1979 CIAU University Cup

The 1979 CIAU Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (17th annual) was held at the Loyola Arena in Montreal, Quebec. The Concordia Stingers served as tournament host.

1979 CIAU University Cup

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Loyola Arena, Montreal, Quebec
Dates	March 15–18
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Alberta Golden Bears (5th title)
Runners-up	Dalhousie Tigers
Tournament statistics
Games played	7
Awards
MVP	Dave Hindmarch (Alberta)
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Road to the Cup

AUAA playoffs

	Semifinals							Championship
	1	Saint Mary’s	4	4	4
	4	Prince Edward Island	5	2	3
								1	Saint Mary’s	3	3	4
								2	Dalhousie	2	6	5
	2	Dalhousie	5	4	—
	3	Moncton	2	1	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Canada West playoffs

	Championship March 10-12
	1	Alberta	6	3	3
	2	Calgary	4	4	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

GPAC playoffs

	Championship March 9-10
	1	Regina	7	5	—
	2	Manitoba	4	1	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

OUAA playoffs

Quarterfinals February 20

Semifinals

Championship

E1

Toronto

3

C1

McMaster

4*

C1

McMaster

?

Eastern

?

?

?

E2

Laurentian

?

E3

York

?

C1

McMaster

?

?

?

W1

Guelph

?

?

?

W1

Guelph

?

C2

Windsor

?

W1

Guelph

?

Western

W3

Western Ontario

?

W2

Wilfrid Laurier

?

W3

Western Ontario

?

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

QUAA playoffs

	Semifinals February 21-25							Championship February 28-March 3
	1	Concordia	7	6	—
	4	McGill	6	2	—
								1	Concordia	7	8	8	—	—
								2	Quebec–Chicoutimi	5	3	5	—	—
	2	Quebec–Chicoutimi	0	11	6
	3	Laval	8	3	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

University Cup

The format was unchanged from the year before. As tournament host, the QUAA received two bids to the tournament. The six teams were sorted by a committee prior to the tournament and arranged so that the two QUAA 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	12th	1978
Concordia Stingers	Quebec: QUAA Champion / Host	23–2–0	4th	1978
Dalhousie Tigers	Atlantic: AUAA Champion	17–8–0	1st	Never
Guelph Gryphons	Ontario: OUAA Champion	13–4–3	2nd	1976
Quebec–Chicoutimi Inuk	Quebec: QUAA Runner-Up	13–10–3	1st	Never
Regina Cougars	Plains: GPAC Champion	20–4–0	2nd	1978

Bracket

	Group 1	ALB	CON	REG	Overall
1	Alberta		W 7–1	W 3–1	2–0
4	Concordia	L 1–7		W 8–3	1–1
5	Regina	L 1–3	L 3–8		0–2

	Group 2	DAL	GUE	UQC	Overall
2	Dalhousie		T 5–5	W 7–3	1–0–1
3	Guelph	T 5–5		L 2–7	0–1–1
6	Quebec–Chicoutimi	L 3–7	W 7–2		1–1

	Championship March 18
	Alberta		5
	Dalhousie		1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Note: round-robin games were played on consecutive days March 15–17^[1]

Championship final

March 18, 1979

Alberta Golden Bears

5–1

Dalhousie Tigers

Loyola Arena, Montreal, Quebec