2024 University Cup

[AUS Fan]

UQTR 4-2 over MCG and BRK 3-1 over TMU.

MCG at UQTR Fri and BRK at TMU Sat.

Game 3's will be Sun.

 

[Rob]

UQTR 4-2 over MCG and BRK 3-1 over TMU.

MCG at UQTR Fri and BRK at TMU Sat.

Game 3's will be Sun.

Watched most of both games. UQTR and McGill was pretty even. Patriotes buried their chances and had better goaltending. It is going to be tough for the Redbirds to win in Trois Riviers. The rink looks intimidating.

Brock was the much better team vs TMU. Expect them to be in the Queen's Cup final.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

Thought the same thing re/ Brock vs. TMU game. Badgers definitely carried the play. I didn’t think TMU generated much offensively outside of a nice play that led to their only goal.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

What a 3rd period for McGill…completely dominated UQTR over the final twenty minutes to steal a win.

Game 3 goes Sunday back in Montreal

 

[AUS Fan]

What a 3rd period for McGill…completely dominated UQTR over the final twenty minutes to steal a win.

Game 3 goes Sunday back in Montreal

Down 3-0 after 1, MCG ties the game at 3, gets the winning goal plus an EN.

 

[AUS Fan]

CAL scores 5 goals in 6 minutes enroute to a 5-2 win over UBC

 

[RED ARMY EAST]

CAL scores 5 goals in 6 minutes enroute to a 5-2 win over UBC

I watched this game, UBC carried the play in the first period and held a 1-0 lead, but Calgary jumped all over them in the second, scoring 5 straight and taking advantage of UBC defensive breakdowns.
IMO, Calgary has size and skill throughout the lineup and could be legitimate opponent at Nationals.

 

[AUS Fan]

I watched this game, UBC carried the play in the first period and held a 1-0 lead, but Calgary jumped all over them in the second, scoring 5 straight and taking advantage of UBC defensive breakdowns.
IMO, Calgary has size and skill throughout the lineup and could be legitimate opponent at Nationals.

They were a "legitimate" opponent last year, but couldn't handle the aggressive UPEI forecheck.

 

[AUS Fan]

Three conference champions will be decided today (Sunday):

TMU @ BRK
UQTR @ MCG
CAL @ UBC

 

[AUS Fan]

TMU 2-1 over BRK. TMU will host Queens Cup.

UQTR lead 3-0 over MCG late in the game.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

UQTR well on their way to a win…so we know TMU/UQTR will find themselves in the top half of the University Cup draw while Brock/McGill will be seeded in the bottom half.

 

[Rob]

This will be the first time that TMU has been in the Queen's Cup final.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

This will be the first time that TMU has been in the Queen's Cup final.

Very curious to see what the attendance will look like.

Ben Steiner reporting that the Queen’s Cup game is going to conflict with the women’s championship, hosted by the University of Toronto, just 25 minutes away. Doubt it will have much impact, but surely they could have avoided overlapping the two games.

 

[AUS Fan]

UQTR well on their way to a win…so we know TMU/UQTR will find themselves in the top half of the University Cup draw while Brock/McGill will be seeded in the bottom half.

TMU will be #3 or #4 Unless UdeM wins AUS. If TMU wins Queens Cup, UBC, CAL and UNB all were ranked higher.

 

[hockeyinsiderusports]

TMU will be #3 or #4 Unless UdeM wins AUS. If TMU wins Queens Cup, UBC, CAL and UNB all were ranked higher.

#1 will be AUS if UNB win 2 CW 3 OUA 4 CW 5 OUA 6 AUS 7 Brock or McGill 8 Brock or Mcgill

If Moncton wins
1 CW 2 AUS 3 OUA 4 AUS 5 OUA 6 AUS 7 OUA 8 OUA

 

[Hollywood3]

Matchups?
1 UNB v Brock
2 UQTR v Moncton
3 UBC v McGill
4 TMU v Calgary

1 v 4
2 v 3

 

[AUS Fan]

#1 will be AUS if UNB win 2 CW 3 OUA 4 CW 5 OUA 6 AUS 7 Brock or McGill 8 Brock or Mcgill

If Moncton wins
1 CW 2 AUS 3 OUA 4 AUS 5 OUA 6 AUS 7 OUA 8 OUA

3 & 4 belong to OUA winner and runner-up. CAL can't be 4. Unless they've changed the rules????

