Ontario University Athletic Association men's ice hockey tournament
Conference hockey championship
Sport	Ice hockey
Conference	Ontario University Athletic Association
Format	Single-elimination
Played	1972–1997
Winner trophy	Queen's Cup

The Ontario University Athletic Association ice hockey tournament was an annual conference championship held between member teams.

After the realignment of the Quebec–Ontario Athletic Association, Ontario Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Ottawa-St. Lawrence Conference in 1971, the Ontario University Athletic Association was born. The league began with 14 teams arranged into four divisions .The inaugural postseason tournament invited eight teams with the top four from each division automatically qualifying for the playoffs. The quarterfinal matches were all played within the same division while the semifinals were played cross-division.

Beginning in 1976, the OUAA was divided into three divisions: East, Central and West. The inaugural tournament under this new arrangement was a convoluted affair. The top two teams from each division would make the tournament while the third place team with the best record would also be allowed entry. The team with the best record would receive a bye into the semifinal round, however, there was a slight issue. Because the teams played an unbalanced schedule with the central playing three games against division foes, the east four games and west five, the divisional records were not interchangeable. However, despite this, the OUAA still used the point system to determine the league champion rather than winning percentage. This resulted in Western Ontario receiving a bye while Toronto had the best overall record. The seeding was set up so that the two other division winners were placed in the same semifinal bracket. The two second-place teams with the worst record were set against one another and placed in the bracket with the team that received the bye. Of the remaining two teams, the one with the worst record was set against the second-best division winner. This convoluted process was abandoned after one season and replaced with another that was just as unfathomable. In 1977 the bye was eliminated and instead the best two third place teams would make the tournament. The third place teams were set against the second place teams from their own divisions in the quarterfinal round while the top two division winners were placed on opposite sides of the bracket. In order to reduce travel, the division that did not advance a third place team was separated so that they would play the nearest of the other division winners. This resulted in York and Ryerson (both located in Toronto) being set against one another in the quarterfinal round despite both being division champions. This rather unique arrangement persisted for three seasons before the loss of three conference members caused the league to revert to a single division with six teams making the postseason.

Over the course of a decade, the OUAA began to shift from single-elimination rounds to best-of-three. 1978 saw the final round become a 3-game series with the semifinal following in 1980. It wasn't until the tournament was expanded back to an eight-team bracket in 1987 that the quarterfinal round became best-of-three as well. The following season, The QUAA collapsed and all four teams were absorbed into the OUAA. The league reverted to three divisions and expanded the playoffs to include twelve teams. The format was arranged so that the top four teams in each division would play in their respective division brackets. The winners would advance to the league semifinal along with the losing team with the best record. The first two rounds were best-of-three series while the final two were single-elimination. This setup lasted two years and was altered when McMaster suspended its program. Beginning in 1990, the OUAA switched to two divisions and alternated its postseason between 12- and 8-team formats. The additional first round series were single-elimination while the succeeding round remained best-of-three. Starting in 1992, the championship game was switched to single-elimination.

In 1994, the two 8-team divisions were split and the league was now arranged into four 4-team divisions. The top three teams from each division made the postseason with the division champions advancing to the quarterfinal round. First and second round matches were all played within the divisions and the final four was arranged so that both the eastern and western halves would be represented in the championship game. In this format, only the quarterfinal round was best-of-three with all other round being single-elimination. The OUAA changes its name to Ontario University Athletics (OUA) in 1998.

East			Central			West
Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings
1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	19–4–2	1	York	20–1–5	1	Windsor	16–7–3
2	McGill	13–8–4	2	Western Ontario	17–4–5	2	Brock	13–10–3
3	Concordia	12–11–2	3	Waterloo	14–6–6	3	Laurentian	10–15–1
4	Ottawa	12–12–1	4	Wilfrid Laurier	13–9–4	4	Ryerson	9–15–2
5	Queen's	6–18–1	5	Toronto	8–13–5	5	McMaster	2–22–2
6	Royal Military College	3–20–2	6	Guelph	6–18–2

