2022 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship
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| Season | 2021–22 |
|---|---|
| Teams | Eight |
| Finals site | MacLauchlan Arena Charlottetown, P.E.I. |
| Champions | Concordia Stingers (3rd title) |
| Runner-up | Nipissing Lakers |
| Winning coach | Julie Chu (1st title) |
| Championship MVP | Stéphanie Lalancette (Concordia) |
| Television | CBC Sports[1] |
The 2022 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship was held March 24–27, 2022, in Charlottetown, P.E.I., to determine a national champion for the 2021–22 U Sports women's ice hockey season.[2][3] The top-seeded Concordia Stingers defeated the sixth-seeded Nipissing Lakers to win the third championship in program history and first since the back-to-back titles in 1998 and 1999.[4] The Stingers did not allow a goal during the tournament with three straight shutouts and all but one of the 11 games featured a shutout.
Host
[edit]The tournament was played at MacLauchlan Arena at the University of Prince Edward Island.[3] It is the second consecutive tournament to be hosted by UPEI, as well as their second time hosting overall.[5] This was the first U Sports women's ice hockey championship played since 2019 following two years of cancelled tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[6][7]
Participating teams
[edit]| Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concordia Stingers | RSEQ Champion | 11–3–1 | 1999 | 2 |
| 2 | UNB Reds | AUS Champion | 15–3–3 | None | 0 |
| 3 | UBC Thunderbirds | Canada West Champion | 14–6–2 | None | 0 |
| 4 | Brock Badgers | OUA Champion | 5–2–4–5 | None | 0 |
| 5 | Saskatchewan Huskies | Canada West Finalist | 11–7–2 | None | 0 |
| 6 | Nipissing Lakers | OUA Finalist | 8–2–0–4 | None | 0 |
| 7 | McGill Martlets | RSEQ Finalist | 12–3–0 | 2014 | 4 |
| 8 | UPEI Panthers | AUS Quarterfinalist (Host) | 13–7–2 | None | 0 |
Championship bracket
[edit]| First Round: March 24/25 | Semi-Finals: March 26 | Gold Medal Game: March 27 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Concordia Stingers | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | UPEI Panthers | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Concordia Stingers | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Brock Badgers | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Concordia Stingers | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Nipissing Lakers | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UNB Reds | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | McGill Martlets | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UNB Reds | 0 | Bronze Medal Game: March 27 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Nipissing Lakers | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | UBC Thunderbirds | 0 | 2 | UNB Reds | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 | Nipissing Lakers | 1 | 5 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 2 | |||||||||
Consolation bracket
[edit]| Semi-Finals: March 26 | Fifth Place Game: March 27 | ||||||||
| 3 | UBC Thunderbirds | 4 | |||||||
| 7 | McGill Martlets | 0 | |||||||
| 3 | UBC Thunderbirds | 4 | |||||||
| 8 | UPEI Panthers | 0 | |||||||
| 4 | Brock Badgers | 0 | |||||||
| 8 | UPEI Panthers | 2 | |||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
- ^ "U Sports prepares for 2021-22 National Championship Season; awards four new Volleyball Championship hosts". usports.ca. U Sports. June 28, 2021.
- ^ a b "U Sports Calendar". usports.ca. U Sports. June 17, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- ^ "2022 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship: Veteran trio leads Trinity Western to national glory". usports.ca. U Sports. March 27, 2022.
- ^ "Women's Ice Hockey National Championships History". U Sports. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ "U Sports hockey championships cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". Sportsnet. March 12, 2020.
- ^ "U Sports unable to offer national championships in winter 2021". usports.ca. U Sports. October 15, 2020.
- ^ "U Sports Playing Regulations: Women's Ice Hockey" (PDF). U Sports. September 2021.
- ^ "Women's Hockey: Stingers earn first No. 1 seed in more than 20 years ahead of Cavendish Farms championship". U Sports. March 20, 2022.