# 2013 CIS University Cup

The 2013 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (51st Annual) 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 (all teams have 1–1 records) than GF/GA differential among the tied teams is the first tie-breaker.

## Road to the Cup
### AUS playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| | | | | | 1 | New Brunswick | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | - | | | | | |
| 3 | Acadia | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Prince Edward Island | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | | | | | |
| 6 | Moncton | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | 1 | New Brunswick | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Saint Mary’s | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | | | | | 2 | Saint Mary’s | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | | | | | |
| 4 | St. Francis Xavier | 3 | 4 | - | 3 | Acadia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | | | | | |
| 5 | Prince Edward Island | 4 | 5 | - | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### OUA playoffs

| Division Quarterfinals February 13–17 | Division Quarterfinals February 13–17 | Division Quarterfinals February 13–17 | Division Quarterfinals February 13–17 | Division Quarterfinals February 13–17 | | | Division Semifinals February 20–24 | Division Semifinals February 20–24 | Division Semifinals February 20–24 | Division Semifinals February 20–24 | Division Semifinals February 20–24 | Division Finals February 27–March 3 | Division Finals February 27–March 3 | Division Finals February 27–March 3 | Division Finals February 27–March 3 | Division Finals February 27–March 3 | | Queen's Cup Final March 9 | Queen's Cup Final March 9 | Queen's Cup Final March 9 | |
| E1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 5 | 7 | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E8 | Ryerson | 2 | 3 | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E8 | Ryerson | 2 | 3 | - | | | E1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 3 | 8 | - | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | E6 | Nipissing | 1 | 3 | - | | | | | | | | | | |
| E2 | Carleton | 10 | 2 | - | | | E6 | Nipissing | 1 | 3 | - | | | | | | | | | | |
| E7 | Queen's | 2 | 1 | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E7 | Queen's | 2 | 1 | - | | | | | | | | E1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 1 | 2 | 2**** | | | | | |
| East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | E1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 1 | 2 | 2**** | | | | | |
| East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | East | E2 | Carleton | 4 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| E3 | McGill | 2 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | E2 | Carleton | 4 | 0 | 1 | | | |
| E6 | Nipissing | 4 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Nipissing | 4 | 1 | 2 | | | E2 | Carleton | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | E4 | Ottawa | 1 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E4 | Ottawa | 3** | 0 | 3** | | | E4 | Ottawa | 1 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Toronto | 2 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Toronto | 2 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | E1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 4 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | W6 | Waterloo | 1 | |
| W1 | Western Ontario | 8 | 5 | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | W6 | Waterloo | 1 |
| W8 | Ontario Tech | 1 | 2 | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W8 | Ontario Tech | 1 | 2 | - | | | W1 | Western Ontario | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | W6 | Waterloo | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| W2 | Windsor | 3** | 4 | - | | | W6 | Waterloo | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| W7 | York | 2 | 2 | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W7 | York | 2 | 2 | - | | | | | | | | W6 | Waterloo | 3* | 5 | - | | | | | |
| West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | W6 | Waterloo | 3* | 5 | - | | | | | |
| West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | West | W2 | Windsor | 2 | 3 | - | | | | | |
| W3 | Lakehead | 2 | 2 | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | W2 | Windsor | 2 | 3 | - | | | |
| W6 | Waterloo | 7 | 4 | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W6 | Waterloo | 7 | 4 | - | | | W2 | Windsor | 2 | 1 | - | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | W4 | Guelph | 1 | 0 | - | | | | | | | | | | |
| W4 | Guelph | 3 | 3* | 3 | | | W4 | Guelph | 1 | 0 | - | | | | | | | | | | |
| W5 | Wilfrid Laurier | 4** | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Canada West playoffs

| Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| | | | | | 1 | Alberta | 4 | 2 | - | | | | | |
| 3 | Manitoba | 6 | 5 | - | 4 | Calgary | 0 | 0 | - | | | | | |
| 6 | Regina | 2 | 0 | - | | | | | | 1 | Alberta | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Saskatchewan | 0 | 5* | 0 |
| | | | | | 2 | Saskatchewan | 7 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | Calgary | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Manitoba | 1 | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| 5 | British Columbia | 1 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## 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.
| Rank | Seed | Team | Qualification | Record | Appearance | Last |
| 1 | 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | West: Canada West Champion | 27–5–1 | 36th | 2011 |
| 2 | 2 | New Brunswick Varsity Reds | Atlantic: AUS Champion | 28–7–0 | 14th | 2012 |
| 3 | 3 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières Patriotes | Quebec: OUA Champion | 28–7–1 | 18th | 2012 |
| 4 | 4 | Saint Mary's Huskies | Wild-Card: AUS Finalist | 22–10–3 | 12th | 2010 |
| 5 | 5 | Saskatchewan Huskies | Host | 22–11–1 | 15th | 2012 |
| 6 | 6 | Waterloo Warriors | Ontario: OUA Finalist | 18–13–5 | 4th | 1996 |

### Pool A – Afternoon

| Seed | Team |
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears |
| 4 | Saint Mary's Huskies |
| 6 | Waterloo Warriors |
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| Saint Mary's Huskies | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 2 |
| Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Waterloo Warriors | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
Note: Saint Mary's becomes the 4th team to advance to the Championship Final with a 1–1 record (Alberta-2008, Western-2009 and McGill-2011).

### Pool B – Evening

| Seed | Team |
| 2 | New Brunswick Varsity Reds |
| 3 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières Patriotes |
| 5 | Saskatchewan Huskies |
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| New Brunswick | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 4 |
| Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 2 |
| Saskatchewan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |

## 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 (1990, 2–1 and 2003 3–0). The shutout was the fourth shutout in a Championship final (1972, 2003, 2011 and 2013) and the first time a team has accomplished it twice (UNB's 4th Championship title in 2011 was a 4–0 shutout of McGill).

## 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 (4) and was second in points with 4.
Joining Carroll on the tournament all-star team were:
* Forward: Nick MacNeil (UNB Varsity Reds)
* Forward: Cory Tanaka (Saint Mary's Huskies)
* Defenseman: Jesse Craige (Alberta Golden Bears)
* Defenseman: Marc-Antoine Desnoyers (UNB Varsity Reds)
* Goalie: Dan LaCosta (UNB Varsity Reds)