Queen's Golden Gaels

"Golden Gaels" is the name of the sports teams of Queen's University, located in Kingston, Ontario. (They are now more commonly referred to as the "Gaels".) They are members of Ontario University Athletics (OUA) and U Sports (formerly known as CIS). They were one of the first universities to have a hockey team.

History[]

In 1886, Queen's challenged the Royal Military College of Canada to a game played on the frozen Kingston Harbour, the two schools play annually for the Carr-Harris Cup, to continue the world's oldest hockey rivalry. Queen's hockey is one of the oldest hockey clubs in the world; only McGill University's team, started in 1875, is older among Canadian university teams. Queen's played its first season in 1883-84, with the first game for which records exist played against a team from Petawawa.

In the 1890s, Queen's played in the Ontario Hockey Association, winning its championship three times consecutively, taking the Cosby Cup into its permanent possession. As Ontario champion, Queen's was a regular in Stanley Cup Challenge Games by challenging in 1895, 1899 and 1906.

Queen's donated the Queen's Cup for annual CIAU competition in 1903. The Gaels won the CIAU title in 1904 and 1906. In 1909, Queen's won the CIAU and then won the Allan Cup national senior championship by defeating the Ottawa Cliffsides in a challenge. The 1910 team won the Allan Cup for a second time (briefly) by winning the CIAU title and a challenge before losing the Cup in a second challenge to Toronto St. Michael's.

In 1926, Queen's, RMC, and the Kingston Frontenacs combined to win the Eastern Canadian junior championship, but lost the Memorial Cup final series to the Calgary Canadians.

The varsity teams play at the Kingston Memorial Centre following the demolition of the Jock Harty Arena, while the new arena (part of the Queen's Centre project) is being constructed.

SOURCE: Wikipedia
Team Site

Senior & University Seasons[]

Senior Seasons: 1890-91 to 1901-02[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	F	A	Pts	Placing
1891 OHA Sr	3	2	1	0	7	4	4	semi-finals
1891 Ottawa	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	exhibition
1892 OHA Sr	3	2	1	0	20	7	4	quarter-finals
1892 Ottawa	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	challenge
1893 OHA Sr	4	3	1	0	35	12	6	finalist
1894 OHA Sr	3	1	2	0	?	?	2	finalist
1895 playoffs	2	2	0	0	36	8	4	champions
1895 Stanley	1	0	1	0	1	5	0	challenge
1896 OHA Sr	2	2	0	0	18	6	4	champions
1897 OHA Sr	3	2	0	1	18	11	5	champions
1898 OHA Sr	5	4	1	0	42	17	8	finalist
1899 OHA Sr	6	6	0	0	59	20	12	champions
1899 Stanley	1	0	1	0	2	6	0	challenge
1900 OHA Sr	6	5	1	0	39	17	10	finalist
1901 OHA Sr	5	3	2	0	30	22	6	finalist
1902 OHA Sr	2	0	2	0	6	8	0	group final

Notes:

OHA Sr denotes the Ontario_Hockey_Association senior competition.
AHAC denotes Amateur Hockey Association of Canada.
Ottawa denotes the Ottawa HC.
In 1895 Queen's won the Kingston Group and those results are not available on Wikia. They won the OHA title and were awarded a Stanley Cup challenge in the challenge cup era.

CIAU/QOAA Seasons: 1902-03 to 1970-71[]

CIAU/Senior Seasons: 1902-03 to 1918-19[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	F	A	Pts	Placing
1903 CIAU	4	2	2	0	20	9	4	2nd
1904 CIAU	4	3	1	0	21	10	6	1st/champs
1905 CIAU	4	2	2	0	24	21	4	2nd
1906 CIAU	4	3	1	0	40	16	6	1st/champs
1906 Stanley	2	0	2	0	14	28	0	Cup challenge
1907 CIAU	4	1	3	0	16	23	2	3rd
1908 CIAU	6	3	3	0	57	40	6	2nd
1909 CIAU	6	5	1	0	59	24	10	1st/champs
1909 Allen	1	1	0	0	5	4	2	Cup challenge
1910 CIAU	6	4	2	0	52	41	8	T/1st
1910 playoff	1	0	1	-	8	2	2	champion
1910 Allen	1	0	1	-	4	5	0	1st challenge
1911 CIAU	4	2	2	0	17	19	4	pool 2nd
1912 CIAU	4	0	4	0	26	40	0	pool 3rd
1913 CIAU	4	1	3	0	13	19	2	3rd
1914 CIAU	4	3	1	0	16	14	6	1st/champs
1915 CIAU	4	1	3	0	20	23	2	2nd
1916 OHA Sr	3	1	2	0	16	22	2	pool 2nd
1917 OHA Sr	7	0	7	0	17	29	0	pool 4th
1918 OHA Sr	5	1	4	0	22	56	2	pool 3rd
1919 CIAU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	cancelled

