2023 Esso Cup

The 2023 Esso Cup is the women's Midget AAA national championship of Canada. This is the 15th edition of the tournament. The tournament will be held April 23-29, 2023 at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
==Awarding of Tournament==
The event is hosted by the Prince Albert Bears. The original winning bid was announced on September 28, 2018 for the 2020 tournament. As part of a May 22, 2020 announcement Prince Albert was announced as the 2021 tournament host. The 2022 host was announced on May 18, 2021.
==Change of Dates and event site for 2022 and awarding of 2023 event.==
On March 22nd Hockey Canada announced the relocation of tournament to a central location in Alberta. The tournament was held May 16-22, 2022. The Prince Albert Bears still qualified as the host team. Hockey Canada also announced they will work with the intended host to have the event hopefully in the not to distant future. The dates of the tournament was also done to give each region sufficient time to complete a tradition regional playdown schedule.https://www.themhl.ca/all-9-cjhl-member-league-champions-to-compete-in-2022-centennial-cup The event was held primarily at the Pason Centennial Arena in Okotoks, Alberta with the Scott Seaman Sports Rink in Foothills County, Alberta being used as a secondary venue due to the 2022 Telus Cup being held in the same venues at the same time. Prince Albert would be named the host for the 2023 tournament after the relocation of the 2022 tournament.
==Qualifying==
Qualifying includes 98 teams from all ten provinces.
===Host===
*Prince Albert Bears
===Atlantic Region===
Qualifier: Northern Selects
====Participating Leagues====
*Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador
*Maritime Major Female Hockey League (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island)
===Eastern Region (Quebec)===
Qualifier: Étoiles Laurentides-Lanaudière
*Hockey Québec
===Central Region (Ontario) ===
Qualifer: Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres
*Ontario Women's Hockey Association
===Western Region===
Qualifier: Regina Rebels
====Participating Leagues====
*Manitoba Female Midget Hockey League
*Saskatchewan Female U18 AAA Hockey League
===Pacific Region===
Qualifier: Fraser Valley Rush
====Participating Leagues====
*Alberta Female Hockey League U18 AAA
*BC Elite Hockey League-Female U18 AAA
==Schedule/Results==
April 23rd
*Regina Rebels 3-1 Étoiles Laurentides-Lanaudière
*Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres 5-2 Fraser Valley Rush
*Northern Selects 4-3 Prince Albert Bears
April 24th
*Regina Rebels 1-4 Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres
*Étoiles Laurentides-Lanaudière 1-2 Northern Selects
*Fraser Valley Rush 10-1 Prince Albert Bears
April 25th
*Northern Selects 1-4 Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres
*Fraser Valley Rush 6-5 Regina Rebels
*Étoiles Laurentides-Lanaudière 2-1 Prince Albert Bears
April 26th
*Fraser Valley Rush 4-3 Northern Selects
*Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres 2-1 Étoiles Laurentides-Lanaudière
*Prince Albert Bears 2-5 Regina Rebels
April 27th
*Fraser Valley Rush 1-3 Étoiles Laurentides-Lanaudière
*Northern Selects 1-3 Regina Rebels
*Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres 6-1 Prince Albert Bears
==Standings==
 	
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Standings	Standings 	Standings	Standings	Standings	Standings
Rank 	Team 	W-OW-OL-L	GF 	GA 	Pts
1 	Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres 	5-0-0-0 	21 	6 	12
2 	Fraser Valley Rush 	3-0-0-2 	23 	17 	9
3 	Regina Rebels 	3-0-0-2 	20 	15 	9
4 	Northern Selects 	2-0-0-3 	12 	18 	6
5 	Étoiles Laurentides-Lanaudière	2-0-0-3 	8 	9 	6
6 	Prince Albert Bears 	0-0-0-5 	8 	27 	0
==Semifinals==
April 28th
*Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres 3-0 Northern Selects
*Fraser Valley Rush 1-0 Regina Rebels
==Bronze Medal Game==
April 29
*Regina Rebels 5-1 Northern Selects
==Championship Game==
April 29th
*Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres 5-4 Fraser Valley Rush
==Links==
*Tournament website
==References==
Category:2023 in hockey
Category:Esso Cup