University Cup appearances by team
The following is a list of U Sports college ice hockey teams that have qualified for the University Cup as of 2024 with teams listed by number of appearances.[ 1]
U Sports men's Division I ice hockey tournament
School
Tournament appearances
Tournament years
Best result
Alberta
44
1964 , 1966 , 1968 , 1969 , 1970 , 1972 , 1973 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2022 , 2023
Champions (1964 , 1968 , 1975 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1986 , 1992 , 1999 , 2000 , 2005 , 2006 , 2008 , 2014 , 2015 , 2018 )
Quebec–Trois-Rivières
23
1984 , 1986 , 1987 , 1990 , 1991 , 1992 , 1996 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2010 , 2012 , 2013 , 2015 , 2016 , 2022 , 2023 , 2024
Champions (1987 , 1991 , 2001 , 2003 , 2022 )
New Brunswick
22
1964 , 1984 , 1997 , 1998 , 2000 , 2003 , 2004 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , 2022 , 2023 , 2024
Champions (1998 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2016 , 2017 , 2019 , 2023 , 2024 )
Saskatchewan
21
1967 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 , 1987 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2002 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020
Champions (1983 )
Toronto
17
1966 , 1967 , 1968 , 1969 , 1970 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1993
Champions (1966 , 1967 , 1969 , 1970 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973 , 1976 , 1977 , 1984 )
St. Francis Xavier
17
1963 , 1966 , 1967 , 1968 , 1976 , 1978 , 2001 , 2003 , 2004 , 2007 , 2011 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2022
Champions (2004 )
Moncton
16
1976 , 1978 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 , 1986 , 1989 , 1990 , 1995 , 1999 , 2005 , 2007 , 2008 , 2012 , 2024
Champions (1981 , 1982 , 1990 , 1995 )
Saint Mary's Huskies
15
1969 , 1970 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1975 , 1977 , 2002 , 2009 , 2010 , 2013 , 2016 , 2020 , 2023
Champions (2010 )
Calgary
14
1974 , 1976 , 1980 , 1981 , 1986 , 1988 , 1990 , 1995 , 1996 , 2000 , 2011 , 2015 , 2023 , 2024
Semifinals (1974 , 1976 , 1988 , 1990 , 1995 , 1996 )
Western Ontario
13
1987 , 1988 , 1994 , 1995 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2005 , 2009 , 2011 , 2012 , 2016 , 2020
Champions (2002 )
Acadia
12
1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2006 , 2014 , 2015 , 2017 , 2018 , 2020 , 2022
Champions (1993 , 1996 )
York
11
1970 , 1985 , 1986 , 1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1997 , 1999 , 2003 , 2004 , 2017
Champions (1985 , 1988 , 1989 )
Guelph
11
1976 , 1979 , 1980 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1997 , 2002 , 2015 , 2019 , 2020
Champions (1997 )
Concordia Stingers ‡
11
1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 2018 , 2023
Runners-Up (1983 , 1984 )
McGill Redbirds
10
2006 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2014 , 2017 , 2018 , 2024
Champions (2012 )
Wilfrid Laurier
8
1983 , 1986 , 1989 , 1990 , 1992 , 2001 , 2006 , 2007
Runners-Up (1989 , 1990 )
Manitoba
7
1965 , 1976 , 1977 , 1984 , 1985 , 2005 , 2010
Champions (1965 )
Sir George Williams ‡
7
1964 , 1965 , 1966 , 1967 , 1969 , 1972 , 1974
Runners-Up (1964 , 1969 , 1974 )
British Columbia
6
1963 , 1971 , 1977 , 2020 , 2022 , 2024
Runners-Up (1963 )
Laurentian
6
1965 , 1966 , 1967 , 1968 , 1969 , 1971
Runners-Up (1967 )
Brandon
6
1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983
Quarterfinals / Round-robin (1974 , 1975 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 )
Loyola ‡
5
1968 , 1970 , 1971 , 1973 , 1975
Runners-Up (1968 )
Lakehead
5
1973 , 2003 , 2006 , 2009 , 2010
Runners-Up (2006 )
Prince Edward Island †
5
1985 , 1987 , 1988 , 1991 , 2023
Semifinals (1988 , 1991 , 2023 )
Windsor
5
1998 , 1999 , 2014 , 2015 , 2023
Quarterfinals / Round-robin (1998 , 1999 , 2014 , 2015 , 2023 )
Waterloo
4
1974 , 1991 , 1996 , 2013
Champions (1974 )
Regina
4
1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1982
Runners-Up (1980 )
Brock
4
2008 , 2018 , 2022 , 2024
Quarterfinals / Round-robin (2008 , 2018 , 2022 , 2024 )
Dalhousie
3
1979 , 1986 , 2004
Runners-Up (1979 )
Ottawa
3
1985 , 2004 , 2020
Semifinals (1985 )
Queen's
3
1981 , 2017 , 2019
Quarterfinals / Round-robin (1981 , 2017 , 2019 )
Carleton
3
2014 , 2016 , 2019
Quarterfinals / Round-robin (2014 , 2016 , 2019 )
Toronto Metropolitan
2
2022 , 2024
Semifinals (2022 , 2024 )
McMaster
1
1963
Champions (1963 )
Lethbridge
1
1994
Champions (1994 )
Saint Dunstan's †
1
1965
Runners-Up (1965 )
Sherbrooke
1
1963
Semifinals (1963 )
Montreal
1
1964
Semifinals (1964 )
Quebec–Chicoutimi
1
1979
Round-robin (1979 )
St. Thomas
1
2001
Round-robin (2001 )
Laval
1
1976
Regional semifinal (1976 )
† Saint Dunstan's merged with Prince of Wales College in 1969 to form Prince Edward Island .
‡ Loyola and Sir George Williams merged in 1975 to form Concordia .
Teams in Italics no longer compete in U Sports.
Teams without a tournament appearance
The following active U Sports programs have never qualified for the University Cup.
* Other than war years, RMC has been active since 1890.
The code in each cell represents the furthest the team made it in the respective tournament:
– Not fielding a U Sports team
RS Regional Semifinals (8 teams played in a regional semifinal in 1976 )
QF Quarterfinals (between 2 and 8 teams played in either a regional final or quarterfinal round; used off-and-on since 1966 )
SF / RR Semifinalist / Round-Robin (The University Cup has used either a round-robin or semifinal round to determine the final two teams)
RU National Runner-up
CH National Champion
Teams that received byes into the semifinal round are shown with underlined in years when quarterfinal were held.
Note: The 2020 tournament was cancelled after the first two quarterfinal games due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The 2020–21 season was also cancelled in its entirety.
See also
References