1998 CIAU University Cup

The 1998 CIAU Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament was held at the Rutherford Arena in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Huskies served as tournament host.

Road to the Cup

Note: * denotes overtime period

Note: * denotes overtime period

Note: * denotes overtime period

The tournament field was expanded to six teams. In addition to the four regional qualifiers, one spot for the host team and one for a wild-card were brought back. With six teams now qualifying for the postseason, the tournament was reverted to a round-robin format. The wild-card was offered on a rotation basis to the runner up for one conference, beginning with AUAA. If the host team was also a conference champion, that conference would receive a second wild-card bid.
For the first time, all teams were ranked by committee with a preference to avoid intra-conference matches in pool play. The championship game remained a single elimination.

Seed	Team	Qualification	Record	Appearance	Last
1	[Saskatchewan Huskies men's ice hockey\|]	West: Canada West Champion / Host	23–6–5	6th	1987
2	[UNB Reds men's ice hockey\|]	Atlantic: AUAA Champion	30–5–1	5th	1997
3	[Windsor Lancers men's ice hockey\|]	Ontario: OUA Champion	27–3–1	1st	Never
4	[UQTR Patriotes men's ice hockey\|]	Quebec: OUA Runner-up	24–5–2	8th	1996
5	[Alberta Golden Bears men's ice hockey\|]	Wild-card: Canada West Runner-up	23–5–5	23rd	1997
6	[Acadia Axemen ice hockey\|]	Wild-card: AUAA Runner-up	22–11–1	5th	1996

Note: * denotes overtime period
Note: round-robin games were played on consecutive days March 26–28