| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Venue(s) | Aitken University Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Dates | March 24–27, 2011 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | UNB Varsity Reds (4th title) |
| Runner-up | McGill Redmen |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 7 |
| Attendance | 26,250 (3,750 per game) |
| MVP | Luke Gallant |
The 2011 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (49th Annual) was held March 24–27, 2011. It was the first year of a two-year CIS Championship bid won by University of New Brunswick and hosted at their on-campus hockey rink - Aitken University Centre. The defending champions were St. Mary's Huskies, who won their 1st title in team history the previous year in Saskatoon. There would be a new champion this season as SMU was unsuccessful in advancing to the event.
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.
| Quarter-finals (Best of 3) | Semi-finals (Best of 5) | AUS Championship (Best of 5) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UNB Varsity Reds | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Acadia Axemen | 2 | 4 | Acadia Axemen | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | UPEI Panthers | 0 | 1 | UNB Varsity Reds | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 2 | 3 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Dalhousie Tigers | 0 | ||||||||||||
With UNB winning the AUS Championship (and host) - the St. FX X-Men became the Host Designate.
| 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 | McGill Redmen | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8E | Ottawa Gee-Gees | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1E | McGill Redmen | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4E | Nipissing Lakers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4E | Nipissing Lakers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5E | Queen's Golden Gaels | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1E | McGill Redmen | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| OUA East | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2E | UQTR Patriotes | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2E | UQTR Patriotes | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7E | Concordia Stingers | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2E | UQTR Patriotes | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3E | Carleton Ravens | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3E | Carleton Ravens | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6E | Toronto Varsity Blues | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1E | McGill Redmen | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1W | Western Mustangs | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1W | Western Mustangs | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8W | Windsor Lancers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1W | Western Mustangs | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6W | Waterloo Warriors | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3W | Lakehead Thunderwolves | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6W | Waterloo Warriors | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1W | Western Mustangs | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| OUA West | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4W | Guelph Gryphons | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2W | Laurier Golden Hawks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7W | Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2W | Laurier Golden Hawks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4W | Guelph Gryphons | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4W | Guelph Gryphons | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5W | Brock Badgers | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
There is no Bronze (3rd place game) as the UCup Wild-card was awarded to Canada West this season.
| Semi-finals (Best of 3) | Finals (Best of 3) | ||||||||
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Manitoba Bisons | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | Calgary Dinos | 0 | |||||||
| 2 | Calgary Dinos | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 1 | |||||||
The six teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card team was selected from the CW Conference as the OUA was provided the wild-card in 2010 and AUS teams are ineligible as they are the host conference. To avoid having St.FX in the same pool as UNB and Western in the same pool as McGill, the two teams were swapped.
| Rank | Seed | Team | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | UNB Varsity Reds | AUS Champion |
| 2 | 2 | McGill Redmen | OUA-East and Queen's Cup Champion |
| 3 | 3 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion |
| 5 | 4 | Western Mustangs | OUA-West Champion and Queen's Cup Finalist |
| 4 | 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | Host Designate & AUS Finalist |
| 6 | 6 | Calgary Dinos | Wild-Card - Canada West Finalist |
| Seed | Team | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNB Varsity Reds | AUS Champion |
| 4 | Western Mustangs | OUA-West Champions and Queen's Cup Finalist |
| 6 | Calgary Dinos | Wild-card - Canada West Finalist |
| Day | Game | Home | Visitor | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | 2 | #6 Calgary Dinos | #1 UNB Varsity Reds | 1-2 |
| Friday | 4 | #4 Western Mustangs | #6 Calgary Dinos | 3-2 |
| Saturday | 6 | #1 UNB Varsity Reds | #4 Western Mustangs | 4-0 |
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNB Varsity Reds | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 4 |
| Western Mustangs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
| Calgary Dinos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| Seed | Team | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | McGill Redmen | OUA-East and Queen's Cup Champion |
| 3 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion |
| 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | Host - AUS Finalist |
| Day | Game | Home | Visitor | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | 1 | #5 St. Francis Xavier X-Men | #2 McGill Redmen | 1-2 |
| Friday | 3 | #3 Alberta Golden Bears | #5 St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 1-3 |
| Saturday | 5 | #2 McGill Redmen | #3 Alberta Golden Bears | 6-3 |
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McGill Redmen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2 |
| Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 0 |
Bench assignments, for the championship final, are based on each advancing team's record and stats in their 2 pool games, not their tournament seed. UNB was determined the home team with a record of 2-0 (4pts) and a GF/GA of 6/1 = 6.0 versus McGill with the same record but a GF/GA of 8/4 = 2.0.
| March 27, 2011 8:00 PM Rogers Sportsnet | #1 UNB Varsity Reds (H) | 4-0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0) | #2 McGill Redmen (V) | Aitken University Centre, Fredericton Attendance: 3,750 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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| Travis Fullerton (3-0-0) | Goalies | Hubert Morin (2-1-0) | Referees: Adam Byblow Mark Hulshof Linesmen: Benoit Martineau Jay Doiron | |||||||||||
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| 2 for 4 min | Penalties | 2 for 4 min | ||||||||||||
| (9, 11, 7) - 27 | Shots | 28 - (8, 12, 8) | ||||||||||||
Luke Gallant, a defenceman from the UNB Varsity Reds, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP. He led all players at the tournament with seven points (2+5=7) in three games including an assist on Josh Kidd's game-winning goal with 4.1 seconds remaining in a 2-1 victory over Calgary in their first game on Thursday. Plus back-to-back game-winners in a 4-0 shutout of Western on Saturday and a 4-0 victory of second-ranked McGill in Sunday's national final. Gallant earned Game-MVP honours against both Western and McGill following a pair of three-point performances.
Joining Gallant on the tournament all-star team were:[1]
Forward: Kyle Bailey (UNB Varsity Reds)
Forward: Chris Culligan (UNB Varsity Reds)
Forward: Maxime Langelier-Parent (McGill Redmen)
Defenseman: Jonathan Harty (UNB Varsity Reds)
Goalie: Travis Fullerton (UNB Varsity Reds)