2013 CIS University Cup

The 2013 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (51st Annual) was held March 14–17, 2013. It was the first of two consecutive CIS Championships to be held at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon hosted by the University of Saskatchewan. The defending champions were the McGill Redmen, but they were unable to defend their title, having been eliminated in the first round of the OUA-East playoffs by the Nipissing Lakers.

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Tournament details
Venue(s)	Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Dates	March 14–17, 2013 (2013-03-14 – 2013-03-17)
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	New Brunswick Varsity Reds (5th title)
Runners-up	Saint Mary's Huskies
Tournament statistics
Games played	7
Attendance	38,347 (5,478 per game)
Awards
MVP	Tyler Carroll (New Brunswick)
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The best team in each Pool advanced to the final. All pool games must be decided by a win, there were 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	7	2	7	5	-
	3	Acadia	5	5	4			5	Prince Edward Island	2	4	2	1	-
	6	Moncton	7	2	3												1	New Brunswick	1	2	2
																	2	Saint Mary’s	0	5	0
								2	Saint Mary’s	2	4	3	1	-
	4	St. Francis Xavier	3	4	-			3	Acadia	3	2	2	0	-
	5	Prince Edward Island	4	5	-

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

OUA playoffs

	Division Quarterfinals February 13–17							Division Semifinals February 20–24							Division Finals February 27–March 3							Queen's Cup Final March 9
	E1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	5	7	-
	E8	Ryerson	2	3	-
								E1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	3	8	-
								E6	Nipissing	1	3	-
	E2	Carleton	10	2	-
	E7	Queen's	2	1	-
															E1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	1	2	2****
	East
															E2	Carleton	4	0	1
	E3	McGill	2	4	1
	E6	Nipissing	4	1	2
								E2	Carleton	3	3	6
								E4	Ottawa	1	4	0
	E4	Ottawa	3**	0	3**
	E5	Toronto	2	4	2
																						E1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	4
																						W6	Waterloo	1
	W1	Western Ontario	8	5	-
	W8	Ontario Tech	1	2	-
								W1	Western Ontario	3	3	3
								W6	Waterloo	1	4	5
	W2	Windsor	3**	4	-
	W7	York	2	2	-
															W6	Waterloo	3*	5	-
	West
															W2	Windsor	2	3	-
	W3	Lakehead	2	2	-
	W6	Waterloo	7	4	-
								W2	Windsor	2	1	-
								W4	Guelph	1	0	-
	W4	Guelph	3	3*	3
	W5	Wilfrid Laurier	4**	2	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Canada West playoffs

	Quarterfinal							Semifinal							Championship
								1	Alberta	4	2	-
	3	Manitoba	6	5	-			4	Calgary	0	0	-
	6	Regina	2	0	-										1	Alberta	5	4	5
															2	Saskatchewan	0	5*	0
								2	Saskatchewan	7	1	4
	4	Calgary	3	2	4			3	Manitoba	1	4	1
	5	British Columbia	1	4	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

University Cup

The six teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card continued its rotation and was held by AUS this season. The 5th- and 6th-place teams switches positions in the brackets to avoid intra-conference matches in pool play.

Rank	Seed	Team	Qualification	Record	Appearance	Last
1	1	Alberta Golden Bears	West: Canada West Champion	27–5–1	36th	2011
2	2	New Brunswick Varsity Reds	Atlantic: AUS Champion	28–7–0	14th	2012
3	3	Quebec–Trois-Rivières Patriotes	Quebec: OUA Champion	28–7–1	18th	2012
4	4	Saint Mary's Huskies	Wild-Card: AUS Finalist	22–10–3	12th	2010
5	5	Saskatchewan Huskies	Host	22–11–1	15th	2012
6	6	Waterloo Warriors	Ontario: OUA Finalist	18–13–5	4th	1996

Pool A – Afternoon

Seed	Team
1	Alberta Golden Bears
4	Saint Mary's Huskies
6	Waterloo Warriors

March 14, 2013 1:00 PM

Alberta

1–2 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Waterloo

Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 6,732 (47.0%)

Game reference
	Kurtis Mucha (0–1–0)	Goalies	Keaton Hartigan (1–0–0)	Linesmen: Kyle Paulsen Darrell Surminski
	J. Larson (C. Behnna, K. Allicock) (PP) – 34:09 1–0 B. Chartier (C. Behenna, K. Hill) (PP) – 47:56 2–0 2–1 56:30 – T. Dyck (J. Craige) (PP)
	24 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	13

March 15, 2013 1:00 PM

Saint Mary's

3–4 (OT) (1–1, 2–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Alberta

Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 9,465 (66.1%)

Game reference
	Anthony Peters (0–1–0)	Goalies	Kurtis Mucha Real Cyr (36:06) (1–0–0)	Referees: Pierre Lambert Sean Raphael Linesmen: Kelsey Mahoney Derek Craig
	M. Tipoff (S. Johnston) – 15:48 1–0 1–1 19:42 – T. Dyck (S. Ringrose) (PP) 1–2 22:13 – J. Hickmott (G. Gardner, K. Reddick) C. Tanaka (P. O'Keefe) – 26:16 2–2 M. Strickland (B. Smith, P. O'Keefe) – 26:45 3–2 3–3 47:35 – J. Lazo (T. Dyck) 3–4 62:51 – L. Koper
	37 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	40

March 16, 2013 1:30 PM Rogers Sportsnet

Waterloo

1–5 (1–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Saint Mary's

Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 4,339 (30.3%)

