2025 U Sports University Cup

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CityOttawa
VenueTD Place Arena
DatesMarch 20–23, 2025
Teams8
2025 U Sports University Cup
Tournament details
CityOttawa
VenueTD Place Arena
DatesMarch 20–23, 2025
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsOttawa Gee-Gees (1st title)
Runners-upConcordia Stingers
Third placeSaskatchewan Huskies
Fourth placeToronto Metropolitan Bold
Awards
MVPFrancesco Lapenna (Ottawa)
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The 2025 U Sports University Cup, the 63rd edition, was held from March 20 to March 23, 2025, in Ottawa, Ontario, to determine a national champion for the 2024–25 U Sports men's ice hockey season.[1][2] The eighth-seeded host Ottawa Gee-Gees defeated the third-seeded OUA champion Concordia Stingers in the gold medal match to win the first national championship in program history.[3]

The tournament was played at TD Place Arena and was hosted by the University of Ottawa.[2] This was the first time that the University of Ottawa hosted the tournament and it was the first time that the championship was in Ottawa.[2][4]

TD Place Arena is part of the City of Ottawa's Lansdowne Park complex and is home to the Ottawa 67's of the OHL and the Ottawa Charge of the PWHL. The base seating capacity is 5,500 with an upper limit of 8,585.

Qualification

AUS playoffs

Source:[5]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 New Brunswick 5 7 4 - -
3 Saint Mary's 3** 4 - 4 Acadia 2 1 1 - -
6 Prince Edward Island 2 1 - 1 New Brunswick 5 3 -
2 Moncton 3 2 -
2 Moncton 9 2 3 5 5
4 St. Francis Xavier 1 4 - 3 Saint Mary's 2 3 7 1 3
5 Acadia 2 6 -

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

OUA playoffs

Source:[6]

Division Quarterfinals
February 19–23 		Division Semifinals
February 26–March 1 		Division Finals
March 5–9 		Queen's Cup Final
March 15
E1 Concordia 1 5 5
E3 Ottawa 3* 3* - E4 McGill 6 1 4
E6 Ontario Tech 2 2 - EastE1 Concordia 2 1 -
E2 Queens 1 0 -
E2 Queen's 4 7 -
E4 McGill 2 5 - E3 Ottawa 3 3 -
E5 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 1 2 - E1 Concordia 4
W1 Toronto Metropolitan 1
W1 Toronto Metropolitan 3* 3 -
W3 Windsor 5* 5 - W5 Lakehead 2 0 -
W6 Waterloo 4 3 - WestW1 Toronto Metropolitan 2 5 2 Bronze Medal Game
W2 Toronto 3 4 1
W2 Toronto 5 4 - E2 Queen's 4
W4 Western Ontario 2 2 2 W3 Windsor 2 2 - W2 Toronto 0
W5 Lakehead 1 3 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Canada West playoffs

Source:[7]

Quarterfinal Semifinal Championship
W1 Mount Royal 3* 0 4
E2 Alberta 2* 2 4 E2 Alberta 2 6 2
W3 Calgary 1 3 1 W1 Mount Royal 3 2* 0
E1 Saskatchewan 6 1 3
E1 Saskatchewan 4 3 4
W2 British Columbia 2 3 4 W2 British Columbia 5* 2 2
E3 MacEwan 3* 1 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Participating teams

Seed Team Qualified Record Last App Total Last Win Total
1 New Brunswick Reds AUS Champion 28–1–1 2024 23nd 2024 10
2 Saskatchewan Huskies CW Champion 23–5–0 2020 23rd 1983 1
3 Concordia Stingers OUA Champion 21–5–2 2023 11th None 0
4 Toronto Metropolitan Bold OUA Finalist 17–10–1 2024 3rd None 0
5 Mount Royal Cougars CW Finalist 22–6–0 None 1st None 0
6 Moncton Aigles Bleus AUS Finalists 19-9–2 2024 17th 1995 4
7 Queen's Gaels OUA Bronze 22–6–0 2019 4th None 0
8 Ottawa Gee-Gees OUA Semifinalist (host) 19–6–3 2020 4th None 0

[8][9]

Bracket

TMU Bold's Spencer Shugrue (pictured in 2026) scored the game-winning goal against the Mount Royal Cougars in fifth overtime
First Round: March 20–21 Semi-Finals: March 22 Gold Medal Game: March 23
         
