# 2022 U Sports University Cup

The 2022 U Sports Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (60th Annual) was held March 31 – April 3, 2022, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, to determine a national champion for the 2021–22 U Sports men's ice hockey season. The OUA Champion UQTR Patriotes defeated the Canada West Champion, and top-seeded, Alberta Golden Bears by a score of 5–4 in double overtime.

## Host

The tournament was played at Andrew H. McCain Arena on the campus of Acadia University. It was the first full tournament hosted by Acadia following the partially-played, cancelled championship in 2020. This is scheduled to be the first U Sports men's ice hockey championship played since 2019 following two years of cancelled tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the Scotiabank Centre, but was moved to the Acadia University campus due to scheduling conflicts following a postponement of this tournament by two weeks.

## Participating teams

| Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion | 16–3–1 | 2018 | 16 |
| 2 | UNB Reds | AUS Champion | 21–3–0 | 2019 | 8 |
| 3 | UQTR Patriotes | OUA Champion | 10–3–2 | 2003 | 4 |
| 4 | Brock Badgers | OUA Finalist | 7–5–2 | None | 0 |
| 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | AUS Finalist | 17–5–1 | 2004 | 1 |
| 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | Canada West Finalist | 14–15–1 | None | 0 |
| 7 | Ryerson Rams | OUA Bronze | 11–4–0 | None | 0 |
| 8 | Acadia Axemen | Lost play-in game (Host) | 7–14–1 | 1996 | 2 |

## Championship bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals: April 2 | Semi-Finals: April 2 | Semi-Finals: April 2 | Gold Medal Game: April 3 | Gold Medal Game: April 3 | Gold Medal Game: April 3 |
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 7 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Acadia Axemen | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Acadia Axemen | 0 | 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 7 | | | |
| Thursday Mar. 31st | Thursday Mar. 31st | Thursday Mar. 31st | 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 7 | | | |
| Thursday Mar. 31st | Thursday Mar. 31st | Thursday Mar. 31st | 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Brock Badgers | 0 | 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 3 | | | |
| 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 3 | | | | 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 4 |
| | | | | | | 3 | UQTR Patriotes | 5 (2OT) |
| 2 | UNB Reds | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | UQTR Patriotes | 5 (2OT) |
| 7 | Ryerson Rams | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Ryerson Rams | 2 | 3 | UQTR Patriotes | 7 | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| Friday Apr. 1st | Friday Apr. 1st | Friday Apr. 1st | 3 | UQTR Patriotes | 7 |
| Friday Apr. 1st | Friday Apr. 1st | Friday Apr. 1st | 7 | Ryerson Rams | 2 |
| 3 | UQTR Patriotes | 2 (2OT) | 7 | Ryerson Rams | 2 | 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 3 (OT) |
| 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | 1 | | | | 7 | Ryerson Rams | 2 |

## Tournament All-Stars

Alexis Gravel, a goaltender from the UQTR Patriotes, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for U Sports University Cup MVP. Gravel played all three games for UQTR (two of which went into overtime) and finished the tournament with a GAA of 1.86 and Save Percentage of .950 as well as Player of the Game honours in UQTR's first game vs UBC.
Joining Gravel on the tournament all-star team were: Defenceman: Clayton Kirichenko (Alberta Golden Bears) Defenceman: Santino Centorame, (StFX) Forward: Simon Lafrance (UQTR Patriotes) Forward: Eric Florchuk (Alberta Golden Bears) Forward: Félix Lauzon (UQTR Patriotes)