Host locations selected for 2025 Esso and TELUS Cups
Alberta and British Columbia to host Canada’s U18 national club championships
CALGARY, Alberta – Hockey Canada has announced the host locations for Canada’s 2025 U18 national club championships, with the Esso Cup set for Lloydminster, Alberta, and the TELUS Cup returning west to the Fraser Valley in British Columbia.
From April 20-26, the Lloydminster Steelers of the Alberta Female Hockey League (AFHL) will welcome five regional champions to compete for Canada’s Women’s U18 National Club Championship at the Centennial Civic Centre, marking the fifth time the Esso Cup has been hosted in Alberta and the first in the Border City.
The Fraser Valley Thunderbirds of the B.C. Elite Hockey League (BCEHL) will make their national championship debut at the TELUS Cup from April 21-27 at the Chilliwack Coliseum, with Canada’s Men’s U18 National Club Championship returning to British Columbia for the first time since 2017.
“Hosting a national championship is a tremendous undertaking, and we are grateful for the local organizing committees, Hockey Alberta and BC Hockey, for collaborating with our staff to host first-class events in Lloydminster and Chilliwack next spring,” said Pat McLaughlin, Hockey Canada’s chief operating officer and executive vice-president of strategy. “Canada’s U18 national club championships have seen some of the top athletes in our country compete before they’ve gone on to wear the Maple Leaf internationally, and we know hockey fans in Alberta and British Columbia will enjoy watching teams play for gold next spring.”
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“These tournaments are often once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for the participants, families and fans, and thanks to the generous support of Esso and TELUS, we are excited to build on the legacy of both events in two outstanding hockey markets,” said Dean McIntosh, senior vice-president of revenue, fan experience and community impact for Hockey Canada. “We thank all communities that expressed interest in hosting one of these national championships next season and look forward to welcoming the best under-18 clubs in the country in the spring.”
At the 2024 Esso Cup, the Regina Rebels won their first national title in Vernon, B.C., while the Cantonniers de Magog became national champions for the second time at the 2024 TELUS Cup in Membertou, Nova Scotia. Both gold medal games were broadcast on TSN and RDS, the official broadcast partners of Hockey Canada.
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Road to the 2025 TELUS Cup: Chevaliers de Lévis
Simply dominant from start to finish, the Quebec Region champions hope to cap a historic season with a national title
Let’s start with the obvious. The Chevaliers de Lévis are good. Very, very good.
The Ligue de hockey M18 AAA du Québec (LHM18AAAQ) has sent a team to the gold medal game at the TELUS Cup in nine of the last 11 tournaments. It’s home to the last two national champions – the Blizzard du Séminaire Saint-François in 2023 and Cantonniers de Magog in 2024 – and La Belle Province has produced 14 national titles, second most of any province behind only Saskatchewan (15).
But the Chevaliers did something this season that no team in LHM18AAAQ history has ever done. It went through the regular season without a defeat in regulation time – 38 wins, an overtime loss and three shootout defeats.
Lévis didn’t suffer a 60-minute setback until Game 3 of its second-round series against the Blizzard, and that was its lone postseason loss, meaning the Chevaliers will bring a combined record of 49-1-4 to Chilliwack for their second appearance at Canada’s U18 Men’s National Club Championship.
The offence was terrific – the Chevaliers’ 195 goals ranked second in the LHM18AAAQ – but the defence was historic. Lévis allowed just 67 goals in 42 games, the fewest in a season in league history, bettering the mark of 71 set by the 2018-19 Chevaliers.
Antoine Proulx – who won gold with Canada White at the 2024 U17 World Challenge – and Ryan Gagné were lights out between the pipes; the duo tied for the LHM18AAAQ lead with 19 wins each, and were one-two in goals-against average (1.49 and 1.53, respectively) and save percentage (.939 and .940, respectively).
For all the success Quebec teams have had at the TELUS Cup, it has never produced three-consecutive national champions. In fact, no province has three-peated since Saskatchewan (Saskatoon Contacts once, Prince Albert Mintos twice) from 2005-07.
