1978 CIAU University Cup

The 1978 CIAU Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (16th annual) was held at the Jean-Louis Lévesque Arena in Moncton, New Brunswick. The Moncton Aigles Bleus served as tournament host.

1978 CIAU University Cup

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Jean-Louis Lévesque Arena, Moncton, New Brunswick
Dates	March 16–19
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Alberta Golden Bears (4th title)
Runners-up	Toronto Varsity Blues
Tournament statistics
Games played	7
Awards
MVP	Kevin Primeau (Alberta)
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Road to the Cup

AUAA playoffs

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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Canada West playoffs

	Championship March 10-12
	1	Alberta	4	1	9
	2	British Columbia	2	2	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

GPAC playoffs

	Championship March 3-5
	1	Regina	4	3	9
	2	Lakehead	5	1	7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

OUAA playoffs

Quarterfinals February 24

Semifinals February 28

Championship March 4, 11

E1

Toronto

11

C2

Ryerson

0

E1

Toronto

8

Eastern

E2

York

6

E2

York

8

E3

Laurentian

1

E1

Toronto

3

4

—

W1

Wilfrid Laurier

2

1

—

W1

Wilfrid Laurier

5

C1

McMaster

4

W1

Wilfrid Laurier

6

Western

W2

Western Ontario

0

W2

Western Ontario

9

W3

Windsor

4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

QUAA playoffs

	Semifinals February 21-24							Championship March 1-10
	1	Concordia	8	8	—
	4	Bishop's	5	1	—
								1	Concordia	4	8	4	2	7
								2	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	6	2	3	4	4
	2	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	4	5	—
	3	McGill	2	4	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

University Cup

The tournament continued the policy of inviting two teams from the conference that served as host. However, as a change from previous seasons, rather than give the hosting conference byes into the semifinal round, all entrants into the tournament were placed into two round-robin groups. The six teams were sorted by a committee prior to the tournament and arranged so that the two AUAA teams would be in opposite brackets.

In the round-robin groups, the teams that finished with the best record would advance to the championship game. If there was a tie for the best record, the first tie-breaker was goal differential. If there was a tie in goal differential, the teams would play sudden death overtime for the advantage.

Team	Qualification	Record	Appearance	Last
Alberta Golden Bears	West: Canada West Champion	22–5–0	11th	1977
Concordia Stingers	Quebec: QUAA Champion	17–6–0	3rd	1977
Moncton Aigles Bleus	Atlantic: Host	11–11–0	2nd	1976
Regina Cougars	Plains: GPAC Champion	19–7–0	1st	Never
St. Francis Xavier X-Men	Atlantic: AUAA Champion	18–6–3	6th	1976
Toronto Varsity Blues	Ontario: OUAA Champion	22–1–1	12th	1977

Bracket

	Group 2	TOR	CON	MON	Overall
1	Toronto		W 7–3	W 7–3	2–0
4	Concordia	L 3–7		W 7–3	1–1
5	Moncton	L 3–7	L 3–7		0–2

	Group 1	ALB	SFX	REG	Overall
2	Alberta		W 7–3	W 7–3	2–0
3	St. Francis-Xavier	L 3–7		W 5–0	1–1
6	Regina	L 3–7	L 0–5		0–2

	Championship March 19
	Toronto		5
	Alberta		6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Note: round-robin games were played on consecutive days March 16–18^[1]

Championship final

March 19, 1978

Toronto Varsity Blues

5–6

Alberta Golden Bears

Jean-Louis Lévesque Arena, Moncton, New Brunswick