The Quebec Universities Athletic Association ice hockey tournament was an annual conference championship held between member teams.
History After the realignment of the Quebec–Ontario Athletic Association, Ontario Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Ottawa-St. Lawrence Conference in 1971, the Quebec Universities Athletic Association was born. The league began with 8 teams and, despite the name, one was located in Ontario (Royal Military College). The inaugural postseason tournament included four teams with all games being single-elimination. The league began to contract almost immediately when Montreal suspended play after just one season. RMC left after the second year and, although they were replace by Macdonald, that reprieve lasted for just one year. The conference briefly included a quarterfinal round but, with both Macdonald and Sherbrooke leaving after 1974, the conference abandoned that format. One year later, Loyola and Sir George Williams merged, leaving the QUAA with four members schools.
Before the start of the 1975–76 season, Laval restarted its program, bringing the league back up to five teams. At this point, the league shifted their postseason format so that all rounds were best-of-three. One year later, the conference appeared to have stabilized when they added Quebec–Chicoutimi. After being penalized for using an ineligible player in 1977, Laval suspended play for a full year before returning. In their absence, the conference expanded the final series into a best-of-five format. The addition of Ottawa in 1979 brought the conference nearly back to what they had at the start but the gains were short-lived.
In 1982, Bishop's suspended its program and Laval followed suit a year later. While the conference was barely holding together at this point, the playoffs were still expanded to be best-of-five for all series, though that format lasted for one tournament. After Quebec–Chicoutimi suspended its program in 1986, the conference lasted just one more year before all existing members were absorbed into the Ontario University Athletic Association. The final championship for the conference was a best-of-seven series.
Tournaments
1972 SeedSchoolStandingsSeedSchoolStandings 1 Loyola 16–2–3 5 Montreal 10–7–4 2 Sir George Williams 13–6–2 6 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 7–10–4 3 Sherbrooke 12–6–3 7 Royal Military College 4–15–2 4 Bishop's 11–8–2 8 McGill 1–20–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1973 SeedSchoolStandingsSeedSchoolStandings 1 Sir George Williams 17–4–3 5 Royal Military College 9–12–3 2 Loyola 15–8–1 6 McGill 7–15–2 3 Bishop's 14–9–1 7 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 2–19–3 4 Sherbrooke 12–9–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1974 SeedSchoolStandingsSeedSchoolStandings T–1 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 14–2–2 5 McGill 6–10–2 T–1 Loyola 14–2–2 6 Bishop's 4–11–3 3 Sir George Williams 10–4–4 7 Macdonald 0–16–2 4 Sherbrooke 6–9–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1975 SeedSchoolStandings 1 Loyola 16–2–2 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 13–3–4 3 Sir George Williams 8–9–3 4 McGill 7–11–2 5 Bishop's 0–19–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1976 SeedSchoolStandings 1 Concordia 19–0–1 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 10–9–1 3 Laval 8–11–1 4 Bishop's 6–12–2 5 McGill 3–14–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1977 SeedSchoolStandingsSeedSchoolStandings 1 Concordia 17–2–1 4 Bishop's 7–12–1 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 16–2–2 T–5 McGill 3–13–4 3 Laval 6–10–4 T–5 Quebec–Chicoutimi 3–13–4 Note: Laval was barred from postseason play for using an ineligible player.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1978 SeedSchoolStandings 1 Concordia 12–4–0 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 11–4–1 3 McGill 9–5–2 4 Bishop's 4–12–0 5 Quebec–Chicoutimi 2–13–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1979 SeedSchoolStandingsSeedSchoolStandings 1 Concordia 18–2–0 4 McGill 9–9–2 T–2 Quebec–Chicoutimi 11–6–3 5 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 4–15–1 T–2 Laval 11–6–3 6 Bishop's 2–17–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1980 SeedSchoolStandingsSeedSchoolStandings 1 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 15–4–5 5 Quebec–Chicoutimi 8–10–6 2 Concordia 15–6–2 6 Laval 6–13–5 3 Ottawa 14–7–1 7 McGill 3–21–0 4 Bishop's 11–11–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1981 SeedSchoolStandingsSeedSchoolStandings 1 Concordia 22–1–1 5 McGill 5–15–4 2 Ottawa 15–7–2 6 Quebec–Chicoutimi 5–17–2 3 Laval 15–9–0 7 Bishop's 3–19–2 4 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 13–10–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1982 SeedSchoolStandingsSeedSchoolStandings 1 Concordia 21–2–1 5 McGill 9–15–0 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 16–8–0 6 Bishop's 5–14–5 3 Ottawa 13–9–2 7 Quebec–Chicoutimi 3–20–1 4 Laval 11–10–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1983 SeedSchoolStandingsSeedSchoolStandings 1 Concordia 23–7–0 4 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 11–18–1 2 Laval 16–12–0 T–5 McGill 11–19–0 3 Quebec–Chicoutimi 16–13–1 T–5 Ottawa 10–18–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1984 SeedSchoolStandings 1 Concordia 17–4–3 2 McGill 9–10–5 3 Ottawa 9–10–5 4 Quebec–Chicoutimi 8–12–4 5 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 8–15–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1985 SeedSchoolStandings 1 Quebec–Chicoutimi 14–3–3 2 Ottawa 10–8–2 3 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 8–10–2 4 McGill 8–10–1 5 Concordia 4–13–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1986 SeedSchoolStandings 1 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 15–5–0 2 Ottawa 11–9–0 3 McGill 9–10–1 4 Concordia 7–12–1 5 Quebec–Chicoutimi 7–13–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1987 SeedSchoolStandings 1 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 14–2–2 2 Ottawa 13–4–1 3 McGill 4–12–2 4 Concordia 2–15–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Championships SchoolChampionships 9 2 2 2 1
See also QOAA men's ice hockey tournament OSLC men's ice hockey tournament OUAA men's ice hockey tournament OUA men's ice hockey tournament
References Men's Hockey Champions