2018 Esso Cup


The 2018 Esso Cup was Canada's tenth national women's midget hockey championship, contested April 22–28, 2018 at Bridgewater, [Nova Scotia]. 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.

Round robin

GameAway teamScoreHome teamScoreNotes
Saskatoon5Brampton0Final
Lanaudière2St. Albert3Final
Northern3Metro1Final
Saskatoon3Lanaudière0Final
Brampton5Northern4Final
Metro0St. Albert8Final
Northern2Lanaudière4Final
St. Albert1Saskatoon4Final
Brampton4Metro3Final
St. Albert4Northern1Final
Lanaudière2Brampton8Final
Metro0Saskatoon6Final
St. Albert6Brampton2Final
Northern2Saskatoon5Final
Lanaudière3Metro1Final

Individual awards

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.
Away teamScoreHome teamScore
Northern Lightning1Northern Selects7

Quebec

''Pionnièeres le Lanaudière advance by winning LHFDQ Midget AAA championship played April 13–15, 2018.''

Ontario

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

Western Region

''Saskatoon Stars advance by winning regional championship played April 6–7, 2018 at the T.G. Smith Centre in Steinbach, Manitoba.''

Pacific Region

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