OIAA men's ice hockey tournament

Collegiate ice hockey tournament
Ontario Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's ice hockey tournament
Conference hockey championship
SportIce hockey
ConferenceOntario Intercollegiate Athletic Association
FormatSingle-elimination
Played1959–1971

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


History

With college hockey expanding in Canada throughout the 1950s, many colleges in Ontario were looking to establish themselves but faced a difficult challenge. The major programs of the day would not have given their newer, smaller counterparts much room with which to grow. An intermediate league, the Ottawa–St. Lawerence Conference, had already been formed but many other programs did not want to take on the expense of travelling several hundred miles for second-tier collegiate games. By 1958, enough programs were operating in southern Ontario to form a new intermediate league. The Ontario Intercollegiate Athletic Association began with five teams around the western edge of Lake Ontario. The league remained unchanged for four years when two teams left for the top tier Quebec–Ontario Athletic Association. In their place, five new programs were added in 1962. After the league's first season as an team-conference, the OIAA petitioned to receive a bid to the U Sports men's ice hockey championship. The league's bid was rejected and the conference responded by disbanding mid-way through the following year. In the summer of 1964, the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union reconsidered their position and agreed to invite the OIAA champion to participate.[1]

When the league reformed, the teams were divided into two groups and the winner of each group would play for the league championship. After two teams withdrew that offseason, the group format was abandoned, as was the tournament. The OIAA would award the championship to the team that finished with the best regular season record for four years before restarting the tournament in 1970. In 1971, the four leagues in Ontario and Quebec were realigned along provincial borders and the OIAA ceased to exist.

Tournaments

1959

Seed School Standings
1 Ryerson 10–0–0
2 Ontario Agricultural ?
? McMaster ?
? Osgoode Hall ?
? Waterloo ?

Note: Records incomplete.

Championship
   
1 Ryerson 6
2 Ontario Agricultural 3

1960

Seed School Standings
? Ryerson 6–2–0
? Osgoode Hall ?
? McMaster ?
? Ontario Agricultural ?
? Waterloo ?

Note: Records incomplete.

Championship
     
Ryerson 5 3 8
Osgoode Hall 2 7 9

1961

Seed School Standings
1 McMaster ?
2 Ryerson 7–4–0
3 Ontario Agricultural ?
? Osgoode Hall ?
? Waterloo ?

Note: Records incomplete.

Semifinal Championship
      
1 McMaster ?
4 ? ?
1 McMaster ?
3 Ontario Agricultural ?
2 Ryerson ?
3 Ontario Agricultural ?

1962

Seed School Standings
1 McMaster ?
2 Ryerson 6–3–0
? Ontario Agricultural ?
? Osgoode Hall ?
? Waterloo ?

Note: Records incomplete.

Championship
   
1 McMaster –
2 Ryerson –

Note: Ryerson forfeited the final due to their exam schedule.

1963

Seed School Standings Seed School Standings
1 Ryerson 8–0–0 ? Ontario Agricultural ?
? Waterloo Lutheran ? ? Osgoode Hall ?
? Laurentian ? ? Western Ontario Tech ?
? Hamilton Tech ? ? York ?

Note: Records incomplete.

Semifinal Championship
1 Ryerson 7 2 9
? Laurentian 4 ? Waterloo Lutheran 5 2 7
? Waterloo Lutheran 7

1964

Seed School Standings Seed School Standings
? Ryerson ? ? Ontario Agricultural ?
? Waterloo Lutheran ? ? Osgoode Hall ?
? Laurentian ? ? Western Ontario Tech ?
? Hamilton Tech ? ? York ?

Note: Records incomplete.
Note: All league members withdrew from competition in protest over not being invited to participate in the 1964 CIAU University Cup.
no playoffs

1965

Group A Group B
Seed School Standings Seed School Standings
1 Laurentian 9–0–0 1 Windsor 6–0–0
2 Waterloo Lutheran 4–3–0 T–2 York 3–3–0
3 Ryerson 1–4–0 T–2 Western Ontario Tech 3–3–0
4 Osgoode Hall 0–7–0 4 Hamilton Tech 0–6–0
Championship
   
A1 Laurentian 4
B1 Windsor 2

1966

Seed School Standings Seed School Standings
1 Laurentian 9–0–1 4 Osgoode Hall 4–6–0
2 Waterloo Lutheran 6–2–2 5 Ryerson 3–7–0
3 York 5–4–1 6 Windsor 1–9–0

no playoffs

1967

Seed School Standings Seed School Standings
1 Laurentian 10–0–1 5 Western Ontario Tech 3–8–1
2 Waterloo Lutheran 9–3–0 6 Osgoode Hall 3–9–0
3 Windsor 7–5–0 7 Ryerson 2–9–0
4 York 6–6–0

no playoffs

1968

Seed School Standings Seed School Standings
1 Laurentian 10–2–0 T–4 Ryerson 6–6–0
2 York 8–4–0 6 Osgoode Hall 5–7–0
3 Waterloo Lutheran 7–5–0 7 Brock 0–12–0
T–4 Windsor 6–6–0

no playoffs

1969

Seed School Standings Seed School Standings
1 Laurentian 8–2–0 4 York 5–5–0
T–2 Waterloo Lutheran 7–3–0 5 Osgoode Hall 3–7–0
T–2 Ryerson 7–3–0 6 Brock 0–10–0

no playoffs

1970

Seed School Standings Seed School Standings
1 York 10–0–0 T–3 Ryerson 5–5–0
2 Laurentian 5–4–1 5 Trent 5–5–0
T–3 Waterloo Lutheran 4–4–2 6 Brock 2–8–0
Semifinal Championship
1 York 8
2 Laurentian 8 2 Laurentian 2
3 Waterloo Lutheran 2

1971

Seed School Standings Seed School Standings
1 Laurentian 10–0–0 T–4 Ryerson 2–7–1
2 York 8–2–0 T–4 Brock 2–7–1
3 Waterloo Lutheran 6–4–0 6 Trent 1–9–0
Semifinal Championship
1 Laurentian 5
2 York 8 2 York 3
3 Waterloo Lutheran 1

Championships

School Championships
Laurentian 6
McMaster 2
Ryerson 2
Osgoode Hall 1
York 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "BOLD MEN'S HOCKEY GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS" (PDF). TMU Bold. Retrieved February 29, 2024.

External links

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