1 New Brunswick 2
8 Ottawa 3*
8 Ottawa 4
4 Toronto Metropolitan 3
4 Toronto Metropolitan 5*****
5 Mount Royal 4
8 Ottawa 3
3 Concordia 2
2 Saskatchewan 4
7 Queen's 2
2 Saskatchewan 0 Bronze Medal Game: March 23
3 Concordia 3
3 Concordia 4 4 Toronto Metropolitan 1
6 Moncton 2 2 Saskatchewan 4

[10]

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

The quarterfinals game between TMU and Mount Royal set the record as the longest USPORTS men's hockey game in history, with a final time of 143 minutes and 33 seconds (60+20+20+20+20+3:33).[11] The five overtime periods broke the USPORTS record set in a 2016 Saskatchewan-Carleton playoff game of 116:11 (60+10+20+20+6:11).

Previous Long Games:

Time Date Away team Home team Tournament Result
116:11 March 17, 2016 Carleton Ravens Saskatchewan Huskies University Cup, Quarterfinal #1 Saskatchewan won 3–2
111:53 February 27, 2011 Acadia Axemen New Brunswick Varsity Reds AUS Playoffs, Game 2 New Brunswick won 3–2
107:35 March 18, 2016 St. Francis Xavier X-Men Saskatchewan Huskies University Cup, Semifinal #1 St. Francis Xavier won 2–1
103:17 March 25, 2002 Western Ontario Mustangs Quebec-Trois-Rivières Patriotes University Cup Championship Western Ontario won 4–3

Results

Quarterfinals

March 20, 2025
1:00 PM (local)
CBC Gem		(4) Toronto Metropolitan5 – 4 (5OT)
(1–1, 1–2, 2–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		(5) Mount RoyalTD Place Arena – Ottawa, Ontario
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Kai EdmondsGoaliesShane FarkasReferees:
Dominic Cadeaux
Tyson Stewart
Linesmen:
Max Bedard
Shawn Oliver
0–109:19 – Clay Hanus (1) (Patton, Bouchard)
(D'Intonio) Jaden Condotta (1) – PP – 18:071–1
1–225:38 – Spencer Moe (1) (Wiens, Hanus)
1–338:43 – Teague Patton (1) (Bouchard, Hanus)
(Bowie, Brand) Kevin Gursoy (1) – 39:362–3
2–441:01 – Teague Patton (2) (Bouchard, Hanus)
(Ianniello, Bowie) Ian Martin (1) – 46:373–4
(Ianniello) Daniil Grigorev (1) – 51:204–4
Spencer Shugrue (1) – 143:335–4
12 minPenalties12 min
70Shots69
March 20, 2025
7:00 PM (local)
CBC Gem		(1) New Brunswick2 – 3 (OT)
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1)		(8) OttawaTD Place Arena – Ottawa, Ontario
Attendance: 1,650
Game reference
Samuel RichardGoaliesFrancesco LapennaReferee:
Tanner Doiron
Linesmen:
Spencer Knox
Mitchell Gibbs
(Reynolds, Sproule) Benjamin Corbeil (1) – 13:061–0
1–135:39 – PP – Marc-Antoine Séguin (1) (Poulin)
(MacKay) Cody Morgan (1) – PP – 48:082–1
2–258:31 – Peter Stratis (1) (Labelle)
2–376:04 – Marc-Antoine Séguin (2) (Martin, Poulin)
14 minPenalties8 min
43Shots22
March 21, 2025
1:00 PM (local)
CBC Gem		(3) Concordia4 – 2
(1–1, 1–0, 0–3)		(6) MonctonTD Place Arena – Ottawa, Ontario
Attendance: 421
Game reference
Nikolas HurtubiseGoaliesNathan DarveauReferee:
Tanner Doiron
Linesmen:
Max Ferland
Spencer Knox
0–105:54 – Charles-Édouard Drouin (1) (Lapointe, Toner)
(Girouard, Inniss) Simon Lavigne (1) – 14:041–1
1–2Jacob Dion (1) – 23:03
(Lavigne, Lavoie) Charles Savoie (1) – 46:142–2
(Agostino) Édouard Charron (1) – 46:493–2
(Bizier, Lavigne) Nicholas Girouard (1) – EN – 58:334–2
2 minPenalties0 min
21Shots17
March 21, 2025
7:00 PM (local)
CBC Gem		(2) Saskatchewan4 – 2
(1–2, 2–0, 1–0)		(7) Queen'sTD Place Arena – Ottawa, Ontario
Attendance: 585
Game reference
Roddy RossGoaliesChristian PurbooReferee:
Dominik Cadieux
Linesmen:
Maxime Bedard
Mitchell Gibbs
0–101:42 – Liam Tanner (1) (Duff, Lalonde)
(Petruic, Keeler) Dawson Holt (1) – PP – 07:131–1
1–210:13 – PP – Nolan Hutcheson (1) (Katzalay, Tolnai)
(Loschiavo, Petruic) Dawson Holt (2) – 25:182–2
(Wong, Bertholet) Justin Ball (1) – PP – 34:233–2
(Holt, Keeler) Ethan Regnier (1) – EN – 59:504–2
4 minPenalties8 min
23Shots40