Notes:

CIAU denotes Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union.
The 1906 Stanley Cup tournament was in the former challenge format. Queen's lost the first challenge to the Ottawa Silver Seven.
The 1908-09 Allan Cup championship was in the former challenge format.
The 1909-10 CIAU Season ended in a 3-way tie, won by Queen's University in a playoff over McGill University, which was the first challenge for the 1909-10 Allan Cup.
The CIAU was on hiatus during World War I.

CIAU/Senior Seasons: 1919-20 to 1939-40[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	F	A	Pts	Placing
1920 CIAU	4	0	4	0	7	16	0	3rd
1921 CIAU	4	0	4	0	14	38	0	3rd
1922 CIAU	4	0	4	0	16	29	0	3rd
1923 CIAU	6	3	3	0	19	17	6	2nd
1924 CIAU	6	3	3	0	17	21	6	2nd
1925 CIAU	6	3	3	0	14	16	6	2nd
1926 CIAU	6	2	4	0	14	29	4	3rd
1927 CIAU	6	0	6	0	16	25	0	4th
1928 CIAU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	withdrew
1929 OHA Sr	11	6	5	0	28	26	12	2nd
1929 playoffs	2	0	2	0	5	9	0	finalist
1930 OHA Sr	12	6	5	1	28	35	13	3rd
1931 to 1934	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	withdrew
1935 CIAU	4	1	3	0	11	19	2	3rd
1936 CIAU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	withdrew
1937 CIAU	6	1	5	0	15	33	2	4th ø
1937 IIL	10	4	6	0	35	40	8	5th
1938 CIAU	6	4	2	0	26	26	8	2nd ø
1938 IIL	10	8	2	0	47	33	16	2nd
1939 CIAU	6	4	2	0	29	19	8	2nd ø
1939 IIL	10	7	3	0	49	28	14	3rd
1940 CIAU	4	0	4	0	6	17	0	3rd ø
1940 IIL	8	4	4	0	45	29	8	5th

Notes:

IIL denotes the International Intercollegiate League.
ø denotes that CIAU games were included in the standings of the IIL.
Queen's senior team was on hiatus from all leagues in 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1945 due to World War II.

CIAU/QOAA: 1945-46 to 1970-71[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	F	A	Pts	Placing
1946 CIAU	6	0	6	0	10	59	0	4th
1947 CIAU	9	1	8	0	19	52	2	4th
1948 CIAU	12	3	9	0	46	86	6	3rd
1949 CIAU	12	0	12	0	51	88	0	4th
1950 CIAU	12	1	11	0	42	89	2	4th
1951 OHA Sr	34	5	29	0	?	?	10	5th
1951 to 1959	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	withdrew
1960 QOAA	8	4	4	0	40	38	16	3rd
1961 QOAA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	withdrew
1962 QOAA	10	4	3	3	40	37	11	W 2nd
1963 QOAA	12	3	8	1	?	?	7	W 4th
1964 QOAA	12	3	7	2	56	79	8	6th
1965 QOAA	16	8	6	2	86	78	18	4th
1965 playoffs	2	1	1	-	9	8	2	finalist
1966 QOAA	16	6	10	0	69	86	12	6th
1967 QOAA	16	8	5	3	69	66	19	4th
1967 playoffs	1	0	1	-	1	10	0	semi-finals
1968 QOAA	16	3	13	0	38	87	6	8th
1969 QOAA	15	5	10	0	61	97	10	E 5th
1970 QOAA	14	1	12	1	36	98	3	E 6th
1971 QOAA	15	7	4	4	102	73	18	E 2nd
1971 playoffs	2	1	1	-	12	9	2	finalist

Notes:

QOAA denotes the Quebec-Ontario Athletic Association.
In 1961-62 and 1962-63 the QOAA played a two division format: East and West.
In 1968-69 the QOAA returned to the two division format and kept it until the conference ended.

