Queen's Gaels men's ice hockey

Queen's Gaels men's ice hockey
University	Queen's University at Kingston
Conference	OUA OUA East Division
Head coach	Brett Gibson Since 2005–06 season
Assistant coaches	Ben Munroe Patrick Sanvido Mike Murphy
Arena	Kingston Memorial Centre Kingston, Ontario
Colors	Gold, Blue, and Red
U Sports Tournament appearances
1981, 2017, 2019
Conference Tournament championships
1981, 2019

The Queen's Gaels men's ice hockey team is an ice hockey team representing the Queen's Gaels athletics program of Queen's University at Kingston. The team is a member of the Ontario University Athletics conference and compete in U Sports. The Gaels play their home games at the Memorial Centre Arena in Kingston, Ontario.

History

19th century

The earliest recorded game for Queen's came in 1884 but its unclear if the match was officially sanctioned by the University or not. In 1886, a group of students from Queen's arranged a match against fellow undergraduates from the Royal Military College. The game took place on Kingston harbor and is typically regarded as the first game between two teams from Ontario. The two schools have been rivals ever since, the oldest such rivalry in the sport. The young program played when it was able to find the time and opposition but was stabilized when it became a founding member of the Ontario Hockey Association. Playing senior hockey at the time, Queen's won a league championship in 1895 and challenged the Montreal Hockey Club for the Stanley Cup. They were reportedly outmatched in the game and lost 1–5. Four years later the team had its second opportunity for the cup when they faced the Montreal Shamrocks in 1899. This match went about as well as the last with Queen's losing 2–6.

Allan Cup

At the beginning of the 20th century, Queen's joined with McGill and Toronto to form the first college conference in Canada. Queen's won two league championships in the first four years of play and leveraged their second intercollegiate title into a third challenge for the Stanley Cup. The Ottawa Hockey Club (later known as the 'Senators') easily dismissed the school boys with a pair of victories totaling 14–28. By 1909, the sport had become such a sensation in Canada that he various teams were separated into professional and amateur ranks. The Allan Cup was created as the amateur's version of the Stanley Cup and was initially awarded to the Ottawa Cliffsides. Queen's, by winning the intercollegiate title that season, earned the first challenge for the cup and defeated Ottawa 5–4, becoming the national amateur champions in the process. Queen's retained possession of the cup for a year and, after repeating as intercollegiate champs, they received their first challenge from the Cliffsides. Queen's cemented their place as the better of the two with a second win but were then beset by St. Michael's College and fell 4–5. Queen's returned to intercollegiate play afterwards and, though they were champions again in 1914, they did not challenge for the Allan Cup.

Interwar years

In 1915 the college schedule was cancelled due to World War I and Queen's rejoined the OHA for the duration. After the war, the Tricolour, as they were then known, returned to the intercollegiate conference but found they had been outpaced by Toronto. Over an 8-year span, Queen's would not post a winning record and eventually they withdrew from the league altogether. Queen's returned to the OHA in 1929, playing two seasons before suspending play due to financial constraints. Queen's was able to restart its program in the mid 30's and joined a new international intercollegiate league. Queen's played well in the four seasons of league play but the arrangement ended with the outbreak of World War II.

Transition period

Queen's returned to play after the war but had fallen even further behind their contemporaries. The newly christened 'Golden Gaels' posted dismal records for five years, routinely finishing last in the conference, and withdrew in 1950. After one season in the OHA, which was no better, the program was suspended for the remainder of the decade. The Gaels returned to play in 1960 and joined the Quebec-Ontario Athletic Association. They were a middle of the pack team for most of the next two decades and remained with the Ontario side when the conference was realigned in 1971. 1981 saw Queen's win its first conference championship in over 65 years and the Gaels made their first appearance in the national tournament.

Long recovery

After the title, Queen's had a few good years in the early 80s but slipped into the bottom half of the conference by the middle of the decade. After 1984, Queen's did not post a winning record for over 20 years and didn't fully regain their previous form until 2014. The Gaels finally returned to the national tournament in 2017 and won their second league championship two years later.

