2009 CIS University Cup


The 2009 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament was held March 26–29, 2009. It was the first year of a two-year CIS Championship bid by Lakehead University and was hosted at Fort William Gardens hockey rink.
Similar to previous years, going back to the introduction of the expanded format in 1998, the six invited teams were split into two pools of three in which each team played the other. The best team in each pool advanced to the final. All pool games had to be decided by a win; there were no ties. If a pool had a three-way tie for 1st than goals for/goals against differential among the tied teams was the first tie-breaker.
The UNB Varsity Reds advanced to the finals for the third straight year and won their second title in two years, having won in 2007 in Moncton.

Road to the Cup

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[OUA men's [ice hockey tournament#2009|OUA playoffs]]

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University Cup

The six teams that advanced to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card team was selected from the AUS Conference as the CW was provided the wild-card in 2008 and OUA teams were ineligible as they were the host conference. With Lakehead losing in the first round of the playoffs, they were a natural 'host' and are the 6th seed.
Ranking was based on the last Top 10 media release for the season, February 17, well before the end of the playoffs. The Ranking Committee provided the Tournament Committee with a 6-team mini-ranking prior to the tournament, which was then used for seeding. As this was not a 'formal' Top 10, it was not released to the media leaving the February 17 ranking as the last and most recent Top 10.
RankSeedTeamQualificationRecordAppearanceLast
21[Alberta Golden Bears men's ice hockey|]West: Canada West Champion26–5–233rd[2008 Canadian Interuniversity Sport|CIS University Cup|2008]
42[Saint Mary's Huskies men's ice hockey|]Atlantic: AUS Champion25–9–110th2002
63[Western Mustangs men's ice hockey|]Ontario: OUA Champion24–9–09th2005
14[UNB Reds men's ice hockey|]Wild-card: AUS Runner-up25–6–311th2008
NR5[McGill Redbirds ice hockey|]Quebec: OUA Runner-up24–11–13rd2008
106[Lakehead Thunderwolves men's ice hockey|]Host21–11–14th2006

Pool A – Evening

DayGameHomeVisitorScore
Thursday2#4 UNB Varsity Reds#1 Alberta Golden Bears6–3
Friday4#1 Alberta Golden Bears#6 Lakehead Thunderwolves2–1
Saturday6#6 Lakehead Thunderwolves#4 UNB Varsity Reds1–3

Team
UNB Varsity Reds22094+54
Alberta Golden Bears21157−22
Lakehead Thunderwolves20225−30

Pool B – Afternoon

DayGameHomeVisitorScore
Thursday1#5 McGill Redmen#2 Saint Mary's Huskies1–4
Friday3#3 Western Mustangs#5 McGill Redmen3–4
Saturday5#2 Saint Mary's Huskies#3 Western Mustangs2–7

Team
Western Mustangs211106+42
Saint Mary's Huskies21168−22
McGill Redmen21157−22

Note: The Western Mustangs were the second team in the expanded 6-team format, to advance to the championship final with a 1–1 record. The Alberta Golden Bears were the first team to advanced to the finals with a 1–1 record, which occurred the previous season in Moncton.

Championship final

Bench assignments were based on each advancing team's 2 pool games, not their tournament seed. UNB was assigned the home bench based on their record of 2–0 versus Western at 1–1.

Tournament All-Stars

Lachlan MacIntosh, a forward from the UNB Varsity Reds, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP. He had a hat-trick in the Gold Medal final to finish with five goals and one assist for six points, tying for the tournament lead with teammate Kyle Baily's one goal and five assists, and was UNB's Game MVP in the finals as well as in their tournament opener versus Alberta on Thursday.
Joining MacIntosh on the tournament all-star team were: