The 2011
CIS
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Men's
University Cup
The David Johnston University Cup is a national collegiate sports award, presented annually to the champion of a season-ending tournament played by U Sports men's ice hockey teams in Canada. The UQTR Patriotes are the current champions for the 2 ...
Hockey Tournament (49th Annual) was held March 24–27, 2011. It was the first year of a two-year CIS Championship bid won by
University of New Brunswick
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universities in North Americ ...
and hosted at their on-campus hockey rink -
Aitken University Centre
The Aitken University Centre is located on the campus of the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Constructed in 1976, it is the home of the UNB Varsity Reds hockey and hosted UNB basketball games until the construction of th ...
. The defending champions were
St. Mary's Huskies
The Saint Mary's Huskies are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Their primary home turf is Huskies Stadium located in the centre of the University's campus.
In September 2 ...
, who won their 1st title in team history the previous year in Saskatoon. There would be a new champion this season as SMU was unsuccessful in advancing to the event.
Similar to previous years, going back to the introduction of the expanded format in 1998, the six invited teams were split into two(2) Pools of three(3) where each team plays the other(two games total). 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
With UNB winning the AUS Championship (and host) - the St. FX X-Men became the Host Designate.
OUA Playoffs
There is no Bronze (3rd place game) as the UCup Wild-card was awarded to Canada West this season.
Canada West playoffs
University Cup
The six teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card team was selected from the CW Conference as the OUA was provided the wild-card in 2010 and AUS teams are ineligible as they are the host conference. To avoid having St.FX in the same pool as UNB and Western in the same pool as McGill, the two teams were swapped.
Pool A - Evening
Pool B - Afternoon
Championship final
Bench assignments, for the championship final, are based on each advancing team's record and stats in their 2 pool games, not their tournament seed. UNB was determined the home team with a record of 2-0 (4pts) and a GF/GA of 6/1 = 6.0 versus McGill with the same record but a GF/GA of 8/4 = 2.0.
Tournament All-Stars
Luke Gallant, a defenceman from the UNB Varsity Reds, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP. He led all players at the tournament with seven points (2+5=7) in three games including an assist on Josh Kidd's game-winning goal with 4.1 seconds remaining in a 2-1 victory over Calgary in their first game on Thursday. Plus back-to-back game-winners in a 4-0 shutout of Western on Saturday and a 4-0 victory of second-ranked McGill in Sunday's national final. Gallant earned Game-MVP honours against both Western and McGill following a pair of three-point performances.
Joining Gallant on the tournament all-star team were:
[Host V-Reds blank McGill, claim 4th University Cup http://presto-en.usports.ca/championships/mice/2010-11/releases/20110327-final]
Forward: Kyle Bailey (UNB Varsity Reds)
Forward: Chris Culligan (UNB Varsity Reds)
Forward: Maxime Langelier-Parent (McGill Redmen)
Defenseman:
Jonathan Harty (UNB Varsity Reds)
Goalie: Travis Fullerton (UNB Varsity Reds)
References
External links
Tournament Website
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U Sports ice hockey
University Cup, 2012