2011 CIS University Cup

2011 Cavendish Farms CIS University Cup Presented By Home Depot
Tournament details
Venue(s)Aitken University Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick
DatesMarch 24–27, 2011 (2011-03-24 – 2011-03-27)
Teams6
Final positions
ChampionsNew Brunswick Varsity Reds (4th title)
Runner-upMcGill Redmen
Tournament statistics
Games played7
Attendance26,250 (3,750 per game)
MVPLuke Gallant (New Brunswick)
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The 2011 CIS Men's University Cup 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 and hosted at their on-campus hockey rink – Aitken University Centre. The defending champions were St. Mary's Huskies, 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

Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 New Brunswick 4 3 1 3 —
3 St. Francis Xavier 4 3 — 4 Acadia 0 2 3 2 —
6 Dalhousie 0 2 — 1 New Brunswick 3 1 2 3 5
3 St. Francis Xavier 2 2 0 6 4
2 Saint Mary’s 3 4 2 4 2
4 Acadia 1 1 — 3 St. Francis Xavier 5 3 3 1 3
5 Prince Edward Island 0 0 —

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

OUA playoffs

Division Quarterfinals
February 16–20 		Division Semifinals
February 23–27 		Division Finals
March 2–6 		Queen's Cup Final
March 12
                  
E1 McGill 2 10 —
E8 Ottawa 1 5 —
E1 McGill 4 6 —
E4 Nipissing 1 4 —
E2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 5 3 5
E7 Concordia 2 5 3
E1 McGill 5 1 6
East
E2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 3 6 1
E3 Carleton 1 7 4
E6 Toronto 2 3 0
E2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 4 1 4
E3 Carleton 2 4 0
E4 Nipissing 7 6 —
E5 Queen's 0 3 —
E1 McGill 6
W1 Western Ontario 2
W1 Western Ontario 4 4 —
W8 Windsor 1 2 —
W1 Western Ontario 4 1 6
W6 Waterloo 2 2 0
W2 Wilfrid Laurier 1 2** 2
W7 Ontario Tech 2* 1 1
W1 Western Ontario 4 4 —
West
W4 Guelph 1 2 —
W3 Lakehead 0 0 —
W6 Waterloo 5 3 —
W2 Wilfrid Laurier 0 3 1
W4 Guelph 3 0 2
W4 Guelph 3 3 8
W5 Brock 2 4 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Canada West playoffs

Semifinal Championship
          
1 Alberta 4 2 —
4 Manitoba 0 1 —
1 Alberta 3 8 —
2 Calgary 0 1 —
2 Calgary 4 2 4
3 Saskatchewan 2 3 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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.

Rank Seed Team Qualification Record Appearance Last
1 1 New Brunswick Varsity Reds Atlantic: AUS Champion 29–8–0 12th 2009
2 2 McGill Redmen Quebec: OUA Champion 31–3–2 5th 2010
3 3 Alberta Golden Bears West: Canada West Champion 23–6–3 35th 2010
5 4 Western Ontario Mustangs Ontario: OUA Runner-up 26–8–3 10th 2009
4 5 St. Francis Xavier X-Men Host 24–15–1 11th 2007
6 6 Calgary Dinos Wild-card: Canada West Runner-up 19–11–3 11th 2000

Pool A – Evening

Seed Team
1 New Brunswick
4 Western Ontario
6 Calgary Dinos
Day Game Home Visitor Score
Thursday 2 #6 Calgary #1 New Brunswick 1–2
Friday 4 #4 Western Ontario #6 Calgary 3–2
Saturday 6 #1 New Brunswick #4 Western Ontario 4–0
Team GP W L GF GA DIF PTS
New Brunswick 2 2 0 6 1 +5 4
Western Ontario 2 1 1 3 6 −3 2
Calgary 2 0 2 3 5 −2 0

Pool B – Afternoon

Seed Team
2 McGill
3 Alberta
5 St. Francis Xavier
Day Game Home Visitor Score
Thursday 1 #5 St. Francis Xavier #2 McGill 1–2
Friday 3 #3 Alberta #5 St. Francis Xavier 1–3
Saturday 5 #2 McGill #3 Alberta 6–3
Team GP W L GF GA DIF PTS
McGill 2 2 0 8 4 +4 4
St. Francis Xavier 2 1 1 4 3 +1 2
Alberta 2 0 2 4 9 −5 0

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.

March 27, 2011
8:00 PM
Rogers Sportsnet		#1 UNB Varsity Reds (H)4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		#2 McGill Redmen (V)Aitken University Centre, Fredericton
Attendance: 3,750
Game reference
Travis Fullerton (3–0–0)GoaliesHubert Morin (2–1–0)Referees:
Adam Byblow
Mark Hulshof
Linesmen:
Benoit Martineau
Jay Doiron
L. Gallant (B. Wright, H. Trembley) – 10:041–0
D. Todd (H. Trembley, L. Gallant) – 34:012–0
M. Fillier (N. MacNeil, J. Harty ) – 44:313–0
D. Todd (C. Culligan, L. Gallant) – 51:154–0
2 for 4 minPenalties2 for 4 min
(9, 11, 7) – 27Shots28 – (8, 12, 8)

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:[1]

  • 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

  1. ^ "Host V-Reds blank McGill, claim 4th University Cup". U Sports.