The 1998 CIAU Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (36th annual) was held at the Rutherford Arena in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Huskies served as tournament host.
Road to the Cup AUAA playoffs
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OUA playoffs
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Canada West playoffs
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University Cup The tournament field was expanded to six teams. In addition to the four regional qualifiers, one spot for the host team and one for a wild-card were brought back. With six teams now qualifying for the postseason, the tournament was reverted to a round-robin format. The wild-card was offered on a rotation basis to the runner up for one conference, beginning with AUAA. If the host team was also a conference champion, that conference would receive a second wild-card bid.
For the first time, all teams were ranked by committee with a preference to avoid intra-conference matches in pool play. The championship game remained a single elimination.
SeedTeamQualificationRecordAppearanceLast1West: Canada West Champion / Host23–6–56th19872Atlantic: AUAA Champion30–5–15th19973 Ontario: OUA Champion27–3–11stNever4 Quebec: OUA Runner-up24–5–28th19965Wild-card: Canada West Runner-up23–5–523rd19976Wild-card: AUAA Runner-up22–11–15th1996
Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Note: round-robin games were played on consecutive days March 26–28
Championship final
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