2009 Esso Cup

The 2009 Esso Cup was Canada's inaugural national women's midget hockey championship, played April 19–25, 2009 at the Max Bell Centre in Calgary, Alberta. The Westman Wildcats from Manitoba defeated the Scarborough Sharks from Ontario to win the first gold medal. The host Calgary Flyers defeated their provincial rival, the Edmonton Thunder, to take the bronze. Calgary's Brittany Styner was named the tournament's most valuable player.
==Teams==
Result	Team 	Region 	City
 	Westman Wildcats 	Western 	Souris, MB
 	Scarborough Sharks	Ontario 	Toronto (Scarborough), ON
 	Calgary Flyers 	Host 	Calgary, AB
4 	Edmonton Thunder 	Pacific 	Edmonton, AB
5 	Northern Stars 	Atlantic	Bathurst, NB
:Note: Quebec did not participate in the first Esso Cup
==Round robin==
===Standings===
Rank	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	Calgary Flyers 	4	0	0	0	19	9 	12
2 	Westman Wildcats 	3	1	0	1	20	15	11
3 	Edmonton Thunder 	2	1	0	2	12	10	8
4 	Scarborough Sharks	1	1	1	2	11	15	6
5 	Northern Stars 	1	0	2	2	13	17	5
===Scores===
* Westman 3 - Edmonton 1
* Calgary 6 - Scarborough 0
* Edmonton 5 - Scarborough 1
* Calgary 6 - Northern 1
* Westman 6 - Northern 0
* Calgary 4 - Edmonton 2
* Scarborough 4 - Northern 2
* Calgary 6 - Westman 3
* Edmonton 5 - Northern 0
* Scarborough 3 - Westman 1
==Playoffs==
===Semi-Finals===
* Westman 3 - Edmonton 2
* Scarborough 4 - Calgary 2
===Bronze medal game===
* Calgary 3 - Edmonton 2
===Gold medal game===
* Westman 5 - Scarborough 2
==Individual awards==
* Most Valuable Player: Brittany Styner (Calgary)
* Top Forward: Brittany Esposito (Edmonton)
* Top Defence: Brigette Lacquette (Westman)
* Top Goaltender: Emily Blakely (Northern)
* Most Sportsmanlike Player: Erin Lally (Calgary)
==Road to the Esso Cup==
===Atlantic Region===
Regional Tournament held March 26–29, 2009
====Round robin====
Rank	Team 	W-L-T	GF	GA	PTS
1 	Northern Stars 	4-0-0	29	10	8
2 	Metro Boston Pizza 	3-1-0	16	15	6
3 	Western 	2-2-0	17	17	4
4 	Capital District Cyclones 	1-3-0	13	17	2
5 	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (host)	0-4-0	9 	25	0
=====Championship Game=====
* Northern 3 - Metro 1
:Northern advances to Esso Cup
===Quebec===
Quebec did not field a team in this year's Esso Cup
===Ontario===
Ontario Women's Hockey Association Championship held March 27–28, 2009
====Semi-Finals====
* Scarborough 2 – Sudbury 1
* Whitby 2- Saugeen-Maitland 1
=====Championship Game=====
* Scarborough 2 - Whitby 1
:Scarborough advances to Esso Cup
===Western Region===
Best-of-3 series played April 3–5, 2009
: Prince Albert Bears vs Westman Wildcats
* Game 1: Westman 5 - Prince Albert 2
* Game 2: Westman 2 - Prince Albert 1
:Westman wins series and advances to Esso Cup
===Pacific Region===
Best-of-3 series played April 3–5, 2009
: Vancouver Fusion vs Edmonton Thunder
* Game 1: Edmonton 2 - Vancouver 0
* Game 2: Edmonton 2 - Vancouver 0
:Edmonton wins series and advances to Esso Cup
==See also==
* Esso Cup
==References==
==External links==
* Hockey Canada
Category:Esso Cup
Category:2009 in hockey