HOW THEY GOT TO CHILLIWACK
Ligue de hockey M18 AAA du Québec Division semifinal: defeated Albatros du Collège Notre-Dame 2-0 (4-2, 6-3) Division final: defeated Blizzard du Séminaire Saint-François 3-1 (6-3, 3-0, 1-5, 7-3) Semifinal: defeated Gaulois de Saint-Hyacinthe 3-0 (6-1, 5-1, 5-0) Final: defeated Rousseau Royal de Laval-Montréal 3-0 (4-3, 3-2, 5-3)
REGULAR SEASON
Record (W-L-OTL): 38-0-4 (1st in LHM18AAAQ) Goals for: 195 (2nd in LHM18AAAQ) Goals against: 67 (1st in LHM18AAAQ) Longest winning streak: 14 (Sept. 6-Oct. 23) Top 3 scorers: - Charles-Antoine Dubé – 27G 29A 56P (6th in LHM18AAAQ) - Charles-Albert Pouliot – 21G 31A 52P (12th in LHM18AAAQ) - Alex Desruisseaux – 20G 26A 46P (20th in LHM18AAAQ)
PLAYOFFS
Record: 11-1 Goals for: 55 Goals against: 26 Top 3 scorers: - Samuel Thibault – 9G 7A 16P - Alex Desruisseaux – 5G 10A 15P - Charles-Antoine Dubé – 7G 7A 14P
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
2005 – Commandeurs de Lévis | bronze medal | 4-2-1 | 24GF 20GA
QMJHL DRAFTED PLAYERS
Antoine Proulx – Titan d’Acadie-Bathurst 2024 (2nd round, 23rd overall) Brandon Delarosbil – Phoenix de Sherbrooke 2024 (2nd round, 31st overall) Josh Demers – Foreurs de Val-d’Or 2024 (3rd round, 51st overall) Jacob Boucher – Voltigeurs de Drummondville 2024 (3rd round, 55th overall) Elliot Lacroix – Voltigeurs de Drummondville 2024 (4th round, 59th overall) Ludovic Paradis – Voltigeurs de Drummondville 2024 (4th round, 73rd overall) Charles-Albert Pouliot – Charlottetown Islanders 2024 (5th round, 78th overall) Charles-Antoine Dubé – Remparts de Québec 2024 (6th round, 94th overall) Malyk Côté – Armada de Blainville-Boisbriand 2024 (7th round, 117th overall) Cohen Paquet – Tigres de Victoriaville 2024 (7th round, 124th overall) Ryan Gagné – Olympiques de Gatineau 2024 (8th round, 133rd overall) Felix Grenier – Voltigeurs de Drummondville 2024 (8th round, 144th overall) Émerik Paris – Voltigeurs de Drummondville 2023 (10th round, 168th overall)
Road to the 2025 Esso Cup: Étoiles de Laurentides-Lanaudière
The Quebec Region champions are ready to make another Esso Cup appearance after just missing out in 2024
The Étoiles de Laurentides-Lanaudière were one game away from representing Quebec at consecutive Esso Cups in 2024.
A 4-3 overtime win over the Intrépide de l’Outaouais sent the Étoiles to the Esso Cup in 2023—their second appearance at Canada’s U18 Women’s National Club Championship. The Intrépide bounced back and shut out the Étoiles 2-0 in the 2024 Coupe Chevrolet provincial championship .
The Étoiles and Intrépide were top two in the Ligue de hockey d'excellence du Québec (LHEQ) again this season, with Outaouais edging Laurentides-Lanaudière by three points to top the standings. However, the Étoiles scored more goals (125) and allowed fewer (37), collecting a 23-5-0 record.
To return to the Esso Cup this year, the Étoiles would need to get past their provincial rivals; they defeated the Intrépide in the preliminary round and semifinals to book their spot in the provincial final. With the Coupe Chevrolet’s consolation-style bracket, the Intrépide downed the Stars 55 de Mauricie-CDQ to join the Étoiles in the final, where Laurentides-Lanaudière scored a 4-3 win to earn a spot at the 2025 Esso Cup.
Elli Allard helped to lead the Étoiles back to the national stage; the 16-year-old was second in LHEQ scoring with 18 goals and 47 points before adding three goals and 12 points in the playoffs.
