# 2004 CIS University Cup

The 2004 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (42nd 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. Francis Xavier | 1 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Saint Mary’s | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | St. Thomas | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 4 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | St. Francis Xavier | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Dalhousie | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| | | | | | 2 | New Brunswick | 4 | 3 | — | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Dalhousie | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Dalhousie | 5 | 4 | — | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Prince Edward Island | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### OUA playoffs

| Division Quarterfinals | Division Quarterfinals | Division Quarterfinals | Division Quarterfinals | Division Quarterfinals | Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Queen's Cup Final | Queen's Cup Final | Queen's Cup Final |
| | | | | | FE1 | Ottawa | 2 | 8 | 4 | | | | | | |
| FE2 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 3 | 4 | — | FE2 | Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 4 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |
| FE3 | Concordia | 2 | 0 | — | East | East | East | East | East | FE1 | Ottawa | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | East | East | East | East | East | ME1 | Toronto | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | ME1 | Toronto | 9 | 5 | — | | | | | | |
| ME2 | Queen's | 2 | 7 | — | ME2 | Queen's | 2 | 3 | — | | | | | | |
| ME3 | Royal Military College | 1 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | | FE1 | Ottawa | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | MW1 | York | 3 |
| | | | | | MW1 | York | 7 | 5 | — | | | | | | |
| MW2 | Brock | 3 | 3 | — | MW3 | Wilfrid Laurier | 2 | 3 | — | | | | | | |
| MW3 | Wilfrid Laurier | 4 | 6 | — | West | West | West | West | West | MW1 | York | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | West | West | West | West | West | FW2 | Lakehead | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | FW1 | Western Ontario | 1 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |
| FW2 | Lakehead | 5 | 12 | — | FW2 | Lakehead | 3 | 2 | 5**** | | | | | | |
| FW3 | Waterloo | 1 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
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 | 4 | 6 | — | | | | | |
| G2 | Regina | 4 | 4 | — | G2 | Regina | 2 | 1 | — | | | | | |
| G3 | Manitoba | 2 | 3 | — | | | | | | G1 | Saskatchewan | 2 | 1 | — |
| | | | | | | | | | | M1 | Alberta | 5 | 8 | — |
| | | | | | M1 | Alberta | 4 | 6 | — | | | | | |
| M2 | Calgary | 5 | 1 | 6 | M2 | Calgary | 1 | 0 | — | | | | | |
| M3 | British Columbia | 2 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## University Cup

The rotating wild-card moved to AUS. The teams were ranked with preference given to avoiding intra-conference matches in pool play.
| Seed | Team | Qualification | Record | Appearance | Last |
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | West: Canada West Champion | 30–0–2 | 29th | 2003 |
| 2 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | Atlantic: AUS Champion | 24–7–3 | 9th | 2003 |
| 3 | York Lions | Ontario: OUA Champion | 19–5–4 | 10th | 2003 |
| 4 | Ottawa Gee-Gees | Quebec: OUA Runner-up | 20–6–3 | 2nd | 1985 |
| 5 | New Brunswick Varsity Reds | Host | 16–11–3 | 8th | 2003 |
| 6 | Dalhousie Tigers | Wild-card: AUS Runner-up | 15–19–2 | 3rd | 1986 |

### Bracket

| | Pool A | ALB | OTT | UNB | Overall |
| 1 | Alberta | | W 7–3 | L 5–6 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Ottawa | L 3–7 | | L 2–5 | 0–2 |
| 5 | New Brunswick | W 6–5* | W 5–2 | | 2–0 |
| | Pool B | SFX | YOR | DAL | Overall |
| 2 | St. Francis Xavier | | W 4–0 | W 5–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | York | L 0–4 | | L 2–4 | 0–2 |
| 6 | Dalhousie | L 0–5 | W 4–2 | | 1–1 |
| Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
| 2 | St. Francis Xavier | 3** |
| 5 | New Brunswick | 2 |
| Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| 1 | Alberta | 1 |
| 6 | Dalhousie | 4 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)