2022 U Sports University Cup

The 2022 U Sports Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (60th Annual) was held March 31 – April 3, 2022, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, to determine a national champion for the 2021–22 U Sports men's ice hockey season.[1][2] The OUA Champion UQTR Patriotes defeated the Canada West Champion, and top-seeded, Alberta Golden Bears by a score of 5–4 in double overtime.[3]

2022 U Sports University Cup
Tournament details
DatesMarch 31 – April 3, 2022 (2022-03-31 2022-04-03)
Teams8
Venue(s)Andrew H. McCain Arena, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Final positions
ChampionsUQTR Patriotes (5th title)
Runner-upAlberta Golden Bears
Third placeSt. Francis Xavier X-Men
Fourth placeRyerson Rams
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
MVPAlexis Gravel
2021
2023

Host

The tournament was played at Andrew H. McCain Arena on the campus of Acadia University.[2] It was the first full tournament hosted by Acadia following the partially-played, cancelled championship in 2020.[4] This is scheduled to be the first U Sports men's ice hockey championship played since 2019 following two years of cancelled tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[5][6] The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the Scotiabank Centre, but was moved to the Acadia University campus due to scheduling conflicts following a postponement of this tournament by two weeks.[7][8]

Participating teams

Seed Team Qualified Record Last Total
1Alberta Golden BearsCanada West Champion16–3–1201816
2UNB RedsAUS Champion21–3–020198
3UQTR PatriotesOUA Champion10–3–220034
4Brock BadgersOUA Finalist7–5–2None0
5St. Francis Xavier X-MenAUS Finalist17–5–120041
6UBC ThunderbirdsCanada West Finalist14–15–1None0
7Ryerson RamsOUA Bronze11–4–0None0
8Acadia AxemenLost play-in game (Host)7–14–119962

[9][10]

Championship bracket

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals: April 2 Gold Medal Game: April 3
         
1 Alberta Golden Bears 7
8 Acadia Axemen 0
1 Alberta Golden Bears 7
Thursday Mar. 31st
5 St. Francis Xavier X-Men 3
4 Brock Badgers 0
5 St. Francis Xavier X-Men 3
1 Alberta Golden Bears 4
3 UQTR Patriotes 5 (2OT)
2 UNB Reds 1
7 Ryerson Rams 2
3 UQTR Patriotes 7 Bronze Medal Game
Friday Apr. 1st
7 Ryerson Rams 2
3 UQTR Patriotes 2 (2OT) 5 St. Francis Xavier X-Men 3 (OT)
6 UBC Thunderbirds 1 7 Ryerson Rams 2

Tournament All-Stars

Alexis Gravel, a goaltender from the UQTR Patriotes, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for U Sports University Cup MVP. Gravel played all three games for UQTR (two of which went into overtime) and finished the tournament with a GAA of 1.86 and Save Percentage of .950 as well as Player of the Game honours in UQTR's first game vs UBC.

Joining Gravel on the tournament all-star team were[3]:
Defenseman: Clayton Kirichenko (Alberta Golden Bears)
Defenseman: Santino Centorame, (StFX)
Forward: Simon Lafrance (UQTR Patriotes)
Forward: Eric Florchuk (Alberta Golden Bears)
Forward: Félix Lauzon (UQTR Patriotes)

References

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