HOW THEY GOT TO LLOYDMINSTER
Coupe Chevrolet Preliminary round: defeated Intrépide de l’Outaouais 4-2, defeated Amazones de Laval-Montréal 4-1 Quarterfinal: defeated Stars 55 de Mauricie-CDQ 4-0 Semifinal: defeated Intrépide de l’Outaouais 3-2 Final: defeated Intrépide de l’Outaouais 4-3
REGULAR SEASON
Record (W-L-OTL): 23-5-0 (2nd in LHEQ) Goals for: 125 (1st in LHEQ) Goals against: 37 (1st in LHEQ) Longest winning streak: 8 (Nov. 9-Jan. 11)
Top 3 scorers: - Elli Allard – 18G 29A 47P (2nd in LHEQ) - Maika Gauthier – 25G 18A 43P (3rd in LHEQ) - Abigaël Blais – 12G 17A 29P (6th in LHEQ)
PLAYOFFS
Record: 5-0 Goals for: 19 Goals against: 8
Top 3 scorers: - Elli Allard – 3G 9A 12P - Maika Gauthier – 6G 1A 7P - Abigaël Blais – 2G 3A 5P
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
2018 – Pionnières de Lanaudière | bronze medal | 2-3 | 11GF 17GA 2023 – Étoiles de Laurentides-Lanaudière | fifth place | 2-3 | 8GF 9GA
Road to the 2025 TELUS Cup: Moncton Flyers
After a stunning national title three years ago, the Atlantic Region champions are back in search of an encore
The 2025 edition of the Moncton Flyers sure has a tough act to follow.
In 2022, as hockey came out of the COVID-19 pandemic and returned to some semblance of normal, the Flyers earned one of the most unlikely national championships ever, going undefeated to win just the second TELUS Cup by an Atlantic Region team.
The seven wins Moncton earned in Okotoks, Alberta, were almost exactly half of their combined total from their first eight appearances at Canada’s U18 Men’s National Club Championship (15).
Now comes the return engagement, again in Western Canada.
Moncton outlasted a balanced field at the Atlantic Regional, edging the host – and defending champion – Kensington Wild in the final. The regional run came after an 8-2 playoffs in the New Brunswick/Prince Edward Island Major U18 Hockey League (NBPEIMU18HL) and a 26-8-3 finish in the regular season, good for second in the NBPEIMU18HL.
In all, the Flyers haven’t lost a game by more than one goal since Feb. 18.
Moncton spread around the scoring – captain Nathan Weber topped the scoring chart during the regular season (19-33—52), Jaxon Somers paced the offence in the NBPEIMU18HL playoffs (9-5—14) and Marc MacPhee did the honours at the Atlantic Regional (3-6—9).
The defence wasn’t too bad, either – goaltenders Simon Cormier (2.67) and Luca Leger-Andrade (2.68) posted the top two goals-against averages in the regular season, and Cormier had a 2.11 mark in the playoffs.
With their trip to Chilliwack, the Flyers become one of just seven teams to reach double digits in TELUS Cup appearances (the Regina Pat Canadians will also make their 10th this year), and their 10 trips get them within one of St. John’s for the most by an Atlantic team.
HOW THEY GOT TO CHILLIWACK
New Brunswick/P.E.I. Major U18 Hockey League N.B. semifinal: defeated Saint John Vitos 4-1 (5-2, 5-0, 2-3, 5-2, 3-2) N.B. final: defeated Fredericton Caps 4-1 (2-3, 5-1, 4-3 OT, 3-2, 4-3)
Atlantic Regional Preliminary round: 1st place (3-1) – defeated Charlottetown Knights 6-3, lost to Halifax Macs 3-2 SO, defeated East Coast Blizzard 10-1, defeated Kensington Wild 6-1 Final: defeated Kensington Wild 5-3
REGULAR SEASON
Record (W-L-OTL): 26-8-0 (2nd in NBPEIMU18HL) Goals for: 167 (1st in NBPEIMU18HL) Goals against: 101 (1st in NBPEIMU18HL) Longest winning streak: 9 (Nov. 9-Jan. 4) Top 3 scorers: - Nathan Weber – 19G 33A 52P (4th in NBPEIMU18HL) - Jacob Pineau – 19G 30A 49P (5th in NBPEIMU18HL) - Jaxon Somers – 17G 25A 42P (11th in NBPEIMU18HL)
PLAYOFFS
Record: 12-3 Goals for: 67 Goals against: 32 Top 3 scorers: - Jaxon Somers – 13G 8A 21P - Nathan Weber – 6G 15A 21P - Marc MacPhee – 7G 12A 19P
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
