2013 CIS University Cup


The 2013 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament was held March 14–17, 2013. It was the first of two consecutive CIS Championships to be held at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon hosted by the University of Saskatchewan. The defending champions were the McGill Redmen, but they were unable to defend their title, having been eliminated in the first round of the OUA-East playoffs by the Nipissing Lakers.
The best team in each Pool advanced to the final. All pool games must be decided by a win, there were no ties. If a pool has a three-way tie for 1st than GF/GA differential among the tied teams is the first tie-breaker.

Road to the Cup

[AUS [men's ice hockey tournament#2013|AUS playoffs]]

Note: * denotes overtime period

[OUA men's [ice hockey tournament#2013|OUA playoffs]]

Note: * denotes overtime period

[Canada [West men's ice hockey tournament#2013|Canada West playoffs]]

Note: * denotes overtime period

University Cup

The six teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card continued its rotation and was held by AUS this season. The 5th- and 6th-place teams switches positions in the brackets to avoid intra-conference matches in pool play.
RankSeedTeamQualificationRecordAppearanceLast
11[Alberta Golden Bears ice hockey|]West: Canada West Champion27–5–136th2011
22[UNB Reds men's ice hockey|]Atlantic: AUS Champion28–7–014th2012
33[UQTR Patriotes men's ice hockey|]Quebec: OUA Champion28–7–118th2012
44[Saint Mary's Huskies men's ice hockey|]Wild-Card: AUS Finalist22–10–312th2010
55[Saskatchewan Huskies men's ice hockey|]Host22–11–115th2012
66[Waterloo Warriors men's ice hockey|]Ontario: OUA Finalist18–13–54th1996

Pool A – Afternoon

Team
Saint Mary's Huskies21185+32
Alberta Golden Bears2115502
Waterloo Warriors21136−32

Note: Saint Mary's becomes the 4th team to advance to the Championship Final with a 1–1 record.

Pool B – Evening

Team
New Brunswick220114+74
Quebec–Trois-Rivières211612−62
Saskatchewan20226−40

Championship final

Bench assignments for the championship finals were based on each advancing team's 2 pool games, not their tournament seed. UNB was determined to be the home team with a record of 2–0 versus Saint Mary's with a record of 1–1.

Fewest goals

The 2 goal aggregate in the Championship final represented the lowest ever to date – one lower than the previous record of 3. The shutout was the fourth shutout in a Championship final and the first time a team has accomplished it twice.

Tournament All-Stars

Tyler Carroll, from the UNB Varsity Reds, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP. Carroll led all players in goals and was second in points with 4.
Joining Carroll on the tournament all-star team were:
  • Forward: Nick MacNeil
  • Forward: Cory Tanaka
  • Defenseman: Jesse Craige
  • Defenseman: Marc-Antoine Desnoyers
  • Goalie: Dan LaCosta