2024 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship

2024 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship
Season	2023–24
Teams	Eight
Finals site	Merlis Belsher Place; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Champions	Concordia Stingers (4th title)
Runner-up	Toronto Varsity Blues
Winning coach	Julie Chu (2nd title)
Tournament MVP	Jessymaude Drapeau (Concordia)
Television	CBC Sports
	← 2023; U Sports women's ice hockey championship; 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

Seed	Team	Qualified	Record	Last	Total
1	Concordia Stingers	RSEQ Champion	25–0	2022	3
2	UBC Thunderbirds	CW Champion	24–2	None	0
3	UNB Reds	AUS Champion	21–7	None	0
4	Waterloo Warriors	OUA Champion	18–10	None	0
5	St. Francis Xavier X-Women	AUS Finalist	21–7	None	0
6	Toronto Varsity Blues	OUA Finalist	19–9	2001	1
7	Montréal Carabins	RSEQ Finalist	13–12	2016	2
8	Saskatchewan Huskies	CW Quarterfinalist (Host)	19–9	None	0

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Championship bracket

First Round: March 14-15			Semi-Finals: March 16			Gold Medal Game: March 17

1	Concordia Stingers	4

8	Saskatchewan Huskies	0
			1	Concordia Stingers	3

			4	Waterloo Warriors	1
4	Waterloo Warriors	6

5	St. FX X-Women	1
						1	Concordia Stingers	3

						6	Toronto Varsity Blues	1
2	UBC Thunderbirds	2

7	Montréal Carabins	4
			7	Montréal Carabins	1	Bronze Medal Game: March 17

			6	Toronto Varsity Blues	2 (SO)
3	UNB Reds	1				4	Waterloo Warriors	1

6	Toronto Varsity Blues	2				7	Montréal Carabins	2 (SO)

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Results

First Round

March 14, 2024
7:00 PM

(1) Concordia

4 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

(8) Saskatchewan

Merlis Belsher Place – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 2,364

Game reference

Jordyn Verbeek

Goalies

Camryn Drever

Referees:
Hayley Butz
Jennifer Berezowski
Linesmen:
Erin Zach
Sophie Thomson

(Drapeau, Boyer) Emmy Fecteau (1) – 06:01	1–0
(Lavoie, Yelle) Rosalie Bégin-Cyr (1) – 23:12	2–0
(Thibault, Lavoie) Émilie Lussier (1) – 52:33	3–0
Émilie Lussier (2) – EN – 59:19	4–0

6 min

Penalties

4 min

41

Shots

26

March 14, 2024
7:00 PM

(4) Waterloo

6 – 1
(1–0, 0–0, 5–0)

(5) St. Francis Xavier

Merlis Belsher Place – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 654

Game reference

Mikayla Schnarr

Goalies

Amaya Giraudier

Referees:
Marie-Ève Couture
Shauna Neary
Linesmen:
Alexandra Clarke
Maxime Ferland

(Pritchard) Tatum James (1) – 00:27	1–0
(Mitchell) Sarah Bestic (1) – 47:36	2–0
(Lenardon, Herrfort) Tatum James (2) – 51:33	3–0
56:20 – SH – EN – Tatum James (3)	4–0
	4–1	57:29 – PP – Ireland McCloskey (1) (Burbidge, Martinsen)
57:45 – Carly Orth (1)	5–1
58:27 – PP – Madison Pritchard (1) (Fennell, James)	6–1

8 min

Penalties

8 min

28

Shots

21

March 15, 2024
1:07 PM

(2) British Columbia

2 – 4
(1–1, 0–0, 1–3)

(7) Montreal

Merlis Belsher Place – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 2,150

Game reference

Elise Hugens

Goalies

Aube Racine

Referees:
Brandy Beecroft
Amy Martin
Linesmen:
Melissa Brunn
Laura Gutauskas

	0–1	06:58 – Mylene Lefebvre (1) (Picard, Rolland)
(Kordic, McCallum) Cassidy Rhodes (1) – 13:45	1–1
	1–2	41:08 – Joannie Garand (1) (Picard)
(Bassi, MacKinnon) Sophia Gaskell (1) – PP – 42:38	2–2
	2–3	53:50 – Jade Picard (1) (Garand, Lefebvre)
	2–4	57:59 – EN – Laurie-Anne Ethier (1)

