1996-97 OUAA Season

'''This is the 1996-97 Ontario Universities Athletics Association season. The following season it changed its name to Ontario University Athletics (OUA).'''

1995-96 OUAA Season :  1997-98 OUA Season 1996-97 AUAA Season :  1996-97 CWUAA Season 1997 University Cup

Standings
Team                        GP    W    L    T   GF    GA     P  Far East UQTR Patriotes              26    21   3    2   156   66     44 McGill Redmen               26    14   10   2   127   93     30 Ottawa Gee-Gees             26    13   12   1   91    100    27 Concordia Stingers          26    11   13   2   104   130    24

Mid East Guelph Gryphons             26    21   4    1   133   63     43 Toronto Varsity Blues       26    14   10   2   123   102    30 Queen's Golden Gaels        26    4    18   4   71    151    12 RMC Paladins                26    2    21   3   75    156    7

Mid West York Yeomen                 26    14   9    3   116   96     31 Laurentian Voyageurs        26    14   12   0   116   92     28 Brock Badgers               26    8    16   2   105   133    18 Ryerson Rams                26    3    21   2   62    153    8

Far West Waterloo Warriors           26    18   8    0   115   77     36 Windsor Lancers             26    15   8    3   134   101    33 Western Ontario Mustangs    26    15   11   0   115   89     30 Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks 26   6    17   3   63    104    15

First Round
Sudden death


 * McGill 7 Ottawa 2
 * Toronto 7 Queens 3
 * Laurentian 4 Brock 2
 * Western 6 Windsor 2

Byes: UQTR, Guelph, York, Waterloo.

Quarter-Finals
Best of 3


 * UQTR beat McGill 2 wins to 1 (3-4, 4-1, 7-6)
 * Guelph beat Toronto 2 wins to none (7-2, 4-3)
 * York beat Laurentian 2 wins to none (4-2, 9-5)
 * Western Ontario beat Waterloo 2 wins to none (6-2, 5-3)

Semi-Finals
Sudden death


 * Guelph 3 UQTR 1
 * York 5 Western Ontario 4

Queen's Cup Final
Sudden death


 * Guelph 3 York 0

Guelph Gryphons (as conference champion) and York Yeomen (claiming QSSF berth) advanced to the 1997 University Cup playoffs.