Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey

OUA Hockey
FormerlyOntario Universities Athletics Association
Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletics Association
ConferenceU Sports
Founded1997
Sports fielded
No. of teams20
HeadquartersHamilton, Ontario
RegionOntario
Official websiteOfficial website

The Ontario University Athletics (OUA) came into being in 1997 with the merger of the Ontario Universities Athletics Association and the Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletics Association. This is similar to what would be called a college athletic conference in the United States.

Notable games

  • On February 11, 2000, the Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey program saw its longest game take place. The University of Toronto's Rhonda Mitchell scored on a 35-foot slap shot. It was the 5:07 mark of the eighth period and the Varsity Blues defeated York University. Although the victory allowed the U of T to advance to the OUA gold medal game, it was the longest in the history of Canadian women's hockey.[1] The game lasted over five hours and ten minutes. York's player of the game was goaltender Debra Ferguson,[2] as she valiantly made 63 saves over 125 minutes.
  • On March 3, 2011, a postseason match between the Queen's Golden Gaels and the Guelph Gryphons became the longest collegiate hockey game, male or female, Canadian or American — on record. The match began on Wednesday and it only ended on Thursday. The duration of the match was 167 minutes and 14 seconds when Queen's forward Morgan McHaffie placed a rebound past Gryphons goalie Danielle Skoufranis.[3]

Members

Institution Location Nickname Founded Colors
Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario Badgers 1964 Blue  , Red   and White  
Laurentian University Sudbury, Ontario Voyageurs 1960 Gold   and Blue  
Nipissing University North Bay, Ontario Lakers 1992 Green   and Blue  
Ontario Tech University Oshawa, Ontario Ridgebacks 2002      
Dark blue, light blue, orange
Queen's University Kingston, Ontario Golden Gaels 1841 Gold  , Blue   and Red  
Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto, Ontario TMU Bold (formerly Ryerson Rams) 1948 Blue   and Gold  
Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario Golden Hawks 1960 Purple   and Gold  
University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario Gryphons 1964 Red  , Gold   and Black  
University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario Varsity Blues 1827 Blue   and White  
University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario Warriors 1959 Gold  , Black   and White  
University of Western Ontario London, Ontario Mustangs 1878 Purple   and White  
University of Windsor Windsor, Ontario Lancers 1857 Blue   and Gold  
York University North York, Ontario Lions 1959 Red  , Black   and White  

Conference arenas

School Hockey arena (built) Capacity
Brock Seymour-Hannah Sports & Entertainment Centre 1,400
Guelph Gryphon Centre Arena 1,400
Laurentian Countryside Sports Complex 5,100
Laurier Waterloo Recreation Complex 3,400
Nipissing North Bay Memorial Gardens (1955) 4,262
Ontario Institute of Technology UOIT Campus Ice Centre 550
Queen's Kingston Memorial Centre 3,300
Ryerson Mattamy Home Ice (1931) 2,796
Toronto Varsity Arena 4,116
Waterloo Columbia Ice Field 1,000
Windsor South Windsor Arena 1,000
Western Thompson Arena 3,615
York Canlan Ice Sports-York 1,700

Champions

Regular season champions

Year School Wins Losses Overtime Losses Points
2009-10[4] Wilfrid Laurier 26 0 1 53
2008-09[5] Wilfrid Laurier 26 1 0 52
2007-08[6] Wilfrid Laurier 23 2 2 48

McCaw Cup championship games

  • March 7, 2015: Western def. Guelph 2-0
  • March 12, 2016: Guelph def. Western 5-1
  • March 11, 2017: Guelph def. Nipissing 6-1
  • March 10, 2018: Western def. Queen’s 3-0
  • March 9, 2019: Guelph def. Toronto 4-2
  • March 6, 2020: Toronto def. York 3-1
Year School
2009-10[7] Wilfrid Laurier
2007-08 Wilfrid Laurier

National championship teams

School No. of titles Year(s)
Toronto Varsity Blues 1 2001
Laurier Golden Hawks 1 2005
Western Mustangs 1 2015
Guelph Gryphons 1 2019

