2021 U Sports University Cup
Canadian university ice hockey championship
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The 2021 U Sports University Cup hockey tournament (59th Annual) was scheduled to be held from March 18, 2021, to March 21, 2021, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, to determine a national champion for the 2020–21 U Sports men's ice hockey season. However, on October 15, 2020, it was announced that the University Cup championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Venue(s) | Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| Dates | March 18–21, 2021 |
| Teams | 8 |
U Sports, along with agreements from Acadia and UPEI, maintained the current hosting schedule and awarded the 2022 University Cup to Acadia and the 2023 University Cup to UPEI.[2]
Host
The UPEI Panthers, a member of U Sports Atlantic University Sport conference, was scheduled to host the event at the Eastlink Centre with support from the Province of PEI, and the City of Charlottetown.[3] This would have been the second time that UPEI had hosted the tournament, having first hosted in the school's inaugural year in 1970.[4] The school also hosted the 2019 and 2020 U Sports women's ice hockey championship tournaments.
Format
The tournament would have featured an eight-team, single-elimination tournament, as introduced in 2015, and would have included quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals and a bronze medal game.[5]