‡ Western Ontario advanced due to having the most regular season points of the Division Final losers.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

East			Central			West
Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings
1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	20–3–3	1	Western Ontario	19–2–5	1	Brock	16–9–1
2	McGill	19–4–3	2	Waterloo	15–8–3	2	Windsor	14–11–1
3	Concordia	14–10–2	3	York	14–9–3	3	Ryerson	13–12–1
4	Queen's	12–12–2	4	Wilfrid Laurier	13–10–3	4	Laurentian	3–22–1
5	Ottawa	8–18–0	5	Toronto	11–12–3	5	McMaster	2–23–1
6	Royal Military College	2–22–2	6	Guelph	7–15–4

‡ York advanced due to being the defending conference champion.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

East			West
Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings
1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	15–5–2	1	Wilfrid Laurier	19–3–0
T–2	Ottawa	13–8–1	2	Waterloo	17–4–1
T–2	York	13–8–1	3	Windsor	12–9–1
4	McGill	12–8–2	4	Western Ontario †	11–9–2
5	Toronto	10–12–0	T–5	Guelph	10–12–0
6	Concordia	9–13–0	T–5	Brock	9–11–2
7	Queen's	8–14–0	7	Laurentian	3–19–0
8	Ryerson	7–15–0	8	Royal Military College	2–20–0

† Due to an infraction, Western Ontario was deducted several points in the standings. The type of violation and the severity of the punishment is not currently available.

	Queen's Cup Quarterfinals							Queen's Cup Semifinals							Queen's Cup Final
	E1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	7	7	-
	E4	McGill	3	5	-
								E1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	3	4	8
	East
								E3	York	4	2	2
	E2	Ottawa	5	3	2
	E3	York	7	1	6
															E1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	2	1	-
															W1	Wilfrid Laurier	6	4	-
	W1	Wilfrid Laurier	9	8	-
	W4	Guelph	2	2	-
								W1	Wilfrid Laurier	2	5	-
	West
								W2	Waterloo	1	2	-
	W2	Waterloo	2	5	8
	W3	Windsor	3	2	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

East			West
Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings
1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	17–4–1	1	Waterloo	18–2–2
2	Concordia	15–7–0	T–2	Windsor	13–8–1
3	Toronto	14–7–1	T–2	Wilfrid Laurier	13–8–1
4	York	14–8–0	T–2	Western Ontario	12–7–3
5	McGill	12–7–3	5	Guelph	11–10–1
6	Ottawa	8–12–2	6	Laurentian	9–13–0
7	Ryerson	3–19–0	7	Brock	6–16–0
8	Queen's	2–19–1	8	Royal Military College	1–21–0

	First Round					Queen's Cup Quarterfinals							Queen's Cup Semifinals							Queen's Cup Final
						E1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	9	6	-
	E4	York	4			E5	McGill	3	4	-
	E5	McGill	5			East							E1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	7	6	-
													E3	Toronto	1	2	-
						E2	Concordia	1	6	-
	E3	Toronto	4			E3	Toronto	2	7	-
	E6	Ottawa	3																	E1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	5	5	-
																				W1	Waterloo	2	3	-
						W1	Waterloo	1	4	2
	W4	Western Ontario	2			W5	Guelph	3	0	0
	W5	Guelph	3			West							W1	Waterloo	3	8	-
													W3	Wilfrid Laurier	1	5	-
						W2	Windsor	2	2	-
	W3	Wilfrid Laurier	7			W3	Wilfrid Laurier	3	9	-
	W6	Laurentian	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

East			West
Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings
1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	17–4–1	1	Western Ontario	16–5–1
2	McGill	15–5–2	2	Waterloo	16–6–0
3	Toronto	14–6–2	3	Guelph	15–7–0
4	York	11–8–3	4	Wilfrid Laurier	13–7–2
5	Ottawa	10–10–2	5	Windsor	12–10–0
6	Concordia	8–12–2	T–6	Laurentian	7–14–1
7	Queen's	4–17–1	T–6	Brock	7–14–1
8	Ryerson	0–22–0	8	Royal Military College	2–20–0

