# 1989 CIAU University Cup

The 1989 CIAU Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (27th annual) was held at the Varsity Arena in Toronto, Ontario. The Toronto Varsity Blues served as tournament host.

## Road to the Cup
### AUAA playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| K1 | Acadia | 1 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| K4 | Cape Breton | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| K4 | Cape Breton | 3 | 2 | 3 | K1 | Acadia | 3** | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | M2 | St. Thomas | 2 | 5 | 4* | | | | | |
| M2 | St. Thomas | 4 | 5 | 5 | M2 | St. Thomas | 2 | 5 | 4* | | | | | |
| M3 | Prince Edward Island | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| M3 | Prince Edward Island | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | M2 | St. Thomas | 2 | 4 | — |
| | | | | | | | | | | M1 | Moncton | 6 | 8 | — |
| M1 | Moncton | 6 | 12 | — | | | | | | | | | | | M1 | Moncton | 6 | 8 | — |
| M4 | Mount Allison | 3 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | | | |
| M4 | Mount Allison | 3 | 1 | — | M1 | Moncton | 5 | 5 | 8 | | | | | |
| | | | | | K3 | Dalhousie | 4 | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| K2 | Saint Mary’s | 4 | 1 | — | K3 | Dalhousie | 4 | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| K3 | Dalhousie | 8 | 4 | — | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### OUAA playoffs

| Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Semifinals | | Queen's Cup Final | Queen's Cup Final | Queen's Cup Final |
| E1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 6 | 2 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E4 | Queen's | 5 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E4 | Queen's | 5 | 3 | 1 | E1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 6 | 6 | — | | | | | | | |
| East | East | East | East | East | E1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 6 | 6 | — | | | | | | | |
| East | East | East | East | East | E2 | McGill | 3 | 4 | — | | | | | | | |
| E2 | McGill | 7 | 5 | — | E2 | McGill | 3 | 4 | — | | | | | | | |
| E3 | Concordia | 3 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E3 | Concordia | 3 | 3 | — | | W1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | C3 | York | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| C1 | Western Ontario | 4 | 3 | — | | C3 | York | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| C4 | Wilfrid Laurier | 5 | 5 | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C4 | Wilfrid Laurier | 5 | 5 | — | C4 | Wilfrid Laurier | 4 | 7 | | | | | — | C3 | York | 0 |
| Central | Central | Central | Central | Central | C4 | Wilfrid Laurier | 4 | 7 | | | | | — | C3 | York | 0 |
| Central | Central | Central | Central | Central | C3 | York $^‡$ | 3 | 5 | — | | | | | C4 | Wilfrid Laurier | 3 |
| C2 | Waterloo | 2 | 5 | 1 | C3 | York $^‡$ | 3 | 5 | — | | | | | C4 | Wilfrid Laurier | 3 |
| C3 | York | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C3 | York | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | C4 | Wilfrid Laurier | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | W1 | Brock | 2 | | | | |
| W1 | Brock | 3 | 3 | — | | | | | | W1 | Brock | 2 | | | | |
| W4 | Laurentian | 1 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W4 | Laurentian | 1 | 2 | — | W1 | Brock | 5 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| West | West | West | West | West | W1 | Brock | 5 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| West | West | West | West | West | W3 | Ryerson | 3 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| W2 | Windsor | 4 | 6 | 0 | W3 | Ryerson | 3 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| W3 | Ryerson | 7 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
‡ York advanced due to being the defending conference champion. Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Canada West playoffs

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| 1 | Alberta | 11 | 5 | — | | | | | |
| 4 | Manitoba | 4 | 1 | — | | | | | |
| 4 | Manitoba | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | Alberta | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | 2 | Calgary | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Calgary | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Calgary | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Saskatchewan | 4 | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## University Cup

The bracket matches rotated so that the Atlantic entry played the Ontario entry while the Quebec entry played the Western entry in the semifinals. All rounds were single elimination.
| Team | Qualification | Record | Appearance | Last |
| Alberta Golden Bears | West: Canada West Champion | 25–8–0 | 18th | 1987 |
| Moncton Aigles Bleus | Atlantic: AUAA Champion | 29–4–0 | 8th | 1986 |
| Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks | Ontario: OUAA Champion | 19–10–3 | 3rd | 1986 |
| York Yeomen | Quebec: OUAA Runner-up | 17–13–3 | 6th | 1988 |

### Bracket

| Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 |
| A | Moncton | 4 | | | |
| O | Wilfrid Laurier | 8 | | | |
| O | Wilfrid Laurier | 8 | O | Wilfrid Laurier | 2 |
| | | | Q | York | 5 |
| Q | York | 4 | Q | York | 5 |
| W | Alberta | 3 | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)