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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Venue(s) | Aitken University Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Dates | March 22–25, 2012 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | McGill Redmen (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Western Mustangs |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 7 |
| Attendance | 26,250 (3,750 per game) |
| MVP | Francis Verreault-Paul |
The 2012 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (50th Annual) was held March 22–25, 2012. This event marked the 50th anniversary of the inception of the University Cup tournament to decide the Men's University Hockey Champion. It is the second of two consecutive CIS Championships to be held at the University of New Brunswick's Aitken University Centre before moving to Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon for two years (hosted by the University of Saskatchewan.
The defending champions were the UNB Varsity Reds, who won their 4th title in fourteen years and who return to the tournament with a record of 20-5-3 in CIS play.[1] They were joined by three qualifiers, a designated host team and one wild cards for a total of six(6) teams.
Similar to previous years, going back to the introduction of the expanded format in 1998, the teams are split into two(2) Pools of three teams where each team plays the other two teams. 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 (all teams have 1-1 records) than GF/GA differential among the tied teams is the first tie-breaker.