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44-562: Before the 1938–39 season there were Northern and Southern leagues in the province. They merged in 1938 to form the one provincial league. The championship team went on in the Allan Cup as Saskatchewan's representative. In 1941 the Regina Rangers won the SSHL's only Allan Cup title. The league carried on through most of World War II but disbanded in 1944-45 because of a shortage of players and

88-642: A junior ice hockey team during the 1920s in the OHA. The junior team won the J. Ross Robertson Cup as the provincial champions in 1926, and had been finalists in 1921. Queen's reached the 1926 Memorial Cup finals, but lost to the Calgary Canadians for the national championship. The varsity teams play at the Kingston Memorial Centre following the demolition of the Jock Harty Arena. In 2018–19,

132-515: A competitive sport for Queen's in 1937 when the first regatta for Canadian universities was sponsored in Kingston. For many years Queen's Sailing operated as an AMS student club, unaffiliated with Queen’s Athletics. As such, in any given year the club existed based solely on the initiative of individuals attending the university. This resulted in ad hoc continuity from year-to-year with the club sometimes thriving and other times not. The governance structure

176-713: A permanent Canada men's national ice hockey team . Since 1984 the Allan Cup has been competed for by teams in the Senior AAA category. Although interest in senior ice hockey has diminished over its history, the Cup retains an important place in Canadian ice hockey. The Cup championship is determined in an annual tournament held in the city or town of a host team, playing off against regional champions. The Cup has been won by teams from every province and from Yukon , as well as by two teams from

220-563: A tie-breaker match to the Czech Republic. The Queen’s Varsity Fencing Club (QFC) is a volunteer- and student-run university varsity club. It maintains a safe space for recreational and competitive student-athletes to take part in the sport of fencing. QFC provides a positive and supportive environment for fencers to perform to the best of their ability with emphasis on personal development, leadership, scholarship, and competitive opportunity. Queen's Men's Fencing Team finished seventh overall at

264-550: A very similar regard in the U SPORTS women's rugby scene, most notably winning the 2021 U SPORTS National Championship on home soil at Nixon Field. The program has developed numerous national team athletes including Sophie de Goede , Chloe Daniels , McKinley Hunt and many more. In OUA competition, the program has won the OUA Championship twice; in 2013 and 2019. Men's The Queen's Gaels men's soccer program had their most successful season in 2012–13, making their way into

308-468: Is one of the oldest hockey clubs in the world; only McGill University 's team, started in 1875, is older among Canadian university teams. Queen's played its first season in 1883–84, with the first game for which records exist played against a team from Petawawa . In the 1890s, Queen's played in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), winning its championship three times consecutively, taking

352-583: Is regarded as one of the most successful rugby programs in Ontario, and has won the OUA a record 23 times. Their home games are played on Nixon Field, at the heart of Queen's University campus, and crowds often top 2,000 spectators. Men's rugby is not a U SPORTS designated sport, therefore they compete in a similar non-sanctioned format called the Canadian University Men's Rugby Championship (CUMRC). The team won

396-500: Is reported as the first sport at Queen's University. It began in 1873, as competitions held annually to celebrate the university's inauguration on October 16 and included traditional Scottish competitions such as the caber toss. These competitions remained major university events into the early 20th century. When the CIAU (now U Sports) began, the Queen's University track and field team was one of

440-579: The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) was formed as a national governing body for the sport with W. F. Taylor as its first president. One of the CAHA's first decisions, in 1915, was to replace the challenge system with a series of national playoffs. Starting in 1920, the Allan Cup champion team would represent Canada in amateur play at the Olympics and World Championships. The CAHA used

484-532: The Cosby Cup into its permanent possession. Queen's won the inaugural J. Ross Robertson Cup during the 1898–99 season, as the senior ice hockey champion of the OHA. As Ontario champion, the Queen's hockey team was a regular in Stanley Cup Challenge Games by challenging in 1895, 1899 and 1906. Queen's donated the Queen's Cup for annual Ontario University Athletics competition in 1898. In 1902,

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528-555: The Kingston Whig-Standard and CKWS-TV continue to refer to the team as the "Golden Gaels". Men's Queen's hosted McGill University at the Kingston YMCA on February 6, 1904, in the first-ever Canadian interuniversity basketball game. McGill won 9–7, after a ten-minute overtime period to break a 7–7 tie. The Queen's men's basketball team attended their first ever U SPORTS National Championship in 2022 after upsetting

