1976 CIAU University Cup

October 2024 Canadian hockey tournament 1976 CIAU University Cup Varsity Arena, Toronto, Ontario Toronto Varsity Blues 8 Guelph Gryphons March 5–14 11 10 MVP Kent Ruhnke (Toronto) 1975 1977 The 1976 CIAU Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (14th annual) was held at the Varsity Arena in Toronto, Ontario. The Toronto Varsity Blues served as tournament host. Road to the Cup AUAA playoffs 4TeamBracket Semifinals Championship 1 Saint Mary’s 5 4 Moncton 9 2 St. Francis Xavier 9 3 Mount Allison 4 4 Moncton 5 2 St. Francis Xavier 7 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Canada West playoffs 3 high ChampionshipFebruary 27-28 1 Calgary 6 3 — 2 Alberta 2 0 — Note: * denotes overtime period(s) GPAC season Seed School Standings 1 Manitoba 11–7–0 2 Brandon 10–8–0 3 Lakehead 8–10–0 4 Winnipeg 7–11–0 No playoff OUAA playoffs high QuarterfinalsFebruary 20–21 SemifinalsFebruary 27 ChampionshipFebruary 28 C2 Ryerson 0 E2 York 14 E1 Toronto 2 E3 Queen's 1 C1 McMaster 5 W2 Guelph 6 W1 Western Ontario 2 E2 York 5 E1 Toronto 5 W2 Guelph 6 E2 York 4 W2 Guelph 5 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) QUAA playoffs high 3 SemifinalsFebruary 20-23 ChampionshipFebruary 25-27 1 Concordia 10 13 — 4 Bishop's 2 0 — 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 6 5 3 3 Laval 3 6 5 1 Concordia 12 7 — 3 Laval 2 2 — Note: * denotes overtime period(s) University Cup The tournament was expanded and heavily reconfigured. The field was divided into three groups: East, West and byes. The OUAA champion, Guelph, and the tournament host, Toronto, received byes into championship round. The Eastern bracket contained the teams that reached the championship games of the AUAA and QUAA while the Western bracket contained the teams that reached the championship game of Canada West and the top two teams in the GPAC standings. The regional brackets were organized so that the conference champion would play the runner up of the opposite conference in the semifinal and the winners would play to determine which teams would advance to the championship round. In the championship round, the teams played one first round game to determine seeding. The winners of the first round game would then play a different losing team in the semifinals. The winner of the semifinal games would then play for the championship. All rounds, with the exception of the first round in the championship series, were single elimination. West regional games were played at the Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary, Alberta. East regional games were played at the Loyola Arena in Montreal, Quebec. East teams TeamQualificationRecordAppearanceLast white Concordia StingersQuebec: QUAA Champion23–0–11stNever * white Laval Rouge et OrQuebec: QUAA Runner-Up10–14–11stNeverwhite Moncton Aigles BleusAtlantic: AUAA Runner-Up12–5–11stNeverwhite St. Francis Xavier X-MenAtlantic: AUAA Champion14–4–05th1968 * Concordia was formed out of a merger between Loyola and Sir George Williams, who had made the University Cup five and seven times respectively. Ontario teams TeamQualificationRecordAppearanceLastwhite Guelph GryphonsOntario: OUAA Champion17–6–01stNeverwhite Toronto Varsity BluesHost14–4–010th1975 West teams TeamQualificationRecordAppearanceLastwhite Alberta Golden BearsWest: Canada West Runner-Up16–10–09th1975white Brandon BobcatsPlains: GPAC Runner-Up10–8–03rd1975white Calgary DinosWest: Canada West Champion19–7–02nd1974white Manitoba BisonsPlains: GPAC Champion11–7–02nd1965 Bracket high East West Regional SemifinalsMarch 5 Regional FinalsMarch 6 First RoundMarch 11 SemifinalsMarch 13 ChampionshipMarch 14 Q1 Concordia 5 A2 Moncton 0 A1 St. Francis Xavier 4 Q2 Laval 1 GP1 Manitoba 5 CW2 Alberta 6 CW1 Calgary 6 GP2 Brandon 4 Q1 Concordia 5 A1 St. Francis Xavier 3 CW2 Alberta 1 CW1 Calgary 3 O1 Guelph 2 Q1 Concordia 5 O2 Toronto 4 CW1 Calgary 5 Q1 Concordia 2 O2 Toronto 3 CW1 Calgary 1 O1 Guelph 4 O2 Toronto 7 O1 Guelph 2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)https://usports.ca/en/championships/hockey/m/history History U Sports March 13, 2018 July 26, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200726194337/https://usports.ca/en/championships/hockey/m/history dead Championship final #eeeeee March 14, 1976 O1 Guelph Gryphons O2 Toronto Varsity Blues 2–7 Varsity Arena, Toronto, Ontario References 1976 University Cup Category:Ice hockey competitions in Toronto Category:March 1976 sports events in Canada Category:1976 in sports in Ontario