2020-21 OUA Women's Season

This is the 2020-21 Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey season.

Delay and Possible Cancellation of 2020-21 season[]

On June 8, 2020 U Sports^[1] along with Atlantic University Sport^[2], Canada West Universities Athletic Association^[3], and Ontario University Athletics^[4] all announced that the fall semester athletic competitions were cancelled indicating that ice hockey and other winter sports will not start until January of 2021 and that the situation will be reviewed in a timely manner. Canada West's release set a deadline of October 8th for a decision whether to begin play in January.

On October 12th U Sports announced the cancellation of all winter sports championships for the 2020-21 playing season including men's and women's ice hockey.^[5] As part of the announcement decisions were left to the conferences. Ontario University Athletics announced on October 15th that they were cancelling all OUA-sanctioned sport programming and championships up to March 31, 2021.^[6]

Teams[]

Team	Centre	Arena
Brock Badgers	St. Catharines, Ontario	Seymour-Hannah Sports & Entertainment Centre
Guelph Gryphons	Guelph, Ontario	Gryphon Centre Arena
Laurentian Voyageurs	Sudbury, Ontario	Countryside Arena
Laurier Golden Hawks	Waterloo, Ontario	Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex
Nipissing Lakers	North Bay, Ontario	North Bay Memorial Gardens
Queen's Golden Gaels	Kingston, Ontario	Kingston Memorial Centre
Ryerson Rams	Toronto, Ontario	Mattamy Home Ice
Toronto Varsity Blues	Toronto, Ontario	Varsity Arena
UOIT Ridgebacks	Oshawa, Ontario	Campus Ice Centre
Waterloo Warriors	Waterloo, Ontario	Columbia Ice Field Arena
Western Ontario Mustangs	London, Ontario	Thompson Arena
Windsor Lancers	Windsor, Ontario	South Windsor Arena
York Lions	Toronto, Ontario	Canlan Ice Sports York

References[]

[1] ttps://usports.ca/en/news/2020/06/4079288233/u-sports-cancels-2020-fall-championships-due-to-covid-19

[2] ttps://www.atlanticuniversitysport.com/genrel/AUS_COVID-19_impacts_update_June_2020

[3] ttps://canadawest.org/news/2020/6/8/cross-country-canada-west-cancels-2020-21-first-term-team-competitions.aspx

[4] ttps://oua.ca/general/2019-20/releases/x-9gciq

[5] ttps://usports.ca/en/news/2020/06/4079288233/u-sports-cancels-2020-fall-championships-due-to-covid-19

[6] ttps://oua.ca/news/2020/10/15/general-oua-announces-cancellation-of-sanctioned-sport-programming-up-to-march-31-2021.aspx

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Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey
West Division	Brock Badgers - Guelph Gryphons - Laurier Golden Hawks - Waterloo Warriors - Western Ontario Mustangs - Windsor Lancers
East Division	Carleton Ravens - Nipissing Lakers - Ontario Tech Ridgebacks - Ottawa Gee-Gees - Queen's Golden Gaels - Toronto Lady Blues - TMU Bold - York Lions
Former Teams	McMaster Marauders (disbanded around 1989) - Laurentian Voyageurs (2013-2021)
List of OUA Women's Seasons	1997-98 - 1998-99 - 1999-00 - 2000-01 - 2001-02 - 2002-03 - 2003-04 - 2004-05 - 2005-06 - 2006-07 - 2007-08 - 2008-09 - 2009-10 - 2010-11 - 2011-12 - 2012-13 - 2013-14 - 2014-15 - 2015-16 - 2016-17 - 2017-18 - 2018-19 - 2019-20 - 2020-21 - 2021-22 - 2022-23 - 2023-24 - 2024-25
Ancestor Leagues	Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Union (1921-1935, 1948-1951, 1960-1971) - Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletics Association (1971-1997)
Other Women's Canadian University/College Leagues	U Sports: Atlantic University Sport Women's - Canada West Universities Athletic Association Women's - Ligue de Hockey Universitaire Féminin Canadian Colleges Athletic Association: Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference Women's - Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec
U Sports - U Sport women's ice hockey championship