2013 CIS University Cup
The 2013 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament was held March 14–17, 2013. It was the first of two consecutive CIS Championships to be held at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon hosted by the University of Saskatchewan. The defending champions were the McGill Redmen, but they would not be able to defend their title having been eliminated in the first round of the OUA-East playoffs by the Nipissing Lakers.
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
The AUS playoffs were held from February 13 to March 7, 2013.OUA playoffs
The OUA playoffs were held from February 13 to March 9, 2013.Note 1: The Queen's Cup championship game must be held in Ontario. When a Quebec based OUA-East representative is the higher seed and should 'host' the game - the game shall be hosted by the OUA-West team instead, but the OUA-East team shall be the 'home' team and have last change.
Note 2: Since the University Cup wild-card spot was allocated to the AUS Conference, the OUA did not hold a 3rd Place/Bronze medal game.
Canada West playoffs
The Canada West playoffs were as follows:University Cup
The six teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The wild-card team was selected from the AUS Conference as the OUA was provided the wild-card in 2012 and CW teams are ineligible as they are the host conference.| Rank | Seed | Team | Qualified |
| 1 | 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion |
| 2 | 2 | UNB Varsity Reds | AUS Champion |
| 3 | 3 | UQTR Patriotes | OUA-East and Queen's Cup Champion |
| 4 | 4 | Saint Mary's Huskies | Wild-card & AUS Finalist |
| 5 | 5 | Saskatchewan Huskies | Host & Canada West Finalist |
| 6 | 6 | Waterloo Warriors | OUA-West Champion and Queen's Cup Finalist |
Pool A - Afternoon
| Team | |||||||
| Saint Mary's Huskies | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 2 |
| Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Waterloo Warriors | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
- St. Mary's Huskies advance to the Gold Medal final based on the first tie-breaker of having the best GF/GA Differential of +3.
Pool B - Evening
| Team | |||||||
| UNB Varsity Reds | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 4 |
| UQTR Patriotes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 2 |
| Saskatchewan Huskies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
Championship Final
Fewest Goals
The 2 goal aggregate in the Championship final represented the lowest ever to date - one lower than the previous record of 3. The shutout was the fourth shutout in a Championship final and the first time a team has accomplished it twice.Tournament All-Stars
, from the UNB Varsity Reds, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP. Carroll led all players in goals and was second in points with 4.Joining Carroll on the tournament all-star team were:
Forward: Nick MacNeil
Forward: Cory Tanaka
Defenseman: Jesse Craige
Defenseman: Marc-Antoine Desnoyers
Goalie: Dan LaCosta