2026 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship
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Season2025–26
TeamsEight
Finals siteWoolwich Memorial Centre
Elmira, Ontario
Elmira, Ontario
ChampionsMontreal Carabins (3rd title)
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| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Teams | Eight |
| Finals site | Woolwich Memorial Centre Elmira, Ontario |
| Champions | Montreal Carabins (3rd title) |
| Runner-up | Concordia Stingers |
| Winning coach | Isabelle Leclaire |
| Tournament MVP | Maude Desroches (Montreal) |
| Television | CBC[1] |
The 2026 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship was held from March 19 to March 22, 2026, in Elmira, Ontario, to determine a national champion for the 2025–26 U Sports women's ice hockey season.[2] The tournament was hosted by the Waterloo Warriors.[2] The Montreal Carabins won their third national title defeating their conference rivals, the Concordia Stingers, by a score of 5–2.[3]
The tournament was played at Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario.[2] This was the second time that the University of Waterloo had hosted the tournament after the school also hosted the previous year's championship.[2][4]
Scheduled teams
| Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UBC Thunderbirds | CW Champion | 26–2–0 | None | 0 |
| 2 | Concordia Stingers | RSEQ Champion | 22–2–0 | 2024 | 4 |
| 3 | Guelph Gryphons | OUA Champion | 19–4–3 | 2019 | 1 |
| 4 | UNB Reds | AUS Champion | 20–6–2 | None | 0 |
| 5 | Ottawa Gee-Gees | OUA Finalist | 15–9–2 | None | 0 |
| 6 | Waterloo Warriors | OUA West Semi-Finalist (Host) | 17–8–1 | None | 0 |
| 7 | Manitoba Bisons | CW Finalist | 13–9–6 | None | 0 |
| 8 | Montreal Carabins | RSEQ Finalist | 13–9–2 | 2016 | 2 |
Championship bracket
| First Round: March 19-20 | Semi-Finals: March 21 | Gold Medal Game: March 22 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Montreal Carabins | 4 (SO) | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Montreal Carabins | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | UNB Reds | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | UNB Reds | 2 (SO) | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Ottawa Gee-Gees | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Montreal Carabins | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Concordia Stingers | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Concordia Stingers | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Manitoba Bisons | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Concordia Stingers | 2 (OT) | Bronze Medal Game: March 22 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Guelph Gryphons | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Guelph Gryphons | 2 | 4 | UNB Reds | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Waterloo Warriors | 0 | 3 | Guelph Gryphons | 1 | |||||||||