1977 – Moncton Flyers | fourth place | 4-2-1 | 24GF 19GA 1978 – Moncton Flyers | fifth place | 4-2-0 | 19GF 13GA 1979 – Moncton Flyers | ninth place | 1-3-1 | 15GF 21GA 1980 – Moncton Flyers | eighth place | 2-3-0 | 17GF 20GA 1986 – Moncton Flyers | fifth place | 1-4-0 | 24GF 34GA 2009 – Moncton Flyers | fifth place | 1-4-0 | 15GF 32GA 2012 – Moncton Flyers | fifth place | 1-3-1 | 17GF 22GA 2018 – Moncton Flyers | fifth place | 1-4-0 | 8GF 17GA 2022 – Moncton Flyers | gold medal | 7-0-0 | 42GF 26GA
QMJHL DRAFTED PLAYERS
Jacob Pineau – Cape Breton Eagles 2024 (6th round, 100th overall) Simon Cormier – Moncton Wildcats 2023 (8th round, 141st overall) Jaxon Somers – Olympiques de Gatineau 2024 (9th round, 151st overall) Liam Daigle – Olympiques de Gatineau 2024 (10th round, 170th overall) Luc Morais – Moncton Wildcats 2023 (10th round, 178th overall) Nathan Weber – Charlottetown Islanders 2023 (11th round, 189th overall) Malik Bourque-Vigneault –Océanic de Rimouski 2024 (14th round, 247th overall)
Road to the 2025 Esso Cup: Eastern Stars
The Atlantic champions dominated this season and are ready to represent the East Coast at the Esso Cup for the first time
After eight years, Prince Edward Island will have a team represented at the Esso Cup and the Eastern Stars are ready to make the most of playing on a national stage.
The Stars come to Lloydminster on a hot streak that has lasted for five months—they have not lost a game since Nov. 10. They won the remaining 18 games in the Maritime Major Female Hockey League (MMFHL) regular season and went undefeated in the playoffs, sweeping their provincial rivals, the Western Wolves, to reach the Atlantic Regional .
Eastern carried its momentum into the regional tournament in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, going unbeaten in four preliminary-round games and setting up a battle against the host Northern Selects for a spot at the Esso Cup. After falling 5-2 in the regional final a year ago, the Stars got their revenge by defeating the Selects 3-1 to claim a spot at Canada’s U18 Women’s National Club Championship.
Emily Gardiner has led the Stars’ offence this season with 26 goals and 51 points in 32 regular-season games. In the playoffs, rookie Avery MacPhee took the spotlight, leading the way with five goals and two helpers. In addition, defender Taylor Hunter represented Team Atlantic earlier this season at the 2024 U18 Women’s National Championship in Quispamsis, New Brunswick.
The Stars are thethird team to represent Prince Edward Island at the Esso Cup, following the Mid-Isle Wildcats (2017) and Kings County Kings (2011). They’re also in search of the first-ever medal for an Atlantic team; just three times in the first 14 editions of the tournament has an East Coast team reached the semifinals, and all three fell short in the bronze medal game.
HOW THEY GOT TO LLOYDMINSTER
Maritime Major Female Hockey League Prince Edward Island final: defeated Western Wolves 4-0 (2-1, 1-0, 3-2, 2-1)
Atlantic Regional Preliminary round: 4-0 – 1st place (defeated Halifax Capitals 2-1, defeated Northern Selects 2-1, defeated Moncton Rockets 3-0, defeated Eastern Ice Breakers 6-0) Final: defeated Northern Selects 3-1
REGULAR SEASON
Record (W-L-T): 27-5-0 (1st in MMFHL) Goals for: 127 (2nd in MMFHL) Goals against: 52 (1st in MMFHL) Longest winning streak: 18 (Nov. 16-Feb. 11)
Top 3 scorers: - Emily Gardiner – 26G 25A 51P (3rd in MMFHL) - Ellie Mullins – 19G 17A 36P (9th in MMFHL) - Emily Lutley – 12G 22A 34P (11th in MMFHL)
PLAYOFFS
Record: 9-0 Goals for: 24 Goals against: 7
Top 3 scorers: - Avery MacPhee – 5G 2A 7P - Emily Lutley – 2G 5A 7P - Cadence Player – 3G 3A 6P
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
First appearance
UNIVERSITY COMMITMENTS
Emily Gardiner - Dalhousie University Taylor Hunter - Mount Allison University Olivia Lowe - Holland College Kali MacDonald - University of Prince Edward Island
Road to the 2025 TELUS Cup: Fraser Valley Thunderbirds
After six weeks on the sidelines, the hosts are ready to resume their quest for a home-ice national title
The long wait is almost over for the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds.
