# 2014 CIS University Cup

The 2014 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (52nd Annual) was held March 20–23, 2014. It was the second 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 UNB Varsity Reds, but they would not be able to defend their title, having been eliminated in the second round of the AUS playoffs by the Saint Mary's Huskies.

## Road to the Cup
### AUS playoffs

The AUS were held from February 19 to March 10, 2014.
| Quarter-finals (Best of 3) | Quarter-finals (Best of 3) | Quarter-finals (Best of 3) | Semi-finals (Best of 5) | Semi-finals (Best of 5) | Semi-finals (Best of 5) | AUS Championship (Best of 5) | AUS Championship (Best of 5) | AUS Championship (Best of 5) |
| | | | 1 | UNB Varsity Reds | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 2 | 5 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 3 | | | |
| 4 | UPEI Panthers | 1 | | | | 5 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 1 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Acadia Axemen | 3 |
| | | | 2 | Acadia Axemen | 3 | | | |
| 6 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 0 | 3 | Moncton Aigles Bleu | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Moncton Aigles Bleu | 2 | | | | | | |

### OUA playoffs

The OUA playoffs were held from February 19 to March 15, 2014.
| Division Quarter-finals (Best of 3) OUA Sweet 16 | Division Quarter-finals (Best of 3) OUA Sweet 16 | Division Quarter-finals (Best of 3) OUA Sweet 16 | | | Division Semi-finals (Best of 3) OUA Quarter-Finals | Division Semi-finals (Best of 3) OUA Quarter-Finals | Division Semi-finals (Best of 3) OUA Quarter-Finals | Division Finals (Best of 3) OUA Semi-Finals | Division Finals (Best of 3) OUA Semi-Finals | Division Finals (Best of 3) OUA Semi-Finals | | Queen's Cup (Single Game) OUA Championship | Queen's Cup (Single Game) OUA Championship | Queen's Cup (Single Game) OUA Championship |
| 6E | Concordia Stingers | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3E | McGill Redmen | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3E | McGill Redmen | 2 | | | 3E | McGill Redmen | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2E | UQTR Patriots | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 7E | UOIT Ridgebacks | 0 | | | 2E | UQTR Patriots | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 2E | UQTR Patriotes | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2E | UQTR Patriotes | 2 | | | | | | 3E | McGill Redmen | 2 | | | | |
| OUA East | OUA East | OUA East | OUA East | OUA East | OUA East | OUA East | OUA East | 3E | McGill Redmen | 2 | | | | |
| OUA East | OUA East | OUA East | OUA East | OUA East | OUA East | OUA East | OUA East | 1E | Carleton Ravens | 1 | | | | |
| 5E | Ottawa Gee-Gees | 0 | | | | | | | | | 1E | Carleton Ravens | 1 | | | | |
| 4E | Queen's Golden Gaels | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4E | Queen's Golden Gaels | 2 | | | 4E | Queen's Golden Gaels | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 1E | Carleton Ravens | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 8E | Nipissing Lakers | 0 | | | 1E | Carleton Ravens | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 1E | Carleton Ravens | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1E | Carleton Ravens | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 3E | McGill Redmen | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 4W | Windsor Lancers | 3 |
| 5W | Toronto Varsity Blues | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4W | Windsor Lancers | 3 |
| 4W | Windsor Lancers | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4W | Windsor Lancers | 2 | | | 4W | Windsor Lancers | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 1W | Western Ontario Mustangs | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 8W | Guelph Gryphons | 1 | | | 1W | Western Ontario Mustangs | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 1W | Western Ontario Mustangs | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1W | Western Ontario Mustangs | 2 | | | | | | 4W | Windsor Lancers | 2 | | | | |
| OUA West | OUA West | OUA West | OUA West | OUA West | OUA West | OUA West | OUA West | 4W | Windsor Lancers | 2 | | | | |
| OUA West | OUA West | OUA West | OUA West | OUA West | OUA West | OUA West | OUA West | 2W | Lakehead Thunderwolves | 0 | | | | |
| 6W | Brock Badgers | 1 | | | | | | | | | 2W | Lakehead Thunderwolves | 0 | | | | |
| 3W | Ryerson Rams | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3W | Ryerson Rams | 2 | | | 3W | Ryerson Rams | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2W | Lakehead Thunderwolves | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 7W | York Lions | 0 | | | 2W | Lakehead Thunderwolves | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 2W | Lakehead Thunderwolves | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bronze Medal | Bronze Medal | Bronze Medal |
| 2W | Lakehead Thunderwolves | 4 |
| 1E | Carleton Ravens | 7 |

### Canada West playoffs

The Canada West playoffs were held from February 21 to March 8, 2014.
| Quarter-finals (Best of 3) | Quarter-finals (Best of 3) | Quarter-finals (Best of 3) | Semi-finals (Best of 3) | Semi-finals (Best of 3) | Semi-finals (Best of 3) | Canada West Championship (Best of 3) | Canada West Championship (Best of 3) | Canada West Championship (Best of 3) |
| | | | 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 1 | 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | 0 | | | |
| 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | 2 | | | | 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 2 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Calgary Dinos | 0 |
| | | | 2 | Calgary Dinos | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Manitoba Bisons | 2 | 4 | Manitoba Bisons | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Mount Royal Cougars | 0 | | | | | | |

## University Cup

The six teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card team was selected from the OUA Conference as the AUS was provided the wild-card in 2013 and CW teams are ineligible as they are the host conference. To avoid having two CW teams in the same pool, Saskatchewan was swapped with Carleton.
| Rank | Seed | Team | Qualification |
| 1 | 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion |
| 2 | 2 | Acadia Axemen | AUS Champion |
| 3 | 3 | Windsor Lancers | OUA-West and Queen's Cup Champion |
| 4 | 4 | McGill Redmen | OUA-East and Queen's Cup Finalist |
| 10 | 5 | Saskatchewan Huskies | Host & Canada West Finalist |
| 5 | 6 | Carleton Ravens | Wild-Card – OUA Third Place |

### Pool A – Afternoon

Pool A games were played from March 20 to March 22, 2014.
| Seed | Team | Qualified |
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion |
| 4 | McGill Redmen | OUA-East Champion (Queen's Cup Finalist) |
| 6 | Carleton Ravens | Wild-card – OUA Third Place |
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| McGill Redmen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Carleton Ravens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 0 |

### Pool B – Evening

| Seed | Team | Qualified |
| 2 | Acadia Axemen | AUS Champion |
| 3 | Windsor Lancers | OUA-West and Queen's Cup Champion |
| 5 | Saskatchewan Huskies | Host |
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| Saskatchewan Huskies | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| Windsor Lancers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 |
| Acadia Axemen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 0 |

## Championship final

Bench assignments for the championship final (home/visitor) is based on each advancing team's record and stats from their 2-game pool games, not their tournament seed. Saskatchewan is the home team with a 2–0 record (4pts) and a GF/GA ratio of 12/2 = 6.0 versus Alberta with a 2–0 record (4pts) and a GF/GA ratio of 6/4 = 1.5.

## Tournament All-Stars

Derek Hulak, from the Saskatchewan Huskies, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP. Hulak led all players in goals (4) and points (6) in the tournament. He is the first MVP selection from the Championship losing team since Yvan Busque (Moncton) was selected in 2007.
Joining Hulak on the tournament all-star team were:
* Forward: Kruise Reddick (Alberta Golden Bears)
* Forward: Brett Ferguson (Alberta Golden Bears)
* Defenseman: Jesse Craig (Alberta Golden Bears)
* Defenseman: Kendall McFaull (Saskatchewan Huskies)
* Goalie: Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (McGill Redmen)