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.
The QUAA (now named the ) 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 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 (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. The 2021 championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
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 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 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 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 2,9002020 Ottawa Gee-Gees Guelph Gryphons 2-1 3OT 16002021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2022 UQTR Patriotes Brock Badgers 3–1 10002023 UQTR Patriotes Windsor Lancers 3–2 (3OT) 8562024 UQTR Patriotes TMU Bold 3–2 (3OT) 12502025 Concordia Stingers TMU Bold 4–1 1,250
Source: McGill University, OUA
Championships by team 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.
Team 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 Concordia Stingers 1 2025
See also QOAA men's ice hockey tournament OUAA men's ice hockey tournament OUA men's ice hockey tournament University Cup Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec
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