The 1981 CIAU Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (19th annual) was held at the Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary, Alberta. The Calgary Dinos 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 tournament included the five senior league champions as well as the host team. The six teams were sorted by a committee prior to the tournament and arranged so that the two Canada West teams would be in opposite groups.
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.
TeamQualificationRecordAppearanceLastPlains: GPAC Champion25–1–03rd1975Host19–8–04th1980 Quebec: QUAA Champion26–1–16th1980Atlantic: AUAA Champion21–5–14th1980Ontario: OUAA Champion18–3–51stNeverWest: Canada West Champion17–10–02nd1967
Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Note: round-robin games were played on consecutive days March 12–14
Championship final
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