2002 Esso Canadian National Championship

Arnprior/Renfrew, Ontario, March 2002

The 2002 Esso Canadian National Championship was hosted by the communities of Arnprior and Renfrew, Ontario from March 6-10, 2002. This championship is for the highest level of women's hockey in Canada. Each Canadian province sends the provincial championship team or an all-star team to represent their province. The Beatrice Aeros (from Ontario) and an All-Star team from Quebec met in the gold medal final of the championship this year, with Quebec winning the game by a 1-0 margin. Kim St-Pierre was spectacular in goal.

Pools


  Pool A                      Pool B
  Alberta (AB)                Québec (QC)
  British Columbia (BC)       Ontario (ON)
  Saskatchewan (SK)           Nova Scotia (NS)
  Newfoundland/Labrador (NF)  Manitoba (MB)
  PEI (PE)                    Ontario Host (ON2)

Schedule

  Time  Pool    Teams & Result      Location

  Wednesday March 6
   8h00 B       ON  3 -vs- ON2 1    Arnprior
   8h00 B       MB  0 -vs- QC  4    Renfrew
  10h15 A       SK  2 -vs- BC  2    Arnprior
  10h15 A       AB  5 -vs- PE  2    Renfrew
  14h00 B       MB  2 -vs- NS  3    Arnprior
  16h45 A       PE  2 -vs- SK  3    Arnprior
  17h00 A       NF  0 -vs- BC  4    Renfrew
  20h00         Opening Ceremonies
  20h30 B       QC  0 -vs- ON  0    Renfrew

  Thursday March 7
   9h00 A       AB 10 -vs- NF  1    Arnprior
   9h00 A       BC  0 -vs- PE  2    Renfrew
  11h15 B       ON 11 -vs- MB  0    Arnprior
  11h15 B       ON  7 -vs- NS  0    Renfrew
  17h30 A       NF  0 -vs- SK  1    Renfrew
  18h00 B       QC  3 -vs- ON2 0    Arnprior
  20h00 B       NS  7 -vs- ON  0    Renfrew
  20h30 A       BC  0 -vs- AB  6    Arnprior

  Friday March 8
   9h00 A       PE  1 -vs- NF  0    Arnprior
   9h00 B       ON2 8 -vs- MB  0    Renfrew
  11h15 B       NS  0 -vs- QC  5    Arnprior
  11h15 A       SK  0 -vs- AB  4    Renfrew
  18h00 Qtrs:   ON2 6 -vs- SK  1    Renfrew
  20h30 Qtrs:   PE  0 -vs- ON  8    Renfrew

  Saturday March 9
   9h30 9th Pl: MB  3 -vs- NF  1    Arnprior
   9h30 7th Pl: BC  1 -vs- NS  3    Renfrew
  12h30 5th Pl: SK  0 -vs- PE  1    Renfrew
  13h00 Semis:  ON2 0 -vs- QC  3    Arnprior
  16h00 Semis:  ON  9 -vs- AB  1    Arnprior
  18h30         Banquet

  Sunday March 10
  15h00 Bronze: ON2 5 -vs- AB  1    Arnprior
  19h00 Gold:   QC  1 -vs- ON  0    Arnprior

Pool Standings

Pool A:
  Teams                GP W L T TP GF GA  SF  SA PM
  Alberta               4 4 0 0  8 25  3 109  46 18
  Saskatchewan          4 2 1 1  5  6  8  88  89 32
  Prince Edward Island  4 2 2 0  4  7  8  90 101 32
  British Columbia      4 1 2 1  3  6 10  73  79 28
  Newfoundland/Labrador 4 0 4 0  0  1 16  57 102 20

Pool B
  Teams                GP W L T TP GF GA  SF  SA PM
  Québec                4 3 0 1  7 12  0 110  78 14
  Ontario               4 3 0 1  7 21  1 137  54 44
  Ontario (Host)        4 2 2 0  4 16  6 101  82 42
  Nova Scotia           4 1 3 0  2  3 21  53 127 18
  Manitoba              4 0 4 0  0  2 26  56 116 36

Final Placings

Québec (all-star team)
Ontario (Beatrice Aeros)
Ontario Host (Brampton Thunder)
Alberta (Oval X-Treme)
Prince Edward Island (all-star team)
Saskatchewan (all-star team)
Nova Scotia (all-star team)
British Columbia (Richmond Steelers)
Manitoba (University of Winnipeg)
Newfoundland / Labrador (all-star team)

Banquet

Pictures to come...

Here is the speech I gave at the Nationals banquet.

Award Winners

  Most Valuable Player - Kim St-Pierre (Québec)
  Most Sportsmanlike Player - Lisa-Marie Breton (Québec)
  Top Goaltender - Kendra Fisher (Ontario)
  Top Defensemen - Cheryl Pounder (Ontario)
  Top Forward - Dominique Rancour (Québec)
  Most Sportsmanlike Team - Nova Scotia
  Esso Isobel Gathorne Hardy Award - Andria Hunter (Ontario)