18 min

Penalties

6 min

25

Shots

22

March 14, 2024
7:07 PM

(3) New Brunswick

1 – 2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

(6) Toronto

Merlis Belsher Place – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 771

Game reference

Kendra Woodland

Goalies

Erica Fryer

Referees:
Audrey-Anne Girard
Cianna Lieffers
Linesmen:
Stephanie Gagnon
Amy Laroche

	0–1	12:32 – Ashley Delahey (1) (Grawbarger, T. Delahey)
(Reiner, Jackson) Mackenzie Keenan (1) – 13:21	1–1
	1–2	Sophie Grawbarger (1) (Eagles)

0 min

Penalties

6 min

17

Shots

22

Semifinals

March 16, 2024
4:07 PM

(1) Concordia

3 – 1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1)

(4) Waterloo

Merlis Belsher Place – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 647

Game reference

Jordyn Verbeek

Goalies

Mikayla Schnarr

Referees:
Cianna Lieffers
Brandy Breecroft
Linesmen:
Laura Gutauskas
Sophia Thomson

(Lavoie, Gendreau) Zoe Thibault (1) – 06:01	1–0
(Parent) Courtney Rice (1) – 18:12	2–0
	2–1	40:29 – PP – Tatum James (4) (Lenardon, Herrfort)
Jessymaude Drapeau (1) – SH – 58:40	3–1

8 min

Penalties

8 min

40

Shots

20

March 16, 2024
7:07 PM

(6) Toronto

2 – 1 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

(7) Montreal

Merlis Belsher Place – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 817

Game reference

Mikayla Schnarr

Goalies

Amaya Giraudier

Referees:
Shauna Neary
Jennifer Berezowski
Linesmen:
Alexandra Clark
Erin Zach

(A. Delahey) Kalie Chan (1) – 09:55	1–0
	1–1	45:01 – Juliette Rolland (1) (Boulanger, Picard)

Grawbarger

Shootout

Nadeau

Picard

Poire-Lehoux

6 min

Penalties

6 min

24

Shots

26

Gold Medal Game

March 17, 2024
6:07 PM

(1) Concordia

3 – 1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1)

(6) Toronto

Merlis Belsher Place – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 1,196

Game reference

Jordyn Verbeek

Goalies

Erica Fryer

Referees:
Cianna Lieffers
Shauna Neary
Linesmen:
Alexandra Clarke
Laura Gutauskas

Émilie Lussier (3) – 01:09	1–0
(Philbert, Bégin-Cyr) Jessymaude Drapeau (2) – 08:19	2–0
(Thibault, Fecteau) Rosalie Bégin-Cyr (2) – PP – 58:40	3–0
	3–1	59:13 – Emma Potter (1) (Trussler, McKeown)

8 min

Penalties

4 min

25

Shots

20

Game MVPs: Rosalie Bégin-Cyr (CU) and Emma Potter (TOR)

Bronze Medal Game

March 17, 2024
2:07 PM

(1) Waterloo

1 – 2 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

(7) Montreal

Merlis Belsher Place – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 580

Game reference

Mikayla Schnarr

Goalies

Aube Racine

Referees:
Brandy Beecroft
Jennifer Berezowski
Linesmen:
Erin Zach
Laura Gutauskas

(Pritchard, Fennell) Brooklyn Cole (1) – 10:41	1–0
	1–1	59:35 – Juliette Rolland (1) (Picard, Laloche)

Cole

Herrfort

Cho

Shootout

Picard

Nadeau

Poiré-Lehoux

6 min

Penalties

2 min

24

Shots

32

Game MVPs: Mikayla Schnarr (UW) and Aube Racine (MTL)

Consolation bracket

Semi-Finals: March 16			Fifth Place Game: March 17

8	Saskatchewan Huskies	3

5	St. FX X-Women	1
			8	Saskatchewan Huskies	1

			2	UBC Thunderbirds	4
2	UBC Thunderbirds	4

3	UNB Reds	0

Consolation Semifinals

March 16, 2024
10:07 AM

(5) St. Francis Xavier

1 – 3
(0–0, 1–3, 0–0)

