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Queen's Cup (ice hockey)

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Queen's Cup
The Queen's Cup
The Queen's Cup during 2014-15 season.
Awarded forOUA champion in U Sports men's ice hockey
First awarded1903
Presented byOntario University Athletics
Current championsUQTR Patriotes
Most titlesToronto Varsity Blues (41)[1]
Websitewww.oua.ca/sports/mice/index

The Queen's Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the champion in men's ice hockey of the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports. It has been awarded since 1903 to the champion between Ontario and Quebec universities. It is the second-oldest ice hockey trophy still being awarded, after the Stanley Cup.[2]

The QUAA (now named the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec, RSEQ) ceased to operate a university hockey league after the 1986–87 season. The conference's three remaining teams at that point (McGill Redmen, UQTR Patriotes, and Concordia Stingers) joined, and remain, in the OUA conference. One of the conditions of the merger was the Queen's Cup, representing the OUA champion, must be challenged for at an OUA institution – as such, when the OUA-East champion hosts such a game and that school is based in Quebec, the game is hosted by the OUA-West team, while the OUA-East team has 'home' standing (last change).

History

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For the 1902–03 season, McGill University, Queen's University and the University of Toronto founded the Canadian Intercollegiate Hockey Union.[3] The Queen's Cup, emblematic of the CIHU championship was donated by Queen's University of Kingston, Ontario.[2] The Queen's Cup was not presented during the war years of 1915–16, 1916–17, 1917–18, 1918–19, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, nor 1944–45. The first winner other than the founders was the Université de Montréal in 1949. By the 1960s, other universities, including Ontario Agricultural College (Guelph), McMaster, Waterloo and Western were granted membership and became eligible to win the Cup. Other universities have since joined the CIHU, now known as the OUA conference. The original Cup was retired in 2000 to the Hockey Hall of Fame.[3] The 2021 championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[4]

Season Champion Record (W-L-T)/Series
1903 McGill Redmen 2-1-1
1904 Queen's Golden Gaels 3-1-0
1905 McGill Redmen 3-1-0
1906 Queen's Golden Gaels 3-1-0
1907 Toronto Varsity Blues 3-1-0
1908 Toronto Varsity Blues 6-0-0
1909 Queen's Golden Gaels 5-1-0
1910 Queen's Golden Gaels 5-2-0
1911 Toronto Varsity Blues 21-11 (2 gms vs. LU@M)
1912 McGill Redmen 4-0-0
1913 Toronto Varsity Blues 3-1-0
1914 Queen's Golden Gaels 3-1-0
1915 Toronto Varsity Blues 4-0-0
1920 Toronto Varsity Blues 4-1-0
1921 Toronto Varsity Blues 4-0-0
1922 Toronto Varsity Blues 4-0-0
1923 Toronto Varsity Blues 5-1-0
1924 Toronto Varsity Blues 5-1-0
1925 Toronto Varsity Blues 5-0-0
1926 Toronto Varsity Blues 6-0-0
1927 Toronto Varsity Blues 9-2 (2 gms vs. McG)
1928 Toronto Varsity Blues 3-1-0
1929 Toronto Varsity Blues 9-3 (2 gms vs. McG)
1930 McGill Redmen 3-2 (2 gms vs. Tor)
1931 McGill Redmen 6-4 (2 gms vs. Tor)
1932 Toronto Varsity Blues 4-3 (2 gms vs. McG)
1933 McGill Redmen 3-0-1
1934 McGill Redmen 9-4 (2 gms vs. Tor)
1935 McGill Redmen 4-0-0
1936 McGill Redmen 15-3 (2 gms vs. Tor)
1937 McGill Redmen 6-0-0
1938 McGill Redmen 5-1-0
1939 McGill Redmen 5-1-0
1940 Toronto Varsity Blues 4-0-0
1946 McGill Redmen 6-1-0
1947 Toronto Varsity Blues 7-2-1
1948 Toronto Varsity Blues 10-2-0
1949 Montreal Carabins 10-2-0
1950 Montreal Carabins 11-1-0
1951 Toronto Varsity Blues 5-1-0
1952 Montreal Carabins 8-3-1
1953 Montreal Carabins 7-4-1
1954 Laval Rouge et Or 8-3-1
1955 Toronto Varsity Blues 11-0-1
1956 Toronto Varsity Blues 9-3-0
1957 Toronto Varsity Blues 9-3-0
1958 Toronto Varsity Blues 9-3-0
1959 Toronto Varsity Blues 10-2-0
1960 Laval Rouge et Or 13-1-0
1961 Laval Rouge et Or 9-3-0