Game reference
	Keaton Hartigan (1–1–0)	Goalies	Anthony Peters (1–1–0)	Referees: T.J. Foster Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Jason Roy Derek Craig
	J. Larson (C. Behenna) – 0:25 1–0 1–1 16:08 – S. O'Donnell (S. Johnston, J. Marchand) 1–2 26:05 – C. Tanaka (S. O'Donnell, P. O'Keefe) 1–3 46:18 – S. O'Donnell (G. Grant, C. Tanaka) 1–4 49:23 – C. Tanaka (S. O'Donnell) 1–5 54:51 – M. Strickland (C. Tanaka, S. O'Donnell) (PP)
	37 min	Penalties	19 min
	24	Shots	50

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Saint Mary's Huskies	2	1	1	8	5	+3	2
Alberta Golden Bears	2	1	1	5	5	0	2
Waterloo Warriors	2	1	1	3	6	−3	2

Note: Saint Mary's becomes the 4th team to advance to the Championship Final with a 1–1 record (Alberta-2008, Western-2009 and McGill-2011).

Pool B – Evening

Seed	Team
2	New Brunswick Varsity Reds
3	Quebec–Trois-Rivières Patriotes
5	Saskatchewan Huskies

March 14, 2013 7:20 PM

New Brunswick

3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Saskatchewan

Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 5,865 (41.0%)

Game reference
	Daniel LaCosta	Goalies	Ryan Holfeld	Referees: T.J. Foster Sean Raphael Linesmen: Jason Roy Scott Sharun
	0–1 25:26 – J. Bubnick (K. Bortis, D. Hulak) (PP) D. Todd (N. MacNeil, M-A Desnoyers) (PP) – 30:47 1–1 T. Carroll (C. Braes, D. Todd) – 29:06 (PP) 2–1 A. Houde-Caron (D. Todd) – 57:17 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	24

March 15, 2013 7:00 PM

Saskatchewan

1–3 (1–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Quebec–Trois-Rivières

Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 4,379 (30.6%)

Game reference
	Ryan Holfeld (0–2–0)	Goalies	Marc-Antoine Gelinas (1–0–0)	Referees: Mario Maillett Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Scott Sharun Darryl Surminski
	0–1 6:21 – T. Tremblay (F. Petit) K. Bortis (A. Bailey) – 16:49 (PP) 1–1 1–2 41:11 – O. Donovan (E. Boudreau) (PP) 1–3 59:59 – T. Tremblay (B. Lacasse, F. Petit)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	19	Shots	23

March 16, 2013 8:00 PM Rogers Sportsnet

Quebec–Trois-Rivières

3–8 (3–3, 0–2, 0–3)

New Brunswick

Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 3,649 (25.5%)

Game reference
	Marc-Antoine Gelinas (1–1–0) Guillaume Nadeau	Goalies	Daniel LaCosta (2–0–0)	Referees: Kyle Paulsen Mario Maillett Linesmen: Sean Raphael Kelsey Mahoney
	0–1 0:45 – N. MacNeil (A. Robertson, B. Wright) 0–2 2:28 – B. Swan (A. Houde-Caron) F. Petit (B. Lacasse, M. Robichaud) – 3:09 (PP) 1–2 P-O Morin (P-L Lesard) – 4:36 2–2 M. Paquette-Gravel (R. Boudreau) – 8:20 3–2 3–3 9:59 – T. Carroll (T. Nesbitt, C. Culligan) 3–4 25:11 – D. Campbell (N. MacNeil, D. Todd) 3–5 30:53 – N. MacNeil (C. Pridham, D. Campbell) 3–6 48:36 – T. Carroll 3–7 53:43 – T. Nesbitt (C. Culligan) 3–8 55:01 – B. Swan (A. Houde-Caron, T. MacDougall)
	12 min	Penalties	24 min
	22	Shots	51

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
New Brunswick	2	2	0	11	4	+7	4
Quebec–Trois-Rivières	2	1	1	6	12	−6	2
Saskatchewan	2	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Championship final

Bench assignments for the championship finals were based on each advancing team's 2 pool games, not their tournament seed. UNB was determined to be the home team with a record of 2–0 versus Saint Mary's with a record of 1–1.

March 17, 2013 6:30 PM Rogers Sportsnet

#4 Saint Mary's Huskies

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

#2 UNB Varsity Reds

Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon Attendance: 3,918 (27.4%)

Game reference
	Anthony Peters (1–2–0)	Goalies	Daniel LaCosta (3-0–0)	Referees: Pierre Lambert Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Jason Roy Scott Sharun
	0–1 10:39 – D. Todd (N. MacNeil, C. Pridham) (PP) 0–2 59:49 – T. Carroll (EN)
	32 min	Penalties	20 min
	17	Shots	23

Fewest goals

The 2 goal aggregate in the Championship final represented the lowest ever to date – one lower than the previous record of 3 (1990, 2–1 and 2003 3–0). The shutout was the fourth shutout in a Championship final (1972, 2003, 2011 and 2013) and the first time a team has accomplished it twice (UNB's 4th Championship title in 2011 was a 4–0 shutout of McGill).

Tournament All-Stars

Tyler Carroll, from the UNB Varsity Reds, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP.^[1] Carroll led all players in goals (4) and was second in points with 4.

Joining Carroll on the tournament all-star team were:

• Forward: Nick MacNeil (UNB Varsity Reds)
• Forward: Cory Tanaka (Saint Mary's Huskies)
• Defenseman: Jesse Craige (Alberta Golden Bears)
• Defenseman: Marc-Antoine Desnoyers (UNB Varsity Reds)
• Goalie: Dan LaCosta (UNB Varsity Reds)