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50-411: Golden Bears may refer to: Alberta Golden Bears California Golden Bears Kutztown Golden Bears Golden Bears (cheerleading)  [ jp ] Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Golden Bears . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

100-575: A new era for the tournament. Toronto agreed to serve as tournament host for ten years. This allowed the CIAU to eliminate the automatic qualifier for the host team as an incentive. The tournament field was reduced to four entrants: Atlantic, Ontario, Quebec and West. The Atlantic and West spots would go to the AUAA and Canada West champions respectively. The OUAA would receive both the Ontario and Quebec bids which would go to

150-770: A two-pool format to a single-elimination competition (quarter-finals, semifinals and gold-medal final plus a bronze-medal game). The eight teams competing include the four regional conference champions: AUS, Canada West, OUA West and OUA East (where the three men's hockey teams from the RSEQ compete). The remaining four teams are: the host, the Canada West runner-up, the AUS runner-up and the OUA 3rd-place finisher (bronze medalist). The 'natural' conference champions are seeded 1–3; AUS, CW and OUA Queen's Cup Champion (in ranked order). The OUA Queen's Cup Finalist

200-421: Is a Canadian university ice hockey tournament conducted by U Sports , and determines the men's national champion. The tournament involves the champions from each of Canada's four regional sports conferences. The David Johnston University Cup is awarded to the winners. The UNB Reds are the current champions for the 2023–24 season. The Alberta Golden Bears hold the record of 16 championship wins, as well as

250-476: Is always seed No.  4. The remaining teams are seeded 5–7, all based on the pre-tournament Top 10 Ranking Poll with the expectation that the host is likely 8th. A joint bid from St. Francis Xavier University and Saint Mary's University was selected to host the first two events using this format; 2015 (St. FX as the host) and 2016 (SMU as the host). U Sports evaluated those two events and continues to use this tournament format. † The championship round

300-429: The 1965 University Cup . While these disagreements could have dealt a debilitating blow to the tournament, all parties were eventually able to come to an agreement by 1966 . The champions of the five conferences would now be invited to participate with the conferences that reached the final the previous season automatically being placed in the semifinals. Unfortunately, this new arrangement meant that whichever team lost

350-756: The Royal Military College of Canada . These two schools, located in Kingston, Ontario , had been the participants in the first organized interuniversity hockey game, played in Kingston in 1885. The cup is meant to recognize the overall contribution made to the game of hockey by outstanding university players. The CIAU changed its name to Canadian Interuniversity Sport (renaming the trophy the CIS University Cup ) in 2001, and again in October 2016 to U Sports (renaming

400-456: The U Sports Men's Volleyball Player of the Year award 11 times, the most in the country, with Terry Danyluk winning the first two. The Pandas women's volleyball program first began in the 1950s where the team won their first Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union championship in 1953. The Pandas first qualified for the U Sports women's volleyball championship tournament in 1993 under

450-554: The 1964 tournament but their application was denied. In protest, the conference immediately dissolved and forced the CIAU committee to reconsider over the summer. At the same time, Toronto , declined their invitation in 1964. The very next season, with the OIAA now included in the tournament field, all four teams that qualified for the QOAA tournament announced that they would not accept an invitation to

500-581: The 1970s and had significant successes between 1999 and 2006. Matt Parrish is the current Head Coach. The Golden Bears are considered a strong school team in Canada in multiple sports. The hockey and volleyball teams, in particular, are frequent challengers in U Sports national championships. In addition to their success over Canadian competition, the Golden Bears host the annual Husky Energy Can-Am Challenge of Champions tournament, where they frequently spearhead

550-420: The AUS in 1998 followed by the OUA and CW, repeating on a tri-year cycle. Due to the random nature of the host bidding process, some tournaments saw more local teams then expected when the host advanced as a conference champion. It was possible for CW or AUS hosts to have 3 teams from their conference or 4 teams in the case of an OUA host who was also a champion. To reduce the local bias, the rotation selection rule

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600-408: The CIAU decided to invite two teams from each of the five conference. This resulted in the largest field that tournament had ever seen (as of 2024). The secondary teams were selected based upon their performance in the respective conference tournaments. The two finalists from four of the leagues would automatically qualify four the tournament while, for the host team, if they were to win their tournament