Season-by-season results

Senior and collegiate play

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points

Extra-League Champion

U Sports Semifinalist

Conference regular season champions

Conference Division Champions

Conference Playoff Champions

Season	Conference	Regular Season											Conference Tournament Results	National Tournament Results
		Conference						Overall
		GP	W	L	T	Pts*	Finish	GP	W	L	T	%
Senior Hockey
1890–91	OHA	3	2	1	0	4	–	?	?	?	?	?	Lost Semifinal, 0–4 (Ottawa Hockey Club)
1891–92	OHA	3	2	1	0	4	–	?	?	?	?	?	Won First Round, 9–1 (Royal Military College) Won Second Round, 11–1 (Kingston Hockey Club) Lost Quarterfinal, 0–5 (Ottawa Hockey Club)
1892–93	OHA	4	3	1	0	6	–	?	?	?	?	?	Won Quarterfinal, 14–2 (Peterborough) Lost Semifinal, 3–6 (Ottawa Hockey Club)
1893–94	OHA	3	1	2	0	2	–	?	?	?	?	?	Lost Semifinal, 1–4 (Ottawa Hockey Club)‡ Lost Championship, 2–3 (Osgoode Hall)
1894–95	OHA	4	4	0	0	8	1st	?	?	?	?	?	Won Semifinal, 19–5 (Toronto) Won Championship, 17–3 (Trinity)	Lost Stanley Cup Challenge, 1–5 (Montreal Hockey Club)
1895–96	OHA	0	0	0	0	0	–	?	?	?	?	?	Won Semifinal, 6–3 (Ayr) Won Championship, 12–3 (Stratford)
1896–97	OHA	0	0	0	0	0	–	?	?	?	?	?	Won Semifinal series, default (Peterborough) Won Championship series, 12–7 (Toronto)
1897–98	OHA	0	0	0	0	0	–	?	?	?	?	?	Won Quarterfinal series, 32–6 (Royal Military College) Won Semifinal series, 7–5 (Brockville) Lost Championship, 3–7 (Osgoode Hall)
1898–99	OHA	2	2	0	0	4	1st	?	?	?	?	?	Won Quarterfinal series, 25–8 (Brockville) Won Championship series, 19–11 (Toronto)	Lost Stanley Cup Challenge, 2–6 (Montreal Shamrocks)
1899–00	OHA	0	0	0	0	0	–	?	?	?	?	?	Won Group Semifinal, default (Brockville) Won Group Final series, 19–5 (Royal Military College) Won Semifinal series, 17–6 (Cornwall) Lost Championship series, 4–6 (Toronto Wellingtons)
1900–01	OHA	2	1	1	0	2	1st	?	?	?	?	?	Lost Provincial Final series, 2–7 (Toronto Wellingtons)
1901–02	OHA	2	1	1	0	2	2nd	?	?	?	?	?
Senior and Collegiate Hockey
1902–03	CIAU	4	2	2	0	4	2nd	?	?	?	?	?
1903–04	CIAU	4	3	1	0	6	1st	?	?	?	?	?