572-635: The Prairie Senior Hockey League . As of this edit , this article uses content from "Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League" , which is licensed in a way that permits reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License , but not under the GFDL . All relevant terms must be followed. Allan Cup The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the senior ice hockey champions of Canada . It

616-624: The Stanley Cup decided that the Cup would be awarded to the professional ice champion, meaning there was no corresponding trophy for the amateur championship of Canada. The Allan Cup was donated in early 1909 by Montreal businessman and Montreal Amateur Athletic Association president Sir H. Montagu Allan to be presented to the amateur champions of Canada. It was to be ruled like the Stanley Cup had, passed by champion to champion by league championship or challenge. Three trustees were named to administer

660-518: The United States which played in Canadian leagues. The city with the most Allan Cup championships is Thunder Bay with 10, including four won as Port Arthur before the city's amalgamation. The original Cup has been retired to the Hockey Hall of Fame , and a replica is presented to the champions. Listed are all of the challenges of the early years of the Allan Cup, bolded are the final winner of

704-462: The 2010–11 U Sports Men's Curling Championship and the women's soccer team has won the national championship in 1988, 2010, and 2011. The fight song is known as Oil Thigh which was written in 1891 and features Gaelic lyrics which can be heard at many sporting events. The mascot is Boo Hoo the Bear. Prior to 1947, Queen's teams were commonly referred to as "The Tricolour." The "Golden Gaels" name

748-717: The 2024 Men's OUA Fencing Championship hosted by the University of Ottawa at the EY Centre from March 16-17. Queen's Women's Fencing finished in sixth place overall at the 2024 OUA Women's Fencing Championship hosted by the University of Toronto. In 2023, the Queen's Women's Fencing Team won the Overall bronze and the Men's Team finished fourth at the OUA Fencing Championships, hosted by Brock University from February 17-19. Track and field

792-571: The Allan Cup playoffs, but only lasted until 1954–55. The Western Hockey League (WHL) operated in the province and the SSHL could not compete. It started up again in 1958-59 after the WHL left the province and operated until 1964–65. In 1965 the teams again merged with teams from Alberta to form a revived Western Canada Senior Hockey League . This new league lasted for two seasons when the teams again split on provincial lines. The SSHL started up again in 1967-68 and lasted until 1971 when another merger formed

836-683: The Allan Cup, but would compete for the new Alexander Cup . The Allan Cup would be competed for on a more purely amateur basis from teams in smaller centres of Canada. The major league concept broke up by 1953, and the Alexander Cup competition was retired after 1954. The reigning Allan Cup champion was usually chosen to represent Canada in ice hockey at the Olympic Games or the Ice Hockey World Championships . The practice lasted from 1920 to 1964, when Father David Bauer established

880-477: The CAHA take control of the Allan Cup and its profits from the trustees, and use the funds to build amateur hockey in Canada. He felt the move justified as the CAHA had evolved and was able to manage its own affairs. His motion asked for H. Montagu Allan to donate the cup to the CAHA, and establish an Allan Cup committee which included trustee William Northey . In February 1945, CAHA president Frank Sargent announced

924-651: The Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union (CIRFU), was founded in Kingston in November, 1897, with charter members Queen's, McGill University , and the University of Toronto ., the football squad showed continued success, winning three straight Grey Cups in 1922 , 1923 and 1924 . When the Grey Cup transitioned from amateur competition to the professional Canadian Football League in 1955,

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968-566: The Cup was the Ottawa Cliffsides hockey club. After the season, the Cliffsides were defeated in the first-ever challenge by the Queen's University hockey club of Kingston, Ontario . In the early years, trustees of the Cup quickly came to appreciate the difficulties of organizing a national competition in so large a country. In 1914, at the suggestion of one of the trustees, Claude C. Robinson ,

1012-808: The Gaels have represented Canada on the Women's National team in the Volleyball Nations League. Queen's Athletics & Recreation has almost 30 varsity clubs within their sport model. These include: artistic swimming (M/W), baseball (M), cheerleading (M/W), curling (M/W), cycling (M/W), fastpitch (W), fencing (M/W), field hockey (W), figure skating (M/W), golf (M/W), lacrosse (M/W), nordic skiing (M/W), rugby club (M), squash (M/W), sailing (M/W), swimming (M/W), track & field (M/W), triathlon (M/W), ultimate (M/W), water polo (M/W) and wrestling (M/W). The Queen's baseball team won their first OUA championship in 2022 against

