2025 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship
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| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Teams | Eight |
| Finals site | Woolwich Memorial Centre Elmira, Ontario |
| Champions | Bishop's Gaiters (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Waterloo Warriors |
| Winning coach | Valerie Bois (1st title) |
| Tournament MVP | Gabrielle Santerre (Bishop's) |
| Television | CBC Sports[1] |
The 2025 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship was held March 20–23, 2025, in Elmira, Ontario, to determine a national champion for the 2024–25 U Sports women's ice hockey season.[2][3][4] The RSEQ champion Bishop's Gaiters defeated the host Waterloo Warriors in the gold medal game to win the program's first national championship.[3][5]
Host
The tournament was played at Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario.[3] This was the first time that the University of Waterloo had hosted the tournament.[3][6]
Scheduled teams
| Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberta Pandas | CW Champion | 24–4 | 2017 | 8 |
| 2 | Toronto Varsity Blues | OUA Champion | 17–9 | 2001 | 1 |
| 3 | Bishop's Gaiters | RSEQ Champion | 10–11 | None | 0 |
| 4 | St. Francis Xavier X-Women | AUS Champion | 18–10 | None | 0 |
| 5 | Concordia Stingers | RSEQ Finalist | 20–1 | 2024 | 4 |
| 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | CW Finalist | 25–3 | None | 0 |
| 7 | UNB Reds | AUS Finalist | 21–7 | None | 0 |
| 8 | Waterloo Warriors | OUA Finalist (Host) | 18–8 | None | 0 |
Championship bracket
| First Round: March 20-21 | Semi-Finals: March 22 | Gold Medal Game: March 23 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Alberta Pandas | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Waterloo Warriors | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Waterloo Warriors | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Concordia Stingers | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | St. Francis Xavier X-Women | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Concordia Stingers | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Waterloo Warriors | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Bishop's Gaiters | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Toronto Varsity Blues | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | UNB Reds | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Toronto Varsity Blues | 1 | Bronze Medal Game: March 23 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Bishop's Gaiters | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Bishop's Gaiters | 4 (OT) | 5 | Concordia Stingers | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | 2 | Toronto Varsity Blues | 3 | |||||||||
Consolation bracket
| Semi-Finals: March 22 | Fifth Place Game: March 23 | ||||||||
| 1 | Alberta Pandas | 3 | |||||||
| 4 | St. Francis Xavier X-Women | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | Alberta Pandas | 1 | |||||||
| 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | 5 | |||||||
| 7 | UNB Reds | 1 | |||||||
| 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | 5 | |||||||
References
- ^ "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
- ^ "Warriors awarded 2025 U Sports Women's Hockey Championship". Waterloo Warriors. January 12, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "U Sports awards 2024 & 2025 women's hockey championships to Saskatchewan and Waterloo". U Sports. January 12, 2023.
- ^ "Bid Book | U Sports Women's & Men's Hockey Championships 2024 & 2025" (PDF). U Sports. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
- ^ "History". U Sports. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
- ^ a b "Bishop's at Waterloo". U Sports. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ^ "Playing Regulations: Women's Ice Hockey" (PDF). U Sports. August 2024.
- ^ "Alberta Pandas named the team to beat in women's hockey". U Sports. March 16, 2025.
- ^ "Schedule/Results". U Sports. Retrieved March 18, 2024.