1904–05	CIAU	4	2	2	0	4	2nd	?	?	?	?	?
1905–06	CIAU	4	3	1	0	6	1st	?	?	?	?	?		Lost Stanley Cup Challenge series, 0–2 (Ottawa Silver Seven)
1906–07	CIAU	4	1	3	0	2	3rd	?	?	?	?	?
1907–08	CIAU	6	3	3	0	6	2nd	?	?	?	?	?
1908–09	CIAU	6	5	1	0	10	1st	?	?	?	?	?		Won Allan Cup Challenge, 5–4 (Ottawa Cliffsides)
1909–10	CIAU	6	4	2	0	8	T–1st	?	?	?	?	?	Won Championship, 8–2 (Ottawa)	Won Allan Cup Challenge, 6–3 (Ottawa Cliffsides) Lost Allan Cup Challenge, 4–5 (St. Michael's College)
1910–11	CIAU	4	2	2	0	4	3rd	?	?	?	?	?
1911–12	CIAU	4	0	4	0	0	5th	?	?	?	?	?
1912–13	CIAU	4	1	3	0	2	3rd	?	?	?	?	?
1913–14	CIAU	4	3	1	0	6	1st	?	?	?	?	?
1914–15	CIAU	4	1	3	0	2	T–2nd	?	?	?	?	?
1915–16	OHA	3	1	2	0	2	?	?	?	?	?	?
1916–17	OHA	7	0	7	0	0	?	?	?	?	?	?
1917–18	OHA	5	1	4	0	2	?	?	?	?	?	?
Program suspended
1919–20	CIAU	4	0	4	0	0	3rd	?	?	?	?	?
1920–21	CIAU	4	0	4	0	0	3rd	?	?	?	?	?
1921–22	CIAU	4	0	4	0	4	3rd	?	?	?	?	?
1922–23	CIAU	6	3	3	0	6	2nd	?	?	?	?	?
1923–24	CIAU	6	3	3	0	6	2nd	?	?	?	?	?
1924–25	CIAU	6	3	3	0	6	2nd	?	?	?	?	?
1925–26	CIAU	6	2	4	0	4	3rd	?	?	?	?	?
1926–27	CIAU	6	0	6	0	0	4th	?	?	?	?	?
Program suspended
1928–29	OHA	11	6	5	0	12	2nd	?	?	?	?	?	Lost Championship series, 5–9 (Toronto)
1929–30	OHA	12	6	5	1	13	3rd	?	?	?	?	?
Program suspended
1934–35	OHA	4	1	3	0	2	T–2nd	?	?	?	?	?
Program suspended
1936–37	CIAU	6	1	5	0	2	4th	?	?	?	?	?
	IIL †	10	4	6	0	8	5th
1937–38	CIAU	6	4	2	0	8	2nd	?	?	?	?	?
	IIL	10	8	2	0	16	2nd
1938–39	CIAU	6	4	2	0	8	2nd	?	?	?	?	?
	IIL	10	7	3	0	14	3rd
1939–40	CIAU	4	0	4	0	4	3rd	?	?	?	?	?
	IIL	8	4	4	0	8	5th
Program suspended
1945–46	CIAU	6	0	6	0	0	4th	?	?	?	?	?
1946–47	CIAU	9	1	8	0	2	4th	?	?	?	?	?
1947–48	CIAU	12	3	9	0	6	3rd	?	?	?	?	?
1948–49	CIAU	12	0	12	0	0	4th	?	?	?	?	?
1949–50	CIAU	12	1	11	0	2	4th	?	?	?	?	?
1950–51	OHA	34	5	29	0	10	?	?	?	?	?	?
Program suspended
Totals								GP	W	L	T	%	Championships
Regular Season								?	?	?	?	?	3 OHA Championships, 5 CIAU Championships
Conference Post-season								?	?	?	?	?	4 OHA Championships, 1 CIAU Championship
Regular Season and Postseason Record								?	?	?	?	?	2 Allan Cup Championships

