2012 CIS University Cup

The 2012 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (50th Annual) was held March 22–25, 2012. This event marked the 50th anniversary of the inception of the University Cup tournament to decide the Men's University Hockey Champion. It is the second of two consecutive CIS Championships to be held at the University of New Brunswick's Aitken University Centre before moving to Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon for two years (hosted by the University of Saskatchewan.

2012 Cavendish Farms CIS University Cup Presented By Home Depot

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Aitken University Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Dates	March 22–25, 2012 (2012-03-22 – 2012-03-25)
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	McGill Redmen (1st title)
Runners-up	Western Ontario Mustangs
Tournament statistics
Games played	7
Attendance	26,250 (3,750 per game)
Awards
MVP	Francis Verreault-Paul (McGill)
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The defending champions were the UNB Varsity Reds, who won their 4th title in fourteen years and who return to the tournament with a record of 20–5–3 in CIS play.^[1] They were joined by three qualifiers, a designated host team and one wild cards for a total of six(6) teams.

Similar to previous years, going back to the introduction of the expanded format in 1998, the teams are split into two(2) Pools of three teams where each team plays the other two teams. 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	5	3	—	—
	3	Moncton	3	2	1			4	Prince Edward Island	3	1	2	—	—
	6	St. Francis Xavier	0	3	0												1	New Brunswick	8	4	4	—	—
																	3	Moncton	3	2	0	—	—
								2	Saint Mary’s	6	1	1	1	—
	4	Prince Edward Island	4	3	6			3	Moncton	2	3	6	2	—
	5	Acadia	3	4	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

OUA playoffs

	Division Quarterfinals February 15–19							Division Semifinals February 22–26							Division Finals February 29–March 4							Queen's Cup Final March 10
	E1	McGill	3	5	—
	E8	Queen's	2	1	—
								E1	McGill	5	5	—
								E6	Ottawa	3	3	—
	E2	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	2	7	5
	E7	Ryerson	9	5	3
															E1	McGill	5	5**	—
	East
															E2	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	3	4	—
	E3	Nipissing	2	1	—
	E6	Ottawa	5	3	—
								E2	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	8	1	3**
								E5	Carleton	1	5	2
	E4	Toronto	2	3	3
	E5	Carleton	6	0	4**
																						E1	McGill	4
																						W1	Western Ontario	1
	W1	Western Ontario	4	2	—
	W8	Wilfrid Laurier	2	1	—
								W1	Western Ontario	5	3	—
								W6	Brock	3	2	—
	W2	Lakehead	4	5	3
	W7	Guelph	5	1	2
															W1	Western Ontario	3	5	2
	West
															W5	Windsor	4	2	0
	W3	Waterloo	1	4	—																	Bronze Medal Game
	W6	Brock	2**	7	—
								W2	Lakehead	3*	1	2										E2	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	5
								W5	Windsor	2	4	3*										W5	Windsor	3
	W4	York	4	1	—
	W5	Windsor	5*	5	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Canada West playoffs

	Quarterfinal							Semifinal							Championship
								1	Manitoba	1	3	—
	3	Saskatchewan	4	10	—			4	Calgary	2	4*	—
	6	Lethbridge	2	3	—										4	Calgary	2	1	3
															3	Saskatchewan	1	4	4
								2	Alberta	7	2	3
	4	Calgary	3	4	3			3	Saskatchewan	3	3*	4*
	5	British Columbia	4	0	2

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 OUA Conference as the CW was provided the wild-card in 2011 and AUS teams are ineligible as they are the host conference.

Rank	Seed	Team	Qualification	Record	Appearance	Last
1	1	New Brunswick Varsity Reds	Atlantic: AUS Champion	25–6–3	13th	2011
2	2	McGill Redmen	Quebec: OUA Champion	24–11–1	6th	2011
3	3	Saskatchewan Huskies	West: Canada West Champion	26–5–2	14th	2008
4	4	Western Ontario Mustangs	Ontario: OUA Runner-up	24–9–0	10th	2009
5	5	Moncton Aigles Bleus	Host	25–9–1	15th	2008
7	6	Quebec–Trois-Rivières Patriotes	Wild-card: OUA Third place	28–5–1	17th	2010

