2012 Esso Cup

The 2012 Esso Cup was Canada's fourth annual national women's midget hockey championship, which was played April 22–28, 2012 at MacLauchlan Arena inside the CARI Complex on the University of Prince Edward Island campus in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The Pembina Valley Hawks from Manitoba won the gold medal with a 4-2 victory over the Thunder Bay Queens in the championship game. The Edmonton Thunder captured a medal for the third consecutive year by winning the bronze.
==Teams==
Result	Team 	Region 	City
 	Pembina Valley Hawks 	West 	Morden, MB
 	Thunder Bay Queens 	Ontario 	Thunder Bay, ON
 	Edmonton Thunder 	Pacific 	Edmonton, AB
4 	Metro Boston Pizza 	Atlantic	Halifax Regional Municipality, NS
5 	Capital District Cyclones 	Host 	Charlottetown, PE
6 	Rebelles de Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean	Quebec 	Saguenay, QC
==Round robin==
===Standings===
Rank	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	Thunder Bay Queens 	5	0	0	0	36	9 	15
2 	Pembina Valley Hawks 	3	1	0	1	14	8 	11
3 	Edmonton Thunder 	2	0	2	1	10	7 	8
4 	Metro Boston Pizza 	2	0	0	3	13	14	6
5 	Capital District Cyclones 	1	0	0	4	8 	27	3
6 	Rebelles de Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean	0	1	0	4	7 	21	2
===Scores===
* Metro 5 - Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean 1
* Pembina Valley 1 - Edmonton 0 (SO)
* Thunder Bay 12 - Capital District 1
* Pembina Valley 4 - Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean 0
* Thunder Bay 6 - Edmonton 1
* Metro 5 - Capital District 2
* Thunder Bay 8 - Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean 1
* Pembina Valley 2 - Metro 1
* Edmonton 4 - Capital District 0
* Thunder Bay 5 - Metro 2
* Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean 2 - Edmonton 1 (SO)
* Pembina Valley 4 - Capital District 2
* Edmonton 4 - Metro 0
* Thunder Bay 5 - Pembina Valley 4
* Capital District 3 - Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean 2
==Playoffs==
==Individual awards==
* Most Valuable Player: Michela Cava (Thunder Bay)
* Top Scorer: Michela Cava (Thunder Bay)
* Top Forward: Jessica Gazzola (Thunder Bay)
* Top Defenceman: Madison Hutchinson (Pembina Valley)
* Top Goaltender: Brittni Mowat (Pembina Valley)
* Most Sportsmanlike Player: Breanna Lanceleve (Metro)
==Road to the Esso Cup==
===Atlantic Region===
Regional tournament held March 29–31 in Bathurst, New Brunswick
:
Round Robin	Round Robin 	Round Robin	Round Robin	Round Robin	Round Robin
Rank 	Team 	W-L-T 	GF 	GA 	PTS
1 	Metro Boston Pizza 	4-0-0 	16 	4 	8
2 	Moncton Rockets 	3-1-0 	19 	5 	6
3 	Northern Stars 	2-2-0 	12 	7 	4
4 	Capital District Cyclones	1-3-0 	11 	14 	2
5 	Tri-Pen Ice 	0-4-0 	3 	31 	0
:
Championship Game'	Championship Game'	Championship Game'
Moncton 	2 	
Metro 	3 	
:Metro advances to Esso Cup
===Quebec===
Dodge Cup Midget Championship held April 12–15, 2012 at Laval, Quebec
:Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean wins Dodge Cup and advances to Esso Cup
===Ontario===
Ontario Women's Hockey Association Championship held April 13–15, 2012 at Vaughan, Ontario
:Thunder Bay advances to Esso Cup
===Western Region===
Best-of-3 series played April 6–8, 2012 at Wilcox, Saskatchewan
:
Best-of-3 series	Best-of-3 series 	Best-of-3 series	Best-of-3 series	Best-of-3 series	Best-of-3 series	Best-of-3 series
Rank 	Team 	W-L 	GF 	GA 	 	
1 	Pembina Valley Hawks	2-0 	5 	3 	 	
2 	Notre Dame Hounds 	0-2 	3 	5 	 	
:Pembina Valley advances to Esso Cup
===Pacific Region===
Best-of-3 series played April 6–8, 2012 at Surrey, British Columbia
:
Best-of-3 series	Best-of-3 series 	Best-of-3 series	Best-of-3 series	Best-of-3 series	Best-of-3 series	Best-of-3 series
Rank 	Team 	W-L 	GF 	GA 	 	
1 	Edmonton Thunder 	2-0 	6 	3 	 	
2 	Fraser Valley Phantom	0-2 	3 	6 	 	
:Edmonton advances to Esso Cup
==See also==
* Esso Cup
==References==
==External links==
* Hockey Canada-Esso Cup Guide and Record Book
* 2012 Esso Cup Home Page at HockeyCanada.com
* 2012 Esso Cup Page at TSN.ca
* Road to the 2012 Esso Cup
* CARI Complex homepage, Esso Cup host venue
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