2016 CIS University Cup

Canadian university ice hockey championship 2016 CIS University Cup Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia New Brunswick Varsity Reds 6 St. Francis Xavier X-Men Saint Mary's Huskies Saskatchewan Huskies 2016 3 17 2016 3 20 8 8 43513 MVP Philippe Halley (New Brunswick) 2015 2017 The 2016 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (54th Annual) was held March 17–20, 2016, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to determine a national champion for the 2015–16 CIS men's ice hockey season. It was the second of two consecutive CIS Championships to be held at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. Saint Mary's University was the designated host for this championship as St. Francis Xavier University was the host in 2015 (at the same venue). The St. Francis Xavier X-Men did qualify for this event by winning the AUS Championships. This was the most successful tournament for attendance setting a new record of 43,513.2016 University Cup Breaks Attendance Record http://ucuphfx.ca/news.php?news_id=1302150 https://web.archive.org/web/20160325084528/http://ucuphfx.ca/news.php?news_id=1302150 2016-03-25 It also proved to be the last Men's University Cup that was branded as a CIS championship. On October 20, 2016, Canadian Interuniversity Sport, the country's governing body for university athletics and the organizer of the University Cup, changed its name to U Sports.http://usports.ca/en/news/580919b7bcdd8/introducing-u-sports Introducing U Sports U Sports October 20, 2016 December 7, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220161022/http://usports.ca/en/news/580919b7bcdd8/introducing-u-sports 2016-12-20 dead Road to the Cup AUS playoffs Atlantic University Sport Quarter-finals (Best of 3) Semi-finals (Best of 5) AUS Championship (Best of 3) 3 Acadia Axemen 0 6 UPEI Panthers 2 4 Saint Mary's Huskies 2 5 Moncton Aigles Bleu 0 1 UNB Varsity Reds 3 6 UPEI Panthers 0 2 St. Francis Xavier X-Men 3 4 Saint Mary's Huskies 1 1 UNB Varsity Reds 0 2 St. Francis Xavier X-Men 2 There was no Bronze Medal (3rd place) series as Saint Mary's did not advance to the AUS Finals and as such would take the host spot. OUA playoffs Ontario University Athletics Division Quarter-finals (Best of 3)OUA Sweet 16 Division Semi-finals (Best of 3)OUA Quarter-Finals Division Finals (Best of 3)OUA Semi-Finals Queen's Cup (Single Game)OUA Championship OUA East OUA West 1E UQTR Patriotes 2 8E Laurentian Voyageurs 0 4E UOIT Ridgebacks 2 5E Queen's Golden Gaels 1 2E McGill Redmen 2 7E Concordia Stingers 0 3E Carleton Ravens 2 6E Nipissing Lakers 0 1W York Lions 1 8W Toronto Varsity Blues 2 2W Western Mustangs 2 7W Laurier Golden Hawks 0 4W Guelph Gryphons 2 5W Windsor Lancers 1 3W Waterloo Warriors 0 6W Ryerson Rams 2 1E UQTR Patriotes 2 4E UOIT Ridgebacks 0 2E McGill Redmen 0 3E Carleton Ravens 2 7W Toronto Varsity Blues 1 2W Western Mustangs 2 4W Guelph Gryphons 2 6W Ryerson Rams 1 1E UQTR Patriotes 2 3E Carleton Ravens 0 4W Guelph Gryphons 1 2W Western Mustangs 2 1E UQTR Patriotes 4 OT1 2W Western Mustangs 3 Bronze Medal (Single Game) 3E Carleton Ravens 4 4W Guelph Gryphons 1 Canada West playoffs Canada West Universities Athletic Association Quarter-finals (Best of 3) Semi-finals (Best of 3) Canada West Championship (Best of 3) 4 Manitoba Bisons 0 5 Calgary Dinos 2 3 Mount Royal Cougars 2 6 UBC Thunderbirds 0 1 Saskatchewan Huskies 2 5 Calgary Dinos 0 2 Alberta Golden Bears 2 3 Mount Royal Cougars 0 1 Saskatchewan Huskies 2 2 Alberta Golden Bears 0 University Cup tournament The eight teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The three(3) conference champions must be seeded 1–3 followed by the OUA Runner-up (seed #4). The remaining four seeds are for the AUS Finalist, Canada West Finalist, OUA Third-place and host. Their seedings are based on the pre-tournament rankings. RankSeedTeamQualified11UQTR PatriotesOUA Champion22Saskatchewan HuskiesCanada West Champion33St. Francis Xavier X-MenAUS Champion54Western Ontario MustangsOUA Finalist45UNB Varsity RedsAUS Finalist66Alberta Golden BearsCanada West Finalist77Carleton RavensOUA Third Place88Saint Mary's HuskiesHost Tournament format The tournament is a traditional 8 team – Single Elimination ladder with bronze medal game between the two Semi-final losers. Games that are tied after regulation play a 10-minute Overtime period following the 3rd period. If there is no score after the first overtime, the ice is cleaned and they will play 20 minute periods (with ice cleaned between periods) until there is a winner. The higher seed is the 'Home' team for each game (the home team must wear their 'white' jerseys and will get the last change during stoppages of play). The UNB Varsity Reds played as the visitor in games 1 and 3 and as the home team in game 2. St. Francis Xavier X-Men were the opposite; the home team for games 1 and 3 and the visitor in game 