THE QUEEN'S CUP: THE OLDEST UNIVERSITY CUP

Mike Aylward
Monday, March 06, 2006

The Queen's Cup is symbolic of university men's hockey supremacy in the OUA.  The Cup, originating at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, has a long history, dating back more than 100 years.  It was first contested in 1903, having been awarded every year since, except during the two World Wars.

Your Lakehead Thunderwolves made two trips to the old format Queen’s Cup four-team tournament and unfortunately lost both times to the York Lions (2002-03 and 2003-04).  This is the first time Lakehead will ever play for the Queen’s Cup in its five year history and it will also be the first time the Queen’s Cup will be contested for in Thunder Bay.

McGill is the oldest hockey team in the world, now in its 129th season, and the Redmen have won the Queen’s Cup 13 times in their storied history; the last win coming in 1945-46.   

The University of Toronto Varsity Blues hold the record for most Queen's Cup Championships with 41, almost the same number of Cups as all other OUA teams combined (53). 

Queen’s Cup Champions; first presented in 1903 by Queen's University:
2004-05 Western         1971-72 Toronto*          1935-36 McGill
2003-04 York              1970-71 Toronto*          1934-35 McGill
2002-03 UQTR*         1969-70 Toronto*          1933-34 McGill
2001-02 UQTR           1968-69 Toronto*          1932-33 McGill
2000-01 UQTR*         1967-68 Toronto            1931-32 Toronto
1999-00 UQTR           1966-67 Toronto*          1930-31 McGill
1998-99 UQTR           1965-66 Toronto*          1929-30 McGill
1997-98 Windsor        1964-65 Montreal           1928-29 Toronto
1996-97 Guelph*        1963-64 Toronto             1927-28 Toronto
1995-96 Waterloo       1962-63 McMaster*       1926-27 Toronto
1994-95 Western        1961-62 Toronto             1925-26 Toronto
1993-94 Guelph          1960-61 Laval                 1924-25 Toronto
1992-93 Toronto         1959-60 Laval                 1923-24 Toronto
1991-92 UQTR           1958-59 Toronto             1922-23 Toronto
1990-91 UQTR*         1957-58 Toronto             1921-22 Toronto
1989-90 Laurier           1956-57 Toronto             1920-21 Toronto
1988-89 Laurier           1955-56 Toronto             1919-20 Toronto
1987-88 York*            1954-55 Toronto             1915-19 War-No Competition
1986-87 York             1953-54 Laval                  1914-15 Toronto
1985-86 York             1952-53 Montreal             1913-14 Queen's
1984-85 York*           1951-52 Montreal             1912-13 Toronto
1983-84 Toronto*       1950-51 Toronto              1911-12 McGill
1982-83 Laurier           1949-50 Montreal            1910-09 Toronto
1981-82 Toronto         1948-49 Montreal            1909-10 Queen's
1980-81 Queen's         1947-48 Toronto              1908-09 Queen's
1979-80 Guelph          1946-47 Toronto              1907-08 Toronto
1978-79 Guelph          1945-46 McGill                1906-07 Toronto
1977-78 Toronto         1940-45 War-No Competition     1905-06 Queen's
1976-77 Toronto*       1939-40 Toronto              1904-05 McGill
1975-76 Guelph          1938-39 McGill                 1903-04 Queen's
1974-75 Toronto         1937-38 McGill                1902-03 McGill
1973-74 Waterloo*     1936-37 McGill   
1972-73 Toronto*      
* - Won CIS University Cup

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