† The International Intercollegiate League (IIL) was a joint venture between Canadian and American colleges.
‡ Ottawa refused to play in the championship due to a dispute of the site of the final game. Queen's assumed their place instead.

Collegiate only

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, Pts = Points

U Sports Champion

U Sports Semifinalist

Conference regular season champions

Conference Division Champions

Conference Playoff Champions

Season	Conference	Regular Season													Conference Tournament Results	National Tournament Results
		Conference								Overall
		GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	Pts*	Finish	GP	W	L	T	%
1959–60	QOAA	8	4	4	0	–	–	16	3rd	8	4	4	0	.500
Program suspended
1961–62	QOAA	12	5	5	2	–	–	12	4th	12	5	5	2	.500
1962–63	QOAA	12	3	8	1	–	–	7	T–6th	12	3	8	1	.292
1963–64	QOAA	12	3	7	2	–	–	8	6th	12	3	7	2	.333
1964–65	QOAA	16	8	6	2	–	–	18	4th	18	9	7	2	.556	Won Semifinal, 6–4 (Toronto) Lost Championship, 3–4 (Montreal)
1965–66	QOAA	16	6	10	0	–	–	12	T–5th	16	6	10	0	.375
1966–67	QOAA	16	8	5	3	–	–	19	4th	17	8	6	3	.559	Lost Semifinal, 1–10 (Toronto)
1967–68	QOAA	16	3	13	0	–	–	6	8th	16	3	13	0	.188
1968–69	QOAA	15	5	10	0	–	–	10	T–9th	15	5	10	0	.333
1969–70	QOAA	14	1	12	1	–	–	3	12th	14	1	12	1	.107
1970–71	QOAA	15	7	4	4	–	–	18	4th	17	8	5	4	.588	Won Semifinal, 8–3 (Waterloo) Lost Championship, 4–5 (Toronto)
1971–72	OUAA	19	8	10	1	–	–	17	9th	19	8	10	1	.447
1972–73	OUAA	17	10	6	1	–	–	21	T–5th	18	10	7	1	.583	Lost Quarterfinal, 4–5 (OT) (Laurentian)
1973–74	OUAA	19	10	7	2	–	–	22	7th	20	10	8	2	.550	Lost Quarterfinal, 0–3 (Toronto)
1974–75	OUAA	14	6	6	2	–	–	14	9th	14	6	6	2	.500
1975–76	OUAA	16	9	5	2	–	–	20	7th	17	9	6	2	.588	Lost Quarterfinal, 1–2 (Toronto)
1976–77	OUAA	19	4	14	1	–	–	9	14th	19	4	14	1	.237
1977–78	OUAA	20	7	9	4	–	–	18	T–8th	20	7	9	4	.450
1978–79	OUAA	16	2	10	4	–	–	8	T–10th	16	2	10	4	.250
1979–80	OUAA	22	17	3	2	–	–	36	2nd	?	?	?	?	?	results unavailable
1980–81	OUAA	22	14	3	5	–	–	33	1st	28	19	4	5	.768	Won Semifinal series, 2–0 (York) Won Championship series, 2–0 (Western Ontario)	Lost Pool B Round-Robin, 3–2 (Concordia), 4–5 (Saskatchewan)
1981–82	OUAA	22	13	7	2	–	–	28	T–3rd	23	13	8	2	.609	Lost Quarterfinal, 3–7 (Wilfrid Laurier)
1982–83	OUAA	24	15	8	1	–	–	31	4th	27	16	10	1	.611	Won Quarterfinal, 4–3 (McMaster) Lost Semifinal series, 0–2 (Toronto)
1983–84	OUAA	24	11	9	4	–	–	26	6th	25	11	10	4	.520	Lost Quarterfinal, 4–9 (Western Ontario)
1984–85	OUAA	24	7	13	4	–	–	18	9th	24	7	13	4	.375
1985–86	OUAA	24	6	16	2	–	–	14	10th	24	6	16	2	.292
1986–87	OUAA	24	4	15	5	–	–	13	T–10th	24	4	15	5	.271
1987–88	OUAA	25	6	18	1	–	–	13	15th	25	6	18	1	.260
1988–89	OUAA	26	12	12	2	–	–	26	11th	29	13	14	2	.483	Lost Division Semifinal series, 1–2 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières)
1989–90	OUAA	22	8	14	0	–	–	16	13th	22	8	14	0	.364
1990–91	OUAA	22	2	19	1	–	–	5	15th	22	2	19	1	.114
1991–92	OUAA	22	4	17	1	–	–	9	14th	22	4	17	1	.205
1992–93	OUAA	22	8	11	3	–	–	19	T–10th	26	10	13	3	.442	Won First Round, 4–3 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières) Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Toronto)
1993–94	OUAA	26	7	18	1	–	–	15	T–13th	27	7	19	1	.278	Lost First Round, 1–4 (Toronto)
1994–95	OUAA	26	3	19	4	–	–	10	15th	27	3	20	4	.185	Lost First Round, 4–5 (Toronto)
1995–96	OUAA	26	7	18	1	–	–	15	T–12th	26	7	18	1	.288
1996–97	OUAA	26	4	18	4	–	–	12	14th	27	4	19	4	.222	Lost Division Semifinal, 3–7 (Toronto)
1997–98	OUA	26	8	16	2	–	–	18	13th	28	8	18	2	.321	Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (Toronto)
1998–99	OUA	26	5	14	7	–	–	17	13th	32	8	17	7	.359	Won Division Semifinal series, 2–1 (Toronto) Lost Division Final series, 1–2 (Guelph)
