/unews/organization/university-cup en /unews/article/university-cup-primer-who-will-face-pronghorns <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="rnews:articlebody schema:articleBody"> <p>The Pronghorns are in as hosts, but who will be joining them at the 2019 Cavendish Farms U SPORTS 免费福利资源在线看片 Cup Men&rsquo;s National Hockey Championship? And what path will they take to get here?</p><p>The eight-team field for this year&rsquo;s national championship is gleaned from the three conferences that make up U SPORTS, the governing body for all university sports in the country. U SPORTS encompasses Canada West (CW, home of the Pronghorns and all universities from B.C. to Manitoba), Ontario 免费福利资源在线看片 Athletics (OUA, universities in Ontario and Quebec) and Atlantic 免费福利资源在线看片 Sport (AUS, maritime universities).</p><p>Each conference plays post-season tournaments to produce champions who earn their spot in nationals. For men&rsquo;s hockey nationals, Canada West will send its conference champion as well as the runner-up. The 免费福利资源在线看片 of Alberta Golden Bears defeated 免费福利资源在线看片 of Saskatchewan Huskies to claim the conference championship. Both teams will be in Lethbridge with the Bears the champion and the Huskies the Canada West runner-up.</p><p>The OUA is sending its East and West Division champions. Queen&#39;s 免费福利资源在线看片 won the East and the 免费福利资源在线看片 of Guelph won the West, both earning spots in the field with their series victories. Carleton and Western will meet in the third-place game to determine the final spot out of the OUA.</p><p>Finally, AUS will send the 免费福利资源在线看片 of New Brunswick Varsity Reds as its conference champion and runner-upSt. Francis Xavier X-Men to round out the field.</p><p>When the eight teams are determined, U SPORTS seeds them for the single-elimination bracket tourney. The top seed plays the eighth seed, two plays seven, three plays six and four matches up against the fifth seed in the quarter-final round (two each on Thursday and Friday of the tourney).</p><p>If you win, you advance to the semis, if you lose, you&rsquo;re done. Semifinals go on Saturday and the bronze and gold medal games are played on Sunday. Win three straight and you&rsquo;re the national champions.</p><p>Given that the tournament format is do-or-die for every game, it will make for some extremely intense hockey with no margin for error.</p><p>The tournament begins Thursday, March 14 and concludes Sunday, March 17. Tournament packages and tickets for Thursday&rsquo;s second quarter-final, featuring the U of L Pronghorns, are available now at <a href="http://www.enmaxcentre.ca/" rel="nofollow">enmaxcentre.ca</a>.</p><p><div class="image-caption-container" style="width:720px;"><img src="/unews/sites/default/files/TourneyBracket-Mar7.jpg" alt=""></div></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field-group-format group_related_topics field-group-div group-related-topics block-title-body speed-fast effect-none"><h2><span>Related Topics</span></h2><div class="field field-name-opencalais-organization-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Organization:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/pronghorn-athletics" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Pronghorn Athletics</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/organization/u-sports" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">U SPORTS</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/university-cup" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">免费福利资源在线看片 Cup</a></div></div></div></div><span property="rnews:name schema:name" content="免费福利资源在线看片 Cup primer - who will face the Pronghorns?" class="rdf-meta"></span> Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:30:23 +0000 trevor.kenney 10097 at /unews