Men's Hockey

Men’s Hockey, along with Men’s Basketball, served as an inaugural CCAA National Championship in 1975. In the early going there were six participating conferences: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia.

The initial format included regional playdowns to determine the ‘final four’ competitors that would attend the CCAA Championship. This configuration served as quarter-final match-ups between neighbouring conferences Alberta/Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia/Quebec and Manitoba/ Ontario. The winner from each of these contests would advance to a semi-final with a Championship host being the fourth team.

The sport faced many challenges throughout the 1980s and at the 1989 AGM it was decided that hockey would be dropped as a CCAA Championship following the upcoming season. Cost was a predominant factor, however, there were also now only three conferences participating - Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan.

Hockey was revived at the 1995 AGM, where it was declared a Level 2 CCAA Championship. The ACAC and OCAA were the only conferences competing but both felt that they could sustain their programs and it would be possible for hockey to make a comeback across the country. Under this format, hockey lasted for six years with the final championship being played in 2001.

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