Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey explained
The Ontario University Athletics (OUA) came into being in 1997 with the merger of the Ontario Universities Athletics Association and the Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletics Association. This is similar to what would be called a college athletic conference in the United States.
Notable games
- On February 11, 2000, the Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey program saw its longest game take place. The University of Toronto's Rhonda Mitchell scored on a 35-foot slap shot. It was the 5:07 mark of the eighth period and the Varsity Blues defeated York University. Although the victory allowed the U of T to advance to the OUA gold medal game, it was the longest in the history of Canadian women's hockey.[1] The game lasted over five hours and ten minutes. York's player of the game was goaltender Debra Ferguson,[2] as she valiantly made 63 saves over 125 minutes.
- On March 3, 2011, a postseason match between the Queen's Golden Gaels and the Guelph Gryphons became the longest collegiate hockey game, male or female, Canadian or American — on record. The match began on Wednesday and it only ended on Thursday. The duration of the match was 167 minutes and 14 seconds when Queen's forward Morgan McHaffie placed a rebound past Gryphons goalie Danielle Skoufranis.[3]
Members
Institution | Location | Nickname | Founded | Colors |
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Brock University | St. Catharines, Ontario | Badgers | 1964 | |
Laurentian University | Sudbury, Ontario | Voyageurs | 1960 | |
Nipissing University | North Bay, Ontario | Lakers | 1992 | |
Ontario Tech University | Oshawa, Ontario | Ridgebacks | 2002 | Dark blue, light blue, orange |
Queen's University | Kingston, Ontario | Golden Gaels | 1841 | |
Toronto Metropolitan University | Toronto, Ontario | TMU Bold (formerly Ryerson Rams) | 1948 | |
Wilfrid Laurier University | Waterloo, Ontario | Golden Hawks | 1960 | |
University of Guelph | Guelph, Ontario | Gryphons | 1964 | |
University of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | Varsity Blues | 1827 | |
University of Waterloo | Waterloo, Ontario | Warriors | 1959 | |
University of Western Ontario | London, Ontario | Mustangs | 1878 | |
University of Windsor | Windsor, Ontario | Lancers | 1857 | |
York University | North York, Ontario | Lions | 1959 | |
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Conference arenas
School | Hockey arena (built) | Capacity |
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Brock | Seymour-Hannah Sports & Entertainment Centre | 1,400 |
Guelph | Gryphon Centre Arena | 1,400 |
Laurentian | Countryside Sports Complex | 5,100 |
Laurier | Waterloo Recreation Complex | 3,400 |
Nipissing | North Bay Memorial Gardens (1955) | 4,262 |
Ontario Institute of Technology | UOIT Campus Ice Centre | 550 |
Queen's | Kingston Memorial Centre | 3,300 |
Ryerson | Mattamy Home Ice (1931) | 2,796 |
Toronto | Varsity Arena | 4,116 |
Waterloo | Columbia Ice Field | 1,000 |
Windsor | South Windsor Arena | 1,000 |
Western | Thompson Arena | 3,615 |
York | Canlan Ice Sports-York | 1,700 |
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Champions
Regular season champions
Year | School | Wins | Losses | Overtime Losses | Points |
2009-10[4] | Wilfrid Laurier | 26 | 0 | 1 | 53 |
2008-09[5] | Wilfrid Laurier | 26 | 1 | 0 | 52 |
2007-08[6] | Wilfrid Laurier | 23 | 2 | 2 | 48 |
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McCaw Cup championship games
- March 7, 2015: Western def. Guelph 2-0
- March 12, 2016: Guelph def. Western 5-1
- March 11, 2017: Guelph def. Nipissing 6-1
- March 10, 2018: Western def. Queen’s 3-0
- March 9, 2019: Guelph def. Toronto 4-2
- March 6, 2020: Toronto def. York 3-1
Year | School |
2009-10[7] | Wilfrid Laurier |
2007-08 | Wilfrid Laurier |
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National championship teams
School | No. of titles | Year(s) |
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Toronto Varsity Blues | 1 | 2001 |
Laurier Golden Hawks | 1 | 2005 |
Western Mustangs | 1 | 2015 |
Guelph Gryphons | 1 | 2019 |
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Regular season scoring champions
In progress
Year | Player | School | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
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2016-17[8] | Krystin Lawrence | Windsor | 24 | 23 | 9 | 32 | 20 |
2017-18[9] | Katrina Manoukarakis | Queen's | 24 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 16 |
