2010 CIS University Cup


The 2010 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament was held March 25–28, 2010. It was the second year of a two-year CIS Championship bid by Lakehead University and hosted at Fort William Gardens hockey rink. The UNB Varsity Reds would not be defending their title from 2009, despite a 27–1 record, as they lost in the second round of the AUS playoffs and did not advance.
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 where each team plays the other. The best team in each Pool advances to the final. All pool games must be decided by a win, there are no ties. If a pool has a three-way tie for 1st than GF/GA differential among the tied teams is the first tie-breaker.
The Saint Mary's Huskies won their first Hockey title in school history with a dramatic 3–2 overtime win versus the #1 seed Alberta Golden Bears who were looking for their 14th.

Road to the Cup

[AUS [men's ice hockey tournament#2010|AUS playoffs]]

Note: * denotes overtime period

[OUA men's [ice hockey tournament#2010|OUA playoffs]]

Note: * denotes overtime period

[Canada [West men's ice hockey tournament#2010|Canada West playoffs]]

Note: * denotes overtime period

University Cup

The six teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card team was selected from the CW Conference as the AUS was provided the wild-card in 2009 and OUA teams are ineligible as they are the host conference. To avoid having Alberta and Manitoba in the same pool, Manitoba must be seeded 5th, which leaves Lakehead and UQTR in 4th and 6th respectively.
RankSeedTeamQualificationRecordAppearanceLast
11[Alberta Golden Bears men's ice hockey|]West: Canada West Champion27–5–134th[2009 Canadian Interuniversity Sport|CIS University Cup|2009]
52[McGill Redbirds ice hockey|]Quebec: OUA Champion31–3–24th2009
83[Saint Mary's Huskies men's ice hockey|]Atlantic: AUS Champion24–9–411th2009
74[Lakehead Thunderwolves men's ice hockey|]Host: OUA Runner-up25–9–25th2009
NR5[Manitoba Bisons men's ice hockey|]Wild-card: Canada West Runner-up19–13–26th2005
36[UQTR Patriotes men's ice hockey|]Ontario: OUA Third place28–5–116th2007

Pool A – Evening

DayGameHomeVisitorScore
Thursday2#6 UQTR Patriotes#1 Alberta Golden Bears2–4
Friday4#4 Lakehead Thunderwolves#6 UQTR Patriotes7–2
Saturday6#1 Alberta Golden Bears#4 Lakehead Thunderwolves5–3

Team
Alberta Golden Bears22095+44
Lakehead Thunderwolves211107+32
UQTR Patriotes202411–70

Pool B – Afternoon

DayGameHomeVisitorScore
Thursday1#5 Manitoba Bisons#2 McGill Redmen4–5 OT
Friday3#2 McGill Redmen#3 Saint Mary's Huskies2–4
Saturday5#3 Saint Mary's Huskies#5 Manitoba Bisons5–0

Team
Saint Mary's Huskies22092+74
Manitoba Bisons21159–42
McGill Redmen20269–30

Tournament All-Stars

Andrew Hotham, a defenseman from the Saint Mary's Huskies, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP. He was tied in tournament scoring with 5 points with teammate Cody Thornton. Andrew was Saint Mary's MVP in their second game versus Manitoba and had the team's second goal in the championship final.
Joining Hotham on the tournament all-star team were:
  • Goaltender: Neil Conway, Saint Mary's
  • Defenceman: Ian Barteaux, Alberta
  • Forward: Cody Thornton, Saint Mary's
  • Forward: Cam Fergus, Saint Mary's
  • Forward: Chad Klassen, Alberta