Changes: Canada West Universities Athletic Association

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The Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA) is a conference in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS). The CWUAA men's hockey league is an 8-team top tier scholastic league operating in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. The CWUAA wins more CIS titles than any other conference. The CWUAA has 18 men's hockey titles to 2015. The other current conferences in the CIS are Ontario University Athletics (OUA) and Atlantic University Sport (AUS).

Previous Conferences

1919-20 through 1961-62: Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (WCIAU)
1961-62 through 1971-72: Western Intercollegiate Athletic Association (WIAA)
1972-73 through 1984-85: Split in two: Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA) & Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC)
1985-86 to present: Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA)

Participating Universities Chart

Click team name to go to team page.

Logo	Current	External	Years
	Saskatchewan Huskies	Official Site	1919-now
	Alberta Golden Bears	Official Site	1919-1920 1927-now
	Manitoba Bisons	Official SIte	1920-24 1940 1947 1957-61 1963-now
	UBC Thunderbirds	Official Site	1962-1964 1967-now
File:Calgary-50x50-head.gif	Calgary Dinosaurs	Official Site	1965-now
	Regina Cougars	Official Site	1977-now
	Lethbridge Pronghorns	Official Site	1985-now
File:Mount-Royal-head-50x50.jpg	Mount Royal Cougars	Official Site	2013-now
Logo	Former	External	Years
	Brandon Bobcats	Official Site	1955 1957-1958 1970-2002
File:Winnipeg-wesmen-50x50.jpg	Winnipeg Wesmen	Official Site	1969-1984
	Victoria Vikings	Official Site	1970-1973
File:Lakehead-Norwesters-condensed-50x50.jpg	Lakehead Norwesters	Official Site	1973-1985

* includes WCIAU, WIAA, GPAC, and CWUAA seasons

Table of Seasons and Champions

Click on year to visit page for that season.

Click on team to visit team page.

Click on 1st column of U-Cup notes to visit U-Cup page for that season.

Until 1950 the champion was awarded the Halpenny Trophy. From 1951 onwards the champion was awarded the Hardy Trophy.

Table of WCIAU Champions

Year	Champion	Notes
1913	Alberta
1919	Saskatchewan	ex v Alta
1920	Manitoba	1st official season
1921	Saskatchewan	not on CW pdf
1922	Manitoba	not on CW pdf
1923	Saskatchewan	not on CW pdf
1924	Manitoba	not on CW pdf
1925	no season	exhibition game
1926	no season	-
1927	Saskatchewan	-
1928	Saskatchewan	-
1929	Alberta	1927 on CW pdf
1930	Saskatchewan	not on CW pdf
1931	no results	-
1932	no results	-
1933	no results	-
1934	Alberta	not on CW pdf
1935	no results	-
1936	Alberta	-
1937	Alberta	-
1938	Alberta	-
1939	Alberta	-
1940	Alberta	-
1941-5	War
1946	Alberta	-
1947	Alberta	-
1948	Alberta	-
1949	Alberta	-
1950	Alberta	-
1951	Alberta	-
1952	Saskatchewan	-
1953	Saskatchewan	-
1954	Alberta	-
1955	Alberta	-
1956	Alberta	-
1957	Alberta	-
1958	Alberta	-
1959	Saskatchewan	-
1960	Alberta	-
1961	Alberta	-
1962	Alberta	-

Note:

There was no University Cup in the foregoing seasons. In the pre-WW2 years, university teams competed for the Allan Cup. In 1923, Saskatchewan won the Western Allan Cup title then lost the national final. In 1928, Manitoba won the Allan Cup (as provincial champion), followed by the 1931 world championship.

Table of WIAA Champions

Year	Champion	U-Cup Notes	Other Qualifiers
1963	UBC	1-1 lost final	none
1964	Alberta	2-0 won cup	none
1965	Manitoba	2-0 won cup	none
1966	Alberta	1-1 lost final	none
1967	Saskatchewan	0-2 lost bronze	none
1968	Alberta	3-0 won cup	none
1969	Alberta	2-1 bronze	none
1970	Alberta	0-2 5th place	none
1971	Alberta	1-2 lost bronze	none
1972	Alberta	1-1 bronze	none

Note:

In each of the foregoing seasons only the conference champion qualified for the University Cup. There were no wild-card nor host berths awarded.

Table of GPAC Champions

Year	Champion	U-Cup Notes	Other Qualifiers	U-Cup Notes
1973	Lakehead	0-2 lost quarter	none
1974	Brandon	0-2 lost quarter	none
1975	Brandon	0-2 lost quarter	none
1976	Manitoba	0-1 regional	Brandon (2nd)	0-1 regional
1977	Manitoba	0-2 lost quarter	none
1978	Regina	0-2 3rd in pool	none
1979	Regina	0-2 3rd in pool	none
1980	Regina	2-1 lost final	none
1981	Brandon	0-2 3rd in pool	none
1982	Regina	0-2 3rd in pool	Brandon (wc)	0-2 3rd in pool
1983	Brandon	0-2 3rd in pool	none
1984	Manitoba	0-2 lost quarter	none
1985	Manitoba	1-2 lost quarter	none

Table of CWUAA Champions

Pre-GPAC Merger

Year	Champion	U-Cup Notes	Other Qualifiers	U-Cup Notes
1973	Alberta	2-2 lost semi	none
1974	Calgary	2-2 lost semi	none
1975	Alberta	6-1 won cup	none
1976	Calgary	3-1 lost semi	Alberta (2nd)	1-1 regional
1977	Alberta	2-1 lost final	UBC (sub)	1-1 lost semi
1978	Alberta	3-0 won cup	none
1979	Alberta	3-0 won cup	none
1980	Calgary	1-1 2nd in pool	Alberta (sub Regina)	3-0 won cup
1981	Saskatchewan	2-1 lost final	Calgary (host)	1-1 2nd in pool
1982	Saskatchewan	2-1 lost final	none
1983	Saskatchewan	3-0 won cup	none
1984	Alberta	2-1-1 lost semi	none
1985	Alberta	3-2-1 lost final	none