OUAA/OUA: 1971-72 to present[]

OUAA/OUA years with ties 1971-72 to 2002-03[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	F	A	Pts	Placing
1972 OUAA	19	8	10	1	99	81	17	E 5th
1973 OUAA	17	10	6	1	96	67	21	E 3rd
1974 OUAA	19	10	7	2	126	80	22	E 4th
1974 playoffs	1	0	1	-	0	3	0	quarter-finals
1975 OUAA	14	6	6	2	57	48	14	E 5th
1976 OUAA	16	9	5	2	69	63	20	E 3rd
1976 playoffs	1	0	1	-	1	2	0	quarter-finals
1977 OUAA	19	4	14	1	71	118	9	E 5th
1978 OUAA	20	7	9	4	78	94	18	E 4th
1979 OUAA	16	2	10	4	64	85	8	E 5th
1980 OUAA	22	17	3	2	129	72	36	2nd
1980 playoffs	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1981 OUAA	22	14	3	5	121	74	33	1st
1981 playoffs	4	4	0	-	23	8	8	champion
1981 U-Cup	2	1	1	-	7	7	2	pool 2nd
1982 OUAA	22	13	7	2	137	110	28	4th
1982 playoffs	1	0	1	-	3	7	0	quarter-finals
1983 OUAA	24	15	8	1	116	82	31	4th
1983 playoffs	3	1	2	-	7	14	2	semi-finals
1984 OUAA	24	11	9	4	111	98	26	6th
1984 playoffs	1	0	1	-	4	9	0	quarter-finals
1985 OUAA	24	7	13	4	112	114	18	9th
1986 OUAA	24	6	16	2	107	143	14	10th
1987 OUAA	24	4	15	5	81	141	13	10th
1987 playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DNQ
1988 OUAA	25	6	18	1	107	158	13	E 5th
1989 OUAA	26	12	12	2	115	127	26	E 4th
1989 playoffs	3	1	2	-	9	23	2	E semi-finals
1990 OUAA	22	8	14	0	85	125	16	E 7th
1991 OUAA	22	2	19	1	62	142	5	E 8th
1992 OUAA	22	4	17	1	81	135	9	E 7th
1993 OUAA	22	8	11	3	80	97	19	E 6th
1993 playoffs	4	2	2	-	12	20	4	quarter-finals
1994 OUAA	26	7	18	1	75	107	15	ME 2nd
1994 playoffs	1	0	1	-	1	4	0	1st round
1995 OUAA	26	3	19	4	73	119	10	ME 3rd
1995 playoffs	1	0	1	-	4	5	0	ME semi-final
1996 OUAA	26	7	18	1	76	130	15	ME 4th
1997 OUAA	26	4	18	4	71	151	12	ME 3rd
1997 playoffs	1	0	1	-	3	7	0	ME semi-final
1998 OUA	26	8	16	2	76	123	18	ME 3rd
1998 playoffs	2	0	2	-	1	4	0	ME semi-final
1999 OUA	26	5	14	7	85	113	17	ME 2nd
1999 playoffs	6	3	3	-	17	19	6	ME final
2000 OUA	26	9	15	2	88	104	20	ME 3rd
2000 playoffs	6	4	2	-	22	19	8	semi-finals
2001 OUA	24	6	16	2	75	108	14	ME 2nd
2001 playoffs	2	0	2	-	2	8	0	ME semi-final
2002 OUA	24	4	19	1	66	117	9	ME 4th
2003 OUA	24	7	17	0	73	124	14	ME 2nd
2003 playoffs	5	3	2	-	10	9	6	ME Final

OUA years with ties and OT losses 2003-04 to 2006-07[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	OL	F	A	Pts	Placing
2004 OUA	24	9	13	2	0	20	76	95	ME 2nd
2004 playoffs	4	2	2	-	-	14	16	4	E semi-finals
2005 OUA	24	8	14	0	2	18	69	98	ME 3rd
2006 OUA	24	7	15	1	1	16	59	98	ME 3rd
2007 OUA	28	8	14	5	1	22	78	96	ME 2nd
2007 playoffs	2	0	2	-	-	1	3	0	E quarter-finals

