2001 CIS University Cup

The 2001 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (39th annual) was held at the Waterloo Recreation Complex in Waterloo, Ontario. The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks served as primary tournament host with assistance from the Guelph Gryphons and Waterloo Warriors.

2001 CIS University Cup

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Waterloo Recreation Complex, Waterloo, Ontario
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Quebec–Trois-Rivières Patriotes (3rd title)
Runners-up	St. Francis Xavier X-Men
Tournament statistics
Games played	7
Awards
MVP	Alexandre Tremblay (Quebec–Trois-Rivières)
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Road to the Cup

AUS playoffs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Championship
								1	St. Francis Xavier	1	5	5
	3	Dalhousie	2	2	—			4	New Brunswick	4	4	4
	6	Saint Mary’s	1	1	—										1	St. Francis Xavier	3	9	1
															2	St. Thomas	6	1	2
								2	St. Thomas	7	1	4
	4	New Brunswick	1	4	4			3	Dalhousie	3	3	1
	5	Acadia	5	3	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

OUA playoffs

	Division Semifinals							Division Finals							Queen's Cup Semifinals					Queen's Cup Final
								FE1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	2	8	—
	FE2	Concordia	2	3	—			FE2	Concordia	1	2	—
	FE3	McGill	1	2	—			East							FE1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	4
															ME1	Toronto	1
								ME1	Toronto	10	2	4
	ME2	Queen's	2	0	—			ME3	Royal Military College	0	5	1
	ME3	Royal Military College	3	5	—															FE1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	4
																				FW1	Western Ontario	3
								MW1	York	5	5	—
	MW2	Brock	1	4	—			MW3	Guelph	2	3	—
	MW3	Guelph	2	5	—			West							MW1	York	3
															FW1	Western Ontario	7
								FW1	Western Ontario	3	5	—
	FW2	Waterloo	3	3	5			FW2	Waterloo	2	2	—
	FW3	Wilfrid Laurier	2	4	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Canada West playoffs

	Division Semifinal							Division Final							Championship
								G1	Manitoba	3	4	2
	G2	Saskatchewan	6	6	—			G2	Saskatchewan	5	3	0
	G3	Regina	2	4	—										G1	Manitoba	1	1	—
															M1	Alberta	3	5	—
								M1	Alberta	4	8	—
	M2	Calgary	1	4	5			M2	Calgary	0	0	—
	M3	Lethbridge	3	3	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

University Cup

The rotating wild-card moved to AUS. In order to prevent both AUS teams from being in the same group, Western Ontario and St. Thomas switched places. The teams were then seeded accordingly.

Seed	Team	Qualification	Record	Appearance	Last
1	Alberta Golden Bears	West: Canada West Champion	29–2–2	26th	2000
2	Quebec–Trois-Rivières Patriotes	Quebec: OUA Champion	25–1–2	11th	2000
3	St. Thomas Tommies	Atlantic: AUS Champion	20–11–4	1st	Never
4	Western Ontario Mustangs	Ontario: OUA Runner-up	24–4–0	6th	2000
5	St. Francis Xavier X-Men	Wild-card: AUS Runner-up	23–5–5	7th	1978
6	Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks	Host	10–13–4	6th	1992

Bracket

	Pool A	ALB	UWO	SFX	Overall
1	Alberta		L 3–5	L 3–5	0–2
4	Western Ontario	W 5–3		L 2–5	1–1
5	St. Francis Xavier	W 5–3	W 5–2		2–0

	Pool B	QTR	STT	WLU	Overall
2	Quebec–Trois-Rivières		W 6–1	W 10–4	2–0
3	St. Thomas	L 1–6		L 2–3	0–2
6	Wilfrid Laurier	L 4–10	W 3–2		1–1

	Championship
	2	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	5
	5	St. Francis Xavier	4

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

Championship final

#2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières Patriotes

5–4

#5 St. Francis Xavier X-Men

Waterloo Recreation Complex, Waterloo, Ontario