2009 Esso Cup

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2009 Esso Cup
Tournament details
DatesApril 19–25, 2009
Teams5
Venue(s)Max Bell Centre in Calgary, AB
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgWestman Wildcats
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svgScarborough Sharks
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgCalgary Flyers
MVPBrittany Styner
2010 →

The 2009 Esso Cup was Canada's inaugural national women's midget hockey championship, played April 19–25, 2009 at the Max Bell Centre in Calgary, Alberta.[1][2] The Westman Wildcats from Manitoba defeated the Scarborough Sharks from Ontario to win the first gold medal. The host Calgary Flyers defeated their provincial rival, the Edmonton Thunder, to take the bronze. Calgary's Brittany Styner was named the tournament's most valuable player.

Teams[]

Result Team Region City
1st place, gold medalist(s) Westman Wildcats Western Souris, MB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Scarborough Sharks Ontario Toronto (Scarborough), ON
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Calgary Flyers Host Calgary, AB
4 Edmonton Thunder Pacific Edmonton, AB
5 Northern Stars Atlantic Bathurst, NB
Note: Quebec did not participate in the first Esso Cup

Round robin[]

Standings[]

Rank Team W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
1 Calgary Flyers 4 0 0 0 19 9 12
2 Westman Wildcats 3 1 0 1 20 15 11
3 Edmonton Thunder 2 1 0 2 12 10 8
4 Scarborough Sharks 1 1 1 2 11 15 6
5 Northern Stars 1 0 2 2 13 17 5

Scores[]

Playoffs[]

Semi-Finals[]

  • Westman 3 - Edmonton 2
  • Scarborough 4 - Calgary 2

Bronze medal game[]

  • Calgary 3 - Edmonton 2

Gold medal game[]

  • Westman 5 - Scarborough 2

Individual awards[]

  • Most Valuable Player: Brittany Styner (Calgary)
  • Top Forward: Brittany Esposito (Edmonton)
  • Top Defence: Brigette Lacquette (Westman)
  • Top Goaltender: Emily Blakely (Northern)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Erin Lally (Calgary)

Road to the Esso Cup[]

Atlantic Region[]

Regional Tournament held March 26–29, 2009

Round robin[]

Rank Team W-L-T GF GA PTS
1 Northern Stars 4-0-0 29 10 8
2 Metro Boston Pizza 3-1-0 16 15 6
3 Western 2-2-0 17 17 4
4 Capital District Cyclones 1-3-0 13 17 2
5 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (host) 0-4-0 9 25 0
Championship Game[]
  • Northern 3 - Metro 1
Northern advances to Esso Cup

Quebec[]

Quebec did not field a team in this year's Esso Cup

Ontario[]

Ontario Women's Hockey Association Championship held March 27–28, 2009

Semi-Finals[]

  • Scarborough 2 – Sudbury 1
  • Whitby 2- Saugeen-Maitland 1
Championship Game[]
  • Scarborough 2 - Whitby 1
Scarborough advances to Esso Cup

Western Region[]

Best-of-3 series played April 3–5, 2009

Prince Albert Bears vs Westman Wildcats
  • Game 1: Westman 5 - Prince Albert 2
  • Game 2: Westman 2 - Prince Albert 1
Westman wins series and advances to Esso Cup

Pacific Region[]

Best-of-3 series played April 3–5, 2009

Vancouver Fusion vs Edmonton Thunder
  • Game 1: Edmonton 2 - Vancouver 0
  • Game 2: Edmonton 2 - Vancouver 0
Edmonton wins series and advances to Esso Cup

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "NR.046". Hockey Canada. 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  2. ^ "NR.156". Hockey Canada. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2012-01-20.

External links[]

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