2011 CIS University Cup
The 2011 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament was held March 24–27, 2011. It was the first year of a two-year CIS Championship bid won by University of New Brunswick and hosted at their on-campus hockey rink - Aitken University Centre. The defending champions were St. Mary's Huskies, who won their 1st title in team history the previous year in Saskatoon. There would be a new champion this season as SMU was unsuccessful in advancing to the event.
Similar to previous years, going back to the introduction of the expanded format in 1998, the six invited teams were split into two Pools of three where each team plays the other. The best team in each Pool advances to the final. All pool games must be decided by a win, there are no ties. If a pool has a three-way tie for 1st than GF/GA differential among the tied teams is the first tie-breaker.
Road to the Cup
AUS playoffs
OUA Playoffs
Canada West playoffs
University Cup
The six teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card team was selected from the CW Conference as the OUA was provided the wild-card in 2010 and AUS teams are ineligible as they are the host conference. To avoid having St.FX in the same pool as UNB and Western in the same pool as McGill, the two teams were swapped.| Rank | Seed | Team | Qualification |
| 1 | 1 | UNB Varsity Reds | AUS Champion |
| 2 | 2 | McGill Redmen | OUA-East and Queen's Cup Champion |
| 3 | 3 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion |
| 5 | 4 | Western Mustangs | OUA-West Champion and Queen's Cup Finalist |
| 4 | 5 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | Host Designate & AUS Finalist |
| 6 | 6 | Calgary Dinos | Wild-Card - Canada West Finalist |
Pool A - Evening
| Day | Game | Home | Visitor | Score |
| Thursday | 2 | #6 Calgary Dinos | #1 UNB Varsity Reds | 1-2 |
| Friday | 4 | #4 Western Mustangs | #6 Calgary Dinos | 3-2 |
| Saturday | 6 | #1 UNB Varsity Reds | #4 Western Mustangs | 4-0 |
| Team | |||||||
| UNB Varsity Reds | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 4 |
| Western Mustangs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
| Calgary Dinos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
Pool B - Afternoon
| Day | Game | Home | Visitor | Score |
| Thursday | 1 | #5 St. Francis Xavier X-Men | #2 McGill Redmen | 1-2 |
| Friday | 3 | #3 Alberta Golden Bears | #5 St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 1-3 |
| Saturday | 5 | #2 McGill Redmen | #3 Alberta Golden Bears | 6-3 |
| Team | |||||||
| McGill Redmen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2 |
| Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 0 |
Championship Final
Tournament All-Stars
Luke Gallant, a defenceman from the UNB Varsity Reds, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP. He led all players at the tournament with seven points in three games including an assist on Josh Kidd's game-winning goal with 4.1 seconds remaining in a 2-1 victory over Calgary in their first game on Thursday. Plus back-to-back game-winners in a 4-0 shutout of Western on Saturday and a 4-0 victory of second-ranked McGill in Sunday's national final. Gallant earned Game-MVP honours against both Western and McGill following a pair of three-point performances.Joining Gallant on the tournament all-star team were:
Forward: Kyle Bailey
Forward: Chris Culligan
Forward: Maxime Langelier-Parent
Defenseman: Jonathan Harty
Goalie: Travis Fullerton