650-422: The Canada West conference since the 1971–72 season. The Golden Bears first won a U Sports men's volleyball championship in 1981 and have won nine national championships in total, including the most recent in 2024 , which is tied for the most out of all of the U Sports men's volleyball programs. The program has also featured 17 Canada West conference champions, most recently in 2024. Golden Bears players have won

700-667: The Canadian contingent's success. This tournament sees four top teams from both Canada and the USA competing for supremacy, with the Canadian teams holding the overall title, having won 9 of the 13 tournaments. The female athlete of the year is awarded the Bakewell Trophy while the Wilson Challenge Trophy is presented to the male athlete of the year. David Johnston University Cup The U Sports Men's Ice Hockey Championship ,

750-538: The GPAC in 1985 resulted in a reduction of senior conferences down to four. Because the tournament host was still being offered an automatic bid, this left the field at 5 entrants. Instead of using one of the previous formats, the University Cup was expanded to seven teams. The qualifying schools were selected by one of three ways: The Host ( Alberta ) was seeded first and received a bye into the semifinal round. The champions of

800-453: The WCIAU was split in two as a way to help the western teams cut down on operating costs. An arrangement was made with the two new conferences (Canada West and GPAC) to allow the champions of both leagues entry into the University Cup, however, rather than play individual league championships, the two would send their regular season champions to the tournament site to play a quarterfinal match during

850-528: The bowl, and frequently broke off, were removed. An additional black wooden ring was added to the bottom of the trophy in order to incorporate more school shields, as an engraved metal shield, with diagonal stripes in the winning school's colours, is added to the trophy every year. On March 13, 2018, U Sports renamed the cup the David Johnston University Cup in honour of David Johnston , former Governor General of Canada . The 2020 championship

900-588: The direction of then-second year head coach Laurie Eisler and soon won the first national championship in team history in 1995. The Pandas then repeated as champions five times to tie the U Sports women's volleyball record with six consecutive national championships won. The team won their seventh and most recent national championship in 2007 , with their seven wins second only to the UBC Thunderbirds . The Pandas have also won 18 conference titles with their most recent occurring in 2017. Eisler continues to serve as

950-451: The field now set at six teams, the format was changed to a round-robin style. The participants were sorted into two three-team groups. Within each group, the teams would play one another once and the team with the best record would advance to the final. Ties were allowed in pool play, however, in case there was a tie in the standings, the team with the better goal differential would be advanced. This format remained unchanged until 1984 , when

1000-412: The final bid would go to the runner-up otherwise it would go to their conference champion. The qualifying teams were then sorted into three separate groups: East, West and Host. The conference that served as host (OUAA) would have both of their qualifiers advanced to the semifinal round while the remaining eight teams were placed into regional semifinal brackets. Due to the expanded nature of the tournament,

1050-492: The four leagues were then sorted two through five based upon their overall records and placed in the quarterfinals accordingly. The final two wild-card spots would then go to the runners-up from the AUAA and OUAA and arranged so that there would not be intra-conference matches in the quarterfinal round. The QUAA was the only conference not to receive a second bye due to the fact that the league had been pared down to just five schools at

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1100-433: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Golden_Bears&oldid=1186176621 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alberta Golden Bears The University of Alberta has featured varsity teams since

1150-399: The men's team from 1922 to 1926, and played a leading role in getting the first ice hockey rink built at the university campus in 1927. The Golden Bears football program has been in competition since 1910. The Golden Bears have won three Vanier Cup national championships, in 1967 , 1972 and most recently in 1980 . The program has also won 16 Hardy Cup conference titles, which is

1200-486: The most David Johnston University Cup championships with 16 wins, most recently in 2018 . The program has also featured 55 conference championship teams, including a recent period of domination where Golden Bear teams have won 16 out of 20 Canada West championships from 2000 to 2020. The team's head coach , Ian Herbers , returned to the team in 2018 following a stint with the Edmonton Oilers after previously being

1250-457: The most recent victory occurring in 2017 . The program has also been dominant in Canada West play as Panda teams have won 14 conference championships, including seven in a row from 2001 to 2008. The team has been led by head coach Howie Draper since the inaugural season in 1997–98. The Golden Bears men's volleyball first began intercollegiate play in the 1955–56 season and has competed in