A season of anticipation is into its final days as the Thunderbirds prepare to welcome the country’s best to the Fraser Valley for the 2025 edition of the TELUS Cup.
When the puck finally drops on Canada’s U18 Men’s National Club Championship on April 21 – Fraser Valley opens against the West Region champions, the Regina Pat Canadians – it’ll end a 44-day layoff for the hosts, who haven’t seen the ice since they were swept from the first round of the B.C. Elite Hockey League (BCEHL) playoffs by the Vancouver NW Hawks on March 8.
The Thunderbirds ran hot and cold during the regular season, never winning more than three in a row while never dropping more than four straight. They finished with an 18-16-1-1 (W-L-OTL-T) record, good for fifth in the eight-team BCEHL, with goals for (151) and goals against (163) totals that placed them fourth and seventh, respectively.
Cole Brown was the offensive star for Fraser Valley, pacing the BCEHL with 65 points (24-41—65) – meaning he was involved in 43.1% of the goals the Thunderbirds scored during the regular season. But it was a balanced offence behind Brown, with five players – Marco De Pedrina, Manwinder Sandhu, Simon Ward, Parker MacDougall (who left the team midseason to join the WHL’s Red Deer Rebels) and Noah Lawless – all finishing with 40+ points.
The Thunderbirds are looking to end a very long drought for host teams; not since the Calgary Northstars in 1991 has the hometown side been the last team standing, and only six in the 31 tournaments since then (most recently the Gaulois de Saint-Hyacinthe in 2023) have reached the gold medal game.
HOW THEY GOT TO CHILLIWACK
B.C. Elite Hockey League Quarterfinal: lost to Vancouver NW Hawks 2-0 (2-4, 2-6)
REGULAR SEASON
Record (W-L-OTL-T): 18-6-1-1 (5th in BCEHL) Goals for: 151 (4th in BCEHL) Goals against: 163 (7th in BCEHL) Longest winning streak: 3 (Oct. 13-27) Top 3 scorers: - Cole Brown – 24G 41A 65P (1st in BCEHL) - Marco De Pedrina – 19G 28A 47P (12th in BCEHL) - Manwinder Sandhu – 10G 36A 46P (14th in BCEHL)
PLAYOFFS
Record: 0-2 Goals for: 4 Goals against: 10 Top 3 scorers: - Noah Lawless – 1G 2A 3P - Jeremy Kraft – 2G 0A 2P - Manwinder Sandhu – 0G 2A 2P
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
First appearance
WHL DRAFTED PLAYERS
Koltin Herfst – Victoria Royals 2024 (2nd round, 37th overall) Riley Charlton – Vancouver Giants 2024 (5th round, 94th overall) Lucas Wiercioch – Everett Silvertips 2024 (6th round, 125th overall) Simon Ward – Vancouver Giants 2022 (9th round, 180th overall)
Road to the 2025 Esso Cup: Lloydminster Steelers
The anticipation has been building all season, and the hosts are ready to welcome the best U18 club teams in Canada to the Border City
The Lloydminster Steelers have been counting down to the 2025 Esso Cup all season, and now the hosts are ready to use home ice to their advantage.
The Steelers finished in the top half of the Alberta Female Hockey League (AFHL), ending the regular season with a 17-10-1 record.
Strong defence and goaltending have been crucial for the Steelers. Lloydminster allowed only 48 goals, the second-best goals-against mark in the AFHL behind the juggernaut Edmonton Jr. Oilers. In net, the Steelers have a dynamic duo in Grace Deveau and rookie Harlee Houle. Deveau sported a 1.13 goals-against average and a .953 save percentage, while Houle registered a 1.87 goals-against average and .926 save percentage during the regular season.
This will be Lloydminster’s first appearance at Canada’s U18 Women’s National Club Championship, but the hosts are already familiar with one opponent: the Jr. Oilers. Edmonton lost just one AFHL game this season, and it came at the hands of the Steelers—a 2-1 overtime decision on Jan. 26.
Historically, the Esso Cup hosts have never won the tournament, but the Steelers are hoping to change that. Two host teams have previously reached the gold medal game—the Red Deer Chiefs (2015) and Sudbury Lady Wolves (2019).
