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Alberta Pandas named the team to beat in women’s hockey
March 16, 2025

Alberta Pandas named the team to beat in women’s hockey

The Alberta Pandas, who upset UBC to win the Canada West championship, are the top seed heading into the 2025 Miller Waste Systems U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship. U SPORTS announced the seeding on Sunday for the 2025 championship, which runs from Thursday to Sunday at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario.

Championship website: https://en.usports.ca/championships/2024-2025/2024-25_W_Hockey/

The Pandas will be seeking their record ninth Golden Path trophy as they head to the tournament for the 18th time, but the first since 2020. On the other end, the Bishop’s Gaiters are making their first trip to the championship since the program’s inception in 2021. The remaining six teams at the event are all returnees from the 2024 championship in Saskatoon. 

The complete field, in seeding order, is as follows:

  1. Alberta Pandas (CW Champions: 24-3-1 regular season, 4-1 playoffs)
  2. Toronto Varsity Blues (OUA champions: 17-8-1, 5-0)
  3. Bishop’s Gaiters (RSEQ champions: 10-8-3, 4-1)
  4. STFX X-Women (AUS champions: 18-5-5, 5-2)
  5. Concordia Stingers (RSEQ finalists: 20-1-0, 3-2)
  6. UBC Thunderbirds (CW finalists: 24-5-1, 2-2)
  7. UNB (AUS finalists: 21-5-2, 3-2)
  8. Waterloo Warriors (hosts: 18-2-6, 4-1)

In women’s hockey, the four conference champions are seeded in the top four based on their final national ranking. The four other participants are placed so that each side of the draw includes one team from each conference. 

The quarterfinals will be played on Thursday and Friday, as follows: (all times Eastern)

  • Thursday, 1 p.m.: No. 5 Concordia vs. No. 4 STFX
  • Thursday, 7 p.m.: No. 1 Alberta at No. 8 Waterloo
  • Friday, 1 p.m.: No. 6 UBC vs. No. 3 Bishop’s
  • Friday, 7 p.m.: No. 7 UNB vs. No. 2 Toronto

Saturday’s action starts with two consolation games at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., with the semifinals set for 4 and 7 p.m. On Sunday, the fifth-place game will get underway at 10 a.m., with the bronze-medal game following at 2 p.m. and the championship at 6 p.m. 

Tickets are currently on sale on at usportstickets.ca. All 11 games from the event will be broadcast live on CBC Sports digital platforms in English. In French, the games will be carried on Radio Canada’s digital platforms, with Sunday’s gold medal game being aired on TVA Sports.