The 2022 U Sports Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (60th Annual) was held March 31 â April 3, 2022, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, to determine a national champion for the 2021âÂÂ22 U Sports men's ice hockey season. The OUA Champion UQTR Patriotes defeated the Canada West Champion, and top-seeded, Alberta Golden Bears by a score of 5âÂÂ4 in double overtime.
The tournament was played at Andrew H. McCain Arena on the campus of Acadia University. It was the first full tournament hosted by Acadia following the partially-played, cancelled championship in 2020. This is scheduled to be the first U Sports men's ice hockey championship played since 2019 following two years of cancelled tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the Scotiabank Centre, but was moved to the Acadia University campus due to scheduling conflicts following a postponement of this tournament by two weeks.
<small>Note: * denotes overtime period(s)</small>
Alexis Gravel, a goaltender from the UQTR Patriotes, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for U Sports University Cup MVP. Gravel played all three games for UQTR (two of which went into overtime) and finished the tournament with a GAA of 1.86 and Save Percentage of .950 as well as Player of the Game honours in UQTR's first game vs UBC.
Joining Gravel on the tournament all-star team were:<br> Defenceman: Clayton Kirichenko (Alberta Golden Bears)<br> Defenceman: Santino Centorame, (StFX)<br> Forward: Simon Lafrance (UQTR Patriotes)<br> Forward: Eric Florchuk (Alberta Golden Bears)<br> Forward: Félix Lauzon (UQTR Patriotes)