Playoff era

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Season Champion Runner-up Score/Series
1962 Toronto Varsity Blues McMaster Marauders 13–10 (2 gms)
1963 McMaster Marauders Laval Rouge et Or 12–7 (2 gms)
1964 Toronto Varsity Blues No playoffs 9–1–2
1965 Montreal Carabins Queen's Golden Gaels 4–3
1966 Toronto Varsity Blues No playoffs 13–2–1
1967 Toronto Varsity Blues Waterloo Warriors 9–4
1968 Toronto Varsity Blues Waterloo Warriors 8–1
1969 Toronto Varsity Blues Waterloo Warriors 4–0
1970 Toronto Varsity Blues Waterloo Warriors 7–4
1971 Toronto Varsity Blues Queen's Golden Gaels 5–4
1972 Toronto Varsity Blues York Yeomen 6–2
1973 Toronto Varsity Blues Western Mustangs 8–1
1974 Waterloo Warriors Western Mustangs 6–4
1975 Toronto Varsity Blues York Yeomen 4–3
1976 Guelph Gryphons York Yeomen 5–4
1977 Toronto Varsity Blues York Yeomen 3–2
1978 Toronto Varsity Blues Laurier Golden Hawks 2–0 (games)
1979 Guelph Gryphons McMaster Marauders
1980 Guelph Gryphons
1981 Queen's Golden Gaels Western Mustangs 2–0 (games)
1982 Toronto Varsity Blues Guelph Gryphons 2–1 (games)
1983 Laurier Golden Hawks Toronto Varsity Blues 2–0 (games)
1984 Toronto Varsity Blues Western Mustangs 2–0 (games)
1985 York Yeomen Western Mustangs 2–1 (games)
1986 York Yeomen Laurier Golden Hawks 2–0 (games)
1987 York Yeomen Western Mustangs 2–1 (games)

Three Division format

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Bolded are Queen's Cup champions, italicized are runner-up, score is championship game only.

Season East Champion Central Champion West Champion Wildcard Score
1988 UQTR Patriotes York Yeomen Windsor Lancers Western Mustangs 5-1
1989 UQTR Patriotes Laurier Golden Hawks Brock Badgers York Yeomen 3-0

East vs. West format

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Bolded are Queen's Cup champions.

Season East Champion West Champion Score/Series Attendance
1990 UQTR Patriotes Laurier Golden Hawks 0-2 (games)
1991 UQTR Patriotes Waterloo Warriors 2-0 (games)
1992 UQTR Patriotes Laurier Golden Hawks 8-2
1993 Toronto Varsity Blues Guelph Gryphons 5-4
1994 Guelph Gryphons Western Mustangs 2-1
1995 Guelph Gryphons Western Mustangs 4-5
1996 UQTR Patriotes Waterloo Warriors 1-5
1997 Guelph Gryphons York Yeomen 3-0
1998 UQTR Patriotes Windsor Lancers 1-2
1999 UQTR Patriotes York Yeomen 7-0
2000 UQTR Patriotes Western Mustangs 3-2
2001 UQTR Patriotes Western Mustangs 4-3
2002 UQTR Patriotes Western Mustangs 5-4
2003 UQTR Patriotes York Lions 7-4
2004 Ottawa Gee-Gees York Lions 2-3
2005 UQTR Patriotes Western Mustangs 0-4
2006 McGill Redmen Lakehead Thunderwolves 0-4 3,735
2007 UQTR Patriotes Laurier Golden Hawks 5-3 1,635
2008 McGill Redmen Brock Badgers 4-1 1,378
2009 McGill Redmen Western Mustangs 1-2 689
2010 McGill Redmen Lakehead Thunderwolves 3-1 3,735
2011 McGill Redmen Western Mustangs 6-2 3,068
2012 McGill Redmen Western Mustangs 4-1 1,751
2013 UQTR Patriotes Waterloo Warriors 4-1 670
2014 McGill Redmen Windsor Lancers 2-3 683
2015 UQTR Patriotes Guelph Gryphons 0-4 1,300
2016 UQTR Patriotes Western Mustangs 4-3 OT 1,067
2017 Queen's Gaels York Lions 3-4 1,221
2018 McGill Redmen Brock Badgers 5-1 1,517
2019 Queen's Gaels Guelph Gryphons 4-1 2,900
2020 Ottawa Gee-Gees Guelph Gryphons 2-1 3OT 1600
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2022 UQTR Patriotes Brock Badgers 3–1 1000
2023 UQTR Patriotes Windsor Lancers 3–2 (3OT) 856

Source: McGill University, OUA[5][6]

Championships by team

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The Toronto Varsity Blues have won the most OUA championships with 41, including a record 11 consecutively between the 1914-15 to 1928-29 seasons.[7]

Team Wins Last
Toronto Varsity Blues 41 1993
McGill Redbirds 18 2018
UQTR Patriotes 12 2023
Queen's Gaels 7 2019
Guelph Gryphons 7 2020
York Lions 6 2017
Montreal Carabins 5 1965
Laval Rouge et Or 3 1961
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 3 1990
Western Mustangs 3 2009
Waterloo Warriors 2 1996
Windsor Lancers 2 2014
McMaster Marauders 1 1963
Lakehead Thunderwolves 1 2006

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Past OUA Champions
  2. ^ a b "Redmen Hockey at Western (100th Queen's Cup Championship on SSN; Away)". McGill University. March 12, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Mayne, Paul (March 10, 2011). "Queen's Cup hits the century mark". Western News. University of Western Ontario. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "U Sports unable to offer national championships in winter 2021". usports.ca. U Sports. October 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "PAST OUA CHAMPIONS". Ontario University Athletics. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  6. ^ Aylward, Mike (March 6, 2006). "Thunderwolves Hockey - News - The Queen's Cup: The Oldest University Cup". Lakehead University. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  7. ^ "110th Queen's Cup Championship Program" (PDF). Ontario University Athletics. November 1, 2018.