2025 U Sports University Cup

The 2025 U Sports University Cup, the 63rd edition, was held from March 20 to March 23, 2025, in Ottawa, Ontario, to determine a national champion for the 2024–25 U Sports men's ice hockey season.^[1][2] The eighth-seeded host Ottawa Gee-Gees defeated the third-seeded OUA champion Concordia Stingers in the gold medal match to win the first national championship in program history.^[3]

2025 U Sports University Cup

Tournament details
City	Ottawa
Venue(s)	TD Place Arena
Dates	March 20–23, 2025
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Ottawa Gee-Gees (1st title)
Runners-up	Concordia Stingers
Third place	Saskatchewan Huskies
Fourth place	Toronto Metropolitan Bold
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Host

The tournament was played at TD Place Arena and was hosted by the University of Ottawa.^[2] This was the first time that the University of Ottawa hosted the tournament and it was the first time that the championship was in Ottawa.^[2][4]

TD Place Arena is part of the City of Ottawa's Lansdowne Park complex and is home to the Ottawa 67's of the OHL and the Ottawa Charge of the PWHL. The base seating capacity is 5,500 with an upper limit of 8,585.

Qualification

AUS playoffs

Source:^[5]

Further information: Atlantic University Sport

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals									Championship
								1	New Brunswick	5	7	4	-	-
	3	Saint Mary's	3**	4	-			4	Acadia	2	1	1	-	-
	6	Prince Edward Island	2	1	-												1	New Brunswick	5	3	-
																	2	Moncton	3	2	-
								2	Moncton	9	2	3	5	5
	4	St. Francis Xavier	1	4	-			3	Saint Mary's	2	3	7	1	3
	5	Acadia	2	6	-

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

OUA playoffs

Source:^[6]

Further information: Ontario University Athletics

	Division Quarterfinals February 19–23							Division Semifinals February 26–March 1							Division Finals March 5–9							Queen's Cup Final March 15
								E1	Concordia	1	5	5
	E3	Ottawa	3*	3*	-			E4	McGill	6	1	4
	E6	Ontario Tech	2	2	-			East							E1	Concordia	2	1	-
															E2	Queens	1	0	-
								E2	Queen's	4	7	-
	E4	McGill	2	5	-			E3	Ottawa	3	3	-
	E5	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	1	2	-																	E1	Concordia	4
																						W1	Toronto Metropolitan	1
								W1	Toronto Metropolitan	3*	3	-
	W3	Windsor	5*	5	-			W5	Lakehead	2	0	-
	W6	Waterloo	4	3	-			West							W1	Toronto Metropolitan	2	5	2			Bronze Medal Game
															W2	Toronto	3	4	1
								W2	Toronto	5	4	-										E2	Queen's	4
	W4	Western Ontario	2	2	2			W3	Windsor	2	2	-										W2	Toronto	0
	W5	Lakehead	1	3	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Canada West playoffs

Source:^[7]

Further information: Canada West Universities Athletic Association

	Quarterfinal							Semifinal							Championship
								W1	Mount Royal	3*	0	4
	E2	Alberta	2*	2	4			E2	Alberta	2	6	2
	W3	Calgary	1	3	1										W1	Mount Royal	3	2*	0
															E1	Saskatchewan	6	1	3
								E1	Saskatchewan	4	3	4
	W2	British Columbia	2	3	4			W2	British Columbia	5*	2	2
	E3	MacEwan	3*	1	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Participating teams

Seed	Team	Qualified	Record	Last App	Total	Last Win	Total
1	New Brunswick Reds	AUS Champion	28–1–1	2024	23nd	2024	10
2	Saskatchewan Huskies	CW Champion	23–5–0	2020	23rd	1983	1
3	Concordia Stingers	OUA Champion	21–5–2	2023	11th	None	0
4	Toronto Metropolitan Bold	OUA Finalist	17–10–1	2024	3rd	None	0
5	Mount Royal Cougars	CW Finalist	22–6–0	None	1st	None	0
6	Moncton Aigles Bleus	AUS Finalists	19-9–2	2024	17th	1995	4
7	Queen's Gaels	OUA Bronze	22–6–0	2019	4th	None	0
8	Ottawa Gee-Gees	OUA Semifinalist (host)	19–6–3	2020	4th	None	0

^[8][9]

Bracket

	First Round: March 20-21					Semi-Finals: March 22					Gold Medal Game: March 23
	1	New Brunswick	2
	8	Ottawa	3*
						8	Ottawa	4
						4	Toronto Metropolitan	3
	4	Toronto Metropolitan	5*****
	5	Mount Royal	4
											8	Ottawa	3
											3	Concordia	2
	2	Saskatchewan	4
	7	Queen's	2
						2	Saskatchewan	0			Bronze Medal Game: March 23
						3	Concordia	3
	3	Concordia	4								4	Toronto Metropolitan	1
	6	Moncton	2								2	Saskatchewan	4

^[10]

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

The quarterfinals game between TMU and Mount Royal set the record as the longest USPORTS men's hockey game in history, with a final time of 143 minutes and 33 seconds (60+20+20+20+20+3:33).^[11] The five overtime periods broke the USPORTS record set in a 2016 Saskatchewan-Carleton playoff game of 116:11 (60+10+20+20+6:11).

Previous Long Games:

Time	Date	Away team	Home team	Tournament	Result
116:11	March 17, 2016	Carleton Ravens	Saskatchewan Huskies	University Cup, Quarterfinal #1	Saskatchewan won 3-2
111:53	February 27, 2011	Acadia Axemen	New Brunswick Varsity Reds	AUS Playoffs, Game 2	New Brunswick won 3-2
107:35	March 18, 2016	St. Francis Xavier X-Men	Saskatchewan Huskies	University Cup, Semifinal #1	St. Francis Xavier won 2-1
103:17	March 25, 2002	Western Ontario Mustangs	Quebec-Trois-Rivières Patriotes	University Cup Championship	Western Ontario won 4-3