2014 Esso Cup

The 2014 Esso Cup was Canada's sixth annual national women's midget hockey championship, which was held April 20 – 26, 2014 at Hamilton, Ontario. The Weyburn Gold Wings of Saskatchewan defeated the Edmonton Thunder of Alberta to win the gold medal. With the second-place finish, the Thunder continued their streak by taking home a medal for the fifth consecutive year.
==Teams==
Result	Team 	Region 	City
 	Weyburn Gold Wings 	Western 	Weyburn, SK
 	Edmonton Thunder 	Pacific-AB	Edmonton, AB
 	Sudbury Lady Wolves 	Ontario 	Sudbury, ON
4 	Stoney Creek Sabres 	Host 	Stoney Creek, ON
5 	Fraser Valley Phantom	Pacific-BC	Langley, BC
6 	Moncton Rockets 	Atlantic 	Moncton, NB
:Note: The Pacific region was awarded a second spot in this year's Esso Cup as Quebec did not participate.
==Round robin==
===Standings===
Rank	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	Stoney Creek Sabres 	4	0	1	0	19	8 	13
2 	Weyburn Gold Wings 	4	0	0	1	14	10	12
3 	Sudbury Lady Wolves 	3	0	0	2	16	10	9
4 	Edmonton Thunder 	1	1	0	3	13	15	5
5 	Fraser Valley Phantom	1	0	0	4	12	15	3
6 	Moncton Rockets 	1	0	0	4	11	27	3
===Scores===
Sunday, April 20
* Weyburn 2 - Sudbury 1
* Edmonton 1 - Fraser Valley 0
* Stoney Creek 8 - Moncton 1
Monday, April 21
* Weyburn 4 - Edmonton 2
* Sudbury 5 - Moncton 1
* Stoney Creek 3 - Fraser Valley 0
Tuesday, April 22
* Moncton 5 - Edmonton 4
* Weyburn 3 - Fraser Valley 2 
* Stoney Creek 2 - Sudbury 1
Wednesday, April 23
* Fraser Valley 7 - Moncton 2
* Sudbury 3 - Edmonton 2
* Stoney Creek 3 - Weyburn 2
Thursday, April 24
* Sudbury 6 - Fraser Valley 3 
* Weyburn 3 - Moncton 2 
* Edmonton 4 - Stoney Creek 3
==Playoffs==
==Individual awards==
* Most Valuable Player: Alexandra Poznikoff (Edmonton)
* Top Scorer: Karli Shell (Sudbury)
* Top Forward: Karli Shell (Sudbury)
* Top Defenceman: Jessica Healey (Edmonton)
* Top Goaltender: Jane Kish (Weyburn)
* Most Sportsmanlike Player: Claire Merrick (Stoney Creek)
==Road to the Esso Cup==
===Atlantic Region===
Tournament held April 3 – 6 at Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador.
:
Round Robin	Round Robin 	Round Robin 	Round Robin	Round Robin	Round Robin	Round Robin
Rank 	Team 	Qualification	W-L-T 	GF 	GA 	PTS
1 	Moncton Rockets 	NBMAAAFHL 	3-0-1 	14 	3 	7
2 	East Hants Penguins	NSFMAAAHL 	2-1-1 	12 	4 	5
3 	King's County Kings	PEIFMAAAHL 	2-2-0 	9 	9 	4
4 	NL Central 	HNL 	1-2-1 	5 	6 	3
5 	NL Western 	Host 	0-3-1 	3 	21 	1
:Bronze Medal Game
::Kings County 3 - NL Central 1 (OT)
:Gold Medal Game
::Moncton 2 - East Hants 1
::Moncton advanced to Esso Cup
===Quebec===
Quebec elected to withdraw from this year's competition. Hockey Canada awarded this berth to the Pacific Region.
===Ontario===
Ontario Women's Hockey Association Championship played April 10 – 13, 2014 at Toronto, OntarioOWHA Website
:Sudbury advanced to Esso Cup
===Western Region===
Best-of-3 played April 4–6 at Weyburn, 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 	Qualification 	W-L 	GF 	GA 	
1 	Weyburn Gold Wings 	SFMAAAHL 	2-1 	9 	4 	
2 	Pembina Vallay Hawks	MFMHL 	1-2 	4 	9 	
:Weyburn advanced to Esso Cup
===Pacific Region===
:
 	 	 				
Rank	Team 	Qualification				
1 	Edmonton Thunder 	AMMFHL 				
2 	Fraser Valley Phantom	BCFMAAAHL 				
:The Pacific region was awarded two spots in this year's Esso Cup as the Quebec region did not field a team. 
:Edmonton and Fraser Valley advanced to Esso Cup
==See also==
* Esso Cup
==References==
==External links==
* 2014 Esso Cup Home Page at HockeyCanada.com
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Category:Women's ice hockey tournaments
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