QUAA men's ice hockey tournament

Quebec Universities Athletic Association men's ice hockey tournament
Conference hockey championship
Sport	Ice hockey
Conference	Quebec Universities Athletic Association
Format	Single-elimination
Played	1972–1987

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

History

After the realignment of the Quebec–Ontario Athletic Association, Ontario Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Ottawa-St. Lawrence Conference in 1971, the Quebec Universities Athletic Association was born. The league began with 8 teams and, despite the name, one was located in Ontario (Royal Military College). The inaugural postseason tournament included four teams with all games being single-elimination. The league began to contract almost immediately when Montreal suspended play after just one season. RMC left after the second year and, although they were replace by Macdonald, that reprieve lasted for just one year. The conference briefly included a quarterfinal round but, with both Macdonald and Sherbrooke leaving after 1974, the conference abandoned that format. One year later, Loyola and Sir George Williams merged, leaving the QUAA with four members schools.

Before the start of the 1975–76 season, Laval restarted its program, bringing the league back up to five teams. At this point, the league shifted their postseason format so that all rounds were best-of-three. One year later, the conference appeared to have stabilized when they added Quebec–Chicoutimi. After being penalized for using an ineligible player in 1977, Laval suspended play for a full year before returning. In their absence, the conference expanded the final series into a best-of-five format. The addition of Ottawa in 1979 brought the conference nearly back to what they had at the start but the gains were short-lived.

In 1982, Bishop's suspended its program and Laval followed suit a year later. While the conference was barely holding together at this point, the playoffs were still expanded to be best-of-five for all series, though that format lasted for one tournament. After Quebec–Chicoutimi suspended its program in 1986, the conference lasted just one more year before all existing members were absorbed into the Ontario University Athletic Association. The final championship for the conference was a best-of-seven series.