Pool A – Evening

Seed	Team
1	New Brunswick
4	Western Ontario
6	Quebec–Trois-Rivières

March 22, 2012 7:00 PM

UNB Varsity Reds

6–1 (2–0, 1–0, 3–1)

UQTR Patriotes

Aitken University Centre, Fredericton Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Travis Fullerton (1–0–0)	Goalies	Guillaume Nadeau (0–1–0)	Referees: Nathan Wieler Jonathan Langille Linesmen: Mike MacDonnell Ryan Power
	D. Todd (T. Carroll, C. Culligan) – 5:12 1–0 M. Fillier (T. MacDougall, A. Houde-Caron) – 7:05 2–0 C. Culligan (D. Todd, T. Carroll) – 27:39 3–0 3–1 46:26 – F. Petit (F. Lefrançois, P.L. Lessard) D. Todd (J. Clendenning, L. Gallant) – 47:50 4–1 N. MacNeil (J. Harty) – 50:17 5–1 A. Houde-Caron (T. Carroll) – 56:54 6–1
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	21

March 23, 2012 7:00 PM

UQTR Patriotes

2–3 OT (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Western Mustangs

Aitken University Centre, Fredericton Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Guillaume Nadeau (0–1–1)	Goalies	Josh Unice (1–0–0)	Referees: Nathan Wieler Mario Maillet Linesmen: Brett Boyce Ryan Power
	0–1 2:08 – K. Turkiewicz (Z. Harnden, K. Baker) (PP) B. Lacasse (A. Demers) – 10:20 1–1 F. Lefrançois (J. Desjardins, P.L. Lessard) (PP) – 33:25 2–1 2–2 36:41 – S. Reese (M. Ashman, J. Cimadamore) 2–3 61:21 – J. Cimadamore (S. Reese, G. Killing)
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	43	Shots	33

March 24, 2012 4:30 PM Rogers Sportsnet

Western Mustangs

3–2 (3–0, 0–0, 0–2)

UNB Varsity Reds

Aitken University Centre, Fredericton Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Josh Unice (2–0–0)	Goalies	Travis Fullerton (1–1–0)	Referees: Francois Fortin Sean Reid Linesmen: Andy Flick Jay Doiron
	D. Desando (K. Turkiewicz, M. Paltridge) – 12:25 1–0 K. Turkiewicz (K. Baker, S. Aarssen) (PP) – 15:20 2–0 J. Furlong (SH) – 17:48 3–0 3–1 52:43 – J. Harty (K. Bailey, C. Culligan) (PP) 3–2 56:57 – K. Bailey (C. Culligan, L. Gallant) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	37

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Western Ontario	2	2	0	6	4	+2	4
New Brunswick	2	1	1	8	4	+4	2
Quebec–Trois-Rivières	2	0	2	3	9	−6	0

Pool B – Afternoon

Seed	Team
2	McGill
3	Saskatchewan
5	Moncton

March 22, 2012 2:00 PM

Moncton Aigles Bleus

3–6 (1–3, 0–2, 1–2)

McGill Redmen

Aitken University Centre, Fredericton Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Pierre-Alexandre Marion (0–1–0)	Goalies	Hubert Morin (1–0–0)	Referees: Mario Maillet Sean Reid Linesmen: Andy Flick Brett Boyce
	0–1 3:50 – F. Verreault-Paul (M.A. Dorion, A. Picard-Hooper) (PP) 0–2 5:37 – A. Picard-Hooper (F. Verreault-Paul, M. Leangelier-Parent (PP) C. Gaudet (M.A. Cote, C. Bergeron) – 15:11 1–2 1–3 16:37 – N. Biniek (H. Laporte, C. Longpre-Poirier) 1–4 32:26 – F. Verreault-Paul 1–5 32:45 – A. Wright (A. Picard-Hooper) M.A. Cote (D. Ouellet, Grouxl) (PP) – 46:13 2–5 2–6 52:40 – N. Biniek (P. Belzile) D. Ouellet (E. Faille, S. Jodoin) – 57:37 3–6
	32 min	Penalties	38 min
	24	Shots	19

