1971 CIAU University Cup

The 1971 CIAU Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (9th annual) was held in Sudbury, Ontario. The Laurentian Voyageurs served as tournament host.

1971 CIAU University Cup

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Sudbury, Ontario
Dates	March 11–13
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Toronto Varsity Blues (5th title)
Runners-up	Saint Mary's Huskies
Third place	Laurentian Voyageurs
Fourth place	British Columbia Thunderbirds
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Awards
MVP	Ron Hindson (Saint Mary's)
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Road to the Cup

AIAA playoffs

	Semifinals					Championship
	1	Saint Mary’s	5
	4	Prince Edward Island	1
						1	Saint Mary’s	8
						2	Dalhousie	4
	2	Dalhousie	7
	3	St. Francis Xavier	6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

OIAA playoffs

	Semifinal					Championship
						1	Laurentian	5
	2	York	8			2	York	3
	3	Waterloo Lutheran	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

OSLC playoffs

	Semifinals					Championship
	1	Loyola	10
	4	Sherbrooke	3
						1	Loyola	3
						2	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	1
	2	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	5
	3	Bishop's	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

QOAA playoffs

	Semifinals February 27					Championship February 28
	E1	Carleton	5
	W2	Toronto	6
						W2	Toronto	5
						E2	Queen's	4
	W1	Waterloo	3
	E2	Queen's	8

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

WCIAA playoffs

	Semifinals February 26-28							Championship March 5-6
	1	Manitoba	6	5	—
	4	Alberta	4	4	—
								1	Manitoba	3	6	—
								2	British Columbia	5	7	—
	2	British Columbia	9	3	7
	3	Calgary	1	4	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

University Cup

The CIAU invited the champions of five conferences to play for the championship. Saint Mary's and Toronto received byes for the AIAA and QOAA reaching the championship the previous season. The remaining teams were sorted by committee.

Team	Qualification	Record	Appearance	Last
British Columbia Thunderbirds	WCIAA Champion	19–6–0	2nd	1963
Laurentian Voyageurs	OIAA Champion	12–0–0	6th	1969
Loyola Warriors	OSLC Champion	17–2–1	3rd	1970
Saint Mary's Huskies	AIAA Champion	19–1–0	3rd	1970
Toronto Varsity Blues	QOAA Champion	14–3–0	6th	1970

Bracket

	Consolation Final March 13					Consolation Semifinal March 12					Quarterfinal March 11					Semifinals March 11–12					Championship March 13
																Saint Mary's		4
																Laurentian		2
	Laurentian		7								Laurentian		6								Saint Mary's		4
	British Columbia		4								Loyola		3								Toronto		5
						Loyola		4								Toronto		3
						British Columbia		6								British Columbia		2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)^[1]

Championship final

March 13, 1971

Toronto Varsity Blues

5–4

Saint Mary's Huskies

Sudbury, Ontario