Semifinals

March 22, 2025
1:00 PM (local)
CBC Gem		(4) Toronto Metropolitan3 – 4
(1–0, 2–2, 1–1)		(8) OttawaTD Place Arena – Ottawa, Ontario
Attendance: 1,453
Game reference
Kai EdmondsGoaliesFrancesco LapennaReferees:
Taylor Burzminski
Tanner Doiron
Linesmen:
Maxime Bedard
Spencer Knox
0–114:04 – PP – Mitch Martin (1) (Clavelle, Séguin)
(Ianniello, Condotta) Jordan D'Intino (1) – 11:521–1
(Brand, Playfair) Ian Martin (2) – 33:242–1
2–234:04 – Bradley Chenier (1) (Belchamber, Roy)
2–339:05 – Vincent Labelle (1) (Lafrance, Roy)
(Gursoy, Condotta) Tyler Savard (1) – 54:463–3
3–459:18 – Mitch Martin (2) (Roy, Labelle)
6 minPenalties3 min
33Shots29
March 22, 2025
7:00 PM (local)
CBC Gem		(2) Saskatchewan0 – 3
(0–0, 0–0, 0–3)		(3) ConcordiaTD Place Arena – Ottawa, Ontario
Attendance: 603
Game reference
Roddy RossGoaliesNikolas HurtubiseReferee:
Brendan Kane
Linesmen:
Shawn Oliver
Maxime Bedard
0–145:10 – PP – Julien Anctil (1) (Larochelle, Bizier)
0–259:01 – EN – Julien Anctil (2) (Bizier)
0–359:18 – EN – Alexandre Nadeau (1)
34 minPenalties30 min
19Shots30

Gold Medal Game

March 23, 2025
5:00 PM (local)
CBC Gem		(3) Concordia2 – 3
(0–2, 0–1, 2–0)		(8) OttawaTD Place Arena – Ottawa, Ontario
Attendance: 3,796
Game reference
Nikolas HurtubiseGoaliesFrancesco LapennaReferee:
Tanner Burzminski
Linesmen:
Sean Oliver
Mitchell Gibbs
0–109:56 – Vincent Labelle (2) – (Roy, McMaster)
0–213:57 – Bradley Chenier (2) – (Martin)
0–323:06 – Luka Verreault (1) – (Martin, Labelle)
(Anctil, Lavigne) Sean Larochelle (1) – PP – 57:311–3
(Lavigne, Larochelle) Mathieu Bizier (1) – 18:362–3
20 minPenalties22 min
33Shots14
Game MVPs: Franky Lapenna (Ottawa) & Sean Larochelle (Concordia)

Bronze Medal Game

March 23, 2025
11:00 AM (local)
CBC Gem		(2) Saskatchewan4 – 1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0)		(4) Toronto MetropolitanTD Place Arena – Ottawa, Ontario
Attendance: 499
Game reference
Roddy RossGoaliesKai EdmondsReferee:
Dannick Caron
Linesmen:
Max Bedard
Max Ferland
(Bertholet, Wong) Justin Ball (1) – PP – 30:581–0
(Pelletier, Stebbings) Landon Kosior (1) – 36:022–0
2–147:06 – PP – Kevin Gursoy (2) – (Ianniello, Bowie)
(Kosior, Keeler) Vince Loschiavo (1) – PP – 57:503–1
(Ball) Vince Loschiavo (2) – 59:214–1
31 minPenalties54 min
24Shots18
Game MVPs: Justin Ball (Saskatchewan) & Kai Edmonds (Toronto Metropolitan)

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