2012 Esso Cup

The 2012 Esso Cup was Canada's fourth annual national women's midget hockey championship, which was played April 22–28, 2012 at MacLauchlan Arena inside the CARI Complex on the University of Prince Edward Island campus in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The Pembina Valley Hawks from Manitoba won the gold medal with a 4-2 victory over the Thunder Bay Queens in the championship game. The Edmonton Thunder captured a medal for the third consecutive year by winning the bronze.

Scores

 * Metro 5 - Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean 1
 * Pembina Valley 1 - Edmonton 0 (SO)
 * Thunder Bay 12 - Capital District 1
 * Pembina Valley 4 - Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean 0
 * Thunder Bay 6 - Edmonton 1
 * Metro 5 - Capital District 2
 * Thunder Bay 8 - Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean 1
 * Pembina Valley 2 - Metro 1
 * Edmonton 4 - Capital District 0
 * Thunder Bay 5 - Metro 2
 * Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean 2 - Edmonton 1 (SO)
 * Pembina Valley 4 - Capital District 2
 * Edmonton 4 - Metro 0
 * Thunder Bay 5 - Pembina Valley 4
 * Capital District 3 - Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean 2

Individual awards

 * Most Valuable Player: Michela Cava (Thunder Bay)
 * Top Scorer: Michela Cava (Thunder Bay)
 * Top Forward: Jessica Gazzola (Thunder Bay)
 * Top Defenceman: Madison Hutchinson (Pembina Valley)
 * Top Goaltender: Brittni Mowat (Pembina Valley)
 * Most Sportsmanlike Player: Breanna Lanceleve (Metro)

Atlantic Region
Regional tournament held March 29–31 in Bathurst, New Brunswick


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 * colspan=6|Round Robin
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 * Rank || Team || W-L-T || GF || GA || PTS
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 * 1 || style="text-align:left;"| Metro Boston Pizza || 4-0-0 || 16 || 4 || 8
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 * 2 || style="text-align:left;"| Moncton Rockets || 3-1-0 || 19 || 5 || 6
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 * 3 || style="text-align:left;"| Northern Stars || 2-2-0 || 12 || 7 || 4
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 * 4 || style="text-align:left;"| Capital District Cyclones || 1-3-0 || 11 || 14 || 2
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 * 5 || style="text-align:left;"| Tri-Pen Ice || 0-4-0 || 3 || 31 || 0
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 * colspan=3 |Championship Game'
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 * width=150px| Moncton
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 * Metro
 * align="center"| 3
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 * Metro advances to Esso Cup

Quebec
Dodge Cup Midget Championship held April 12–15, 2012 at Laval, Quebec


 * Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean wins Dodge Cup and advances to Esso Cup

Ontario
Ontario Women's Hockey Association Championship held April 13–15, 2012 at Vaughan, Ontario


 * Thunder Bay advances to Esso Cup

Western Region
Best-of-3 series played April 6–8, 2012 at Wilcox, Saskatchewan
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 * colspan=7|Best-of-3 series
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 * Rank || Team || W-L || GF || GA
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 * 1 || style="text-align:left;"| Pembina Valley Hawks|| 2-0 || 5 || 3
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 * 2 || style="text-align:left;"| Notre Dame Hounds || 0-2 || 3 || 5
 * }
 * Pembina Valley advances to Esso Cup

Pacific Region
Best-of-3 series played April 6–8, 2012 at Surrey, British Columbia
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 * colspan=7|Best-of-3 series
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 * Rank || Team || W-L || GF || GA
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 * 1 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Thunder || 2-0 || 6 || 3
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 * 2 || style="text-align:left;"| Fraser Valley Phantom || 0-2 || 3 || 6
 * }
 * Edmonton advances to Esso Cup