2014 Esso Cup

2014 Esso Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Gateway Ice Centre in Hamilton, ON
DatesApril 20–26, 2014
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Weyburn Gold Wings
Runner-up Edmonton Thunder
Third place Sudbury Lady Wolves
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Karli Shell
MVPAlexandra Poznikoff
← 2013
2015 →

The 2014 Esso Cup was Canada's sixth annual national women's midget hockey championship, which was held April 20–26, 2014 at Hamilton, Ontario. The Weyburn Gold Wings of Saskatchewan defeated the Edmonton Thunder of Alberta to win the gold medal. With the second-place finish, the Thunder continued their streak by taking home a medal for the fifth consecutive year.[1][2]

Teams

Result Team Region City
1st place, gold medalist(s) Weyburn Gold Wings Western Weyburn, SK
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edmonton Thunder Pacific-AB Edmonton, AB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sudbury Lady Wolves Ontario Sudbury, ON
4 Stoney Creek Sabres Host Stoney Creek, ON
5 Fraser Valley Phantom Pacific-BC Langley, BC
6 Moncton Rockets Atlantic Moncton, NB
Note: The Pacific region was awarded a second spot in this year's Esso Cup as Quebec did not participate.

Round robin

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Stoney Creek Sabres 5 4 0 1 0 19 8 +11 13
2 Weyburn Gold Wings 5 4 0 0 1 14 10 +4 12
3 Sudbury Lady Wolves 5 3 0 0 2 16 10 +6 9
4 Edmonton Thunder 5 1 1 0 3 13 15 −2 5
5 Fraser Valley Phantom 5 1 0 0 4 12 15 −3 3
6 Moncton Rockets 5 1 0 0 4 11 27 −16 3
Source: [citation needed]

Scores

Sunday, April 20

  • Weyburn 2 - Sudbury 1
  • Edmonton 1 - Fraser Valley 0
  • Stoney Creek 8 - Moncton 1

Monday, April 21

  • Weyburn 4 - Edmonton 2
  • Sudbury 5 - Moncton 1
  • Stoney Creek 3 - Fraser Valley 0

Tuesday, April 22

  • Moncton 5 - Edmonton 4
  • Weyburn 3 - Fraser Valley 2
  • Stoney Creek 2 - Sudbury 1

Wednesday, April 23

  • Fraser Valley 7 - Moncton 2
  • Sudbury 3 - Edmonton 2
  • Stoney Creek 3 - Weyburn 2

Thursday, April 24

  • Sudbury 6 - Fraser Valley 3
  • Weyburn 3 - Moncton 2
  • Edmonton 4 - Stoney Creek 3

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold Medal Game
      
4 Edmonton 2
1 Stoney Creek 1
4 Edmonton 1
2 Weyburn 2
3 Sudbury 0
2 Weyburn 3 Bronze Medal Game
3 Sudbury 3
1 Stoney Creek 2

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Alex Poznikoff (Edmonton)
  • Top Scorer: Karli Shell (Sudbury)
  • Top Forward: Karli Shell (Sudbury)
  • Top Defenceman: Jessica Healey (Edmonton)
  • Top Goaltender: Jane Kish (Weyburn)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Claire Merrick (Stoney Creek)

Road to the Esso Cup

Atlantic Region

Tournament held April 3 – 6 at Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador.[3]

Round Robin
Pos Qualification Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 NBMAAAFHL Moncton Rockets 4 3 0 1 14 3 +11 7
2 NSFMAAAHL East Hants Penguins 4 2 1 1 12 4 +8 5
3 PEIFMAAAHL King's County Kings 4 2 2 0 9 9 0 4
4 HNL NL Central 4 1 2 1 5 6 −1 3
5 Host NL Western 4 0 3 1 3 21 −18 1
Source: [citation needed]
Bronze Medal Game
Kings County 3 - NL Central 1 (OT)
Gold Medal Game
Moncton 2 - East Hants 1
Moncton advanced to Esso Cup

Quebec

Quebec elected to withdraw from this year's competition. Hockey Canada awarded this berth to the Pacific Region.[4]

Ontario

Ontario Women's Hockey Association Championship played April 10 – 13, 2014 at Toronto, Ontario[5]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
      
Whitby Wolves 2
Toronto Aeros 1
Whitby Wolves 0
Sudbury Lady Wolves 1
Scarborough Sharks 0
Sudbury Lady Wolves 2
Sudbury Lady Wolves 3
Stoney Creek Sabres 0
Oakville Hornets 1
Thunder Bay Queens 2
Thunder Bay Queens 1
Stoney Creek Sabres 2
Clarington Flames 0
Stoney Creek Sabres 5
Sudbury advanced to Esso Cup

Western Region

Best-of-3 played April 4–6 at Weyburn, Saskatchewan.[6]

Best-of-3 series
Pos Qualification Team Pld W L GF GA GD
1 SFMAAAHL Weyburn Gold Wings 3 2 1 9 4 +5
2 MFMHL Pembina Vallay Hawks 3 1 2 4 9 −5
Source: [citation needed]
Weyburn advanced to Esso Cup

Pacific Region

Rank Qualification Team
1 AMMFHL Edmonton Thunder
2 BCFMAAAHL Fraser Valley Phantom
The Pacific region was awarded two spots in this year's Esso Cup as the Quebec region did not field a team.
Edmonton and Fraser Valley advanced to Esso Cup

See also

References

  1. ^ "Community begins countdown to 2014 Esso Cup". Hamilton Community News. 2013-10-16. Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  2. ^ "Hamilton and Stoney Creek, Ont, to host 2014 Esso Cup". Hockey Canada. 2013-10-10. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  3. ^ "Female Midget Atlantics". Hockeyscene.com schedule. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  4. ^ "Quebec withdraws from Esso Cup". Prince Albert Herald. March 20, 2015. Archived from the original on April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  5. ^ "OWHA Website". Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  6. ^ "Hawks completed comeback". MFMHL. 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-31.