1999–00	OUA	26	9	15	2	–	–	20	12th	32	13	17	2	.438	Won Division Semifinal series, 2–1 (Toronto) Won Division Final series, 2–0 (Guelph) Lost Queen's Cup Semifinal, 1–3 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières)
2000–01	OUA	24	6	16	2	–	–	14	T–12th	26	6	18	2	.269	Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (Royal Military College)
2001–02	OUA	24	4	19	1	–	–	9	15th	24	4	19	1	.188
2002–03	OUA	24	7	17	0	–	–	14	12th	29	10	19	0	.345	Won Division Semifinal series, 2–0 (Royal Military College) Lost Division Final series, 1–2 (Toronto)
2003–04	OUA	24	9	13	2	0	–	20	T–11th	28	11	15	2	.429	Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Royal Military College) Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (Toronto)
2004–05	OUA	24	8	14	0	2	–	18	14th	24	8	16	0	.333
2005–06	OUA	24	7	15	1	1	–	16	15th	24	7	16	1	.313
2006–07	OUA	28	8	14	5	1	–	22	11th	30	8	17	5	.350	Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Ottawa)
2007–08	OUA	28	13	12	–	0	3	29	10th	30	13	14	3	.483	Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (McGill)
2008–09	OUA	28	12	13	–	1	2	27	14th	28	12	14	2	.464
2009–10	OUA	28	14	12	–	1	1	30	10th	31	15	15	1	.500	Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Carleton)
2010–11	OUA	28	14	11	–	3	0	31	T–10th	30	14	16	0	.467	Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Nipissing)
2011–12	OUA	28	13	13	–	0	2	28	T–13th	30	13	15	2	.467	Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (McGill)
2012–13	OUA	28	10	11	–	6	1	27	14th	30	10	19	1	.350	Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Carleton)
2013–14	OUA	28	17	6	–	2	3	39	5th	33	20	10	3	.632	Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Ottawa) Lost Division Semifinal series, 1–2 (Carleton)
2014–15	OUA	26	13	12	–	1	0	27	T–9th	31	15	16	0	.484	Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Laurentian) Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (McGill)
2015–16	OUA	28	17	7	–	3	1	38	T–4th	31	18	12	1	.597	Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Ontario Tech)
2016–17	OUA	28	18	7	–	2	1	39	5th	37	24	12	1	.662	Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Ottawa) Won Division Semifinal series, 2–0 (Concordia) Won Division Final series, 2–0 (McGill) Lost Queen's Cup, 3–4 (York)	Lost Quarterfinal, 1–5 (New Brunswick)
2017–18	OUA	28	19	6	–	3	0	41	3rd	33	22	11	0	.667	Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Nipissing) Lost Division Semifinal series, 1–2 (Concordia)
2018–19	OUA	28	18	10	–	0	0	36	6th	37	25	12	0	.676	Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Ontario Tech) Won Division Semifinal series, 2–1 (Ottawa) Won Division Final series, 2–0 (Carleton) Won Queen's Cup, 4–1 (Guelph)	Lost Quarterfinal, 3–5 (St. Francis Xavier)
2019–20	OUA	28	12	13	–	1	2	27	14th	30	12	16	2	.433	Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières)
2020–21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	OUA	19	17	1	–	0	1	.921	1st	20	17	2	1	.875	Lost Division Quarterfinal, 2–3 (OT) (McGill)
2022–23	OUA	26	12	12	–	2	0	26	T–12th	26	12	14	0	.462
2023–24	OUA	28	19	8	–	1	0	39	T–4th	30	19	11	0	.633	Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Concordia)
Totals										GP	W	L	T/SOL	%	Championships
Regular Season										1406	566	726	114	.443	2 Mid East Division Titles, 1 OUAA Championship, 1 OUA Championship
Conference Post-season										104	45	59	0	.433	1 OUAA Championship, 1 OUA Championship
U Sports Postseason										4	1	3	0	.250	3 National tournament appearances
Regular Season and Postseason Record										1514	612	788	114	.442

Note: Totals include results from 1959–60 onward except for the 1980 conference tournament.

See also

Queen's Gaels women's ice hockey

External links

• Queen's Gaels men's ice hockey official website