The 2013 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (51st Annual) was held March 14–17, 2013. It was the first of two consecutive CIS Championships to be held at the

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. The defending champions were the

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. The best team in each Pool advanced to the final. All pool games must be decided by a win, there were no ties. If a pool has a three-way tie for 1st (all teams have 1–1 records) than GF/GA differential among the tied teams is the first tie-breaker.

Road to the Cup

AUS playoffs

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

OUA playoffs

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Canada West playoffs

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

University Cup

The six teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card continued its rotation and was held by AUS this season. The 5th- and 6th-place teams switches positions in the brackets to avoid intra-conference matches in pool play.

Pool A – Afternoon

Note: Saint Mary's becomes the 4th team to advance to the Championship Final with a 1–1 record (Alberta-

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Pool B – Evening

Championship final

Bench assignments for the championship finals were based on each advancing team's 2 pool games, not their tournament seed. UNB was determined to be the home team with a record of 2–0 versus Saint Mary's with a record of 1–1.

Fewest goals

The 2 goal aggregate in the Championship final represented the lowest ever to date – one lower than the previous record of 3 (1990, 2–1 and 2003 3–0). The shutout was the fourth shutout in a Championship final (1972, 2003, 2011 and 2013) and the first time a team has accomplished it twice (UNB's 4th Championship title in 2011 was a 4–0 shutout of McGill).

Tournament All-Stars

Tyler Carroll, from the UNB Varsity Reds, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP."V-Reds claim 5th University Cup title"
Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Carroll led all players in goals (4) and was second in points with 4. Joining Carroll on the tournament all-star team were: * Forward: Nick MacNeil (UNB Varsity Reds) * Forward: Cory Tanaka (Saint Mary's Huskies) * Defenseman: Jesse Craige (Alberta Golden Bears) * Defenseman: Marc-Antoine Desnoyers (UNB Varsity Reds) * Goalie: Dan LaCosta (UNB Varsity Reds)

References

External links

Tournament website
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