| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 22–28, 2012 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Venue(s) | MacLauchlan Arena in Charlottetown, PE |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |
 Pembina Valley Hawks |
Runner-up  |
 Thunder Bay Queens |
Third place  |
 Edmonton Thunder |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Michela Cava |
| MVP | Michela Cava |
← 2011 2013 → | |
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.[1] 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.
Teams[]
| Result | Team | Region | City |
 |
Pembina Valley Hawks |
West | Morden, MB |
 |
Thunder Bay Queens |
Ontario | Thunder Bay, ON |
 |
Edmonton Thunder |
Pacific | Edmonton, AB |
| 4 |  Metro Boston Pizza |
Atlantic | Halifax Regional Municipality, NS |
| 5 |  Capital District Cyclones |
Host | Charlottetown, PE |
| 6 |  Rebelles de Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean |
Quebec | Saguenay, QC |
Round robin[]
Standings[]
| Rank | Team | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | PTS |
| 1 | Thunder Bay Queens |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | Pembina Valley Hawks |
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 |
| 3 | Edmonton Thunder |
2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
| 4 | Metro Boston Pizza |
2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 |
| 5 | Capital District Cyclones |
1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 3 |
| 6 | Rebelles de Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean |
0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 2 |
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
Playoffs[]
| Semifinals | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Metro
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2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Thunder Bay
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4 | Gold Medal Game | ||||||||||
| 2 | Pembina Valley
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4 | |||||||||||
| Semifinals | 1 | Thunder Bay
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2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Edmonton
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1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Pembina Valley
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2 | Bronze Medal Game | ||||||||||
| 4 | Metro
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1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Edmonton
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4 | |||||||||||
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)[2]
Road to the Esso Cup[]
Atlantic Region[]
Regional tournament held March 29–31 in Bathurst, New Brunswick
Round Robin Rank Team W-L-T GF GA PTS 1 Metro Boston Pizza4-0-0 16 4 8 2 Moncton Rockets3-1-0 19 5 6 3 Northern Stars2-2-0 12 7 4 4 Capital District Cyclones1-3-0 11 14 2 5 Tri-Pen Ice0-4-0 3 31 0
Championship Game' Moncton
2 Metro
3
- Metro advances to Esso Cup
Quebec[]
Dodge Cup Midget Championship held April 12–15, 2012 at Laval, Quebec
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Richelieu | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Bas St-Laurent | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Outaouais | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Bas St-Laurent | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Estrie | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Laurentides-Lanaudière | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Estrie | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Estrie | 3 | |||||||||||||
| QC-Chaud-Appalaches | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Lac St-Louis | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | QC-Chaud-Appalaches | 2 | ||||||||||||
- 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
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Mississauga | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Toronto Leaside | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Toronto Leaside | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Waterloo | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Waterloo | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Stoney Creek | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Waterloo | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Thunder Bay | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Kanata | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | North Bay | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Kanata | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Thunder Bay | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Oakville | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Thunder Bay | 3 | ||||||||||||
- Thunder Bay advances to Esso Cup
Western Region[]
Best-of-3 series played April 6–8, 2012 at Wilcox, Saskatchewan[3]
Best-of-3 series Rank Team W-L GF GA 1 Pembina Valley Hawks2-0 5 3 2 Notre Dame Hounds0-2 3 5
- Pembina Valley advances to Esso Cup
Pacific Region[]
Best-of-3 series played April 6–8, 2012 at Surrey, British Columbia
Best-of-3 series Rank Team W-L GF GA 1 Edmonton Thunder2-0 6 3 2 Fraser Valley Phantom0-2 3 6
- Edmonton advances to Esso Cup
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Midget female hockey nationals coming to P.E.I.. The Guardian (2010-06-04). Retrieved on 2012-01-20.
- ↑ NR.061. Hockey Canada (2012-04-27). Retrieved on 2012-04-28.
- ↑ Prest, Ashley (2011-10-06). AAA female hockey debuts in Manitoba. Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved on 2012-01-11.
External links[]
- Hockey Canada-Esso Cup Guide and Record Book
- 2012 Esso Cup Home Page at HockeyCanada.com
- 2012 Esso Cup Page at TSN.ca
- Road to the 2012 Esso Cup
- CARI Complex homepage, Esso Cup host venue
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