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2023 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship
Season2022–23
TeamsEight
Finals siteCEPSUM
Montreal, Quebec
ChampionsMount Royal Cougars (1st title)
Runner-upConcordia Stingers
TelevisionCBC Sports[1]

The 2023 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship was held March 16–19, 2023, in Montreal, Quebec, to determine a national champion for the 2022–23 U Sports women's ice hockey season.[2][3] The eighth-seeded Mount Royal Cougars defeated the defending champion Concordia Stingers by a score of 4–3 in overtime to win the program's first national title.[4]

Host

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The tournament was played at CEPSUM on the campus of at the Université de Montréal.[2] This was the first time that the Université de Montréal had hosted the tournament. The Montreal Carabins were originally supposed to host the 2021 championship, but that tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[5][6]

Participating teams

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Seed Team Qualified Record Last Total
1 Toronto Varsity Blues OUA Champion 22–1–2–2 2001 1
2 UBC Thunderbirds Canada West Champion 24–2–2 None 0
3 Concordia Stingers RSEQ Champion 20–4–1 2022 3
4 UNB Reds AUS Champion 23–2–3 None 0
5 Montreal Carabins RSEQ Finalist (Host) 17–4–4 2016 2
6 Nipissing Lakers OUA Finalist 14–5–3–4 None 0
7 St. Francis Xavier X-Women AUS Finalist 20–5–3 None 0
8 Mount Royal Cougars Canada West Finalist 19–6–3 None 0

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Championship bracket

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First Round: March 16/17 Semi-Finals: March 18 Gold Medal Game: March 19
         
1 Toronto Varsity Blues 2
8 Mount Royal Cougars 3
5 Montreal Carabins 1
8 Mount Royal Cougars 3
4 UNB Reds 1
5 Montreal Carabins 4
3 Concordia Stingers 3
8 Mount Royal Cougars 4
2 UBC Thunderbirds 3
7 St. Francis Xavier X-Women 2
2 UBC Thunderbirds 1 Bronze Medal Game: March 19
3 Concordia Stingers 3
3 Concordia Stingers 5 2 UBC Thunderbirds 3
6 Nipissing Lakers 1 5 Montreal Carabins 2

Consolation bracket

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Semi-Finals: March 18 Fifth Place Game: March 19
      
1 Toronto Varsity Blues 4
4 UNB Reds 1
1 Toronto Varsity Blues 4
7 St. Francis Xavier X-Women 0
6 Nipissing Lakers 3
7 St. Francis Xavier X-Women 7

References

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  1. ^ "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "U Sports Calendar". usports.ca. U Sports. May 17, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "Atlantic University Sport releases 2022-23 winter sports schedules". Atlantic University Sport. May 19, 2022.
  4. ^ "Women's hockey". usports.ca. U Sports. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  5. ^ "Panthers, Carabins to host U Sports Hockey Championships in 2020-21". U Sports. August 6, 2019.
  6. ^ "U Sports unable to offer national championships in winter 2021". usports.ca. U Sports. October 15, 2020.
  7. ^ "Women's hockey playoffs". usports.ca. U Sports. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  8. ^ "Draw and bracket announced for 2023 U Sports Women's Hockey Championship". U Sports. March 12, 2023.
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