| 2008 Cavendish CIS University Cup | |
| Venues: | Jean-Louis Lévesque Arena, Moncton, New Brunswick |
| Winners: | Alberta Golden Bears |
| Count: | 13 |
| Second: | New Brunswick Varsity Reds |
| Games: | 7 |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Award Title: | MVP |
| Prev Season: | 2007 |
| Next Season: | 2009 |
The 2008 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (46th Annual) was held March 20–23, 2008, at the Jean-Louis Lévesque Arena in Moncton, New Brunswick. The Moncton Aigles Bleus served as tournament host.
The six teams that advanced to the tournament are listed below. The Champions of each conference tournament received automatic bids and were seeded 1–3. One spot in the tournament was reserved for the host school, Moncton, while another went to the best team from the Quebec region, OUA finalist Brock. The lone wild card spot went to the highest-ranked remaining team, Saskatchewan.
| Seed | Team | Qualification | Record | Appearance | Last | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlantic: AUS Champion | 31–1–1 | style=center | 10th | 2007 | ||
| 2 | West: Canada West Champion | 25–5–2 | style=center | 32nd | 2006 | ||
| 3 | Quebec: OUA Champion | 25–9–1 | style=center | 2nd | 2006 | ||
| 4 | Wild-card: Canada West Finalist | 19–7–6 | style=center | 13th | 2007 | ||
| 5 | Ontario: OUA Finalist | 21–12–2 | style=center | 1st | Never | ||
| 6 | Host | 19–13–1 | style=center | 14th | 2007 |
| Seed | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Brunswick | |
| 4 | Saskatchewan | |
| 5 | Brock |
| Day | Game | Winner | Loser | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | 1 |
|
| 6–1 | |
| Friday | 3 |
|
| 4–1 | |
| Saturday | 5 |
|
| 4–0 |
| width=165 | Team | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Brunswick | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 4 | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Brock | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
New Brunswick advance to championship
| Seed | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Alberta Golden Bears | |
| 3 | ||
| 6 | Moncton Aigles Bleus |
| Day | Game | Winner | Loser | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | 2 |
|
| 2–1 | |
| Friday | 4 |
|
| 7–3 | |
| Saturday | 6 |
|
| 3–0 |
| width=165 | Team | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 2 | ||||||||
| McGill | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Moncton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
Alberta advance to championship[2]