OUA years without ties 2007-08 to present[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	OL	F	A	Pts	Placing
2008 OUA	28	13	12	3	77	93	29	ME 1st
2008 playoffs	2	0	2	-	?	?	0	E semi-finals
2009 OUA	28	12	13	3	57	82	27	ME 2nd
2010 OUA	28	14	12	2	102	120	30	E 5th
2010 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	?	?	2	E quarters
2011 OUA	28	14	11	3	99	110	31	E 5th
2011 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	?	?	2	E quarters
2012 OUA	28	13	13	2	79	88	28	E 8th
2012 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	?	?	2	E quarters
2013 OUA	28	10	11	7	76	87	27	E 7th
2013 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	?	?	0	E quarters
2014 OUA	28	17	6	5	83	57	39	E 4th
2014 Playoffs	5	3	2	-	?	?	6	E semis
2015 OUA	26	13	12	1	88	73	27	E 5th
2015 Playoffs	5	2	3	-	?	?	4	E semis
2016 OUA	28	17	7	4	93	67	38	E 5th
2016 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	?	?	2	E quarters
2017 OUA	28	18	7	3	81	69	39	E 3rd
2017 Playoffs	9	6	3	-	23	18	12	finalist
2017 U-Cup	1	0	1	-	1	5	0	quarter-finals
2018 OUA	28	19	6	3	90	67	41	E 2nd ø
2018 Playoffs	5	3	2	-	17	11	6	E semis
2019 OUA	28	19	9	0	97	76	38	E 3rd
2019 playoffs	8	7	1	-	30	19	14	Champions
2019 U-Cup	1	0	1	-	3	5	0	Quarter-finals
2020 OUA	28	12	13	3	70	79	27	E 8th
2020 playoffs	2	0	2	-	4	8	0	E quarters
2021 OUA	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 OUA	19	17	1	1	87	34	35	1st East
2022 playoffs	1	0	1	-	2	3	0	E quarters
2023 OUA	26	12	12	2	66	67	26	E 7th
2024 OUA	28	19	8	1	112	72	39	E 4th
2024 playoffs	2	0	2	-	4	7	0	E quarters

Notes:

ø UQTR forfeited 8 wins and 3 OT losses (19 pts) for using an ineligible player. The teams that benefited are: Lakehead (4 pts), Laurentian (4), Nipissing (3), Carleton (2), Queen's (2).
1971-72 started two division format: East and West.
1975-76 started three division format: East, Central, and West.
1979-80 started one division format.
1987-88 QUAA teams joined the OUAA and it returned to a three division format.
1989-90 returned to the two division format.
1993-94 started a four division format: Far East, Mid East, Mid West, and Far West.
1997-98 OUAA became OUA.
2009-10 returned to the two division format.
E means Eastern division
FE means Far East division

Intermediate & Junior Seasons[]

Intermediate Seasons: 1898-99 to 1948-49[]

Intermediate to WWI: 1898-99 to 1918-19[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	F	A	Pts	Placing
1899 OHA Int	2	0	2	0	9	22	0	3rd round
1900 OHA Int	2	0	1	0	1	5	0	1st round
1901 OHA Int	3	2	1	0	11	9	4	semi-finals
1902 OHA Int	4	2	2	0	?	?	4	group final
1903 IIS	2	0	1	1	2	5	1	E semi-finals
1904 IIS	2	0	2	0	2	19	0	semi-finals
1905 IIS	2	1	1	0	5	6	2	semi-finals
1906 IIS	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1907 IIS	2	0	1	1	8	16	1	semi-finals
1908 IIS	4	2	2	0	28	29	4	finalist
1909 IIS	4	1	3	0	23	25	2	semi-finals
1910 IIS	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	central
1911 IIS	4	1	2	1	27	30	3	semi-finals
1912 IIS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1913 IIS	1	0	1	0	4	13	0	central
1914 IIS	2	0	1	1	5	9	1	semi-finals
1915 IIS	4	1	1	2	14	21	3	finalist
1916 OHA Int	5	0	5	0	9	18	0	group 4th
1917 OHA Int	6	0	6	0	?	?	0	group 4th
1918 OHA Int	2	1	1	0	8	27	2	group 2nd
1919 OHA Int	4	0	4	0	?	?	0	group 4th

