2018 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship

Canadian university ice hockey championship

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The 2018 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship was held from March 15–18, 2018, in London, Ontario to determine a national champion for the 2017–18 U Sports women's ice hockey season. The entire tournament was played at Thompson Arena on the campus of the University of Western Ontario. The Manitoba Bisons defeated the Western Mustangs 2–0 in the gold medal game to win the first championship in program history.

Participating teams

Seed	Team	Qualified	Record
1	Manitoba Bisons	Canada West Champion
2	Saint Mary's Huskies	AUS Champion
3	Western Mustangs (Host)	OUA Champion
4	Concordia Stingers	RSEQ Champion
5	St. Francis Xavier X-Women	AUS Finalist	19-2-0
6	Montreal Carabins	RSEQ Finalist
7	Saskatchewan Huskies	Canada West Finalist
8	Queen's Golden Gaels	OUA Finalist

Championship bracket

First Round: March 15/16			Semi-Finals: March 17			Gold Medal Game: March 18

1	Manitoba	4

8	Queens	0
			1	Manitoba	2

			4	Concordia	1
4	Concordia	8

5	St. FX	1
						1	Manitoba	2

						3	Western	0
7	Saskatchewan	3

2	St. Mary's	2
			3	Western	2	Bronze Medal Game: March 18

			7	Saskatchewan	1
3	Western	4				4	Concordia	4

6	Montreal	0				7	Saskatchewan	2

Consolation bracket

Semi-Finals: March 17			Fifth Place Game: March 18

6	Montreal	2

2	Saint Mary's	1
			6	Montreal	7

			5	StFX	1
5	St. FX	4

8	Queen's	3 (OT)

Awards and honours

Tournament MVP: Lauryn Keen (Manitoba)

Players of the game

Game	Player	School
March 15, 2018: Western vs. Montreal	Carmen Lasis Jessica Cormier	Western Montreal ^[1]
March 17, 2018: Western vs. Saskatchewan	April Clark Kaitlin Willoughby	Western Saskatchewan ^[2]
March 18, 2018: Montreal vs. St. FX	Lydia Schurman Kim Poirier	St. FX Montreal^[3]
March 18, 2018: Manitoba vs Western	Venla Hovi Shailyn Waites	Manitoba Western^[4]

All-Tournament Team

Player	Position	School
Alanna Sharman	Forward	Manitoba
Lauryn Keen	Forward	Manitoba
Kaitlin Willoughby	Forward	Saskatchewan
Caitlin Fyten	Defence	Manitoba
Marie Joelle Allard	Defence	Concordia
Carmen Lasis	Goaltender	Western

References

^ Mira Williamson (March 15, 2019). "Mustangs shut out Carabins to move on to semifinals". westernmustangs.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
^ Mira Williamson (March 17, 2019). "Mustangs to play for gold after 2-1 win over Saskatchewan". westernmustangs.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
^ "X-Women fall to Carabins in U SPORTS consolation final". goxgo.ca. March 18, 2018. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
^ "Mustangs claim silver at U SPORTS Women's Hockey Championship". westernmustangs.ca. March 18, 2018. Retrieved 2021-05-14.