	Queen's Cup Quarterfinals							Queen's Cup Semifinals							Queen's Cup Final
	E1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	5	6	-
	E4	York	2	3	-
								E1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	4	8	6
	East
								E3	Toronto	5	3	1
	E2	McGill	4	2	1
	E3	Toronto	2	4	2
															E1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	8
															W4	Wilfrid Laurier	2
	W1	Western Ontario	3	3	-
	W4	Wilfrid Laurier	4	4	-
								W4	Wilfrid Laurier	2	4	7
	West
								W3	Guelph	3	2	4
	W2	Waterloo	1	4	3
	W3	Guelph	2	2	6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

East			West
Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings
1	Ottawa	17–5–0	T–1	Guelph	16–5–1
2	Toronto	15–6–1	T–1	Wilfrid Laurier	16–5–1
3	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	11–7–4	3	Waterloo	14–5–3
4	McGill	11–8–3	4	Western Ontario	12–8–2
5	Concordia	10–10–2	5	Windsor	9–12–1
6	Queen's	8–11–3	6	Laurentian	7–11–4
7	York	7–13–2	7	Brock	7–13–2
8	Ryerson	1–20–1	8	Royal Military College	0–22–0

	First Round					Queen's Cup Quarterfinals							Queen's Cup Semifinals							Queen's Cup Final
						E1	Ottawa	3	3	-
	E4	McGill	3			E4	McGill	2	2	-
	E5	Concordia	2			East							E1	Ottawa	4	4	-
													E2	Toronto	5	6	-
						E2	Toronto	4	2	11
	E3	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	3			E6	Queen's	1	5	2
	E6	Queen's	4																	E2	Toronto	5
																				W1	Guelph	4
						W1	Guelph	5	4	-
	W4	Western Ontario	4			W5	Windsor	4	1	-
	W5	Windsor	8			West							W1	Guelph	5	1	4
													W3	Waterloo	3	6	2
						W2	Wilfrid Laurier	4	1	4
	W3	Waterloo	10			W3	Waterloo	2	7	11
	W6	Laurentian	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Far East			Mid East			Mid West			Far West
Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings
1	Ottawa	16–5–3	1	Guelph	15–10–1	1	Brock	13–12–1	1	Western Ontario	22–1–1
2	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	16–6–2	T–2	Queen's	7–18–1	2	York	10–15–1	2	Wilfrid Laurier	20–3–1
3	Concordia	15–8–1	T–2	Toronto	6–17–3	3	Laurentian	10–16–0	3	Waterloo	12–10–2
4	McGill	13–10–1	4	Royal Military College	2–24–0	4	Ryerson	4–20–2	4	Windsor	8–14–2

	Division Semifinal					Division Final							Queen's Cup Semifinals					Queen's Cup Final
						FE1	Ottawa	2	3	-
	FE2	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	6			FE2	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	5	5	-
	FE3	Concordia	1			East							FE2	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	2
													ME1	Guelph	3
						ME1	Guelph	5	5	-
	ME2	Queen's	1			ME3	Toronto	2	4	-
	ME3	Toronto	4															ME1	Guelph	2
																		FW1	Western Ontario	1
						MW1	Brock	3	3	0
	MW2	York	4			MW2	York	2	4	2
	MW3	Laurentian	3			West							MW2	York	1
													FW1	Western Ontario	2
						FW1	Western Ontario	6	5	-
	FW2	Wilfrid Laurier	5			FW2	Wilfrid Laurier	5	4	-
	FW3	Waterloo	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Far East			Mid East			Mid West			Far West
Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings
1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	20–1–3	1	Guelph	16–7–3	1	Brock	17–8–1	1	Western Ontario	16–6–2
2	McGill	13–10–1	2	Toronto	9–10–7	2	York	12–12–2	2	Wilfrid Laurier	14–8–2
T–3	Concordia	11–9–4	3	Queen's	3–19–4	3	Laurentian	8–17–1	3	Waterloo	13–9–2
T–3	Ottawa	12–10–2	4	Royal Military College	0–23–3	4	Ryerson	7–19–0	4	Windsor	8–11–5

