The 2022
U Sports Men's
University Cup Hockey Tournament (60th Annual) was held March 31 – April 3, 2022, in
Wolfville,
Nova Scotia, to determine a national champion for the 2021–22
U Sports men's ice hockey season.
The
OUA Champion
UQTR Patriotes defeated the
Canada West Champion, and top-seeded,
Alberta Golden Bears by a score of 5–4 in
double overtime.
Host
The tournament was played at
Andrew H. McCain Arena
The Andrew H. McCain Arena (formerly Acadia Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. It can seat 1,800 spectators for ice events and an extra 1,000 on the ice surface for other events. It was built in 1988, and feature ...
on the campus of
Acadia University.
It was the first full tournament hosted by Acadia following the partially-played, cancelled championship in
2020
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. This is scheduled to be the first U Sports men's ice hockey championship played since
2019
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following two years of cancelled tournaments due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in
Halifax, Nova Scotia at the
Scotiabank Centre, but was moved to the Acadia University campus due to scheduling conflicts following a postponement of this tournament by two weeks.
Participating teams
Championship bracket
Tournament All-Stars
Alexis Gravel
Alexis "Alex" Gravel (born March 21, 2000) is a Canadian collegiate ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the UQTR Patriotes of the U Sports. Gravel was selected in the sixth round, 162nd overall, by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 201 ...
, a goaltender from the UQTR Patriotes, was selected as the
Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for U Sports University Cup MVP. Gravel played all three games for UQTR (two of which went into overtime) and finished the tournament with a GAA of 1.86 and Save Percentage of .950 as well as ''Player of the Game'' honours in UQTR's first game vs UBC.
Joining Gravel on the tournament all-star team were
:
Defenceman:
Clayton Kirichenko (Alberta Golden Bears)
Defenceman:
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Forward:
Simon Lafrance (UQTR Patriotes)
Forward:
Eric Florchuk (Alberta Golden Bears)
Forward:
Félix Lauzon (UQTR Patriotes)
References
External links
Tournament Web Site
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University Cup tournaments
Ice hockey competitions in Nova Scotia
2021–22 in Canadian ice hockey
Sport in Wolfville, Nova Scotia
2022 in Nova Scotia