1976 CIAU University Cup

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1976 CIAU University Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s) Varsity Arena, Toronto, Ontario
DatesMarch 5–14
Teams10
Final positions
Champions Toronto Varsity Blues (8th title)
Runner-up Guelph Gryphons
Tournament statistics
Games played11
MVP Kent Ruhnke (Toronto)
  1975
1977  

The 1976 CIAU Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (14th annual) was held at the Varsity Arena in Toronto, Ontario. The Toronto Varsity Blues served as tournament host.

Contents

Road to the Cup

AUAA playoffs

SemifinalsChampionship
      
1 Saint Mary’s 5
4 Moncton9
4 Moncton 5
2 St. Francis Xavier7
2 St. Francis Xavier9
3 Mount Allison 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Canada West playoffs

Championship
February 27-28
     
1 Calgary 6 3
2 Alberta 2 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

GPAC season

SeedSchoolStandings
1Manitoba11–7–0
2Brandon10–8–0
3Lakehead8–10–0
4Winnipeg7–11–0

No playoff

OUAA playoffs

Quarterfinals
February 20–21
Semifinals
February 27
Championship
February 28
         
W1 Western Ontario 2
E2 York 5
C2 Ryerson 0
E2 York 14
E2 York 4
W2 Guelph 5
E1 Toronto 2
E3 Queen's 1
E1 Toronto 5
W2 Guelph 6
C1 McMaster 5
W2 Guelph 6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

QUAA playoffs

Semifinals
February 20-23
Championship
February 25-27
          
1 Concordia 10 13
4 Bishop's 2 0
1 Concordia 12 7
3 Laval 2 2
2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 6 5 3
3 Laval 3 6 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

University Cup

The tournament was expanded and heavily reconfigured. The field was divided into three groups: East, West and byes. The OUAA champion, Guelph, and the tournament host, Toronto, received byes into championship round. The Eastern bracket contained the teams that reached the championship games of the AUAA and QUAA while the Western bracket contained the teams that reached the championship game of Canada West and the top two teams in the GPAC standings. The regional brackets were organized so that the conference champion would play the runner up of the opposite conference in the semifinal and the winners would play to determine which teams would advance to the championship round.

In the championship round, the teams played one first round game to determine seeding. The winners of the first round game would then play a different losing team in the semifinals. The winner of the semifinal games would then play for the championship.

All rounds, with the exception of the first round in the championship series, were single elimination.

West regional games were played at the Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary, Alberta. East regional games were played at the Loyola Arena in Montreal, Quebec.

East teams

TeamQualificationRecordAppearanceLast
Concordia Stingers Quebec: QUAA Champion23–0–11stNever *
Laval Rouge et Or Quebec: QUAA Runner-Up10–14–11stNever
Moncton Aigles Bleus Atlantic: AUAA Runner-Up12–5–11stNever
St. Francis Xavier X-Men Atlantic: AUAA Champion14–4–05th 1968

* Concordia was formed out of a merger between Loyola and Sir George Williams, who had made the University Cup five and seven times respectively.

Ontario teams

TeamQualificationRecordAppearanceLast
Guelph Gryphons Ontario: OUAA Champion17–6–01stNever
Toronto Varsity Blues Host14–4–010th 1975

West teams

TeamQualificationRecordAppearanceLast
Alberta Golden Bears West: Canada West Runner-Up16–10–09th 1975
Brandon Bobcats Plains: GPAC Runner-Up10–8–03rd 1975
Calgary Dinos West: Canada West Champion19–7–02nd 1974
Manitoba Bisons Plains: GPAC Champion11–7–02nd 1965

Bracket

Regional Semifinals
March 5
Regional Finals
March 6
First Round
March 11
Semifinals
March 13
Championship
March 14
Q1Concordia5
O1Guelph2Q1Concordia2
A2Moncton0
Q1Concordia5Q1Concordia5O2Toronto3
East
A1St. Francis Xavier3
A1St. Francis Xavier4
O2Toronto7
Q2Laval1
O1Guelph2
GP1Manitoba5
O2Toronto4CW1Calgary1
CW2Alberta6
CW2Alberta1CW1Calgary5O1Guelph4
West
CW1Calgary3
CW1Calgary6
GP2Brandon4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s) [1]

Championship final

March 14, 1976O1 Guelph Gryphons 2–7O2 Toronto Varsity Blues Varsity Arena, Toronto, Ontario

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References

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