March 23, 2012 2:00 PM

Moncton Aigles Bleus

5–1 (2–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Saskatchewan Huskies

Aitken University Centre, Fredericton Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Pierre-Alexandre Marion (1–1–0)	Goalies	David Reekie (0–1–0)	Referees: Jonathan Langille Francois Fortin Linesmen: Jay Dorion Andrew Connors
	0–1 2:08 – M. Delahey (C. Durand, M. Spafford) E. Faille (M. Bolduc) (SH) – 10:51 1–1 S. Groulx (E. Faille, D. Ouellet) – 14:56 2–1 F. Rochon (K. Charland, G. Parenteau) – 38:36 3–1 S. Lacroix (C. Bergeron) – 46:25 4–1 E. Faille (D. Ouellet, S. Lacroix) – 59:29 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	21

March 24, 2012 11:30 AM

Saskatchewan Huskies

4–3 (1–1, 0–1, 2–2)

McGill Redmen

Aitken University Centre, Fredericton Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Ryan Holfeld (1–0–0)	Goalies	Hubert Morin (1–1–0)	Referees: Mario Maillet Nathan Wieler Linesmen: Andrew Connors Mike MacDonnell
	K. Bortis (S. Vey, K. Ross) (PP) – 10:51 1–0 1–1 14:38 – E. Vossen (A. Picard-Hooper, A. Wright) C. Smuk (M. Delahey, T. Brisebois) – 22:55 2–1 2–2 44:12 – F. Verreault-Paul (M.A. Dorion, A. Picard-Hooper) (PP) D. Hulak (K. Bortis) – 46:24 3–2 3–3 46:51 – K. Dupont (E. Vossen, A. Wright) K. Ross (K. Bortis, D. Hulak (PP) – 54:48 4–3
	20 min	Penalties	18 min
	30	Shots	43

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
McGill	2	1	1	9	7	+2	2
Moncton	2	1	1	8	7	+1	2
Saskatchewan	2	1	1	5	8	−3	2

• McGill Redmen advance to the Gold Medal final based on the first tie-breaker of having the best GF/GA Differential of +2.

Note: McGill becomes the 3rd team to advance to the Championship Final with a 1–1 record (Alberta–2008 and Western Ontario–2009).

Championship final

Bench assignments for the championship finals is based on the each advancing team's record and stats from their 2 pool games, not their tournament seed. Western was determined to be the home team with a record of 2–0 versus McGill at 1–1.

March 25, 2012 8:00 PM Rogers Sportsnet

#4 Western Mustangs

3–4 OT (1–1, 1–2, 1–0, 0–1)

#2 McGill Redmen

Aitken University Centre, Fredericton Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Josh Unice (2–1–0)	Goalies	Hubert Morin (2–1–0)	Referees: Jonathan Langille Sean Reid Linesmen: Mike MacDonnell Jay Doiron
	K. Turkiewicz (Z. Harnden, K. Baker) (PP) – 8:38 1–0 1–1 15:38 – B. Levesque (M.A. Dorion, M. Langelier-Parent) 1–2 20:48 – B. Levesque (M.A. Daneau, M.O. Vachon) K. Baker (S. Aarssen, G. Killing) – 33:49 2–2 2–3 35:27 – N. Biniek (C. Longpre-Poirier, F. Verreault-Paul) K. Turkiewicz (K. Baker, S. Aarssen) (PP) – 54:18 3–3 3–4 66:00 – E. Vossen (A. Picard-Hooper, A. Wright)
	6 min	Penalties	19 min
	27	Shots	40

Tournament All-Stars

Francis Verreault-Paul, from the McGill Redmen, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP^[2] despite receiving a 5-minute Major and Game Misconduct in the 3rd period of the Championship final (charging Western Mustangs' goalie, Josh Unice, on a partial break-away), Verreault-Paul was McGill's MVP in their two pool games and was second in tournament goals (3) and tied for 2nd in points (5).

Joining Verreault-Paul on the tournament all-star team were:

• Forward: Alexandre Picard-Hooper (McGill Redmen)
• Forward: Keaton Turkiewicz (Western Mustangs)
• Defenseman: Jonathan Harty (UNB Varsity Reds)
• Defenseman: Marc-André Dorion (McGill Redmen)
• Goalie: Josh Unice (Western Mustangs)