2014 Esso Cup Explained

Tourney Name:	Esso Cup
Year:	2014
Size:	250px
Dates:	April 20–26, 2014
Num Teams:	6
Venues:	Gateway Ice Centre in Hamilton, ON
Type:	other
Winners:	Weyburn Gold Wings
Second:	Edmonton Thunder
Third:	Sudbury Lady Wolves
Scoring Leader:	Karli Shell
Mvp:	Alexandra Poznikoff
Prevseason:	2013
Nextseason:	2015

The 2014 Esso Cup was Canada's sixth annual national women's midget hockey championship, which was held April 20–26, 2014 at Hamilton, Ontario. The Weyburn Gold Wings of Saskatchewan defeated the Edmonton Thunder of Alberta to win the gold medal. With the second-place finish, the Thunder continued their streak by taking home a medal for the fifth consecutive year.^{[1] [2]}

Teams

width=20	Result	Team	width=80	Region	City
	Weyburn Gold Wings	Western	Weyburn, SK
	Edmonton Thunder	Pacific-AB	Edmonton, AB
	Sudbury Lady Wolves	Ontario	Sudbury, ON
4	Stoney Creek Sabres	Host	Stoney Creek, ON
5	Fraser Valley Phantom	Pacific-BC	Langley, BC
6	Moncton Rockets	Atlantic	Moncton, NB

Note: The Pacific region was awarded a second spot in this year's Esso Cup as Quebec did not participate.

Round robin

Scores

Sunday, April 20

• Weyburn 2 - Sudbury 1
• Edmonton 1 - Fraser Valley 0
• Stoney Creek 8 - Moncton 1

Monday, April 21

• Weyburn 4 - Edmonton 2
• Sudbury 5 - Moncton 1
• Stoney Creek 3 - Fraser Valley 0

Tuesday, April 22

• Moncton 5 - Edmonton 4
• Weyburn 3 - Fraser Valley 2
• Stoney Creek 2 - Sudbury 1

Wednesday, April 23

• Fraser Valley 7 - Moncton 2
• Sudbury 3 - Edmonton 2
• Stoney Creek 3 - Weyburn 2

Thursday, April 24

• Sudbury 6 - Fraser Valley 3
• Weyburn 3 - Moncton 2
• Edmonton 4 - Stoney Creek 3

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Alex Poznikoff (Edmonton)
• Top Scorer: Karli Shell (Sudbury)
• Top Forward: Karli Shell (Sudbury)
• Top Defenceman: Jessica Healey (Edmonton)
• Top Goaltender: Jane Kish (Weyburn)
• Most Sportsmanlike Player: Claire Merrick (Stoney Creek)

Road to the Esso Cup

Atlantic Region

Tournament held April 3 – 6 at Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador.^[3]

Bronze Medal Game

Kings County 3 - NL Central 1 (OT)

Gold Medal Game

Moncton 2 - East Hants 1

Moncton advanced to Esso Cup

Quebec

Quebec elected to withdraw from this year's competition. Hockey Canada awarded this berth to the Pacific Region.^[4]

Ontario

Ontario Women's Hockey Association Championship played April 10 – 13, 2014 at Toronto, Ontario^[5]

Sudbury advanced to Esso Cup

Western Region

Best-of-3 played April 4–6 at Weyburn, Saskatchewan.^[6]

Weyburn advanced to Esso Cup

Pacific Region

Rank	Qualification	Team
1		Edmonton Thunder
2		Fraser Valley Phantom

The Pacific region was awarded two spots in this year's Esso Cup as the Quebec region did not field a team.

Edmonton and Fraser Valley advanced to Esso Cup

See also

• Esso Cup

External links

• 2014 Esso Cup Home Page at HockeyCanada.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Community begins countdown to 2014 Esso Cup. https://web.archive.org/web/20140301235847/http://www.hamiltonnews.com/community/community-begins-countdown-to-2014-esso-cup/. dead. 2014-03-01. Hamilton Community News. 2013-10-16. 2014-03-01.
2. Web site: Hamilton and Stoney Creek, Ont, to host 2014 Esso Cup. 2013-10-10. 2014-03-01. Hockey Canada.
3. Web site: Female Midget Atlantics. Hockeyscene.com schedule. 2014-04-06.
4. News: Quebec withdraws from Esso Cup. Prince Albert Herald. March 20, 2015. April 16, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150411005806/http://www.paherald.sk.ca/Sports/Hockey/2015-03-20/article-4084396/Quebec-withdraws-from-Esso-Cup/1. April 11, 2015. dead. mdy-all.
5. Web site: OWHA Website . 2014-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130703025035/http://www.owha.on.ca/mainowha.asp . 2013-07-03 . dead .
6. News: Hawks completed comeback. MFMHL. 2014-03-30. 2014-03-31.