Queen's Cup (ice hockey)


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. The current champion is the Queen's Gaels. It is the second-oldest ice hockey trophy still being awarded, after the Stanley Cup.
The QUAA ceased to operate a university hockey league after the 1986-87 season. The conference's three remaining teams at that point 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 should host such a game and that school is based in Quebec, the game shall be hosted by the OUA-West team, while the OUA-East team shall have 'home' standing.

History

For the 1902–03 season, McGill University, Queen's University and the University of Toronto founded the Canadian Intercollegiate Hockey Union. The Queen's Cup, emblematic of the CIHU championship was donated by Queen's University of Kingston, Ontario. 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, 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.
SeasonChampionRecord /Series
1903McGill Redmen2-1-1
1904Queen's Golden Gaels3-1-0
1905McGill Redmen3-1-0
1906Queen's Golden Gaels3-1-0
1907Toronto Varsity Blues3-1-0
1908Toronto Varsity Blues6-0-0
1909Queen's Golden Gaels5-1-0
1910Queen's Golden Gaels5-2-0
1911Toronto Varsity Blues21-11
1912McGill Redmen4-0-0
1913Toronto Varsity Blues3-1-0
1914Queen's Golden Gaels3-1-0
1915Toronto Varsity Blues4-0-0
1920Toronto Varsity Blues4-1-0
1921Toronto Varsity Blues4-0-0
1922Toronto Varsity Blues4-0-0
1923Toronto Varsity Blues5-1-0
1924Toronto Varsity Blues5-1-0
1925Toronto Varsity Blues5-0-0
1926Toronto Varsity Blues6-0-0
1927Toronto Varsity Blues9-2
1928Toronto Varsity Blues3-1-0
1929Toronto Varsity Blues9-3
1930McGill Redmen3-2
1931McGill Redmen6-4
1932Toronto Varsity Blues4-3
1933McGill Redmen3-0-1
1934McGill Redmen9-4
1935McGill Redmen4-0-0
1936McGill Redmen15-3
1937McGill Redmen6-0-0
1938McGill Redmen5-1-0
1939McGill Redmen5-1-0
1940Toronto Varsity Blues4-0-0
1946McGill Redmen6-1-0
1947Toronto Varsity Blues7-2-1
1948Toronto Varsity Blues10-2-0
1949Montreal Carabins10-2-0
1950Montreal Carabins11-1-0
1951Toronto Varsity Blues5-1-0
1952Montreal Carabins8-3-1
1953Montreal Carabins7-4-1
1954Laval Rouge et Or8-3-1
1955Toronto Varsity Blues11-0-1
1956Toronto Varsity Blues9-3-0
1957Toronto Varsity Blues9-3-0
1958Toronto Varsity Blues9-3-0
1959Toronto Varsity Blues10-2-0
1960Laval Rouge et Or13-1-0
1961Laval Rouge et Or9-3-0

Playoff era

Three Division format

Bolded are Queen's Cup champions, italicized are runner-up, score is championship game only.
SeasonEast ChampionCentral ChampionWest ChampionWildcardScore
1988UQTR PatriotesYork YeomenWindsor LancersWestern Mustangs5-1
1989UQTR PatriotesLaurier Golden HawksBrock BadgersYork Yeomen3-0

East vs. West format

Bolded are Queen's Cup champions.
SeasonEast ChampionWest ChampionScore/SeriesAttendance
1990UQTR PatriotesLaurier Golden Hawks0-2 -
1991UQTR PatriotesWaterloo Warriors2-0 -
1992UQTR PatriotesLaurier Golden Hawks8-2-
1993Toronto Varsity BluesGuelph Gryphons5-4-
1994Guelph GryphonsWestern Mustangs2-1-
1995Guelph GryphonsWestern Mustangs4-5-
1996UQTR PatriotesWaterloo Warriors1-5-
1997Guelph GryphonsYork Yeomen3-0-
1998UQTR PatriotesWindsor Lancers1-2-
1999UQTR PatriotesYork Yeomen7-0-
2000UQTR PatriotesWestern Mustangs3-2-
2001UQTR PatriotesWestern Mustangs4-3-
2002UQTR PatriotesWestern Mustangs5-4-
2003UQTR PatriotesYork Lions7-4-
2004Ottawa Gee-GeesYork Lions2-3-
2005UQTR PatriotesWestern Mustangs0-4-
2006McGill RedmenLakehead Thunderwolves0-43,735
2007UQTR PatriotesLaurier Golden Hawks5-31,635
2008McGill RedmenBrock Badgers4-11,378
2009McGill RedmenWestern Mustangs1-2689
2010McGill RedmenLakehead Thunderwolves3-13,735
2011McGill RedmenWestern Mustangs6-23,068
2012McGill RedmenWestern Mustangs4-11,751
2013UQTR PatriotesWaterloo Warriors4-1670
2014McGill RedmenWindsor Lancers2-3683
2015UQTR PatriotesGuelph Gryphons0-41,300
2016UQTR PatriotesWestern Mustangs4-3 OT1,067
2017Queen's GaelsYork Lions3-41,221
2018McGill RedmenBrock Badgers5-11,517
2019Queen's GaelsGuelph Gryphons4-12,900

Source: McGill University, OUA