The 2025 U Sports University Cup, the 63rd edition, was held from March 20 to March 23, 2025, in Ottawa, Ontario, to determine a national champion for the 2024–25 U Sports men's ice hockey season. The eighth-seeded host Ottawa Gee-Gees defeated the third-seeded OUA champion Concordia Stingers in the gold medal match to win the first national championship in program history.
Host The tournament was played at TD Place Arena and was hosted by the University of Ottawa. This was the first time that the University of Ottawa hosted the tournament and it was the first time that the championship was in Ottawa.
TD Place Arena is part of the City of Ottawa's Lansdowne Park complex and is home to the Ottawa 67's of the OHL and the Ottawa Charge of the PWHL. The base seating capacity is 5,500 with an upper limit of 8,585.
Qualification
AUS playoffs Source:
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
OUA playoffs Source:
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Canada West playoffs Source:
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Participating teams SeedTeamQualified1 AUS Champion202423nd2024102 CW Champion202023rd198313 OUA Champion202311thNone04 OUA Finalist20243rdNone05 CW FinalistNone1stNone06 AUS Finalists202417th199547 OUA Bronze20194thNone08 OUA Semifinalist (host)20204thNone0
Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
The quarterfinals game between TMU and Mount Royal set the record as the longest USPORTS men's hockey game in history, with a final time of 143 minutes and 33 seconds (60+20+20+20+20+3:33). The five overtime periods broke the USPORTS record set in a 2016 Saskatchewan-Carleton playoff game of 116:11 (60+10+20+20+6:11).
Previous Long Games: Time Date Away team Home team Tournament Result Carleton Ravens Saskatchewan Huskies University Cup, Quarterfinal #1 Saskatchewan won 3–2 Acadia Axemen New Brunswick Varsity Reds AUS Playoffs, Game 2 New Brunswick won 3–2 St. Francis Xavier X-Men Saskatchewan Huskies University Cup, Semifinal #1 St. Francis Xavier won 2–1 Western Ontario Mustangs Quebec-Trois-Rivières Patriotes University Cup Championship Western Ontario won 4–3
Results Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Gold Medal Game
Bronze Medal Game
Awards The Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for U Sports University Cup MVP was awarded to Ottawa goaltender Francesco Lapenna who finished the tournament with a 3-0 record, GAA of 2.14 and SAV% of 0.936.
Tournament all-star team were:Gee-Gees ride off with university cup title https://en.usports.ca/sports/mice/2024-25c/releases/GOLD Forward: Mathieu Bizier (Concordia) Forward: Dawson Holt (Saskatchewan) Forward: Marc-Antoine Séguin (Ottawa) Defenceman: Simon Lavigne (Concordia) Defenceman: Joseph Ianniello (Toronto Metropolitan) Goaltender: Francesco Lapenna (Ottawa)
References
External links Tournament website