1978 CIAU University Cup

The 1978 CIAU Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament was held at the Jean-Louis Lévesque Arena in Moncton, New Brunswick. The Moncton Aigles Bleus served as tournament host.

Road to the Cup

Note: * denotes overtime period

Note: * denotes overtime period

Note: * denotes overtime period

Note: * denotes overtime period

Note: * denotes overtime period

The tournament continued the policy of inviting two teams from the conference that served as host. However, as a change from previous seasons, rather than give the hosting conference byes into the semifinal round, all entrants into the tournament were placed into two round-robin groups. The six teams were sorted by a committee prior to the tournament and arranged so that the two AUAA teams would be in opposite brackets.
In the round-robin groups, the teams that finished with the best record would advance to the championship game. If there was a tie for the best record, the first tie-breaker was goal differential. If there was a tie in goal differential, the teams would play sudden death overtime for the advantage.

Team	Qualification	Record	Appearance	Last
[Alberta Golden Bears men's ice hockey\|]	West: Canada West Champion	22–5–0	11th	1977
[Concordia Stingers men's ice hockey\|]	Quebec: QUAA Champion	17–6–0	3rd	1977
[Moncton Aigles Bleus men's ice hockey\|]	Atlantic: Host	11–11–0	2nd	1976
[Regina Cougars men's ice hockey\|]	Plains: GPAC Champion	19–7–0	1st	Never
[St. Francis Xavier X-Men ice hockey\|]	Atlantic: AUAA Champion	18–6–3	6th	1976
[Toronto Varsity Blues men's ice hockey\|]	Ontario: OUAA Champion	22–1–1	12th	1977

Note: * denotes overtime period
Note: round-robin games were played on consecutive days March 16–18