(8) Saskatchewan

Merlis Belsher Place – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 917

Game reference

Amaya Giraudier

Goalies

Camryn Drever

Referees:
Amy Martin
Hayley Butz
Linesmen:
Amy Laroche
Melissa Brunn

	0–1	21:23 – PP – Kelsey Hall (1) (Dyer, Stevely)
	0–2	23:22 – Sophie Lalor (1) (Ball, Kendall)
	0–3	26:06 – PP – Brooklyn Stevely (1) (Wilkinson, Kondrat)
Ashlyn Garnett (1) – 39:15	1–3

8 min

Penalties

8 min

38

Shots

21

March 16, 2024
1:07 PM

(2) British Columbia

4 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

(3) New Brunswick

Merlis Belsher Place – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 607

Game reference

Elise Hugens

Goalies

Kendra Woodland

Referees:
Marie-Ève Couture
Audrey-Anne Girard
Linesmen:
Stephanie Gagnon
Ali Beres

(Elliott) Joelle Fiala (1) – 13:06	1–0
(Gaskell) Chanreet Bassi (1) – PP – 22:14	2–0
(Gaskell, Morris) Chanreet Bassi (2) – 31:30	3–0
Sierra Laplante (1) – 42:49	4–0

6 min

Penalties

10 min

44

Shots

17

Consolation Finals

March 17, 2024
10:00 AM

(2) British Columbia

4 – 1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

(8) Saskatchewan

Merlis Belsher Place – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 924

Game reference

Elise Hugens

Goalies

Camryn Drever

Referees:
Amy Martin
Marie-Ève Couture
Linesmen:
Sophie Thomson
Amy Laroche

(Wiebe, Kordic) Ashton Thorpe (1) – 06:19	1–0
	1–1	10:29 – Kennedy Brown (1) (Lausberg)
(Rhodes) Makenzie McCallum (1) – PP – 12:25	2–1
(Gaskell, Wong) Grace Elliot (1) – 38:22	3–1
(Fleming, Elliot) Cassidy Rhodes (1) – EN – 58:26	4–1

10 min

Penalties

10 min

27

Shots

18

Game MVPs: Joelle Fiala (UBC) and Kennedy Brown (SK)

References

↑ "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
↑ "U Sports Calendar". usports.ca. U Sports. September 13, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
1 2 3 "U Sports awards 2024 & 2025 women's hockey championships to Saskatchewan and Waterloo". U Sports. January 12, 2023.
↑ "USask Huskies to host 2024 U Sports Women's Hockey Championship". University of Saskatchewan. January 12, 2023.
↑ "Women's hockey crowned RSEQ champions for third year in a row". Concordia Stingers. March 6, 2024.
↑ "Women's hockey cap off historic season with National Title". Concordia Stingers. March 18, 2024.
1 2 "History". U Sports. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
↑ "U Sports Playing Regulations: Women's Ice Hockey" (PDF). U Sports. August 2023.
↑ "Stingers named top seed for 2024 women's hockey championship". U Sports. March 2024.
↑ "Schedule/Results". U Sports. Retrieved March 18, 2024.

External links

Tournament Web Site

[1] "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.

[U_Sports_Calendar-2] "U Sports Calendar". usports.ca. U Sports. September 13, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2023.

[hosts2425-3] 1 2 3 "U Sports awards 2024 & 2025 women's hockey championships to Saskatchewan and Waterloo". U Sports. January 12, 2023.

[4] "USask Huskies to host 2024 U Sports Women's Hockey Championship". University of Saskatchewan. January 12, 2023.

[5] "Women's hockey crowned RSEQ champions for third year in a row". Concordia Stingers. March 6, 2024.

[6] "Women's hockey cap off historic season with National Title". Concordia Stingers. March 18, 2024.

[history-7] 1 2 "History". U Sports. Retrieved February 4, 2023.

[8] "U Sports Playing Regulations: Women's Ice Hockey" (PDF). U Sports. August 2023.

[9] "Stingers named top seed for 2024 women's hockey championship". U Sports. March 2024.

[schedule-10] "Schedule/Results". U Sports. Retrieved March 18, 2024.

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