2013 Esso Cup
# 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Edmonton Thunder | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 13 |
| 2 | Regina Rebels | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 11 |
| 3 | LHFDQ North | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 9 |
| 4 | North Bay Ice Boltz | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 9 |
| 5 | Fraser Valley Phantom | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 3 |
| 6 | Metro Boston Pizza | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | North Bay | 5 | | | |
| 1 | Edmonton | 1 | | | |
| 1 | Edmonton | 1 | 4 | North Bay | 2 |
| | | | 3 | LHFDQ North | 5 |
| 3 | LHFDQ North | 6 | 3 | LHFDQ North | 5 |
| 2 | Regina | 3 | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| | | | 2 | Regina | 0 |
| | | | 1 | Edmonton | 1 |

## 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 :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Metro | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 3 | +19 | 7 |
| 2 | Moncton Rockets | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 6 |
| 3 | Capital District Cyclones | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 5 |
| 4 | Northern Storm (Host) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 2 |
| 5 | Central Ice Pak | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 33 | −30 | 0 |

Final :

| Moncton | 1 |
| - | - |
| Metro | 2 |

Metro advances to Esso Cup

### Quebec

Dodge Cup played April 4 – 5, 2013 at Boucherville, Québec.

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | West | 3 | | | |
| 4 | South | 2 | | | |
| 4 | South | 2 | East | East | 1 |
| | | | North | North | 2 |
| 3 | East | 1 | North | North | 2 |
| 2 | North | 2 | | | |

LHFDQ North advances to Esso Cup.

### Ontario

Ontario Women's Hockey Association Championship played April 4 – 7, 2013 at Ottawa, Ontario.

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whitby | 1 | | | | |
| Saugeen-Maitland | 2 | | | | |
| Saugeen-Maitland | 2 | Saugeen-Maitland | 1 | | |
| | | Thunder Bay | 2 | | |
| Thunder Bay | 3 | Thunder Bay | 2 | | |
| Sault Ste. Marie | 1 | | | | |
| Sault Ste. Marie | 1 | | | Thunder Bay | 2 |
| | | | | North Bay | 3 |
| Toronto | 0 | | | | | North Bay | 3 |
| Nepean | 3 | | | | |
| Nepean | 3 | Nepean | 0 | | |
| | | North Bay | 1 | | |
| North Bay | 4 | North Bay | 1 | | |
| Bluewater | 1 | | | | |

North Bay advances to Esso Cup.

### Western Region

Best-of-3 series played April 5 – 7, 2013 in Morden, Manitoba

Best-of-3 series :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Regina Rebels | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| 2 | Pembina Valley Hawks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 |

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.

