The 2014 Esso Cup was Canada's sixth annual national women's midget hockey championship, which was held April 20–26, 2014 at Hamilton, Ontario. The Weyburn Gold Wings of Saskatchewan defeated the Edmonton Thunder of Alberta to win the gold medal. With the second-place finish, the Thunder continued their streak by taking home a medal for the fifth consecutive year.
Teams Result Team Region City Weyburn Gold Wings Western Weyburn, SK Edmonton Thunder Pacific-AB Edmonton, AB Sudbury Lady Wolves Ontario Sudbury, ON 4 Stoney Creek Sabres Host Stoney Creek, ON 5 Fraser Valley Phantom Pacific-BC Langley, BC 6 Moncton Rockets Atlantic Moncton, NB Note: The Pacific region was awarded a second spot in this year's Esso Cup as Quebec did not participate.
Round robin
Standings
Scores Sunday, April 20 Weyburn 2 - Sudbury 1 Edmonton 1 - Fraser Valley 0 Stoney Creek 8 - Moncton 1
Monday, April 21 Weyburn 4 - Edmonton 2 Sudbury 5 - Moncton 1 Stoney Creek 3 - Fraser Valley 0
Tuesday, April 22 Moncton 5 - Edmonton 4 Weyburn 3 - Fraser Valley 2 Stoney Creek 2 - Sudbury 1
Wednesday, April 23 Fraser Valley 7 - Moncton 2 Sudbury 3 - Edmonton 2 Stoney Creek 3 - Weyburn 2
Thursday, April 24 Sudbury 6 - Fraser Valley 3 Weyburn 3 - Moncton 2 Edmonton 4 - Stoney Creek 3
Playoffs
Individual awards Most Valuable Player: Alex Poznikoff (Edmonton) Top Scorer: Karli Shell (Sudbury) Top Forward: Karli Shell (Sudbury) Top Defenceman: Jessica Healey (Edmonton) Top Goaltender: Jane Kish (Weyburn) Most Sportsmanlike Player: Claire Merrick (Stoney Creek)
Road to the Esso Cup
Atlantic Region Tournament held April 3 – 6 at Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Bronze Medal Game Kings County 3 - NL Central 1 (OT) Gold Medal Game Moncton 2 - East Hants 1 Moncton advanced to Esso Cup
Quebec Quebec elected to withdraw from this year's competition. Hockey Canada awarded this berth to the Pacific Region.
Ontario Ontario Women's Hockey Association Championship played April 10 – 13, 2014 at Toronto, Ontario
Sudbury advanced to Esso Cup
Western Region Best-of-3 played April 4–6 at Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Weyburn advanced to Esso Cup
Pacific Region Rank Qualification Team 1 AMMFHL Edmonton Thunder 2 BCFMAAAHL Fraser Valley Phantom The Pacific region was awarded two spots in this year's Esso Cup as the Quebec region did not field a team. Edmonton and Fraser Valley advanced to Esso Cup
See also Esso Cup
References
External links 2014 Esso Cup Home Page at HockeyCanada.com