Mount Royal Cougars

"Cougars" is the name of the sports teams of Mount Royal University, located in Calgary, Alberta. It was formerly known as "Mount Royal Junior College" (MRJC) then "Mount Royal College" (MRC) until 2009. Their home arena is the Flames Community Arenas. They are members of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA) and U Sports (formerly known as CIS).

Overview[]

History[]

MRU have played in University, College, Junior A, and Junior B leagues. They were in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) from 1964-65 through 2011-12 seasons (but for 1969-70 through 1971-72 and 1980-81 through 1981-82) before moving up to the CWUAA in the 2012-13 season.

Official Team Site

Junior Seasons[]

The MRJC Cougars first played in the Calgary Junior B Hockey League (CJBHL), for which there are not many records available. We do know that they won the 1953-54 Alberta Junior B Playoffs, 3 games to 1 over the Drumheller Miners in the final. They then lost the 1954 Alberta-British Columbia Junior B Championship 2 games to 0 to the Trail Smoke Eaters.

It would appear that the Cougars' final season in Junior B was 1956-57. They won the league, however the first place team went on to the provincials that year.

After being in the college ranks for a few years, they returned to junior to play in the Junior A level Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) for two seasons in 1970-71 and 1971-72. They finished first in 1972 but were ineligible for the playoffs.

College Seasons[]

In between the stints in junior, the Western Inter-College Conference (WICC) was formed in 1964-65, and changed its name to the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) in 1969. While in the ACAC the Cougars won two championships as "Mount Royal Junior College", nine as "Mount Royal College", and one as "Mount Royal University". They also claimed four national titles in the CCAA in those years.

University Seasons[]

In 2012-13 the Cougars moved up to play in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA), in the CIS. They made their playoff debut in 2013-14, finishing 5th and losing to the 4th place Manitoba Bisons 2 games to 1. The future additions to the Year-by-Year Results Table will therefore be for the Cougars' results at the university level.

Year-by-Year Results Table[]

Junior Seasons[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Placing
1954 Alta Jr B	4	3	1	0	12	13	6	champions
1954 Alta-BC	2	0	2	0	17	5	4	lost series
1955 Alta Jr B	1	1	0	0	16	0	2	champions
1956	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	missing
1957 Calg Jr B	34	16	13	5	152	112	40	4th
1957 Playoffs	7	5	2	0	42	35	10	champions
1958 to 1967	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	missing

Note: In some following seasons Mount Royal combined college, intermediate, and junior seasons.

