| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Venue(s) | Fort William Gardens, Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Dates | March 25–28, 2010 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Saint Mary's Huskies (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Alberta Golden Bears |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 7 |
| Attendance | 17,962 (2,566 per game) |
| MVP | Andrew Hotham |
The 2010 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (48th Annual) was held March 25–28, 2010. It was the second year of a two-year CIS Championship bid by Lakehead University[1] and hosted at Fort William Gardens hockey rink. The UNB Varsity Reds would not be defending their title from 2009, despite a 27-1 record, as they lost in the second round of the AUS playoffs and did not advance.
Similar to previous years, going back to the introduction of the expanded format in 1998, the six invited teams were split into two(2) Pools of three(3) where each team plays the other(two games total). 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.
The Saint Mary's Huskies won their first Hockey title in school history with a dramatic 3–2 overtime win versus the #1 seed Alberta Golden Bears who were looking for their 14th.
| Quarter-finals (Best of 3) | Semi-finals (Best of 5) | AUS Championship (Best of 5) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UNB Varsity Reds | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | UPEI | 0 | 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 2 | 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Acadia Axemen | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 2 | 3 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Moncton | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Division Quarter-finals (Best of 3) OUA Sweet 16 | Division Semi-finals (Best of 3) OUA Quarter-Finals | Division Finals (Best of 3) OUA Semi-Finals | Queen's Cup (Single Game) OUA Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| 1E | UQTR Patriotes | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8E | Concordia Stingers | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1E | UQTR Patriotes | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6E | Ryerson Rams | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3E | Toronto Varsity Blues | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6E | Ryerson Rams | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1E | UQTR Patriotes | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| OUA East | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2E | McGill Redmen | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2E | McGill Redmen | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7E | Nipissing Lakers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2E | McGill Redmen | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4E | Carleton Ravens | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4E | Carleton Ravens | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7E | Queen's Golden Gaels | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2E | McGill Redmen | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3W | Lakehead Thunderwolves | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1W | Western Mustangs | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8W | UOIT Ridgebacks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1W | Western Mustangs | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7W | Windsor Lancers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2W | Waterloo Warriors | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7W | Windsor Lancers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1W | Western Mustangs | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| OUA West | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3W | Lakehead Thunderwolves | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3W | Lakehead Thunderwolves | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6W | York Lions | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3W | Lakehead Thunderwolves | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5W | Guelph Gryphons | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4W | Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5W | Guelph Gryphons | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Note: with Lakehead winning the OUA-West title, they have advanced to the University Cup as a Queen's Cup finalist. As such, an OUA Bronze medal (third place) game was required to determine the 'designated host'.
| Bronze Medal | ||||
| 1E | UQTR Patriotes | 5 | ||
| 1W | Western Mustangs | 4 | ||
| Semi-finals (Best of 3) | Finals (Best of 3) | ||||||||
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Calgary Dinos | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Manitoba Bisons | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Manitoba Bisons | 2 | |||||||
The six teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card team was selected from the CW Conference as the AUS was provided the wild-card in 2009 and OUA teams are ineligible as they are the host conference. To avoid having Alberta and Manitoba in the same pool (Pool A seeds 1-4-6), Manitoba must be seeded 5th which leaves Lakehead and UQTR in 4th and 6th respectively.
| Rank | Seed | Team | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion |
| 5 | 2 | McGill Redmen | OUA-East and Queen's Cup Champion |
| 8 | 3 | Saint Mary's Huskies | AUS Champion |
| 7 | 4 | Lakehead Thunderwolves | OUA-West Champion and Queen's Cup Finalist |
| NR | 5 | Manitoba Bisons | Wild-Card - Canada West Finalist |
| 3 | 6 | UQTR Patriotes | Host Designate & OUA Bronze |
| Seed | Team | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion |
| 4 | Lakehead Thunderwolves | OUA-West Champion and Queen's Cup Finalist |
| 6 | UQTR Patriotes | Host Designate & OUA Bronze |
| Day | Game | Home | Visitor | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | 2 | #6 UQTR Patriotes | #1 Alberta Golden Bears | 2-4 |
| Friday | 4 | #4 Lakehead Thunderwolves | #6 UQTR Patriotes | 7-2 |
| Saturday | 6 | #1 Alberta Golden Bears | #4 Lakehead Thunderwolves | 5-3 |
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 |
| Lakehead Thunderwolves | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 2 |
| UQTR Patriotes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 0 |
| Seed | Team | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | McGill Redmen | OUA-East and Queen's Cup Champion |
| 3 | Saint Mary's Huskies | AUS Champion |
| 5 | Manitoba Bisons | Wild-card & Canada West Finalist |
| Day | Game | Home | Visitor | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | 1 | #5 Manitoba Bisons | #2 McGill Redmen | 4-5 OT |
| Friday | 3 | #2 McGill Redmen | #3 Saint Mary's Huskies | 2-4 |
| Saturday | 5 | #3 Saint Mary's Huskies | #5 Manitoba Bisons | 5-0 |
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Mary's Huskies | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 4 |
| Manitoba Bisons | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 2 |
| McGill Redmen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 0 |
| March 28, 2010 7:00 PM (EST) Rogers Sportsnet | #1 Alberta Golden Bears (H) | 2-3 OT1 (1–0, 0–1, 1–1, 0-1) | #3 Saint Mary's Huskies (V) | Fort William Gardens, Thunder Bay Attendance: 2,366 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Yonkman (2-1-0) | Goalies | Neil Conway (3-0-0) | Referee: Dave Lewis Linesmen: Jesse Wilmot Matt Traub | ||||||||||||||
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| 5 for 10 min | Penalties | 5 for 18 min | |||||||||||||||
| (12, 11, 11, 6) - 40 | Shots | 26 - (5, 8, 9, 4) | |||||||||||||||
Andrew Hotham, a defenseman from the Saint Mary's Huskies, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP. He was tied in tournament scoring with 5 points (two goals and three assists) with teammate Cody Thornton. Andrew was Saint Mary's MVP in their second game versus Manitoba and had the team's second goal in the championship final.
Joining Hotham on the tournament all-star team were:[2]
Goaltender: Neil Conway, Saint Mary's
Defenceman: Ian Barteaux, Alberta
Forward: Cody Thornton, Saint Mary's
Forward: Cam Fergus, Saint Mary's
Forward: Chad Klassen, Alberta