2. Quarter-finals(Single Game) Semi-finals(Single Game) Championship final(Single Game) Thursday Friday 2 Saskatchewan Huskies 3 OT4 7 Carleton Ravens 2 3 St. Francis Xavier X-Men 6 6 Alberta Golden Bears 2 4 Western Ontario Mustangs 1 5 UNB Varsity Reds 5 1 UQTR Patriotes 2 8 Saint Mary's Huskies 3 2 Saskatchewan Huskies 1 3 St. Francis Xavier X-Men 2 OT3 5 UNB Varsity Reds 4 8 Saint Mary's Huskies 0 3 St. Francis Xavier X-Men 1 5 UNB Varsity Reds 3 Bronze Medal (Single Game) 2 Saskatchewan Huskies 2 8 Saint Mary's Huskies 5 Overtime Games that ended in a regulation tie would be resolved solely on 5-on-5 overtime (5 skaters and a goalie for each side) until one team scored. The first overtime period would be 10 minute and would start after a 3-minute rest. Following this period, the ice would be cleaned and subsequent 20 minute periods would be played. The first game of the tournament set a record for the longest game every played at the tournamenthttp://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/mice/2016/releases/qf1 https://web.archive.org/web/20160323134219/http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/mice/2016/releases/qf1 dead March 23, 2016 Huskies edge Ravens in quadruple OT thriller ending in a 3–2 quadruple overtime victory for the Saskatchewan Huskies over the Carleton Ravens. The total time was 116:11 (60+10+20+20+6:11), 4 minutes short of 2 complete games. The previous record was 103:17 and occurred in 2002 when Western won 4–3 in triple overtime over UQTR in the championship final. The longest game ever in the CIShttp://www.atlanticuniversitysport.com/sports/mice/statistics/2010-11-PLA/FEB27UNB.HTM UNB Wins 3–2 in Quadruple Overtime Atlantic University Sport occurred February 27, 2011 between the host UNB Varsity Reds and visiting Acadia Axemen in game one of their best of 5 second round AUS playoff series (AUS Semi-finals). UNB won 3–2 in quadruple overtime ending at 11:53 of the 4th overtime period – 121:53 (60+10+20+20+11:53). The semi-final match between Saskatchewan Huskies and St. Francis Xavier X-Men also went into overtime. St. Francis Xavier X-Men won 3–2 in triple overtime. The total time was 107:35 (60+10+20+17:35). As a result of playing in the longest University Cup game in history and a subsequent triple overtime game, in game #2 (the second longest game in tournament history), the Saskatchewan Huskies finished the tournament having played 283:46 minutes (116:11+107:35+60) when including their play in the bronze medal game. This totals 4.7 games, close to 2 more games than expected in a 3-game tournament. Bronze game #eeeeee March 20, 2016 14:00 (local) Saint Mary's Huskies #8 Saskatchewan Huskies #2 5–2 (1–1, 2–1, 2–0) Cole Cheveldave (1–1) Jordon Cooke (1–1) 1–01–11–22–23–24–25–2 A. Repaci (1) (A. Hardie) – 4:13C. Brooks (1) (K. Pereira, S. Macaulay) (PP) – 31:33G. Grant (1) (F. Menard – 33:27S. Macaulay (1) (A. Repaci, T. Burke) – 45:05C. Brooks (1) (Ben Duffy) – 53:39 4:34 – J. Ross (1) (D. Stumborg, P. Thomas)20:31 – J. Roach (1) (C. Cox, J. Yakubowski) Tom Sweeney Trevor Peluk Josh DeYoung John MacDonnell Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 2,535 (24.2%) 4 4 31 19 Game MVPs: Calder Brooks (SMU) & Jesse Ross (USK) Championship final #eeeeee March 20, 2016 18:30 (local)Sportsnet 360TVA Sports 2 UNB Varsity Reds #5 St. Francis Xavier X-Men #3 3–1 (1–1, 2–0, 0–0) Étienne Marcoux (2–0) Drew Owsley (2–0) 1–01–12–13–1 C. Clappert (1) (J. Murray, C. Braes) – 6:53 F. Beauvillier (1) (R. Gazzola, P. Halley) (PP) – 29:02 T. Carroll (1) (D. Willick, M. Boudens) – 29:19 19:49 – Z. Macqueen (1) (N. Chiarlitti, C. Macintosh) Olivier Gouin Jonathan Langille Mike MacDonnell Brett Boyce Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 9,873 (93.2%) 8 8 30 23 Game MVPs: Christopher Clapperton (UNB) & Eric Locke (SFX) Tournament All-Stars Philippe Halley, from the UNB Varsity Reds, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP. Halley had 6 goals and 1 assist for 7 points in 3 games. His 6 goals were scored as two consecutive hat-tricks, one each in his first two games of the tournament.http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/mice/2016/releases/final https://web.archive.org/web/20160401085553/http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/mice/2016/releases/final dead April 1, 2016 Final CIS University Cup men's hockey Joining Halley on the tournament all-star team were: Forward: Anthony Repaci (Saint Mary's Huskies) Forward: Michael Clarke (St. Francis Xavier X-Men) Defenceman: Nathan Chiarlitti (St. Francis Xavier X-Men) Defenceman: Jordan Murray (UNB Varsity Reds) Goalie: Jordon Cooke (Saskatchewan Huskies) References External links Tournament website Category:University Cup tournaments Category:Ice hockey competitions in Halifax, Nova Scotia University Cup, 2016 Ice Hockey Championship, men Category:2016 in Nova Scotia Category:March 2016 sports events in Canada