2017 Esso Cup

2017 Esso Cup
Tournament details

Dates	April 23–29, 2017
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Access Events Centre in Morden, MB
Final positions
Champions	St. Albert Slash
Runner-up	Harfangs du Triolet
Third place	Durham West Lightning
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Kate Gallant
MVP	Halle Oswald
← 2016

The 2017 Esso Cup was Canada's ninth national women's midget hockey championship, contested April 23–29, 2017 at Morden, Manitoba.^[1]^[2] This was the first time that the Esso Cup tournament was played in Manitoba. All games were played at the 1,200-seat Huron Window Corporation Arena, located inside Morden's Access Events Centre. The St. Albert Slash won the gold medal with a 1-0 overtime victory over the Harfangs du Triolet.^[3]

Teams

Result	Team	Region	City
01 !	St. Albert Slash	Pacific	St. Albert, AB
02 !	Harfangs du Triolet	Quebec	Sherbrooke, QC
03 !	Durham West Lightning	Ontario	Pickering, ON
4	Pembina Valley Hawks	Host	Morden, MB
5	Prince Albert Bears	Western	Prince Albert, SK
6	Mid Isle Wildcats	Atlantic	Summerside, PE

Round Robin

Rank	Team	W-L-OTW-OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Standings
1	St. Albert Slash	5-0-0-0	23	7	15
2	Harfangs du Triolet	3-2-0-0	14	9	9
3	Pembina Valley Hawks	3-2-0-0	13	6	9
4	Durham West Lightning	2-3-0-0	18	17	6
5	Prince Albert Bears	2-3-0-0	11	14	6
6	Mid Isle Wildcats	0-5-0-0	4	30	0

Game	Away Team	Score	Home Team	Score	Notes
Schedule & Results
1	Durham West	1	Triolet	4	Final
2	Mid Isle	0	St. Albert	6	Final
3	Pembina Valley	2	Prince Albert	1	Final
4	Mid Isle	1	Triolet	4	Final
5	Prince Albert	1	Durham West	5	Final
6	St. Albert	2	Pembina Valley	1	Final
7	Prince Albert	6	Mid Isle	1	Final
8	Triolet	3	St. Albert	4	Final
9	Pembina Valley	4	Durham West	1	Final
10	St. Albert	4	Prince Albert	0	Final
11	Durham West	8	Mid Isle	1	Final
12	Triolet	0	Pembina Valley	1	Final
13	Durham West	3	St. Albert	7	Final
	Triolet	2	Prince Albert	3	Final
15	Mid Isle	1	Pembina Valley	6	Final

Playoffs

Game	Away Team	Score	Home Team	Score	Notes
Results
Semi 1	Durham West	0	St. Albert	1	Final
Semi 2	Pembina Valley	1	Triolet	2	Final
Bronze	Durham West	4	Pembina Valley	1	Final
Gold	Triolet	0	St. Albert	1	OT Final

Individual Awards

Most Valuable Player: Halle Oswald (Pembina Valley)
Top Scorer: Kate Gallant (Durham West)
Top Forward: Chloe Gendreau (Tiolet)
Top Defenceman: Katelyn Heppner (Pembina Valley)
Top Goaltender: Camryn Drever (St. Albert)
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Kate Gallant (Durham West)

Road to the Esso Cup

Atlantic Region

Mid Isle Wildcats advance by winning regional tournament March 30–April 2, 2017.^[2]

Rank	Team	Qualification	W–L-T	GF	GA	Pts
Round Robin
1	Northern Selects	NSFMAAAHL	4-0-0	21	11	8
2	Mid Isle Wildcats	PEIMMHL	3-1-0	15	9	6
3	Western Warriors	HNL	1-3-0	17	22	2
4	Moncton Rockets	NBFMAAAHL	1-3-0	11	16	2
5	ProCresting Penguins	Host	1-3-0	11	17	2

Away Team	Score	Home Team	Score
Championship Game
Mid Isle	2	Northern	0

Quebec

LHFDQ Midget AAA championship was played April 14–16, 2017.^[4]

Game	Away Team	Score	Home Team	Score
Playoffs
Semifinals
Semi 1	Triolet	2	Lac St-Louis	1
Semi 2	Estrie	1	Richelieu	2
Medal Games
Final	Triolet	3	Richelieu	2

Ontario

The OWMA midget championship was played April 6–9, 2017 at Toronto, Ontario^[5]

Game	Away Team	Score	Home Team	Score
Playoffs
Semifinals
Semi 1	Chatham	0	Toronto	1
Semi 2	Durham West	2	Whitby	0
Medal Games
Final	Durham West	3	Toronto	1

Western Region

Prince Albert Bears advance by winning series played March 31–April 2, 2017 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (series location alternates by province each year).

Rank	Team	Qualification	W–L	GF	GA
Best-of-3 series
1	Prince Albert Bears	SFMAAAHL	2-0	13	10
2	Westman Wildcats*	MFMHL	0-2	10	13

Pacific Region

St. Albert Slash advance by winning series played March 31–April 2, 2017 in St. Albert, Alberta (series location alternates by province each year).

Rank	Team	Qualification	W–L	GF	GA
Best-of-3 series
1	St. Albert Slash	AMMFHL	2-0	5	2
2	Greater Vancouver Rockets	BCFMAAAHL	0-2	2	5

References

↑ "Morden to host first Esso Cup on Manitoba ice". Hockey Canada. July 20, 2015.
1 2 "ProCresting Penguins awarded 2017 Female Midget Atlantic Championship". NSFMHL.ca. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
↑ "Morden Officially Wins 2017 Esso Cup Bid". Pembina Valley Online. July 21, 2015.
↑ LHFDQ website
↑ OWHA Provincials

External links

2017 Esso Cup Home Page at HockeyCanada.com

Midget AAA Hockey in Canada

National
Championships

Telus Cup	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Esso Cup	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
See also	Esso Cup Award Winners Telus Cup Award Winners NHL Alumni

Leagues

Pacific	Men's Alberta British Columbia Women's Alberta British Columbia
West	Men's Manitoba Saskatchewan Women's Manitoba Saskatchewan
Central	Men's Alliance Eastern Greater Toronto Great North Ontario East South Central Women's Ontario Women's Hockey Association
Quebec	Men's LHMAAAQ Women's LHFDQ
Atlantic	Men's New Brunswick-Prince Edward Island Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Women's New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island

Invitational
Tournaments

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