2014 Esso Cup
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]
Tournament details | |
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Dates | April 20–26, 2014 |
Teams | 6 |
Venue(s) | Gateway Ice Centre in Hamilton, ON |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runner-up | |
Third place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Scoring leader(s) | |
MVP | |
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Teams
Result | Team | Region | City |
Western | Weyburn, SK | ||
Pacific-AB | Edmonton, AB | ||
Ontario | Sudbury, ON | ||
4 | Host | Stoney Creek, ON | |
5 | Pacific-BC | Langley, BC | |
6 | 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
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 | |||||||||||||
4 | Edmonton | 2 | |||||||||||
1 | Stoney Creek | 1 | Gold Medal Game | ||||||||||
4 | Edmonton | 1 | |||||||||||
Semifinals | 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 Rank Team Qualification W-L-T GF GA PTS 1 Moncton Rockets NBMAAAFHL 3-0-1 14 3 7 2 East Hants Penguins NSFMAAAHL 2-1-1 12 4 5 3 King's County Kings PEIFMAAAHL 2-2-0 9 9 4 4 NL Central HNL 1-2-1 5 6 3 5 NL Western Host 0-3-1 3 21 1 - 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]
Pacific Region
Rank Team Qualification 1 Edmonton Thunder AMMFHL 2 Fraser Valley Phantom BCFMAAAHL - 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
- "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.
- "Hamilton and Stoney Creek, Ont, to host 2014 Esso Cup". Hockey Canada. 2013-10-10. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- "Female Midget Atlantics". Hockeyscene.com schedule. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
- "Quebec withdraws from Esso Cup". Prince Albert Herald. March 20, 2015. Archived from the original on April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
- "OWHA Website". Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- "Hawks completed comeback". MFMHL. 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-31.