2018–19[10] | April Clark | Western | 24 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 18 |
2019–20[11] | Taytum Clairmont | Waterloo | 23 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 30 |
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Awards and honors
All-star teams
Player | Position | School |
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Joyce Torrington | align=center | G | Laurier |
Melanie Roach | align=center | D | York |
Heather Vance | align=center | D | Toronto |
Lisa Backman | align=center | F | Laurier |
Jen Rawson | align=center | F | Toronto |
Sari Krooks | align=center | F | York |
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Player | Position | School |
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Shannon Bettles | align=center | G | Guelph |
Tanja Vlahovich | align=center | D | Guelph |
Sandy Hustler | align=center | D | Windsor |
Caroline Hall | align=center | F | Laurier |
Krista Lehrbass | align=center | F | Guelph |
Jackie Cherevaty | align=center | F | Toronto |
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Player | Position | School |
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Shelley Campbell | align=center | G | Windsor |
Melanie Roach | align=center | D | York |
Sandy Hustler | align=center | D | Windsor |
Lisa Backman | align=center | F | Laurier |
Coley Dosser | align=center | F | Guelph |
Urzula May | align=center | F | Toronto |
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Player | Position | School |
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Shannon Bettles | align=center | G | Guelph |
Heather Vance | align=center | D | Toronto |
Kim Shillington | align=center | D | Laurier |
Lori Loftus | align=center | F | Queen's |
Karent Kett | align=center | F | York |
Jennifer Krog | align=center | F | Laurier |
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Player | Position | School |
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Shelly Campbell | align=center | G | Windsor |
Stephanie Campell | align=center | D | Toronto |
Ali MacMillan | align=center | D | Toronto |
Coley Dosser | align=center | F | Guelph |
Sue Ann Van Damme | align=center | F | Toronto |
Cheryl Pounder | align=center | F | Laurier |
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Player | Position | School |
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Colette Good | align=center | G | York |
Allyson Fox | align=center | D | York |
Ingrid Gedies | align=center | D | Guelph |
Shanley White | align=center | F | York |
Jen Rawson | align=center | F | Toronto |
Tammy Kerr | align=center | F | Guelph |
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Player | Position | School |
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Debra Ferguson | align=center | G | York |
Allyson Fox | align=center | D | York |
Sarah Miller | align=center | D | Guelph |
Jayna Hefford | align=center | F | Toronto |
Sari Krooks | align=center | F | York |
| align=center | F | |
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Player | Position | School |
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Shelly Campbell | align=center | G | Windsor |
Heather Balbraith | align=center | D | York |
Cheryl Pounder | align=center | D | Laurier |
Sarah Applegarth | align=center | F | Guelph |
Lori Dupuis | align=center | F | Toronto |
Amy Turek | align=center | F | Laurier |
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Player | Position | School |
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Michelle Clayton | align=center | G | York |
Cassie Campbell | align=center | D | Guelph |
Julie Walker | align=center | D | Queen's |
Andria Hunter | align=center | F | Toronto |
Amy Turek | align=center | F | Laurier |
Katie Quinn | align=center | F | York |
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Player | Position | School |
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Jenifer Dewar | align=center | G | Guelph |
| align=center | D | Toronto |
Andria Hunter | align=center | D | Toronto |
Amy Turek | align=center | F | Laurier |
Stacey Harvey | align=center | F | Queen's |
Nathalie Rivard | align=center | F | Toronto |
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Player | Position | School |
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Michelle Clayton and Tammy Edger (tie) | align=center | G | York and Queen's |
Liz Duval | align=center | D | Guelph |
Katie Quinn | align=center | D | York |