1300-530: The national championship. The winningest coaches are Tom Watt and former UNB coach Gardiner MacDougall, whom, at the helm of the Toronto Varsity Blues and Reds respectively, won nine University Cup championships between 1966 and 1977 and 2007 and 2024. Clare Drake sits second, coaching the Alberta Golden Bears to six University Cup championships between 1964 and 1986. When the tournament

1350-453: The next several years until a large conference realignment took place in 1971. The early 1970s saw three leagues in the middle of the country dissolve with all associated teams resorted into two provincial conferences for Ontario and Quebec . As a result, the tournament entrants were reduced back to four teams and allowed the University Cup to eliminate both the quarterfinal round and the consolation bracket in 1972 . However, one year later,

1400-495: The original 1963 competition, nothing else since then), but to never host the championships. The other province missing from this list, Newfoundland and Labrador, had not yet hosted yet when it withdrew from varsity men's hockey after the 1981–82 season. In addition to the University Cup, the Major W.J. "Danny" McLeod Award is presented following the conclusion of the tournament to the individual deemed Most Valuable Player. Major McLeod

1450-445: The quarterfinal round would only play a single game. Previously, thanks to the consolation match, all teams were guaranteed at least two matches. In order to address this minor wrinkle, a consolation bracket was introduced in 1967 . For several years afterwards, teams that lost in either the quarterfinal or semifinal rounds would play one another to determine the final three places in the tournament. This format remained largely intact for

1500-500: The record of 24 championship final appearances. The Toronto Varsity Blues hold the record of 5 consecutive championship trophy wins, from 1969 through 1973, but have not returned to the tournament since 1993, when they suffered the second most lopsided loss in a UCup final, 12–1. Alternatively, during their power years, winning 9 UCups in the 1960s and 1970s, the Blues were the victors in the overall most lopsided final, winning 16–2 in 1967. In

1550-462: The regional rounds were held at the home venue of one of the qualifying teams. One team from each region (East and West) would advance to the semifinal round, however, seeding was not determined ahead of time. Instead, the bracket was arranged so that the East and West champion would play one of the two host conference teams in a semifinal first round. The winners of the first round game would then advance to

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1600-461: The round-robin was dropped in favor of a quarterfinal round. For two tournaments in the mid-80s, the conference that served as host would have both of its qualifying teams advance to the semifinals (much as they had in 1976). However, instead of a regional bracket, the remaining league champions were placed into East and West quarterfinals. The quarterfinal rounds were best-of-three while the semifinals were two-game total goal series. The collapse of

1650-409: The same time that the other three conference were holding their respective playoffs. This de facto conference championship was only held between the two western leagues. Additionally, instead of bringing the consolation bracket back, both the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were converted into best of three series, guaranteeing that all participating teams would play at least two games. This format

1700-478: The school's inception in 1908, notably with the men's ice hockey team first playing a season of six games during that school year. The school's colours of evergreen and gold were approved as the varsity teams' official colours on October 13, 1908. The football team adopted the name "Golden Bears" for the 1935 season with the men's basketball team following suit in 1936 and all other male varsity programs soon after. After World War II ended and teams resumed play,

1750-441: The second round of the semifinals and play the losing team of the opposite first round match. It was only the winners of the semifinal second round that would advance to the championship game. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this convoluted format survived for only one tournament. While many of the advents of the 1976 tournament were discarded, one was retained; the tournament host would continue to receive an automatic berth until 1987. With

1800-605: The seven years from 2013 through 2019 , only the Alberta Golden Bears (3 wins) or the UNB Reds (4 wins) won the championship. The currently dominant UNB Reds have won four of the last six UCups. The trophy was presented to U Sports, then known as the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (CIAU), for presentation to a national champion starting with the 1962–63 season, by Queen's University and

1850-527: The team's head coach and has won the Marilyn Pomfret Award as the U Sports Coach of the Year three times. Five Pandas players have won the Mary Lyons Award with Miroslava Pribylova winning in 1996 and 1997, Jenny Cartmell winning in 1999 and 2000, Tiffany Dodds winning in 2007, Meg Casault winning in 2017, and Kory White winning most recently in 2022. The Pandas women's rugby program began in

1900-449: The team's head coach for three seasons from 2012 to 2015. The University of Alberta has featured a women's ice hockey program since at least 1913, near the beginning years of the school's creation in 1908. Since U Sports women's ice hockey became a nationally sanctioned sport in 1997, the Pandas have been the most prolific program in the country with eight national championships won, with