College Seasons[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Placing
1968 ACAC	12	8	4	0	74	43	16	2nd
1969 ACAC	19	17	2	0	152	53	34	1st
1970 Highwood	20	14	5	1	-	-	.725	1st¶
1971 AJHL	50	25	18	7	243	227	57	3rd
1971 Playoffs	5	1	4	-	-	-	2	semi-finals
1972 AJHL	48	35	13	0	250	151	70	1st§
1972 Alta	1	1	0	0	?	?	2	advanced
1972 4 West	2	2	0	0	15	6	4	champions
1973 ACAC	24	21	3	0	152	56	42	1st
1973 playoffs	4	4	0	0	31	6	8	champions
1973 4 West	2	2	0	0	11	8	4	champions
1974 ACAC	24	18	6	0	?	?	36	2nd
1974 playoffs	4	4	0	0	25	14	8	champions
1974 4 West	2	2	0	0	9	5	4	champions
1975 ACAC	24	19	4	1	?	?	39	3rd
1975 playoffs	2	0	2	0	3	10	0	semi-final
1976 ACAC	25	16	9	0	165	107	32	3rd
1976 playoffs	2	0	2	0	3	9	0	semi-final
1977 ACAC	24	18	5	1	141	94	37	2nd
1977 playoffs	5	3	2	0	27	19	6	finalist
1978 ACAC	24	6	17	1	106	152	13	5th
1979 ACAC	24	0	24	0	64	264	0	5th
1980 ACAC	24	0	24	0	62	224	0	5th
1981 ACAC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	withdrew
1982 ACAC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	withdrew
1983 ACAC	24	0	24	0	72	256	0	5th
1984 ACAC	25	12	13	0	130	146	24	4th
1984 playoffs	2	0	2	0	6	17	0	semi-final
1985 ACAC	25	6	19	0	123	165	12	5th
1986 ACAC	25	17	8	0	190	135	34	2nd
1986 playoffs	5	2	3	0	22	30	4	finalist
1987 ACAC	25	12	11	2	146	143	26	4th
1987 playoffs	3	1	2	0	12	16	2	semi-final
1988 ACAC	24	14	8	2	128	99	30	2nd
1988 playoffs	6	5	1	0	35	23	10	champions
1988 CCAA	4	4	0	0	33	22	8	gold
1989 ACAC	24	10	11	3	122	132	22	3rd
1989 playoffs	2	0	2	0	3	16	0	semi-finals
1990 ACAC	24	12	11	1	116	110	25	2nd
1990 playoffs	2	0	2	0	5	10	0	semi-finals
1991 ACAC	25	16	9	0	174	110	32	3rd
1991 playoffs	2	0	2	0	3	16	0	semi-finals
1992 ACAC	25	13	11	1	166	126	27	4th
1992 playoffs	3	0	3	0	5	27	0	semi-finals
1993 ACAC	24	18	5	1	168	87	37	1st
1993 playoffs	6	6	0	0	36	17	12	champions
1994 ACAC	22	17	5	0	104	72	34	1st
1994 playoffs	8	5	3	0	39	24	10	finalist
1995 ACAC	25	17	6	2	172	93	36	1st
1995 playoffs	5	4	1	0	34	21	8	champions
1996 ACAC	22	17	5	0	125	89	34	1st
1996 Playoffs	10	5	5	0	-	-	10	finalist
1997 ACAC	22	16	6	0	134	72	32	1st
1997 Playoffs	4	1	3	0	-	-	2	semi-finals
1998 ACAC	24	19	3	2	145	65	40	1st
1998 Playoffs	2	2	0	0	11	6	4	champions
1998 CCAA	2	2	0	0	13	4	4	gold
1999 ACAC	28	18	10	0	135	71	36	3rd
1999 Playoffs	10	7	3	0	48	31	14	champions
1999 CCAA	3	3	0	0	24	6	6	gold
Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts	Placing
2000 ACAC	28	21	7	0	187	96	42	2nd
2000 Playoffs	2	0	1	1	5	8	1	semi-finals
2001 ACAC	28	22	5	1	158	73	45	1st
2001 Playoffs	5	5	0	0	23	14	10	champions
2001 CCAA	3	3	0	0	42	3	6	gold
2002 ACAC	28	14	8	6	139	111	34	4th
2002 Playoffs	3	1	2	0	9	13	2	qter-finals
2003 ACAC	28	14	9	5	178	125	33	5th
2003 Playoffs	2	0	2	0	4	9	0	qter-finals
2004 ACAC	28	10	14	4	95	110	24	6th
2004 Playoffs	6	2	4	0	15	26	4	semi-finals
2005 ACAC	24	14	8	2	122	80	30	4th
2005 Playoffs	8	4	4	0	27	33	8	semi-finals
2006 ACAC	24	13	9	2	91	94	28	2nd
2006 Playoffs	10	6	2	2	40	32	14	champions
2007 ACAC	24	17	6	1	142	81	35	2nd
2007 Playoffs	4	1	3	0	8	14	2	semi-finals
2008 ACAC	24	13	8	3	102	78	29	4th
2008 Playoffs	5	2	3	0	10	13	4	semi-finals
2009 ACAC	28	20	8	0	85	40	40	3rd
2009 Playoffs	12	7	4	1	47	37	15	finalist
2010 ACAC	28	21	6	2	137	71	44	2nd
2010 Playoffs	3	0	3	0	5	10	0	semi-finals
2011 ACAC	28	19	6	3	101	53	41	2nd
2011 Playoffs	9	6	3	0	28	23	12	champions
2012 ACAC	28	22	2	4	126	64	48	1st
2012 Playoffs	5	2	3	0	13	14	4	semi-finals

¶ In 1970 Mount Royal played intermediate hockey. Mount Royal's standing was based on percentage rather than points.

§ In 1972 Mount Royal did not play in the AJHL playoffs but did play in Alberta college playoffs. They beat NAIT in order to represent Alberta in the 4 West Championship.

University Seasons[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts	Placing
2013 CWUAA	28	7	19	2	72	114	16	7th
2014 CWUAA	28	11	14	3	80	111	25	5th
2014 Playoffs	3	1	2	0	5	8	2	qter-finals
2015 CWUAA	28	17	10	1	84	75	35	3rd
2015 Playoffs	6	3	3	0	18	16	6	semi-finals
2016 CWUAA	28	17	8	3	100	73	37	3rd
2016 Playoffs	4	2	2	0	14	16	4	semi-finals
2017 CWUAA	28	15	11	2	99	80	32	4th
2017 Playoffs	5	2	3	-	20	12	4	semi-finals
2018 CWUAA	28	12	14	2	80	94	26	6th
2018 Playoffs	4	2	2	-	12	15	4	semi-finals
2019 CWUAA	28	12	11	5	87	76	31	5th
2019 Playoffs	4	2	2	-	11	15	4	semi-finals
2020 CWUAA	28	18	8	2	108	86	38	4th
2020 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	11	12	1	qter-finals
2021 CWUAA	season cancelled due to covid-19							-
2022 CWUAA	20	13	6	1	92	63	27	3rd
2022 playoffs	5	3	2	-	11	14	6	semi-finals
2023 CWUAA	28	19	5	4	119	65	42	4th
2023 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	9	8	2	quarter-finals
2024 CWUAA	28	21	6	1	108	68	43	3rd
2024 playoffs	4	2	2	-	15	13	4	semi-finals