1056-588: The Gaels turned their attention to the Vanier Cup , appearing in the U Sports championship game five times and winning four of those games in 1968 , 1978 , 1992 and 2009 . In 1886, Queen's challenged the Royal Military College of Canada to a game played on the frozen Kingston harbour; the two schools play annually for the Carr-Harris Cup, to continue the world's oldest hockey rivalry. Queen's hockey

1100-444: The Gaels won their first Queen's Cup in 38 years, 4–1 over Guelph Gryphons in front of a 2,900 people at the Kingston Memorial Centre . The Queen's women's hockey program captured their first OUA Championship in 2011. They went on to win it again in 2013. The program hosted the U Sports Championship in 2017. The Queen's Gaels rowing program is one of the leading programs in the province of Ontario. Their last team OUA Championship

1144-623: The Intercollegiate Hockey Union was formed and the Gaels won the title in 1904 and 1906. In 1909, Queen's won the Intercollegiate league and then won the Allan Cup national championship by defeating the Ottawa Cliffsides in a challenge. The 1910 team won the Allan Cup for a second time by winning the Intercollegiate title and a challenge before losing the Cup in a second challenge to Toronto St. Michael's. Queen's operated

1188-444: The OUA Championship in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Other dynasties include the late 80s. The team is currently coached by Dave Butcher, who took over from Gary Gilks and Peter Huigenbos in 2017. Nationally capped players that have come through the program are current national captain, Lucas Rumball, Alistair Clark, Sean Duke, Dan Moor, Kainoa Lloyd and Matt Beukeboom. Women's The women's rugby program holds

1232-548: The OUA final four, placing fourth overall. The women's soccer team captured gold at the CIS national championship in 2010. They beat rival Wilfrid Laurier 1–0 in the CIS final. Striker Jacqueline Tessier led the CIS in scoring during the regular season, tallying 18 goals in 16 games. In 2006, earned silver medals in the CIS national championships, thanks largely to striker Eilish McConville. McConville led all CIS players with 22 goals during

1276-777: The Queen's Athletics and Recreation Centre, Nixon Field and Tindall Field. The team colours are gold, blue, and red. Queen's teams have had a variety of successes both provincially and nationally. Their most recent U Sports National Championship was awarded to the Women's rugby program, who hoisted the Monilex Trophy on home soil at Nixon Field in 2021. The Gaels football team is one of the oldest and most successful in Canada, including three straight Grey Cup victories in 1922 , 1923 , and 1924 and four Vanier Cup victories in 1968, 1978, 1992, and 2009. Queen's University hockey teams have competed on three occasions as Stanley Cup finalists in 1895, 1899, and 1906. The Gaels have also won

1320-777: The University of Toronto Varsity Blues. The men's curling team, in 2010, earned the gold medal at the CIS national championship in Edmonton, Alberta. The team led by Jonathan Beuk went 5–1 in Round Robin play before beating the Manitoba Bisons in the semi-final and the UPEI Panthers in the Championship. The Gaels qualified for the 2011 World University Games in Erzurum, Turkey where they represented Canada. The team finished fifth after losing

1364-441: The cancellation of the 1945 Allan Cup playoffs. It was the first season in which the trophy was not contested since the inaugural 1909 Allan Cup . The cancellation was caused by the reluctance to travel during wartime conditions, and the players' need to work rather than playing hockey. In 1951, the CAHA set up a "major league" of competition from the semi-pro and professional senior leagues. The leagues would no longer compete for

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1408-631: The difficulty of travelling. From the 1945–46 season through the 1949-50 season, senior teams in Regina and Saskatoon joined up with Calgary and Edmonton to form the Western Canada Senior Hockey League (WCSHL). The SSHL lay dormant until 1950 when the WCSHL moved up to the major level and competed for the Alexander Cup . The SSHL was revived for 1950–51, again sending its champions to

