The 2013 Esso Cup was Canada's fifth annual national women's midget hockey championship, played April 21–27, 2013 at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre in Burnaby, British Columbia. The LHFDQ North squad captured Quebec's first national title with a victory over Ontario's North Bay Ice Boltz in the gold medal game. The Edmonton Thunder captured a medal for the fourth consecutive year by winning the bronze.[1]

2013 Esso Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Bill Copeland Sports Centre in Burnaby, BC
DatesApril 21–27, 2013
Teams6
Final positions
Champions LHFDQ North
Runner-up North Bay Ice Boltz
Third place Edmonton Thunder
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Valérie Audet
MVPMikaeli Cavell
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Teams

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Result Team Region City
  LHFDQ North Quebec Montreal, QC
  North Bay Ice Boltz Ontario North Bay, ON
  Edmonton Thunder Pacific Edmonton, AB
4 Regina Rebels Western Regina, SK
5 Fraser Valley Phantom Host Langley, BC
6 Metro Boston Pizza Atlantic Halifax Regional Municipality, NS

Round robin

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Edmonton Thunder 5 3 2 0 0 21 13 +8 13
2 Regina Rebels 5 3 0 2 0 17 11 +6 11
3 LHFDQ North 5 3 0 0 2 20 11 +9 9
4 North Bay Ice Boltz 5 2 1 1 1 11 9 +2 9
5 Fraser Valley Phantom 5 1 0 0 4 7 16 −9 3
6 Metro Boston Pizza 5 0 0 0 5 4 20 −16 0
Source: [citation needed]

Scores

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  • North Bay 3 - Metro 0
  • Regina 5 - LHFDQ North 2
  • Edmonton 4 - Fraser Valley 2
  • North Bay 2 - Regina 1 (SO)
  • Edmonton 4 - Metro 1
  • LHFDQ North 5 - Fraser Valley 1
  • LHFDQ North 8 - Metro 1
  • Edmonton 5 - North Bay 4 (SO)
  • Regina 5 - Fraser Valley 1
  • LHFDQ North 3 - North Bay 1
  • Edmonton 5 - Regina 4 (OT)
  • Fraser Valley 3 - Metro 1
  • LHFDQ North 3 - Edmonton 2
  • Regina 2 - Metro 1
  • North Bay 1 - Fraser Valley 0

Playoffs

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Semifinals Gold Medal Game
      
4 North Bay 5
1 Edmonton 1
4 North Bay 2
3 LHFDQ North 5
3 LHFDQ North 6
2 Regina 3 Bronze Medal Game
2 Regina 0
1 Edmonton 1

Individual awards

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  • Most Valuable Player: Mikaeli Cavell (Edmonton)
  • Top Scorer: Valérie Audet (LHFDQ North)
  • Top Forward: Jade Downie-Landry (LHFDQ North)
  • Top Defenceman: Corie Jacobson (North Bay)
  • Top Goaltender: Sabrina Picard (North Bay)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Jodie Gentile (Fraser Valley)

Road to the Esso Cup

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Atlantic Region

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Tournament held April 4 – 7 at the Pictou Wellness Center in Pictou, Nova Scotia.[2]

Round Robin
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Metro 4 3 0 1 22 3 +19 7
2 Moncton Rockets 4 3 1 0 15 4 +11 6
3 Capital District Cyclones 4 2 1 1 18 8 +10 5
4 Northern Storm (Host) 4 1 3 0 6 16 −10 2
5 Central Ice Pak 4 0 4 0 3 33 −30 0
Source: [citation needed]
Final
Moncton 1
Metro 2

Metro advances to Esso Cup

Quebec

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Dodge Cup played April 4 – 5, 2013 at Boucherville, Québec.

Semifinals Final
      
1 West 3
4 South 2
East 1
North 2
3 East 1
2 North 2

LHFDQ North advances to Esso Cup.

Ontario

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Ontario Women's Hockey Association Championship played April 4 – 7, 2013 at Ottawa, Ontario.[3]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
      
Whitby 1
Saugeen-Maitland 2
Saugeen-Maitland 1
Thunder Bay 2
Thunder Bay 3
Sault Ste. Marie 1
Thunder Bay 2
North Bay 3
Toronto 0
Nepean 3
Nepean 0
North Bay 1
North Bay 4
Bluewater 1

North Bay advances to Esso Cup.

Western Region

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Best-of-3 series played April 5 – 7, 2013 in Morden, Manitoba[4]

Best-of-3 series
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD
1 Regina Rebels 2 2 0 5 3 +2
2 Pembina Valley Hawks 2 0 2 3 5 −2
Source: [citation needed]

Regina advances to Esso Cup.

Pacific Region

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Fraser Valley Phantom vs Edmonton Thunder.

Edmonton automatically qualifies for Esso Cup as Fraser Valley is host team.

Pacific champion determined by 2013 Esso Cup round robin match on April 21, 2013.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BURNABY, B.C., TO HOST 2013 ESSO CUP". Hockey Canada. 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  2. ^ "2013 Female Midget Atlantics". Hockeyscene.com. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
  3. ^ "OWHA Website". Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  4. ^ "REBELS WIN FEDORUK CUP". SFMAAAHL. 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  5. ^ "Edmonton downs Fraser Valley 4-2 in opener for Pacific Region title". Hockey Canada. 22 April 2013.
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