2024 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship Explained

Custom Title:2024 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship
Year:2023–24
Sport:Women's ice hockey
Season:2023–24
Teams:Eight
Finals Site:Merlis Belsher Place
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Champions:Concordia Stingers
Title Count:4th
Runner Up:Toronto Varsity Blues
Coach:Julie Chu
Coach Count:2nd
Mvp Label:Tournament MVP
Mvp:Jessymaude Drapeau
Mvp Team:Concordia
Television:CBC Sports[1]
Prev:2023
Tournament Link:U Sports women's ice hockey championship
Next:2025

The 2024 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship was held March 14–17, 2024, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to determine a national champion for the 2023–24 U Sports women's ice hockey season.[2] [3] [4] After finishing the regular season with a perfect 25–0 record, the RSEQ Champion Concordia Stingers defeated the Toronto Varsity Blues by a score of 3–1 to win the fourth gold medal in program history.[5] [6]

Host

The tournament was hosted by the Saskatchewan Huskies and played at Merlis Belsher Place on the campus of the University of Saskatchewan.[3] This was the first time that the University of Saskatchewan had hosted the tournament.[3] [7]

Scheduled teams

align=left Seedalign=left Teamalign=left Qualifiedalign=left align=left align=left
1 RSEQ Champion 2022 3
2 CW Champion None 0
3 AUS Champion None 0
4 OUA Champion None 0
5 AUS Finalist None 0
6 OUA Finalist 2001 1
7 RSEQ Finalist 2016 2
8 CW Quarterfinalist (Host)None 0
[7] [8] [9]

Championship bracket

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years . . September 20, 2021.
  2. Web site: U Sports Calendar . usports.ca . . September 13, 2022 . February 4, 2023.
  3. Web site: U Sports awards 2024 & 2025 women's hockey championships to Saskatchewan and Waterloo . . January 12, 2023.
  4. Web site: USask Huskies to host 2024 U Sports Women's Hockey Championship . . January 12, 2023.
  5. Web site: Women's hockey crowned RSEQ champions for third year in a row . . March 6, 2024.
  6. Web site: Women's hockey cap off historic season with National Title . . March 18, 2024.
  7. Web site: History . . February 4, 2023.
  8. Web site: U Sports Playing Regulations: Women's Ice Hockey . . August 2023.
  9. Web site: Stingers named top seed for 2024 women’s hockey championship . . March 2024.
  10. Web site: Schedule/Results . . March 18, 2024.