	Division Semifinal					Division Final							Queen's Cup Semifinals					Queen's Cup Final
						FE1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	1	6	6
	FE2	McGill	3			FE2	McGill	2	3	5
	FE3	Concordia	1			East							FE1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	1
													ME1	Guelph	3
						ME1	Guelph	7	3	-
	ME2	Toronto	5			ME2	Toronto	3	1	-
	ME3	Queen's	4															ME1	Guelph	4
																		FW1	Western Ontario	5
						MW1	Brock	9	3	3
	MW2	York	5			MW2	York	0	6	5
	MW3	Laurentian	3			West							MW2	York	2
													FW1	Western Ontario	7
						FW1	Western Ontario	6	3	-
	FW2	Wilfrid Laurier	5			FW3	Waterloo	3	1	-
	FW3	Waterloo	6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Far East			Mid East			Mid West			Far West
Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings
1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	21–5–0	1	Guelph	16–10–0	1	Laurentian	16–9–1	1	Waterloo	21–5–0
2	McGill	15–9–2	2	Toronto	9–15–2	2	York	13–9–4	2	Western Ontario	16–8–2
3	Ottawa	14–10–2	T–3	Royal Military College	7–18–1	3	Brock	10–14–2	3	Windsor	14–11–1
4	Concordia	7–19–0	T–3	Queen's	7–18–1	4	Ryerson	6–17–3	4	Wilfrid Laurier	5–20–1

Division Semifinals

Division Finals

Queen's Cup Semifinals

Queen's Cup Final

FE1

Quebec–Trois-Rivières

1

6

4**

FE2

McGill

3

FE3

Ottawa

5

4

3

FE3

Ottawa

5

East

FE1

Quebec–Trois-Rivières

4

ME1

Guelph

2

ME1

Guelph

6

2

5

ME2

Toronto

5

ME2

Toronto

0

3**

3

ME3

Royal Military College

2

FE1

Quebec–Trois-Rivières

1

FW1

Waterloo

5

MW1

Laurentian

8

5

-

MW2

York

3

MW3

Brock

4

2

-

MW3

Brock

4*

West

MW1

Laurentian

1

FW1

Waterloo

4

FW1

Waterloo

6

4

-

FW2

Western Ontario

4

FW3

Windsor

4

1

-

FW3

Windsor

5**

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Far East			Mid East			Mid West			Far West
Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings	Seed	School	Standings
1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	21–3–2	1	Guelph	21–4–1	1	York	14–9–3	1	Waterloo	18–8–0
2	McGill	14–10–2	2	Toronto	14–10–2	2	Laurentian	14–12–0	2	Windsor	15–8–3
3	Ottawa	13–12–1	3	Queen's	4–18–4	3	Brock	8–16–2	3	Western Ontario	15–11–0
4	Concordia	11–13–2	4	Royal Military College	2–21–3	4	Ryerson	3–21–2	4	Wilfrid Laurier	6–17–3

	Division Semifinals					Division Finals							Queen's Cup Semifinals					Queen's Cup Final
						FE1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	3	4	7
	FE2	McGill	7			FE2	McGill	4	1	6
	FE3	Ottawa	2			East							FE1	Quebec–Trois-Rivières	1
													ME1	Guelph	3
						ME1	Guelph	7	4	-
	ME2	Toronto	7			ME2	Toronto	2	3	-
	ME3	Queen's	3															ME1	Guelph	3
																		MW1	York	0
						MW1	York	4	9	-
	MW2	Laurentian	4			MW2	Laurentian	2	5	-
	MW3	Brock	2			West							MW1	York	5
													FW3	Western Ontario	4
						FW1	Waterloo	2	3	-
	FW2	Windsor	2			FW3	Western Ontario	6	5	-
	FW3	Western Ontario	6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

School	Championships
Toronto	8
Guelph	5
York	4
Wilfrid Laurier	3
Quebec–Trois-Rivières	2
Waterloo	2
Queen's	1
Western Ontario	1

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