Regular season scoring champions

In progress

Year Player School GP G A PTS PIM
2016-17[8] Krystin Lawrence Windsor 24 23 9 32 20
2017-18[9] Katrina Manoukarakis Queen's 24 15 15 30 16
2018–19[10] April Clark Western 24 20 13 33 18
2019–20[11] Taytum Clairmont Waterloo 23 11 17 28 30

Awards and honors

All-star teams

  • First Team 1983-84
Player   Position   School
Glenda Rosen G McMaster
Sue Scherer D Guelph
Sophie Radecki D Toronto
Carolyn Aylesworth C Queens
Marjot Verlaan RW McMaster
Heather Ginzel LW Toronto
  • First Team 1982-83
Player   Position   School
Karen Ranson G Toronto
Sue Scherer D Guelph
Beth Harrison D McMaster
Carolyn Aylesworth C Queens
Sue Howard RW York
Karen Wright LW Toronto
  • First Team 1981-82
Player   Position   School
Cindy Vining G McMaster
Tina Vlad D Guelph
Barb Boys D York
Sue Howard C York
Helen Murphy RW Toronto
Donna Downes LW McMaster

[12]

Most Valuable player

Year   Player   School
2008-09 Andrea Bevan Laurier
2007-08 Lauren Barch Laurier
2006-07 Andrea Bevan Laurier
2005-06 Kate Allgood Brock
2004-05 Cindy Eadie Laurier

Scoring leaders

Year   Player   School Points
2008-09 Tamara Bell
Andrea Ironside 		Guelph
Laurier
2007-08 Janine Davies Toronto
2006-07 Kate Allgood Brock
1998-99 Jackie Cherevaty Toronto 36[13]

[14]

International

OUA players in the Olympics

Player Position School Event Result
Lesley Reddon Goaltender University of Toronto 1998 Winter Olympics Silver
Lori Dupuis Forward University of Toronto 1998 Winter Olympics Silver
Lori Dupuis Forward University of Toronto 2002 Winter Olympics Gold
Jayna Hefford Forward University of Toronto 1998 Winter Olympics Silver
Jayna Hefford Forward University of Toronto 2002 Winter Olympics Gold
Jayna Hefford Forward University of Toronto 2006 Winter Olympics Silver
Jayna Hefford Forward University of Toronto 2010 Winter Olympics Gold
Laura Schuler Forward University of Toronto 1998 Winter Olympics Silver
Vicky Sunohara Forward University of Toronto 1998 Winter Olympics Silver
Vicky Sunohara Forward University of Toronto 2002 Winter Olympics Gold

Winter Universiade

2011

2015

2017

Coaching staff

  • Rachel Flanagan, Head Coach: Guelph  Canada
  • Kelly Paton, Assistant Coach: Western  Canada
  • Shaun Reagan, Assistant Coach: Waterloo  Canada

2019

References

  1. ^ "OUA.ca: History". Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
  2. ^ "Communications & Public Affairs".
  3. ^ Mary Ormsby (March 3, 2011). "Gaels, Gryphons women set hockey record". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  4. ^ "Ontario University Athletics".
  5. ^ "Ontario University Athletics".
  6. ^ "Ontario University Athletics".
  7. ^ "Ontario University Athletics".
  8. ^ "2016-2017 Women's Ice Hockey Overall Statistics". oua.ca. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  9. ^ "2017-2018 Women's Ice Hockey Overall Statistics". oua.ca. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  10. ^ "2018-2019 Women's Ice Hockey Overall Statistics". oua.ca. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  11. ^ "2019-2020 Women's Ice Hockey Overall Statistics". oua.ca. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  12. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "OUA 1998/99 All-Stars".
  14. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ "2011 Winter Universiade: Martlet duo scores as Canada strikes gold in Turkey". McGill University. Retrieved July 17, 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  16. ^ "2015 Winter Universiade: CIS announces Canadian women's hockey roster". universitysport.prestosports.com. October 24, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  17. ^ "2017 Winter Universiade: Canadian women's hockey team announced". canadawest.org. October 7, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  18. ^ "Canadian men's and women's hockey teams announced for 2019 FISU Winter Universiade". usports.ca. February 22, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2021.