total attendance41,089 (5,869/game)
TelevisionSportsnet/Sportsnet 360

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 2206424
McGill Redmen 2115502
Carleton Ravens 20246-20
March 20, 2014
1:00 PM
Alberta Golden Bears3-2
(3-1, 0-0, 0-1)
Carleton RavensCredit Union Centre, Saskatoon
Attendance: 6,102 (40.2%)
March 21, 2014
1:00 PM
Carleton Ravens2-3
(1-1, 0-2, 1-0)
McGill RedmenCredit Union Centre, Saskatoon
Attendance: 8,304 (54.6%)
March 22, 2014
2:00 PM
Sportsnet 360
Alberta Golden Bears3-2 (2 OT)
(0-0, 1-1, 1-1, 0-0, 1-0)
McGill RedmenCredit Union Centre, Saskatoon
Attendance: 3,041 (20.0%)

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 220122104
Windsor Lancers 211411-72
Acadia Axemen 20247-30
March 20, 2014
7:00 PM
Acadia Axemen2-4
(1-1, 1-1, 0-2)
Windsor LancersCredit Union Centre, Saskatoon
Attendance: 2,008 (13.2%)
March 21, 2014
7:00 PM
Acadia Axemen2-3
(1-2, 1-0, 0-1)
Saskatchewan HuskiesCredit Union Centre, Saskatoon
Attendance: 8,104 (53.3%)
March 22, 2014
7:00 PM
Sportsnet 360
Windsor Lancers0-9
(0-2, 0-4, 0-3)
Saskatchewan HuskiesCredit Union Centre, Saskatoon
Attendance: 7,241 (47.7%)

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
Rogers Sportsnet
#1 Alberta Golden Bears3-1
(0-0, 2-1, 1-0)
#5 Saskatchewan HuskiesCredit Union Centre, Saskatoon
Attendance: 6,289 (41.4%)

Tournament All-Stars

Derek Hulak, from the Saskatchewan Huskies, was selected as the 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.

Joining Hulakon 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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