The 2010 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (48th Annual) was held March 25–28, 2010. It was the second year of a two-year CIS Championship bid by Lakehead University and hosted at Fort William Gardens hockey rink. The UNB Varsity Reds would not be defending their title from 2009, despite a 27–1 record, as they lost in the second round of the AUS playoffs and did not advance.
Similar to previous years, going back to the introduction of the expanded format in 1998, the six invited teams were split into two Pools of three where each team plays the other(two games total). The best team in each Pool advances to the final. All pool games must be decided by a win, there are no ties. If a pool has a three-way tie for 1st (all teams have 1–1 records) than GF/GA differential among the tied teams is the first tie-breaker.
The Saint Mary's Huskies won their first Hockey title in school history with a dramatic 3–2 overtime win versus the #1 seed Alberta Golden Bears who were looking for their 14th.
Road to the Cup AUS playoffs
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
OUA playoffs
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Canada West playoffs
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
University Cup The six teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card team was selected from the CW Conference as the AUS was provided the wild-card in 2009 and OUA teams are ineligible as they are the host conference. To avoid having Alberta and Manitoba in the same pool (Pool A seeds 1–4–6), Manitoba must be seeded 5th, which leaves Lakehead and UQTR in 4th and 6th respectively.
RankSeedTeamQualificationRecordAppearanceLast11West: Canada West Champion27–5–134th200952Quebec: OUA Champion31–3–24th200983Atlantic: AUS Champion24–9–411th200974Host: OUA Runner-up25–9–25th2009NR5Wild-card: Canada West Runner-up19–13–26th200536Ontario: OUA Third place28–5–116th2007
Pool A – Evening SeedTeam1Alberta Golden Bears4Lakehead Thunderwolves6UQTR Patriotes
Day Game Home Visitor Score Thursday 2 #6 UQTR Patriotes #1 Alberta Golden Bears 2–4 Friday 4 #4 Lakehead Thunderwolves #6 UQTR Patriotes 7–2 Saturday 6 #1 Alberta Golden Bears #4 Lakehead Thunderwolves 5–3
Team Alberta Golden Bears 2 2 0 9 5 +4 4 Lakehead Thunderwolves 2 1 1 10 7 +3 2 UQTR Patriotes 2 0 2 4 11 –7 0
Pool B – Afternoon SeedTeam2McGill Redmen3Saint Mary's Huskies5Manitoba Bisons
Day Game Home Visitor Score Thursday 1 #5 Manitoba Bisons #2 McGill Redmen 4–5 OT Friday 3 #2 McGill Redmen #3 Saint Mary's Huskies 2–4 Saturday 5 #3 Saint Mary's Huskies #5 Manitoba Bisons 5–0
Team Saint Mary's Huskies 2 2 0 9 2 +7 4 Manitoba Bisons 2 1 1 5 9 –4 2 McGill Redmen 2 0 2 6 9 –3 0
Championship final
Tournament All-Stars Andrew Hotham, a defenseman from the Saint Mary's Huskies, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP. He was tied in tournament scoring with 5 points (two goals and three assists) with teammate Cody Thornton. Andrew was Saint Mary's MVP in their second game versus Manitoba and had the team's second goal in the championship final.
Joining Hotham on the tournament all-star team were:
Goaltender: Neil Conway, Saint Mary's Defenceman: Ian Barteaux, Alberta Forward: Cody Thornton, Saint Mary's Forward: Cam Fergus, Saint Mary's Forward: Chad Klassen, Alberta
References
External links Tournament results website