1950-529: The third most championships won in the conference. The program has also had three players win the Hec Crighton Trophy , with Mel Smith winning in 1971, Bryan Fryer winning in 1975, and most recently Ed Ilnicki winning the award in 2017 . The U Sports men's ice hockey program has been competing since 1908, in the same year that the University of Alberta was first established. The Golden Bears have won

2000-489: The time. For the 1987 tournament, the format reverted to a round-robin arrangement. Still with four conference champions, the tournament offered one wild-card spot to the runner-up of the OUAA tournament. This was done primarily due to the fact that the OUAA was by far the largest conference. However, this format lasted just one season before the OUAA absorbed QUAA, leaving just three active senior collegiate leagues. 1988 began

2050-437: The tournament leaving five spots for regional representatives. The three conference champions and OUA Queen's Cup Runner-up would automatically be included with the fifth spot as a rotating 'wild-card' team. The University of Saskatchewan Huskies won the bid to host the first three (3) tournaments: 1998, 1999 and 2000. The wild-card selection was initially chosen based on a static rotation through each conference starting with

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2100-522: The trophy the U Sports University Cup ). The original University Cup is located at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto and does not travel publicly. A replica was created with a less ornate cup in 2006. Between 2006 and 2015, the trophy has been modified after several repairs - the metal bowl is now of simpler design, and mounts more flush to the main wooden portion. The two handles that used to be attached to

2150-530: The two tournament finalists. This format remained in place for the entire time that Toronto served as host. In later years, the championship game was held at Maple Leaf Gardens . Starting in 1998, the CIS changed the format of the University Cup tournament to a six-team/two-pool tournament that would be hosted by a CIS member institution/team rather than in Toronto at Varsity Arena. The host would automatically be included in

2200-629: The women's varsity teams first began playing under the "Pandas" moniker which was adopted by all of the school's women's teams. Currently, Alberta's athletics program fields 24 teams in 14 different sports administered by U Sports in the Canada West conference. The football and soccer teams play their home games at Foote Field , and the basketball and volleyball teams' home is the Saville Community Sports Centre . The ice hockey teams play at Clare Drake Arena , named after long-time coach Clare Drake . Professor W. G. Hardy coached

2250-433: Was a best-of-three series These tables rank appearances in the final championship game. The only province missing from this list, Newfoundland and Labrador , has only one U Sports member, Memorial University of Newfoundland . Memorial dropped their varsity men's hockey team after the 1981–82 season. British Columbia is the only province to have a team play in the championship final ( UBC Thunderbirds were runners-up in

2300-528: Was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic after two quarter-final games had already been played. On October 15, 2020, the 2021 inception was also cancelled. With the completion of the 2023–24 championship, 27 different teams have played in the national championship final (however Sir George Williams University merged with Loyola College in 1974 to create Concordia University , so it could be described as 26 different teams). In all, 17 different teams have won

2350-452: Was changed prior to the 2009 season - the wild-card would now only come from a non-host conference while maintaining the rotation. In 2009 the OUA was the host conference (Lakehead University) and should have also been the original wild-card conference, instead the AUS provided the wild-card. This rule remained in effect until the format changed in 2015 to 8 teams. Starting in 2015, the tournament expanded from six to eight teams and moved from

2400-408: Was inaugurated in 1963, the only teams invited were conference champions. At the time, not every conference held a postseason tournament, nor was every conference champion invited. The only participating teams were the champions of the four leagues thought of to be playing senior college hockey. Not all teams were satisfied with this arrangement. The OIAA applies for its champion to receive an entry into

2450-669: Was the overall athletic director at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), was the coach of RMC's ice hockey team, and simultaneously coached two Kingston teams in the Ontario Hockey Association – the Kingston Frontenacs ( Junior B ) and the Kingston Aces ( Senior A ). McLeod was instrumental in establishing the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (CIAU) in 1961, operating

2500-442: Was used only for three seasons with a slight modification in 1975; that season saw the championship round being a best-of-three for the In 1976 , the University Cup format was radically altered. First, the team that agreed to serve as host (Toronto) was given an automatic qualifier for the first time. Because this could result in one conference having six teams participate for the first time,

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