1987 CIAU University Cup

The 1987 CIAU Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament was held at the Varsity Arena in Edmonton, Alberta. The Alberta Golden Bears served as tournament host.

Road to the Cup

Note: * denotes overtime period

Note: * denotes overtime period

Note: * denotes overtime period

Note: * denotes overtime period

The tournament reverted to a round-robin format with four conference champions joined by a tournament host and one wild-card. The teams were arranged so that one team from OUAA and Canada West would be in each group, preventing intra-conference matches in pool play. Additionally, the champions of the two conferences were placed in different pools so that each pool would only have two conference champions. The remaining two teams were distributed by committee.

Team	Qualification	Record	Appearance	Last
[Alberta Golden Bears men's ice hockey\|]	Host	19–8–1	17th	1986
[UPEI Panthers men's ice hockey\|]	Atlantic: AUAA Champion	24–4–0	2nd	1985
[UQTR Patriotes men's ice hockey\|]	Quebec: QUAA Champion	18–2–2	3rd	1986
[Saskatchewan Huskies men's ice hockey\|]	West: Canada West Champion	20–13–1	5th	1983
[Western Mustangs men's ice hockey\|]	Wild-card: OUAA Runner-up	25–5–2	1st	Never
[York Lions men's ice hockey\|]	Ontario: OUAA Champion	25–4–3	4th	1986

Note: * denotes overtime period
Note: round-robin games were played on consecutive days March 19–21