I think if UdeM and UQTR win, UQTR will be #1, UBC, UdeM, TMU.

 

[Campy]

3 & 4 belong to OUA winner and runner-up. CAL can't be 4. Unless they've changed the rules????

I think if UdeM and UQTR win, UQTR will be #1, UBC, UdeM, TMU.

OUA winner doesn't necessarily need to be #3 (could be higher), but the Queen's Cup loser does have to be #4.

1-2-3 are the conference winners, #4 is the Queen's Cup loser, then it's 5-8 based on the below.

AUS can't be #2 and #4 if U de Moncton comes back

 

[AUS Fan]

OUA winner doesn't necessarily need to be #3 (could be higher), but the Queen's Cup loser does have to be #4.

1-2-3 are the conference winners, #4 is the Queen's Cup loser, then it's 5-8 based on the below.

AUS can't be #2 and #4 if U de Moncton comes back

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I was thinking in a general sense. OUA has been above #3 twice since the 8 team format was introduced in 2015. Both times it was UQTR. "Normally" OUA is 3 & 4.

 

[Eastern Scout]

3 & 4 belong to OUA winner and runner-up. CAL can't be 4. Unless they've changed the rules????

I think if UdeM and UQTR win, UQTR will be #1, UBC, UdeM, TMU.

If UQTR wins Queens cup… committee will have to choose between 2 options to manipulate the seedlings to avoid in conference QF match ups…
1. Move UdeM (assuming UNB wins AUS) from the 6th seed (conference runner ups have to be #4 (OUA), #5 & #6) to the 7th seed and move OUA bronze winner from 7th to 6th… matchups would be:
Thursday:
1. UNB vs 8. Brock/McGill loser
4. TMU vs 5. Calgary
Friday:
2. UQTR vs 7. UdeM
3. UBC vs 6. Brock / McGill winner
OR
2. Flip flop #2&3…Move UBC to #2 and UQTR to #3. Matchups would be:
Thursday:
1. UNB vs 8. Brock / McGill loser
4. TMU vs 5. Calgary
Friday:
2. UBC vs Brock/McGill winner
3. UQTR vs 6. UdeM

Either scenario

 

[Eastern Scout]

Continued from previous post…
Either option produces the same QF matchups… just changes the order of the games on Friday. The semi final games / bracket stays the same with the 2 Thursday winners playing the early game and Friday winners playing the late game on Saturday.

If TMU wins Queens cup… no manipulation needed.
Thursday:
#2 UBC vs #7 McGill/Brock winner
#3 TMU vs #6 UdeM
Friday:
#1 UNB vs #8 Brock/McGill loser
#4 UQTR vs #5 Calgary

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

I don’t think it’s a rule any longer that the conference runner-ups have to be seeded 4-5-6. Remember the canceled tournament in 2020, UBC (who upset Alberta that year in the CW semi-finals) was seeded 8th despite being a conference runner-up.

 

[Eastern Scout]

I don’t think it’s a rule any longer that the conference runner-ups have to be seeded 4-5-6. Remember the canceled tournament in 2020, UBC (who upset Alberta that year in the CW semi-finals) was seeded 8th despite being a conference runner-up.

 

[Eastern Scout]

You are correct… sort of! UBC was originally slotted in at #6 that year (lowest of runner ups) but they were moved to #8 not as a result of their national ranking (although that was the case if compared to the 7 other teams in the event)… but specifically to avoid in conference match ups between AUS and OUA teams in the QF.

That said, you are correct in terms of it not being a ‘Hard rule’. The Championship bulletin states the bottom 4 teams can be moved (no more than up or down 2 spots) to avoid in conference matchups. The only hard rule is the Top 4 seeds can’t be moved… but remember the final national ranking isn’t published until all conference games are completed. In the past, this has allowed some discretion to the committee to avoid the public image of moving seeds after the rankings are released… because the national rankings were a vote + ELO combo system. This year… it is strictly ELO.

This is also the first year where the top 2 reg season finishers in each conference have qualified for the UCup.

 

[AUS Fan]

The OUA runner-up is locked in at #4. AUS and CW were never given a guarenteed spot.