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.
Road to the Cup AUAA playoffs
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Canada West playoffs
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GPAC playoffs
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OUAA playoffs
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QUAA playoffs
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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.
TeamQualificationRecordAppearanceLastWest: Canada West Champion22–5–012th1978 Quebec: QUAA Champion / Host23–2–04th1978Atlantic: AUAA Champion17–8–01stNeverOntario: OUAA Champion13–4–32nd1976Quebec: QUAA Runner-Up13–10–31stNeverPlains: GPAC Champion20–4–02nd1978
Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Note: round-robin games were played on consecutive days March 15–17
Championship final
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