# 2010 CIS University Cup

The 2010 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (48th Annual) was held March 25–28, 2010. It was the second year of a two-year CIS Championship bid by Lakehead University and hosted at Fort William Gardens hockey rink. The UNB Varsity Reds would not be defending their title from 2009, despite a 27–1 record, as they lost in the second round of the AUS playoffs and did not advance.
Similar to previous years, going back to the introduction of the expanded format in 1998, the six invited teams were split into two Pools of three where each team plays the other(two games total). The best team in each Pool advances to the final. All pool games must be decided by a win, there are no ties. If a pool has a three-way tie for 1st (all teams have 1–1 records) than GF/GA differential among the tied teams is the first tie-breaker.
The Saint Mary's Huskies won their first Hockey title in school history with a dramatic 3–2 overtime win versus the #1 seed Alberta Golden Bears who were looking for their 14th.

## Road to the Cup
### AUS playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| | | | | | 1 | New Brunswick | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Saint Mary’s | 2 | 4 | — | 5 | St. Francis Xavier | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Moncton | 1 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | 5 | St. Francis Xavier | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Saint Mary’s | 7 | 3 | 5 | — | — |
| | | | | | 2 | Acadia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Prince Edward Island | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | Saint Mary’s | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | — | | | | | | | |
| 5 | St. Francis Xavier | 3 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### OUA playoffs

| Division Quarterfinals February 17–21 | Division Quarterfinals February 17–21 | Division Quarterfinals February 17–21 | Division Quarterfinals February 17–21 | Division Quarterfinals February 17–21 | | | Division Semifinals February 24–28 | Division Semifinals February 24–28 | Division Semifinals February 24–28 | Division Semifinals February 24–28 | Division Semifinals February 24–28 | Division Finals March 3–6 | Division Finals March 3–6 | Division Finals March 3–6 | Division Finals March 3–6 | Division Finals March 3–6 | | Queen's Cup Final March 13 | Queen's Cup Final March 13 | Queen's Cup Final March 13 | |
| E1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 6 | 4 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E8 | Concordia | 2 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E8 | Concordia | 2 | 2 | — | | | E1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 6 | 6 | — | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | E6 | Ryerson | 3 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | | |
| E2 | McGill | 4 | 7 | — | | | E6 | Ryerson | 3 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | | |
| E7 | Nipissing | 1 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E7 | Nipissing | 1 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | E1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 2 | 4 | — | | | | | |
| East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | E1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 2 | 4 | — | | | | | |
| East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | E2 | McGill | 3 | 7 | — | | | | | |
| E3 | Toronto | 0 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | E2 | McGill | 3 | 7 | — | | | |
| E6 | Ryerson | 6 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Ryerson | 6 | 3 | — | | | E2 | McGill | 2 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | E4 | Carleton | 5 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E4 | Carleton | 3 | 4 | 3** | | | E4 | Carleton | 5 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Queen's | 4** | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Queen's | 4** | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | E2 | McGill | 3 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | W3 | Lakehead | 1 | |
| W1 | Western Ontario | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | W3 | Lakehead | 1 |
| W8 | Ontario Tech | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W8 | Ontario Tech | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | W1 | Western Ontario | 5 | 3 | — | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | W7 | Windsor | 2 | 1 | — | | | | | |
| W2 | Waterloo | 2 | 4 | 2 | | | W7 | Windsor | 2 | 1 | — | | | | | |
| W7 | Windsor | 4 | 3 | 3** | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W7 | Windsor | 4 | 3 | 3** | | | | | | | | W1 | Western Ontario | 1 | 2 | — |
| West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | W1 | Western Ontario | 1 | 2 | — |
| West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | W3 | Lakehead | 4 | 5 | — |
| W3 | Lakehead | 2 | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | W3 | Lakehead | 4 | 5 | — | | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| W6 | York | 3** | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W6 | York | 3** | 5 | 2 | | | W3 | Lakehead | 4* | 5* | — | | | | | | | E1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 5 |
| | | | | | | | W5 | Guelph | 3 | 4 | — | | | | | | | W1 | Western Ontario | 4 |
| W4 | Wilfrid Laurier | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | W5 | Guelph | 3 | 4 | — | | | | | | | W1 | Western Ontario | 4 |
| W5 | Guelph | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Canada West playoffs

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| 1 | Alberta | 5 | 3 | — | | | | | |
| 4 | Calgary | 2 | 1 | — | | | | | |
| 4 | Calgary | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | Alberta | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | Manitoba | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Saskatchewan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Manitoba | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Manitoba | 2 | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## University Cup

The six teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card team was selected from the CW Conference as the AUS was provided the wild-card in 2009 and OUA teams are ineligible as they are the host conference. To avoid having Alberta and Manitoba in the same pool (Pool A seeds 1–4–6), Manitoba must be seeded 5th, which leaves Lakehead and UQTR in 4th and 6th respectively.
| Rank | Seed | Team | Qualification | Record | Appearance | Last |
| 1 | 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | West: Canada West Champion | 27–5–1 | 34th | 2009 |
| 5 | 2 | McGill Redmen | Quebec: OUA Champion | 31–3–2 | 4th | 2009 |
| 8 | 3 | Saint Mary's Huskies | Atlantic: AUS Champion | 24–9–4 | 11th | 2009 |
| 7 | 4 | Lakehead Thunderwolves | Host: OUA Runner-up | 25–9–2 | 5th | 2009 |
| NR | 5 | Manitoba Bisons | Wild-card: Canada West Runner-up | 19–13–2 | 6th | 2005 |
| 3 | 6 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières Patriotes | Ontario: OUA Third place | 28–5–1 | 16th | 2007 |

### Pool A – Evening

| Seed | Team |
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears |
| 4 | Lakehead Thunderwolves |
| 6 | UQTR Patriotes |
| Day | Game | Home | Visitor | Score |
| Thursday | 2 | #6 UQTR Patriotes | #1 Alberta Golden Bears | 2–4 |
| Friday | 4 | #4 Lakehead Thunderwolves | #6 UQTR Patriotes | 7–2 |
| Saturday | 6 | #1 Alberta Golden Bears | #4 Lakehead Thunderwolves | 5–3 |
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 |
| Lakehead Thunderwolves | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 2 |
| UQTR Patriotes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | –7 | 0 |

### Pool B – Afternoon

| Seed | Team |
| 2 | McGill Redmen |
| 3 | Saint Mary's Huskies |
| 5 | Manitoba Bisons |
| Day | Game | Home | Visitor | Score |
| Thursday | 1 | #5 Manitoba Bisons | #2 McGill Redmen | 4–5 OT |
| Friday | 3 | #2 McGill Redmen | #3 Saint Mary's Huskies | 2–4 |
| Saturday | 5 | #3 Saint Mary's Huskies | #5 Manitoba Bisons | 5–0 |
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| Saint Mary's Huskies | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 4 |
| Manitoba Bisons | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | –4 | 2 |
| McGill Redmen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | –3 | 0 |

## Tournament All-Stars

Andrew Hotham, a defenseman from the Saint Mary's Huskies, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP. He was tied in tournament scoring with 5 points (two goals and three assists) with teammate Cody Thornton. Andrew was Saint Mary's MVP in their second game versus Manitoba and had the team's second goal in the championship final.
Joining Hotham on the tournament all-star team were:
* Goaltender: Neil Conway, Saint Mary's
* Defenceman: Ian Barteaux, Alberta
* Forward: Cody Thornton, Saint Mary's
* Forward: Cam Fergus, Saint Mary's
* Forward: Chad Klassen, Alberta