Men's Hockey: University Cup Pools & Schedule Released

The CIS has just sent out a media advisory with the 2012 Cavendish University Cup pool seedings and schedule, right when they said they would!

If you know the CIS regs, (UNBHockeyfans.com goes into it here) and looked at the final rankings released at lunch time, you can determine that the CIS went by the book in setting up the pools. There is one less TV game this year, as the first Saturday game has been pushed to a 11:30 am ADT start, and off television, so that the "evening" game can start at 4:30 pm ADT (3:30 pm EDT), which I guess was more television friendly for Sportsnet (by staying away from Hockey Night in Canada?). I wonder how well the body clocks of the Huskies players will be adjusted by Saturday morning!?

Pool A 

• 1. UNB 
• 4. Western 
• 6. UQTR Pool 

 Pool B 

• 2. McGill 
• 3. Saskatchewan 
• 5. Moncton 

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (Atlantic Time)

Wednesday, March 21

• 12:45 Meet The Teams Media Conference (Aitken University Centre) 
• 19:00 All-Canadian Awards Presentation (The Playhouse) 

 Thursday, March 22

• 14:00 Pool B #1: McGill vs. Moncton (ssncanada.ca) 
• 19:00 Pool A #1: UNB vs. UQTR (ssncanada.ca) 

 Friday, March 23

• 14:00 Pool B #2: Loser Pool B #1 vs. Saskatchewan (ssncanada.ca) 
• 19:00 Pool A #2: Loser Pool A #1 vs. Western (ssncanada.ca) 

 Saturday, March 24

• 11:30 Pool B #3: Winner Pool B #1 vs. Saskatchewan (ssncanada.ca) 
• 16:30 Pool A #3: Winner Pool A #1 vs. Western (Rogers Sportsnet / ssncanada.ca) * 

 Sunday, March 25

• 20:00 University Cup Final (Rogers Sportsnet / ssncanada.ca) 

 Note: The last game of pool play (Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ADT) will air live on all Sportsnet stations, except on Sportsnet West, which will air the game on a tape delay at 8 p.m. Mountain.