HOW THEY GOT TO LLOYDMINSTER
Alberta Female Hockey League Quarterfinal: lost to Calgary Fire Red 2-0 (2-3, 1-2)
REGULAR SEASON
Record (W-L-OTL): 17-10-1 (4th in AFHL) Goals for: 61 (4th in AFHL) Goals against: 48 (2nd in AFHL) Longest winning streak: 5 (Nov. 22-Dec. 20)
Top 3 scorers: - Raevyn Neahr – 10G 11A 21P (12th in AFHL) - Skylar Heinrichs – 10G 10A 20P (15th in AFHL) - Taryn Leighton – 6G 8A 14P (36th in AFHL)
PLAYOFFS
Record: 0-2 Goals for: 3 Goals against: 5
Top 3 scorers: - Ashlyn Hinton – 2G 0A 2P - Sydney Klebanosky – 0G 2A 2P - Raevyn Neahr – 0G 2A 2P
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
First appearance
UNIVERSITY COMMITMENTS
Grace Deveau – Trinity Western University Skylar Heinrichs - Mount Royal University Ashlyn Hinton – Lakeland College Kennedy McQuade - St. Thomas University Ryann Rekimowich – Lakeland College Natalie Tychkowsky – Red Deer Polytechnic
Road to the 2025 TELUS Cup: Pacific Regional
Flames vs. Rockets. Who wins their way to the Fraser Valley?
There are two teams left in the westernmost region of U18 hockey – either the Calgary Flames or Okanagan Rockets will represent the Pacific at the 2025 TELUS Cup in Chilliwack, British Columbia.
It’s the second time in three years these teams will meet for regional supremacy – Calgary swept Okanagan in a pair of competitive games in 2023, with the teams combining for 23 goals in two games. Both teams have made somewhat recent trips to the U18 Men’s National Club Championship – the Flames were the Pacific representatives two years ago, finishing in sixth place, while the Rockets won bronze in 2014 (the first medal by a B.C. team in 32 years).
Calgary and Okanagan skate into the best-of-three regional series with different kinds of momentum – the Flames swept their way through the AEHL final, while the Rockets persevered to down the Cariboo Cougars in overtime of Game 3 on the road to win the BCEHL title.
RECENT CHAMPIONS (TELUS CUP FINISH)
2024 – Calgary Buffaloes (bronze medal) 2023 – Calgary Flames (6th place) 2022 – Vancouver NE Chiefs (6th place) 2019 – Calgary Buffaloes (4th place) 2018 – Lethbridge Hurricanes (bronze medal)
CALGARY FLAMES AEHL CHAMPIONS
Regular season record: 27-6-4-1 (1st in AEHL) Goals for: 173 Goals against: 98 Leading scorer: Evan Benoit (19G 23A 42P)
Playoff record: 8-1 Goals for: 41 Goals against: 23 Leading scorer: Nathan Ivey (7G 3A 10P)
ROAD TO THE PACIFIC REGIONAL Quarterfinal: defeated Calgary Royals 2-0 (6-4, 5-2) Semifinal: defeated Calgary Buffaloes 3-1 (6-3, 1-3, 5-3, 6-1) Final: defeated Sherwood Park Kings 3-0 (4-2, 3-2 2OT, 5-3)
Last national championship appearance: 2023 (6th place) Total national championship appearances: 2 (1999, 2023)
OKANAGAN ROCKETS BCEHL CHAMPIONS
Regular season record: 21-12-1-2 (3rd in BCEHL) Goals for: 149 Goals against: 121 Leading scorer: Dion Schraeder (39G 23A 62P)
Playoff record: 6-1 Goals for: 27 Goals against: 12 Leading scorer: Hayden Laing (3G 8A 11P)
ROAD TO THE PACIFIC REGIONAL Quarterfinal: defeated Vancouver NE Chiefs 2-0 (4-1, 6-2) Semifinal: defeated Valley West Giants 2-0 (6-0, 2-1) Final: defeated Cariboo Cougars 2-1 (4-2, 2-4, 3-2 OT)
Last national championship appearance: 2014 (bronze medal) Total national championship appearances: 1 (2014)
Road to the 2025 Esso Cup: Pacific Regional
The Edmonton Jr. Oilers and Greater Vancouver Comets have earned provincial titles; who moves on to the Esso Cup?
