1998 CIAU University Cup

1998 CIAU University Cup

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Rutherford Arena, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Dates	March 26–29
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	New Brunswick Varsity Reds (1st title)
Runner-up	Acadia Axemen
Tournament statistics
Games played	7
MVP	Chris Zanutto (New Brunswick)
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The 1998 CIAU Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (36th annual) was held at the Rutherford Arena in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Huskies served as tournament host.

Road to the Cup

AUAA playoffs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Championship
	1	St. Francis Xavier	2	7	4
	4	Saint Mary’s	3	5	2
								1	St. Francis Xavier	1	2	—
	Kelly Division
								2	Acadia	3	9	—
	2	Acadia	4	2	—
	3	Dalhousie	2	1	—
															K2	Acadia	2	2	2
															M1	New Brunswick	1	3	3
	1	New Brunswick	9	2	5
	4	Prince Edward Island	4	4	4
								1	New Brunswick	4	5	—
	MacAdam Division
								2	St. Thomas	2	4	—
	2	St. Thomas	7	7	—
	3	Moncton	4	3	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

OUA playoffs

	Division Semifinals							Division Finals									Queen's Cup Semifinals					Queen's Cup Final
								FE1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	6	5	3	—	—
	FE2	Concordia	3*	0	2			FE2	Concordia	2	1	0	—	—
	FE3	McGill	2	3	0			East									FE1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	?
																	ME1	Guelph	?
								ME1	Guelph	5	6	6*	—	—
	ME2	Toronto	2	2	—			ME2	Toronto	3	2	5	—	—
	ME3	Queen's	1	0	—																	FE1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	1
																						FW1	Windsor	2
								MW1	York	5	5	5	—	—
	MW2	Brock	4	1	1			MW2	Brock	4	2	4	—	—
	MW3	Laurentian	2	4	0			West									MW1	York	2
																	FW1	Windsor	6
								FW1	Windsor	4	4	5	—	—
	FW2	Waterloo	3	1	3**			FW2	Waterloo	1	2	0	—	—
	FW3	Western Ontario	2	2*	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Canada West playoffs

	Division Semifinal							Division Final							Championship
								G1	Saskatchewan	2	8	5
	G2	Manitoba	6	5	—			G2	Manitoba	6	4	2
	G3	Brandon	3	2	—										G1	Saskatchewan	5	2	4
															M1	Alberta	4	3**	2
								M1	Alberta	5	8	—
	M2	Calgary	1	3**	9			M2	Calgary	2	3	—
	M3	British Columbia	4	2	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

University Cup

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	West: Canada West Champion / Host	23–6–5	6th	1987
2	New Brunswick Varsity Reds	Atlantic: AUAA Champion	30–5–1	5th	1997
3	Windsor Lancers	Ontario: OUA Champion	27–3–1	1st	Never
4	Quebec–Trois-Rivières Patriotes	Quebec: OUA Runner-up	24–5–2	8th	1996
5	Alberta Golden Bears	Wild-card: Canada West Runner-up	23–5–5	23rd	1997
6	Acadia Axemen	Wild-card: AUAA Runner-up	22–11–1	5th	1996

Bracket

	Pool B	SAS	QTR	ACA	Overall
1	Saskatchewan		L 3–5	L 5–6	0–2
4	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	W 5–3		L 4–7	1–1
6	Acadia	W 6–5	W 7–4		2–0

	Pool A	UNB	WIN	ALB	Overall
2	New Brunswick		W 3–2	W 5–2	2–0
3	Windsor	L 2–3		L 3–6	0–2
5	Alberta	L 2–5	W 6–3		1–1

	Championship March 29
	2	New Brunswick	6
	6	Acadia	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Note: round-robin games were played on consecutive days March 26–28 ^[1]

Championship final

March 29, 1998

#2 New Brunswick Varsity Reds

6–3

#6 Acadia Axemen

Rutherford Arena, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

References

1. "History". U Sports. Retrieved March 13, 2018.