Post-GPAC Merger

Year	Champion	U-Cup Notes	Other Qualifiers	U-Cup Notes
1986	Calgary	0-2 lost quarter	Alberta (host)	2-0 won cup
1987	Saskatchewan	2-1 lost final	Alberta (host)	1-1 2nd in pool
1988	Calgary	0-1 lost semi	none
1989	Alberta	0-1 lost semi	none
1990	Calgary	0-1 lost semi	none
1991	Alberta	1-1 lost final	none
1992	Alberta	2-0 won cup	none
1993	Alberta	0-1 lost semi	none
1994	Lethbridge	2-0 won cup	none
1995	Calgary	0-1 lost semi	none
1996	Calgary	0-1 lost semi	none
1997	Alberta	0-1 lost semi	none
1998	Saskatchewan	0-2 3rd in pool	Alberta (sub)	1-1 2nd in pool
1999	Saskatchewan	1-1 2nd in pool	Alberta (sub)	3-0 won cup
2000	Saskatchewan	1-1 2nd in pool	Alberta (sub)	3-0 won cup
2000			Calgary (wc)	0-2 3rd in pool
2001	Alberta	0-2 3rd in pool	none
2002	Alberta	1-1 2nd in pool	Saskatchewan (wc)	0-2 3rd in pool
2003	Alberta	1-1 2nd in pool	none
2004	Alberta	1-1 2nd in pool	none
2005	Alberta	3-0 won cup	Saskatchewan (sub)	2-1 lost final
2005			Manitoba (wc)	1-1 2nd in pool
2006	Alberta	3-0 won cup	Saskatchewan (sub)	1-1 2nd in pool
2007	Saskatchewan	0-2 3rd in pool	none
2008	Alberta	2-1 won cup	Saskatchewan (wc)	1-1 2nd in pool
2009	Alberta	1-1 2nd in pool	none
2010	Alberta	2-1 lost final	Manitoba (wc)	1-1 2nd in pool
2011	Alberta	0-2 3rd in pool	Calgary (wc)	0-2 3rd in pool
2012	Saskatchewan	1-1 3rd in pool	none
2013	Alberta	1-1 2nd in pool	Saskatchewan (host)	0-2 3rd in pool
2014	Alberta	3-0 won cup	Saskatchewan (host)	2-1 lost final
2015	Alberta	3-0 won cup	Calgary (2nd)	0-1 lost quarter
2016	?	?	? (2nd)	?

NOTES:

(wc) indicates team qualified as national rotating wild-card team
(host) indicates team qualified as University Cup hosts
(sub) indicates team qualified as sub for University Cup hosts and CWUAA champion
(2nd) indicates team qualified as 2nd place team
from 1987 onwards there were no preliminary series nor qualifying tournaments played for University Cup qualification
from 2015 onwards the 2nd place team qualifies in the 8 team University Cup format
the conference had 3 reps in the 2000 and 2005 University Cups

All-Star Games

Dec. 6, 1963 at Vancouver: Olympic Team 7 Canada West College All Stars 1

Dec. 7, 1963 at Coquitlam: Olympic Team 5 Canada West College All Stars 2

Team Canada Juniors

When Team Canada prepares for the world juniors they usually play a local university team. In the west, during exam season for many players, that often entails putting together two or more teams. So these are not true "all-star" games but do involve an all-star-like blending of players from different teams. The CW teams usually also use Team Canada goaltenders because they usually have 4 goalies competing for spots.

Dec. 14, 2004 at Winnipeg: Manitoba Bisons 4, Team Canada 2
Dec. 15, 2004 at Winnipeg: Team Canada 6, Manitoba Bisons 3
Dec, 15, 2006 at Calgary: Calgary/Lethbridge 5, Team Canada 4 Story/Stats
Dec. 15, 2009 at Saskatoon: Sask./Regina 4, Team Canada 2 Faceoff Story
Dec. 17, 2011 at Calgary: Team Canada 7, Calgary/Lethbridge 4 UC Story
Dec. 12, 2012 at Edmonton: Alberta Golden Bears 4, Team Canada 1 TSN Story Sportsnet Story
Dec. 13, 2012 at Calgary: Team Canada 2, Calgary/Lethbridge/MRU 0 TSN Story Sportsnet Story UC Story

Cal-Leth-v-Canada-2011-12-13 — 2011 Canada Juniors v Calgary/Lethbridge

Also see

National links:

Western links:

Canada West Universities Athletic Association
Great Plains Athletic Conference
List of CWUAA Seasons
List of GPAC Seasons
List of WIAA Seasons
List of WCIAU Seasons

Atlantic links:

Ontario-Quebec links:

Ontario University Athletics
RSEQ (formerly Quebec Student Sports Federation)
Quebec-Ontario Athletic Association
Ontario Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Ottawa St Lawrence Conference
List of OUA Seasons
List of OUAA Seasons
List of QUAA Seasons
List of OSLC Seasons
List of QOAA Seasons
List of OIAA Seasons
List of CIAU Central Seasons
List of Intermediate Intercollegiate Seasons (1902-03 to 1938-39)
Ontario-Quebec Intermediate Intercollegiate series (1902-03 to 1934-35)
Senior Intercollegiate League (1945-46)
International Intercollegiate League (from 1936-37 to 1939-40)
West Point Weekend

College links:

External Links

Logos

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