Rebecca Reid | align=center | F | Toronto |
Cassie Campbell | align=center | F | Guelph |
Julie Walker | align=center | F | Queen's |
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Player | Position | School |
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Michelle Clayton | align=center | G | York |
Andria Hunter | align=center | D | Toronto |
Stephanie Boyd | align=center | D | Toronto |
Liz Duval | align=center | F | Guelph |
Stacey Harvey | align=center | F | Queen's |
Nathalie Rivard | align=center | F | Toronto |
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Player | Position | School |
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Jennifer Dewar | align=center | G | Guelph |
Sarah Applegarth | align=center | D | Guelph |
Lori Dupuis | align=center | D | Toronto |
Katie Quinn | align=center | F | York |
Michelle Holmes | align=center | F | Guelph |
Cassie Campbell | align=center | F | Guelph |
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Player | Position | School |
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Leslie Reddon | align=center | G | Toronto |
Stacey Harvey | align=center | D | Queen's |
Stephanie Boyd | align=center | D | Toronto |
Lori Dupuis | align=center | F | Toronto |
Marni Barrow | align=center | F | York |
Lori Taylor | align=center | F | Toronto |
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Player | Position | School |
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Stephanie Slade | align=center | G | Guelph |
Cassie Campbell | align=center | D | Guelph |
Natalie Rivard | align=center | D | Toronto |
Liz Duval | align=center | F | Guelph |
Helen Knowles | align=center | F | Guelph |
Michele Hanes | align=center | F | Guelph |
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Player | Position | School |
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Marci Hickmott | align=center | G | Guelph |
Stacey Harvey | align=center | D | Queen's |
Lori Taylor | align=center | D | Toronto |
Andria Hunter | align=center | F | Toronto |
Julie Stevens | align=center | F | Queen's |
Nancy Deschamps | align=center | F | Guelph |
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Player | Position | School |
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Leslie Reddon | align=center | G | Toronto |
Marni Barrow | align=center | D | York |
Helen Knowles | align=center | D | Guelph |
Stephanie Boyd | align=center | F | Toronto |
Vicky Sunohara | align=center | F | Toronto |
Heather White | align=center | F | Queen's |
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Player | Position | School |
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Marci Hickmott and Heather Zakary (tie) | align=center | G | Guelph and Toronto |
Kelli Chittick | align=center | D | Guelph |
Elizabeth Duvall | align=center | D | Guelph |
Laura Lloyd | align=center | F | McMaster |
Stacey Harvey | align=center | F | Queen's |
Jules Stevens | align=center | F | Queen's |
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Player | Position | School |
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Sandy Stanifort | align=center | G | McMaster |
Marni Barrow | align=center | D | Toronto |
Lori Taylor | align=center | D | Toronto |
Jenny Patterson | align=center | F | Guelph |
Jules Stevens | align=center | F | Queens |
Sue Patterson | align=center | F | Queens |
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Player | Position | School |
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Leslie Reddon | align=center | G | Toronto |
Rebecca Higgins | align=center | D | Queens |
Cindy McGarroch | align=center | D | Toronto |
Michele Campbell | align=center | F | York |
Kelly Borutski | align=center | F | McMaster |
Laurie Wise | align=center | F | Toronto |
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Player | Position | School |
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Glenda Rosen | align=center | G | McMaster |
Sue Scherer | align=center | D | Guelph |
Sophie Radecki | align=center | D | Toronto |
Carolyn Aylesworth | align=center | C | Queens |
Marjot Verlaan | align=center | RW | McMaster |
Heather Ginzel | align=center | LW | Toronto |
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Player | Position | School |
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Karen Ranson | align=center | G | Toronto |
Sue Scherer | align=center | D | Guelph |
Beth Harrison | align=center | D | McMaster |
Carolyn Aylesworth | align=center | C | Queens |