1452-586: The national rankings. In 2021–22, the Gaels ranked 6th in the country for the men's program and 8th in the country for the women's program. The Queen's Gaels football program is one of the longest-lived and storied in Canada. The team began organized play in 1883 when the Ontario Rugby Football Union was first founded and won ORFU champions in 1893 and 1894 . Queen's has competed continuously since 1882, celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2007. The first organized university football league in Canada,

1496-570: The only teams to participate in all three athletics sports – indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, and cross-country. In 1963, Rolf Lund was named head coach of the team, marking a turning point in the team's history. Through the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, the Queen's track and field team saw many successful athletes. Some notable athletes include Olympians Sheridon Baptiste , Anne Marie Malone , Victor Gooding , school 1500m record holder Bob McCormack, and past head coach and multiple CIS champion Melody Torcalacci. Co-ed Sailing began as

1540-468: The profits from Allan Cup games as a subsidy for the national team. Competition for the cup was originally a one-game format, then a two-game total goals format. In 1925, CAHA leaders Silver Quilty and Frank Sandercock , changed the format to a best-of-three series due to increased popularity of the games and demand for a longer series. At the CAHA general meeting in March 1927, W. A. Fry requested to have

1584-509: The regular season, and was named the CIS Player of the year as a result. Men's The Queen's men's volleyball program has won nine OUA Championships, most recently in back-to-back years (2018–19, 2019–20). Their other provincial titles came in 1971–72, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12). Women's The Queen's women's volleyball team won their only OUA Championship in 2011-12. Most recently, Arielle Palermo and Caroline Livingston of

1628-427: The school's teams as "Queen's Gaels." Along with this change, the website was changed from goldengaels.com to gogaelsgo.com. The change was reportedly made to highlight the university's name in promoting the team; however, some have criticized the move as "change for the sake of change." Under media scrutiny, the department claimed it had not in fact officially changed the name of the team; thus, local media sources like

1672-489: The season. This is a list of champions by province, territory, or state. (*) Two championships won by teams from Lloydminster are included only in the total for Saskatchewan. Queen%27s Golden Gaels The Queen's Gaels (also known as the Queen's Golden Gaels ) is the athletics program representing Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario , Canada. The main athletics facilities include Richardson Memorial Stadium ,

1716-728: The trophy: Sir Edward Clouston, President of the Bank of Montreal , Dr. H. B. Yates of McGill University , (donor of the Yates Cup to the Intercollegiate Rugby Union in 1898) and Graham Drinkwater , four-time Stanley Cup champion. The trophy was originally presented to the Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal , Quebec, members of the IPAHU, to award to the champions of the IPAHU. The first IPAHU champion, and by extension, first winner of

1760-452: The undefeated Carleton Ravens in the OUA semi-final. Women's The Queen's Gaels women's basketball team had their strongest finish ever in 2021–22, placing third at the U SPORTS Final 8 tournament which took place at the Athletics & Recreation Centre on Queen's Campus. The Queen's Gaels have a men's and women's cross country and distance track program which continually ranks highly on

1804-557: Was coined in 1947 by Kingston Whig-Standard sports reporter Cliff Bowering, after the football team traded its traditional uniform of red, gold, and blue bands for gold jerseys, gold helmets, and red pants. The name caught on and became the familiar term for Queen's teams by the 1950s. "Gaels" is a reference to Queen's Scottish heritage (Queen's University was established in 1841 by the Presbyterian church). In September 2008, Queen's Athletics & Recreation Department began referring to

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1848-576: Was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal , and has been competed for since 1909. It was won by the Dundas Real McCoys in 2024 . In 1908, a split occurred in the competition of ice hockey in Canada. The top amateur teams left the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , which allowed professionals, to form the new Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union (IPAHU), a purely amateur league. The trustees of

1892-432: Was informal and membership, practice and regatta participation was done on a word-of-mouth basis. In those days there was no such thing as ‘tryouts’ or team ‘officials'. If you were a sailor or interested in sailing and were available, you competed. For the early years, funding was minimal and students paid much of the costs themselves. Regattas were typically no more than a car-drive away. Royal Military College (RMC), who had

1936-551: Was won by the Women's program in 2012. The Women's rowing program also won the Championship in 2010. Gavin Stone was named OUA Rower of the Year in 2021, also winning the award in 2018. Stone participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the coxless four event. Other OUA Rowers of the Year from Queen's include: Alex Bernst (2017), Louise Munro (2017), Matthew Christie (2013). The men's rugby team

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