Intermediate Post-WWI: 1919-20 to 1948-49[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	F	A	Pts	Placing
1920 OHA Int	3	1	2	0	13	19	2	group semis
1921 OHA Int	4	1	3	0	17	19	2	group 3rd
1922 OHA Int	8	5	3	0	40	29	10	group 3rd
1923 OHA Int	7	1	6	0	19	28	2	group 4th
1924 OHA Int	7	1	5	1	?	?	2	group 5th
1925 OHA Int	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	n/a
1926 OHA Int	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	n/a
1927 OHA Int	10	2	8	0	34	69	4	group 6th
1928 OHA Int	10	9	1	0	?	?	18	group 1st
1928 playoffs	2	0	1	1	5	9	1	1st round
1929 OHA Int	4	4	0	0	19	14	8	group 1st
1929 playoffs	2	0	2	0	2	5	0	group final
1930 OHA SrB	8	4	4	0	25	25	8	group 2nd
1930 playoffs	2	2	0	0	8	4	4	group final
1930 provincial	3	1	2	0	5	7	2	finalist
1931 OHA Int	4	0	4	0	3	14	0	group 3rd
1931 OHA SrB	6	2	4	0	15	21	4	group 2nd
1932 OHA Int	10	9	1	0	?	?	18	group 1st
1932 playoffs	2	0	2	0	2	10	0	3rd round
1933 OHA SrB	6	1	5	0	14	30	2	group 4th
1934 OHA Int	6	5	1	0	23	15	10	group 1st
1934 provincial	4	1	2	1	14	18	3	quarter-finals
1935 OHA SrB	10	5	4	1	23	33	11	group 2nd
1936	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	n/a
1937 OHA Int	8	3	4	1	24	31	7	group 2nd
1937 playoffs	2	0	2	0	2	8	0	group final
1938 OHA SrB	6	2	3	1	27	26	5	group 3rd
1938 OHA Int	2	0	1	1	4	12	1	group round
1939 OHA SrB	5	2	3	0	20	21	4	group 3rd
1940 OHA IntB	6	2	3	1	27	27	5	group 3rd
1941 to 1946	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	WWII
1947 OHA Int	7	1	5	1	34	50	3	group 3rd
1948	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	n/a
1949 OHA SrB	10	2	8	0	57	72	4	group 5th

Sources:

Junior Seasons: 1895-96 to 1956-57[]

Junior A: 1895-96 to 1932-33[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	F	A	Pts	Placing
1896 OHA Jr	2	1	1	0	7	7	2	withdrew
1897	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	n/a
1898 OHA Jr	2	0	2	0	5	25	0	group
1899-1900	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	n/a
1901 OHA Jr	2	1	1	0	7	13	2	group semi
1902 OHA Jr	3	1	2	0	9	10	2	group semi
1903 OHA Jr	2	0	1	1	4	10	1	group semi
1904 OHA Jr	2	1	1	0	4	8	2	group semi
1905-1918	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	n/a
1919 OHA Jr	5	2	3	0	23	22	4	group 3rd
1920 OHA Jr	4	1	3	0	15	26	2	group 3rd
1921-1922	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	n/a
1923 OHA Jr	3	1	2	0	8	7	2	group 2nd
1924 OHA Jr	6	3	3	0	?	?	6	group 2nd
1925 OHA Jr	4	0	4	0	8	20	0	group 3rd
1926 OHA Jr	6	5	1	0	49	18	10	group 1st
1926 provincials	6	4	2	0	28	17	8	champions
1926 E Memorial	6	4	1	1	29	21	9	champions
1926 Memorial	3	1	2	-	8	8	2	finalist
1927 OHA Jr	4	1	3	0	10	18	2	group 3rd
1928	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	n/a
1929 OHA Jr	7	6	1	0	49	14	12	group 2nd
1930	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	n/a
1931 OHA Jr	8	4	4	0	17	28	8	group 3rd
1932 OHA Jr	6	4	2	0	31	11	8	group 2nd
1933 OHA Jr	6	5	1	0	22	16	10	group 1st
1933 playoffs	4	2	2	0	9	17	4	quarter-finals

Note:

The 1926 team may have been called the "Combines", as a combination of Queen's Golden Gaels, RMC Paladins, and Kingston Frontenacs: K-town Hockey. Wikia has the team named as Kingston Giants.

Junior B: 1933-34 to 1956-57[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	F	A	Pts	Placing
1934 OHA JrB	8	5	2	1	30	22	11	group 2nd
1935 OHA JrB	6	3	3	0	11	15	6	group 3rd
1936 OHA JrB	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1937 OHA JrB	4	2	2	0	16	17	4	group 2nd
1938 OHA JrB	3	1	2	0	11	18	2	group 2nd
1939 OHA JrB	4	2	2	0	17	19	4	group 2nd
1940-1947	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	n/a
1948 OHA JrB	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1949 OHA JrB	10	3	6	1	34	52	7	group 4th
1950 OHA JrB	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1951 EJBHL	12	9	3	0	79	47	18	1st
1951 playoffs	5	2	1	2	22	17	6	champion
1952-1956	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	n/a
1957 EJBHL	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1st