Sue Howard | align=center | RW | York |
Karen Wright | align=center | LW | Toronto |
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Player | Position | School |
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Cindy Vining | align=center | G | McMaster |
Tina Vlad | align=center | D | Guelph |
Barb Boys | align=center | D | York |
Sue Howard | align=center | C | York |
Helen Murphy | align=center | RW | Toronto |
Donna Downes | align=center | LW | McMaster |
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[12] Most Valuable player
Year | Player | School | |
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2008-09 | Andrea Bevan | Laurier |
2007-08 | Lauren Barch | Laurier |
2006-07 | Andrea Bevan | Laurier |
2005-06 | Kate Allgood | Brock |
2004-05 | | Laurier |
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Scoring leaders
Year | Player | School | Points |
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2008-09 | Tamara Bell Andrea Ironside | Guelph Laurier | |
2007-08 | Janine Davies | Toronto | |
2006-07 | Kate Allgood | Brock | |
1998-99 | Jackie Cherevaty | Toronto | 36[13] |
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[14] International
OUA players in the Olympics
Player | Position | School | Event | Result |
Lesley Reddon | Goaltender | University of Toronto | 1998 Winter Olympics | Silver |
Lori Dupuis | Forward | University of Toronto | 1998 Winter Olympics | Silver |
Lori Dupuis | Forward | University of Toronto | 2002 Winter Olympics | Gold |
Jayna Hefford | Forward | University of Toronto | 1998 Winter Olympics | Silver |
Jayna Hefford | Forward | University of Toronto | 2002 Winter Olympics | Gold |
Jayna Hefford | Forward | University of Toronto | 2006 Winter Olympics | Silver |
Jayna Hefford | Forward | University of Toronto | 2010 Winter Olympics | Gold |
Laura Schuler | Forward | University of Toronto | 1998 Winter Olympics | Silver |
Vicky Sunohara | Forward | University of Toronto | 1998 Winter Olympics | Silver |
Vicky Sunohara | Forward | University of Toronto | 2002 Winter Olympics | Gold |
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Winter Universiade
2011
2015
- Laura Brooker - Wilfrid Laurier : 2015 Winter Universiade
2017
- Katherine Bailey, Defense: Guelph : 2017 Winter Universiade
- Katelyn Gosling, Defense: Western : 2017 Winter Universiade
- Kelly Gribbons, Forward: Guelph : 2017 Winter Universiade
- Brianna Iazzolino, Defense: Western : 2017 Winter Universiade
- Valerie Lamenta, Goaltender: Guelph : 2017 Winter Universiade[17]
- Rachel Marriott, Forward: Waterloo : 2017 Winter Universiade
- Stephanie Sluys, Goaltender: Waterloo : Ice hockey at the 2017 Winter Universiade
Coaching staff
- Rachel Flanagan, Head Coach: Guelph
- Kelly Paton, Assistant Coach: Western
- Shaun Reagan, Assistant Coach: Waterloo
2019
Notes and References
- Web site: OUA.ca: History . 2010-04-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706192821/http://oua.ca/sports/hockey/whockey/history/ . 2011-07-06 .
- Web site: Communications & Public Affairs.
- News: Gaels, Gryphons women set hockey record. Mary Ormsby . 3 March 2011. Toronto Star. 17 July 2011.
- Web site: Ontario University Athletics.
- Web site: Ontario University Athletics.
- Web site: Ontario University Athletics.
- Web site: Ontario University Athletics.
- News: 2016-2017 Women's Ice Hockey Overall Statistics. oua.ca. 2021-05-19. en.
- News: 2017-2018 Women's Ice Hockey Overall Statistics. oua.ca. 2021-05-19. en.
- News: 2018-2019 Women's Ice Hockey Overall Statistics. oua.ca. 2021-05-06. en.
- News: 2019-2020 Women's Ice Hockey Overall Statistics. oua.ca. 2021-05-06. en.
- Web site: Archived copy . 2011-07-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713063527/http://oua.ca.ismmedia.com/ISM2//Archives/W%20Hockey/All-Stars.pdf . 2011-07-13 .
- Web site: OUA 1998/99 All-Stars.
- Web site: Archived copy . 2010-06-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120223211854/http://oua.ca/sports/hockey/whockey/awards/ . 2012-02-23 .
- Web site: 2011 Winter Universiade: Martlet duo scores as Canada strikes gold in Turkey. McGill University. 17 July 2011.
- News: 2015 Winter Universiade: CIS announces Canadian women's hockey roster. universitysport.prestosports.com. 2014-10-24. 2021-05-06. en.
- News: 2017 Winter Universiade: Canadian women's hockey team announced. canadawest.org . 2016-10-07. 2021-05-20. en.
- News: Canadian men's and women's hockey teams announced for 2019 FISU Winter Universiade. usports.ca. 2019-02-22. 2021-04-30. en.