2010 Esso Cup

The 2010 Esso Cup was Canada's second annual national women's midget hockey championship, played April 18–24, 2010 at the Co-operators Centre at Evraz Place in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Thunder Bay Queens defeated the Notre Dame Hounds 4-3 in the gold medal game to win their first Esso Cup title. Thunder Bay's Kaitlyn Tougas was named the tournament's most valuable player.
==Teams==
Result	Team 	Region 	City
 	Thunder Bay Queens 	Ontario 	Thunder Bay, ON
 	Notre Dame Hounds 	West 	Wilcox, SK
 	Edmonton Thunder 	Pacific 	Edmonton, AB
4 	Regina Rebels 	Host 	Regina, SK
5 	Moncton Rockets 	Atlantic	Moncton, NB
6 	Remparts du Richelieu	Quebec 	Richelieu, QC
==Round robin==
===Standings===
Rank	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	Thunder Bay Queens 	4	0	0	0	19	9 	12
2 	Notre Dame Hounds 	3	1	0	1	20	15	11
3 	Regina Rebels 	2	1	0	2	12	10	8
4 	Edmonton Thunder 	1	1	1	2	11	15	6
5 	Moncton Rockets 	1	0	2	2	13	17	5
6 	Remparts du Richelieu	1	0	0	4	10	19	3
===Scores===
* Moncton 4 - Richelieu 1
* Notre Dame 5 - Edmonton 2
* Thunder Bay 2 - Regina 1
* Notre Dame 5 - Richelieu 3
* Edmonton 3 - Thunder Bay 2
* Regina 4 - Moncton 2
* Thunder Bay 5 - Richelieu 1
* Notre Dame 4 - Moncton 3 (OT)
* Regina 2 - Edmonton 1 (OT)
* Thunder Bay 5 - Moncton 2
* Richelieu 4 - Edmonton 3
* Notre Dame 4 - Regina 2
* Edmonton 3 - Moncton 2 (SO)
* Thunder Bay 5 - Notre Dame 1
* Regina 3 - Richelieu 1
==Playoffs==
===Semi-Finals===
* Thunder Bay 2 - Edmonton 1
* Notre Dame 5 - Regina 0
===Bronze medal game===
* Edmonton 5 - Regina 1
===Gold medal game===
* Thunder Bay 4 - Notre Dame 3
==Individual awards==
* Most Valuable Player: Kaitlyn Tougas (Thunder Bay)
* Top Scorer: Brienna Gillanders (Notre Dame)
* Top Forward: Janik Robichaud (Moncton)
* Top Defenceman: Riana Magee (Edmonton)
* Top Goaltender: Samantha Langford (Regina)
* Most Sportsmanlike Player: Kaitlyn Quarrell (Thunder Bay)
==Road to the Esso Cup==
===Atlantic Region===
Regional Tournament held March 18–20, 2010
====Round robin====
Rank	Team 	W-L-T	GF	GA	PTS
1 	Moncton Rockets 	4-0-0	48	3 	8
2 	Metro Boston Pizza	3-1-0	26	9 	6
3 	Western 	2-2-0	21	30	4
4 	Western Wind 	1-3-0	8 	30	2
5 	Central (host) 	0-4-0	11	38	0
==== Championship Game ====
* Moncton 4 - Metro 1
:Moncton advances to Esso Cup
===Quebec===
Dodge Cup Midget Championship held March 31-April 4, 2010
==== Semi-Finals ====
* Bas St-Laurent 1 – Québec 0
* Richelieu 3 - Lac St-Louis 1
==== Championship Game ====
* Richelieu 4 – Bas St-Laurent 1
:Richelieu wins Dodge Cup and advances to Esso Cup
===Ontario===
Ontario Women's Hockey Association Championship held April 9–11, 2010
==== Semi-Finals ====
* Stoney Creek 2 – Brampton 0
* Thunder Bay 3 - Willowdale 0
==== Championship Game ====
* Thunder Bay 1 – Stoney Creek 0
:Thunder Bay wins championship and advances to Esso Cup
===Western Region===
Best-of-3 series played April 2–4, 2010
: Notre Dame Hounds vs Pembina Valley Hawks
* Game 1: Notre Dame 4 - Pembina Valley 3
* Game 2: Notre Dame 3 - Pembina Valley 2
:Notre Dame wins series and advances to Esso Cup
===Pacific Region===
Best-of-3 series played April 2–4, 2010
: Thompson-Okanagan Rockets vs Edmonton Thunder
* Game 1: Edmonton 5 - Thompson-Okanagan 0
* Game 2: Edmonton 3 - Thompson-Okanagan 0
:Edmonton wins series and advances to Esso Cup
==See also==
* Esso Cup
==References==
==External links==
* 2010 Esso Cup Home Page at HockeyCanada.com
* Hockey Canada-Esso Cup Guide and Record Book
* Road to the 2010 Esso Cup
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