2018 Esso Cup

2018 Esso Cup

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre in Bridgewater, NS
Dates	April 22–28, 2018
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	St. Albert Slash
Runner-up	Saskatoon Stars
Third place	Pionnières de Lanaudière
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Mackenna Parker
MVP	Mackenna Parker

The 2018 Esso Cup was Canada's tenth national women's midget hockey championship, contested April 22–28, 2018 at Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.^[1][2] This was the first time the championship has held in Nova Scotia. The St. Alberta Slash of Alberta defeated the Saskatoon Stars 2–1 in the gold medal game to defend their national title.

Teams

Result	Team	Region	City
	St. Albert Slash	Pacific	St. Albert, AB
	Saskatoon Stars	Western	Saskatoon, SK
	Pionnièeres le Lanaudière	Quebec	Repentigny, QC
4	Brampton Canadaettes	Ontario	Brampton, ON
5	Metro	Host	Halifax, NS
6	Northern Selects	Atlantic	Westville Road, NS

Round robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saskatoon Stars	5	5	0	0	0	23	3	+20	15
2	St. Albert Slash	5	3	1	0	1	22	9	+13	11
3	Brampton Canadaettes	5	1	2	0	2	19	20	−1	7
4	Pionnieeres De Lanaudiere	5	2	0	1	2	11	17	−6	7
5	Northern Selects	5	1	0	1	3	12	19	−7	4
6	Metro	5	0	0	1	4	5	24	−19	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Schedule and Results

Game	Away team	Score	Home team	Score	Notes
1	Saskatoon	5	Brampton	0	Final
2	Lanaudière	2	St. Albert	3	Final (SO)
3	Northern	3	Metro	1	Final
4	Saskatoon	3	Lanaudière	0	Final
5	Brampton	5	Northern	4	Final (SO)
6	Metro	0	St. Albert	8	Final
7	Northern	2	Lanaudière	4	Final
8	St. Albert	1	Saskatoon	4	Final
9	Brampton	4	Metro	3	Final (SO)
10	St. Albert	4	Northern	1	Final
11	Lanaudière	2	Brampton	8	Final
12	Metro	0	Saskatoon	6	Final
13	St. Albert	6	Brampton	2	Final
14	Northern	2	Saskatoon	5	Final
15	Lanaudière	3	Metro	1	Final

Playoffs

Game	Away team	Score	Home team	Score	Notes
Semi 1	Lanaudiere	1	Saskatoon	5	Final
Semi 2	Brampton	1	St. Albert	2	Final (OT)
Bronze	Lanaudiere	2	Brampton	1	Final
Gold	St. Albert	2	Saskatoon	1	Final

Statistics and game summaries available from HockeyCanada.com

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Mackenna Parker (Saskatoon)
• Top Scorer: Mackenna Parker (Saskatoon)
• Top Forward: McKenzie Hewett (St. Albert)
• Top Defenceman: Ashley Messier (Saskatoon)
• Top Goaltender: Sarah Vanier (Lanaudière)
• Most Sportsmanlike Player: Paige Whaley (Brampton)

Road to the Esso Cup

Atlantic Region

Northern Selects advance by winning regional championship played March 29–April 1, 2018 at Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador.^[3][4]

Round Robin

Pos	Qualification	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	NSFMAAAHL	Northern Selects	4	4	0	0	0	28	7	+21	12
2	NBFMAAAHL	Northern Lightning	4	1	2	0	1	18	17	+1	7
3	PEIMMHL	Mid Isle Wildcats	4	2	0	1	1	8	5	+3	7
4	HNL	Western Warriors	4	1	0	1	2	13	19	−6	4
5	Host	Eastern Ice Breakers	4	0	0	0	4	5	24	−19	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Championship Game

Away Team	Score	Home Team	Score
Northern Lightning	1	Northern Selects	7

Quebec

Pionnièeres le Lanaudière advance by winning LHFDQ Midget AAA championship played April 13–15, 2018.^[5]

Playoffs

Game	Away Team	Score	Home Team	Score
Semifinals
Semi 1	Chaudière-Appalache	0	Triolet	5
Semi 2	Lanaudière	3	Estrie	1
Medal Games
Final	Triolet	1	Lanaudière	2

Ontario

Brampton Canadettes advance by winning Ontario Women's Hockey Association championship played April 5–8, 2018 at Toronto, Ontario^[6]

Playoffs

Game	Away Team	Score	Home Team	Score
Semifinals
Semi 1	Brampton Canadaettes	1	Waterloo Ravens	0
Semi 2	Oakville Hornets	5	Toronto Aeros	0
Medal Games
Final	Brampton Canadaettes	2	Oakville Hornets	1

Western Region

Saskatoon Stars advance by winning regional championship played April 6–7, 2018 at the T.G. Smith Centre in Steinbach, Manitoba.^[7]

Best-of-3 series

Pos	Qualification	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	SFMAAAHL	Saskatoon Stars	2	2	0	13	2	+11
2	MFMHL	Eastman Selects	2	0	2	2	13	−11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pacific Region

St. Albert advanced by winning regional championship played April 6–8, 2018 at Richmond, British Columbia. Best-of-3 series

Best-of-3 series

Pos	Qualification	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	AMMFHL	St. Albert Slash	3	2	1	7	6	+1
2	BCFMAAAHL	Greater Vancouver Comets	3	1	2	6	7	−1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Esso Cup

References

1. "Bridgewater, N.S., selected to host 2018 Esso Cup, Canada's National Female Midget Championship". Hockey Canada. July 30, 2016.
2. "Local teams to open Esso Cup female midget hockey tournament in Bridgewater". The Chronicle Herald. October 27, 2017. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
3. "Road to the 2018 Esso Cup: Atlantic Regional". Hockey Canada. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
4. "Colchester players help Selects nab Atlantic crown". Truro Daily News. April 2, 2018.
5. LHFDQ website^{[permanent dead link‍]}
6. OWHA Provincials
7. "Selects set to host Saskatoon in western final". The Carillon News. April 5, 2018.

External links

• 2018 Esso Cup Home Page at HockeyCanada.com