2013 Esso Cup

The 2013 Esso Cup was Canada's fifth annual national women's midget hockey championship, played April 21–27, 2013 at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre in Burnaby, British Columbia. The LHFDQ North squad captured Quebec's first national title with a victory over Ontario's North Bay Ice Boltz in the gold medal game. The Edmonton Thunder captured a medal for the fourth consecutive year by winning the bronze.
==Teams==
Result	Team 	Region 	City
 	LHFDQ North 	Quebec 	Montreal, QC
 	North Bay Ice Boltz 	Ontario 	North Bay, ON
 	Edmonton Thunder 	Pacific 	Edmonton, AB
4 	Regina Rebels 	Western 	Regina, SK
5 	Fraser Valley Phantom	Host 	Langley, BC
6 	Metro Boston Pizza 	Atlantic	Halifax Regional Municipality, NS
==Round robin==
===Standings===
Rank	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	Edmonton Thunder 	3	2	0	0	21	13	13
2 	Regina Rebels 	3	0	2	0	17	11	11
3 	LHFDQ North 	3	0	0	2	20	11	9
4 	North Bay Ice Boltz 	2	1	1	1	11	9 	9
5 	Fraser Valley Phantom	1	0	0	4	7 	16	3
6 	Metro Boston Pizza 	0	0	0	5	4 	20	0
===Scores===
* North Bay 3 - Metro 0
* Regina 5 - LHFDQ North 2
* Edmonton 4 - Fraser Valley 2
* North Bay 2 - Regina 1 (SO)
* Edmonton 4 - Metro 1
* LHFDQ North 5 - Fraser Valley 1
* LHFDQ North 8 - Metro 1
* Edmonton 5 - North Bay 4 (SO)
* Regina 5 - Fraser Valley 1
* LHFDQ North 3 - North Bay 1
* Edmonton 5 - Regina 4 (OT)
* Fraser Valley 3 - Metro 1
* LHFDQ North 3 - Edmonton 2
* Regina 2 - Metro 1
* North Bay 1 - Fraser Valley 0
==Playoffs==
==Individual awards==
* Most Valuable Player: Mikaeli Cavell (Edmonton)
* Top Scorer: Valérie Audet (LHFDQ North)
* Top Forward: Jade Downie-Landry (LHFDQ North)
* Top Defenceman: Corie Jacobson (North Bay)
* Top Goaltender: Sabrina Picard (North Bay)
* Most Sportsmanlike Player: Jodie Gentile (Fraser Valley)
==Road to the Esso Cup==
===Atlantic Region===
Tournament held April 4 – 7 at the Pictou Wellness Center in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
 Round Robin
Rank	Team 	W-L-T	GF	GA	PTS
1 	Metro 	3-0-1	22	3 	7
2 	Moncton Rockets 	3-1-0	15	4 	6
3 	Capital District Cyclones	2-1-1	18	8 	5
4 	Northern Storm (Host) 	1-3-0	6 	16	2
5 	Central Ice Pak 	0-4-0	3 	33	0
 Final
Moncton	1
Metro 	2
Metro advances to Esso Cup
===Quebec===
Dodge Cup played April 4 – 5, 2013 at Boucherville, Québec.
LHFDQ North advances to Esso Cup.
===Ontario===
Ontario Women's Hockey Association Championship played April 4 – 7, 2013 at Ottawa, Ontario.OWHA Website
North Bay advances to Esso Cup.
===Western Region===
Best-of-3 series played April 5 – 7, 2013 in Morden, Manitoba
 Best-of-3 series
Rank	Team 	W-L	GF	GA
1 	Regina Rebels 	2-0	5 	3
2 	Pembina Valley Hawks	0-2	3 	5
Regina advances to Esso Cup.
===Pacific Region===
 Fraser Valley Phantom vs Edmonton Thunder.
Edmonton automatically qualifies for Esso Cup as Fraser Valley is host team.
Pacific champion determined by 2013 Esso Cup round robin match on April 21, 2013.
==See also==
* Esso Cup
==References==
==External links==
* Hockey Canada-Esso Cup Guide and Record Book
* 2013 Esso Cup Home Page at HockeyCanada.com
* Atlantic Female Midget Hockey Championship Website
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