# 2003 CIS University Cup

The 2003 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (41st annual) was held at the Aitken University Centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The New Brunswick Varsity Reds served as tournament host.

## Road to the Cup
### AUS playoffs

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

### OUA playoffs

| Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
| | | | | | FE1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 11 | 2 | — | | | | | | |
| FE2 | McGill | 2 | 2 | — | FE3 | Ottawa | 2 | 1 | — | | | | | | |
| FE3 | Ottawa | 3 | 3 | — | East | East | East | East | East | FE1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | East | East | East | East | East | ME1 | Toronto | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | ME1 | Toronto | 1 | 0 | 5 | | | | | | |
| ME2 | Queen's | 4 | 3 | — | ME2 | Queen's | 0 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| ME3 | Royal Military College | 1 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | | FE1 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | MW1 | York | 4 |
| | | | | | MW1 | York | 5 | 3 | 5 | | | |
| MW2 | Wilfrid Laurier | 5 | 2 | — | MW2 | Wilfrid Laurier | 4 | 5 | 0 | | | |
| MW3 | Brock | 2 | 1 | — | West | West | West | West | West | MW1 | York | 4 | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| | | | | | West | West | West | West | West | FW2 | Lakehead | 1 |
| | | | | | FW1 | Western Ontario | 2 | 1 | — | | | | ME1 | Toronto | 5 |
| FW2 | Lakehead | 4 | 11 | — | FW2 | Lakehead | 5 | 2 | — | | | | FW2 | Lakehead | 6 |
| FW3 | Windsor | 2 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Canada West playoffs

| Division Semifinal | Division Semifinal | Division Semifinal | Division Semifinal | Division Semifinal | Division Final | Division Final | Division Final | Division Final | Division Final | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| | | | | | G1 | Saskatchewan | 5 | 5 | — | | | | | |
| G2 | Manitoba | 6 | 4 | — | G2 | Manitoba | 3 | 0 | — | | | | | |
| G3 | Regina | 2 | 0 | — | | | | | | G1 | Saskatchewan | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | M1 | Alberta | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| | | | | | M1 | Alberta | 7 | 5 | — | | | | | |
| M2 | Calgary | 2 | 2 | 6 | M2 | Calgary | 2 | 2 | — | | | | | |
| M3 | Lethbridge | 1 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## University Cup

The rotating wild-card moved to OUA. In order to determine which team received the bid, the conference reintroduced a third-place game. Because AUS was serving as the host conference, they automatically received two bids. The teams were ranked with preference given to avoiding intra-conference matches in pool play. A consolation game was reintroduced for the first time since 1972.
| Seed | Team | Qualification | Record | Appearance | Last |
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | West: Canada West Champion | 28–3–2 | 28th | 2002 |
| 2 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières Patriotes | Quebec: OUA Champion | 24–2–2 | 13th | 2002 |
| 3 | New Brunswick Varsity Reds | Atlantic: AUS Champion / Host | 22–14–1 | 7th | 2000 |
| 4 | York Lions | Ontario: OUA Runner-up | 20–8–1 | 9th | 1999 |
| 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | Wild-card: AUS Runner-up | 19–16–2 | 8th | 2001 |
| 6 | Lakehead Thunderwolves | Wild-card: OUA Third place | 23–7–0 | 2nd | 1973 |

### Bracket

| | Pool A | ALB | YOR | SFX | Overall |
| 1 | Alberta | | W 4–0 | L 2–3 | 1–1 |
| 4 | York | L 0–4 | | L 4–5 | 0–2 |
| 5 | St. Francis Xavier | W 3–2 | W 5–4 | | 2–0 |
| | Pool B | QTR | UNB | LAK | Overall |
| 2 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | | W 4–3 | W 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | New Brunswick | L 3–4 | | W 4–3 | 1–1 |
| 6 | Lakehead | L 1–2 | L 3–4 | | 0–2 |
| Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
| 2 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 3 |
| 5 | St. Francis Xavier | 0 |
| Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| 1 | Alberta | 8 |
| 3 | New Brunswick | 2 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)