We’re down to two in the Pacific Region.
The Greater Vancouver Comets hope to reach its first Esso Cup after a strong regular season in the British Columbia Elite Hockey League (BCEHL). Goaltender Olivia Tran leads the BCEHL in wins (19), shootouts (nine) and has the second-best goals-against average at 1.18—fellow Comets netminder, Alexandra Johnston, has the season’s best average with a 0.77 GAA. Johnston carried the regular-season momentum into the playoffs with a 4-0 record, 1.37 GAA and a .930 saves percentage.
In the Alberta Female Hockey League, the Edmonton Jr. Oilers were the team to beat, recording one overtime loss against the Lloydminster Steelers on January 26 during the regular season. Keira Grant had an excellent performance in the provincial tournament, scoring seven goals and adding three helpers in six playoff games. Standout goaltending from Taya Christie and Ella Dunham-Fox resulted in only five goals against and two shutouts during the provincial tournament.
RECENT CHAMPIONS (ESSO CUP FINISH) 2024 – Edmonton Jr. Oilers (bronze medal) 2023 – Fraser Valley Rush (silver medal) 2022 – Fraser Valley Rush (silver medal) 2019 – St. Albert Slash (gold medal) 2018 – St. Albert Slash (gold medal)
GREATER VANCOUVER COMETS BCEHL CHAMPIONS
Regular season record: 28-2-2 (1st in BCEHL) Goals for: 137 Goals against: 33 Leading scorer: Rowan Brooke Hu (21G 20A 41P)
Playoff record: 4-0 Goals for: 11 Goals against: 6 Leading scorer: Carolyn Koo and Noe Crookham (2G 1A 3P)
ROAD TO THE PACIFIC REGIONAL Semifinal: defeated Thompson-Okanagan Lakers 2-0 (3-2, 3-1) Final: defeated Northern Capitals 2-0 (1-0, 4-3)
Last national championship appearance: none Total national championship appearances: none
EDMONTON JR. OILERS AFHL CHAMPIONS
Regular season record: 27-1-0 (1st in AFHL) Goals for: 124 Goals against: 26 Leading scorer: Parker Small (11G 20A 31P)
Playoff record: 6-0 Goals for: 24 Goals against: 5 Leading scorer: Keira Grant (7G 3A 10P)
ROAD TO THE PACIFIC REGIONAL Quarterfinal: defeated Sherwood Park Reign 2-0 (5-2, 7-1) Semifinal: defeated Calgary Fire Red 2-0 (3-1, 1-0) Final: defeated St. Albert Slash 2-0 (5-1, 3-0)
Last national championship appearance: 2024 (bronze medal) Total national championship appearances: 8 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2024)
Road to the 2025 Esso Cup: West Regional
The Saskatoon Stars and Eastman Selects earned provincial titles, but which team will advance to the Esso Cup?
It’s been five years since the Saskatoon Stars were last at the Esso Cup. Now, the team has a chance to make its fifth appearance at the U18 Women’s National Club Championship after winning the Saskatchewan Female U18 AAA Hockey League (SFU18AAAHL) championship. After sweeping Weyburn in the quarterfinals, the Stars’ semifinal and championship series came down to decisive Game 3s. Halle Duchene led the Stars in the playoffs with seven goals and eight assists to help Saskatoon advance to the West Regional.
The Eastman Selects are hoping to make its first appearance at the Esso Cup after winning the Manitoba Female Hockey League (MFHL) title in a thrilling championship game. The Selects swept the Interlake Lightning and Yellowhead Chiefs to meet the Winnipeg Avros in the final. It all came down to double-overtime in Game 5 of the final, when Sophia Heidinger scored the game-winning goal unassisted to seal the win for the Selects.