Tournaments

1972 Seed School Standings Seed School Standings 1 Loyola 16–2–3 5 Montreal 10–7–4 2 Sir George Williams 13–6–2 6 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 7–10–4 3 Sherbrooke 12–6–3 7 Royal Military College 4–15–2 4 Bishop's 11–8–2 8 McGill 1–20–0 Semifinals March 8 Championship March 10             1 Loyola 5 4 Bishop's 3 1 Loyola 0 2 Sir George Williams 1 2 Sir George Williams 6 3 Sherbrooke 3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1973 Seed School Standings Seed School Standings 1 Sir George Williams 17–4–3 5 Royal Military College 9–12–3 2 Loyola 15–8–1 6 McGill 7–15–2 3 Bishop's 14–9–1 7 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 2–19–3 4 Sherbrooke 12–9–3 Semifinals March 2 Championship March 3             1 Sir George Williams 9 4 Sherbrooke 4 1 Sir George Williams 4 2 Loyola 7 2 Loyola 7 3 Bishop's 1 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1974 Seed School Standings Seed School Standings T–1 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 14–2–2 5 McGill 6–10–2 T–1 Loyola 14–2–2 6 Bishop's 4–11–3 3 Sir George Williams 10–4–4 7 Macdonald 0–16–2 4 Sherbrooke 6–9–3 Quarterfinals February 20 Semifinals February 22 Championship February 27–28 1 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 5 3 Sir George Williams 9 4 Sherbrooke 8 6 Bishop's 1 4 Sherbrooke 3 3 - 3 Sir George Williams 6 4 - 2 Loyola 4 4 Sherbrooke 6 3 Sir George Williams 5 5 McGill 5 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1975 Seed School Standings 1 Loyola 16–2–2 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 13–3–4 3 Sir George Williams 8–9–3 4 McGill 7–11–2 5 Bishop's 0–19–1 Semifinals February 26 Championship February 28-March 1                 1 Loyola 9 4 McGill 1 1 Loyola 5 6 - 3 Sir George Williams 1 2 - 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 4 3 Sir George Williams 6 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1976 Seed School Standings 1 Concordia 19–0–1 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 10–9–1 3 Laval 8–11–1 4 Bishop's 6–12–2 5 McGill 3–14–3 Semifinals February 20-23 Championship February 25-27                     1 Concordia 10 13 - 4 Bishop's 2 0 - 1 Concordia 12 7 - 3 Laval 2 2 - 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 6 5 3 3 Laval 3 6 5 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1977 Seed School Standings Seed School Standings 1 Concordia 17–2–1 4 Bishop's 7–12–1 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 16–2–2 T–5 McGill 3–13–4 3 Laval 6–10–4 T–5 Quebec–Chicoutimi 3–13–4 Note: Laval was barred from postseason play for using an ineligible player. Semifinals Championship                     1 Concordia 12 8 - 4 McGill 1 1 - 1 Concordia 5 7 - 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 1 6 - 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 8 8 - 3 Bishop's 3 0 - Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1978 Seed School Standings 1 Concordia 12–4–0 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 11–4–1 3 McGill 9–5–2 4 Bishop's 4–12–0 5 Quebec–Chicoutimi 2–13–1 Semifinals February 21-24 Championship March 1-10                         1 Concordia 8 8 - 4 Bishop's 5 1 - 1 Concordia 4 8 4 2 7 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 6 2 3 4 4 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 4 5 - 3 McGill 2 4 - Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1979 Seed School Standings Seed School Standings 1 Concordia 18–2–0 4 McGill 9–9–2 T–2 Quebec–Chicoutimi 11–6–3 5 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 4–15–1 T–2 Laval 11–6–3 6 Bishop's 2–17–1 Semifinals February 21-25 Championship February 28-March 3                         1 Concordia 7 6 - 4 McGill 6 2 - 1 Concordia 7 8 8 - - 2 Quebec–Chicoutimi 5 3 5 - - 2 Quebec–Chicoutimi 0 11 6 3 Laval 8 3 2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1980 Seed School Standings Seed School Standings 1 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 15–4–5 5 Quebec–Chicoutimi 8–10–6 2 Concordia 15–6–2 6 Laval 6–13–5 3 Ottawa 14–7–1 7 McGill 3–21–0 4 Bishop's 11–11–1 Semifinals February 27-29 Championship March 5-7                     1 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 7 8 - 4 Bishop's 2 2 - 1 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 0 5 - 2 Concordia 5 8 - 2 Concordia 5 3 - 3 Ottawa 3 2 - Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1981 Seed School Standings Seed School Standings 1 Concordia 22–1–1 5 McGill 5–15–4 2 Ottawa 15–7–2 6 Quebec–Chicoutimi 5–17–2 3 Laval 15–9–0 7 Bishop's 3–19–2 4 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 13–10–1 Semifinals February 25-28 Championship March 4-6                     1 Concordia 7 5 - 4 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 2 2 - 1 Concordia 4 8 - 2 Ottawa 3 1 - 2 Ottawa 5 2 3 3 Laval 3 3 2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1982 Seed School Standings Seed School Standings 1 Concordia 21–2–1 5 McGill 9–15–0 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 16–8–0 6 Bishop's 5–14–5 3 Ottawa 13–9–2 7 Quebec–Chicoutimi 3–20–1 4 Laval 11–10–3 Semifinals Championship                     1 Concordia 5 6 - 4 Laval 2 4 - 1 Concordia 3 5 7 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 5 3 2 2 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 6 5 - 3 Ottawa 4 4 - Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1983 Seed School Standings Seed School Standings 1 Concordia 23–7–0 4 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 11–18–1 2 Laval 16–12–0 T–5 McGill 11–19–0 3 Quebec–Chicoutimi 16–13–1 T–5 Ottawa 10–18–2 Semifinals Championship                         1 Concordia 9 2 - 4 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 2 1 - 1 Concordia 10 6 4 6 - 3 Quebec–Chicoutimi 0 1 7 2 - 2 Laval 2 2 - 3 Quebec–Chicoutimi 6 6 - Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1984 Seed School Standings 1 Concordia 17–4–3 2 McGill 9–10–5 3 Ottawa 9–10–5 4 Quebec–Chicoutimi 8–12–4 5 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 8–15–1 Semifinals Championship                             1 Concordia 8 5 11 - - 4 Quebec–Chicoutimi 3 2 3 - - 1 Concordia 5 6 6 - - 3 Ottawa 2 3 4 - - 2 McGill 5 5 9 2 - 3 Ottawa 6 10 5 3 - Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1985 Seed School Standings 1 Quebec–Chicoutimi 14–3–3 2 Ottawa 10–8–2 3 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 8–10–2 4 McGill 8–10–1 5 Concordia 4–13–2 Semifinals Championship                         1 Quebec–Chicoutimi 6 6 - 4 McGill 2 3 - 1 Quebec–Chicoutimi 2 3 ? 3 - 2 Ottawa 6 6 ? 4 - 2 Ottawa 2 8 7 3 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 3 6 2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1986 Seed School Standings 1 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 15–5–0 2 Ottawa 11–9–0 3 McGill 9–10–1 4 Concordia 7–12–1 5 Quebec–Chicoutimi 7–13–0 Semifinals Championship                         1 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 7 3 10 4 Concordia 2 6 2 1 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 9 3 3 6 - 2 Ottawa 8 2 7 5 - 2 Ottawa 5 2 6 3 McGill 3 5 4 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1987 Seed School Standings 1 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 14–2–2 2 Ottawa 13–4–1 3 McGill 4–12–2 4 Concordia 2–15–1 Semifinals Championship 1 Quebec–Trois-Rivières 8 3 6 5 - - - 2 Ottawa 3 1 2 3 McGill 0 1 4 4 - - - 3 McGill 1 6 3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Championships

School	Championships
Concordia	9
Loyola	2
Quebec–Trois-Rivières	2
Sir George Williams	2
Ottawa	1

See also

• QOAA men's ice hockey tournament
• OSLC men's ice hockey tournament
• OUAA men's ice hockey tournament
• OUA men's ice hockey tournament

References

Men's Hockey Champions