RECENT CHAMPIONS (ESSO CUP FINISH) 2024 – Regina Rebels (gold medal) 2023 – Regina Rebels (bronze medal) 2022 – Notre Dame Hounds (third place) 2019 – Saskatoon Stars (fourth place) 2018 – Saskatoon Stars (silver medal)
SASKATOON STARS SFU18AAAHL CHAMPIONS
Regular season record: 18-8-4 (2nd in SFU18AAAHL) Goals for: 110 Goals against: 67 Leading scorer: Halle Duchene (20G 21A 41P)
Playoff record: 6-2 Goals for: 35 Goals against: 12 Leading scorer: Halle Duchene (7G 8A 15P)
ROAD TO THE WEST REGIONAL Quarterfinal: defeated Weyburn Gold Wings 2-0 (7-1, 7-1) Semifinal: defeated Swift Current Wildcats 2-1 (6-3, 0-2, 5-2) Final: defeated Battlefords Sharks 2-1 (3-0, 1-2, 6-1)
Last national championship appearance: 2019 (fourth place) Total national championship appearances: 4 (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
EASTMAN SELECTS MFHL CHAMPIONS
Regular season record: 27-5-0 (1st in MFHL) Goals for: 113 Goals against: 33 Leading scorer: Vayda Rigaux (10G 26A 36P)
Playoff record: 9-2 Goals for: 30 Goals against: 10 Leading scorer: Sophia Heidinger (6G 6A 12P)
ROAD TO THE WEST REGIONAL Quarterfinal: defeated Interlake Lightning 3-0 (3-0, 4-0, 4-0) Semifinal: defeated Yellowhead Chiefs 3-0 (4-1, 4-3, 4-0) Final: defeated Winnipeg Avros 3-2 (2-1, 3-0, 0-2, 0-2, 2-1 2OT)
Last national championship appearance: none Total national championship appearances: none
Road to the 2025 TELUS Cup: Quebec Regional
Rousseau Royal vs. Chevaliers. Who wins their way to the Fraser Valley?
There are two teams left in La Belle Province – either the Rousseau Royal de Laval-Montréal or Chevaliers de Lévis will represent Quebec at the 2025 TELUS Cup in Chilliwack, British Columbia.
The Chevaliers have been simply dominant this season; they went without a regulation-time loss in the regular season, going 38-0-4, and are 8-1 on their postseason run, with a 5-1 setback in Game 3 against Séminaire Saint-François their only 60-minute setback across 51 games. The Rousseau Royal, meanwhile, are battle-tested, having gone the distance in all three of their series, and twice were an overtime goal from elimination.
Whoever earns the spot on the West Coast will be looking to make it back-to-back-to-back national titles for the region, following Séminaire Saint-François, which ended a 22-year gold medal drought for Quebec in 2023, and Magog, which finally got over the hump in 2024 after three gold medal game losses in as many tournaments.
RECENT CHAMPIONS (TELUS CUP FINISH)
2024 – Cantonniers de Magog (gold medal) 2023 – Blizzard du Séminaire Saint-François (gold medal) 2022 – Cantonniers de Magog (silver medal) 2019 – Cantonniers de Magog (silver medal) 2018 – Cantonniers de Magog (silver medal)
ROUSSEAU ROYAL DE LAVAL-MONTRÉAL
Regular season record: 26-14-2 (4th in LHM18AAAQ) Goals for: 151 Goals against: 137 Leading scorer: Zakary Horvat-Edouard (19G 38A 57P)
Playoff record: 8-5 Goals for: 54 Goals against: 43 Leading scorer: Benedetto-Antonio Masi (11G 8A 19P)
ROAD TO THE QUEBEC REGIONAL Division semifinal: defeated Intrépide de Gatineau 2-1 (3-4, 5-4 OT, 4-3) Division final: defeated Vikings de Saint-Eustache 3-2 (4-2, 6-7, 8-1, 0-3, 4-0) Semifinal: defeated Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne 3-2 (6-5, 4-5 OT, 2-5, 3-2 OT, 6-2)
Last national championship appearance: 2013 (bronze medal) Total national championship appearances: 2 (2009, 2013)
Regular season record: 38-0-4 (1st in LHM18AAAQ) Goals for: 195 Goals against: 67 Leading scorer: Charles-Antoine Dubé (27G 29A 56P)
Playoff record: 8-1 Goals for: 43 Goals against: 18 Leading scorer: Charles-Antoine Dubé (6G 7A 13P)
ROAD TO THE QUEBEC REGIONAL Division semifinal: defeated Albatros du Collège Notre-Dame 2-0 (4-2, 6-3) Division final: defeated Blizzard du Séminaire Saint-François 3-1 (6-3, 3-0, 1-5, 7-3) Semifinal: defeated Gaulois de Saint-Hyacinthe 3-0 (6-1, 5-1, 5-0)
Last national championship appearance: 2010 (6th place) Total national championship appearances: 2 (2005, 2010)
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