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"Paladins" is the name of the sports teams of the Royal Military College. It is Canada's military academy and is located in Kingston, Ontario. They are members of Ontario University Athletics (OUA) and U Sports (formerly known as CIS). Until 1997 its teams were called the "Redmen".

History[]

The RMC Redmen were one of the first collegiate hockey teams in Canada. Wikia links have them playing Ontario senior hockey as early as 1890-91. In Ontario provincial play, RMC won the provincial intermediate title in 1931, which qualified them to advance to the 1930-31 Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs.

The intermediate intercollegiate level was unique. The schools with senior teams (e.g. University of Toronto, Queen's University, University of Montreal, and McGill University) would often have both a senior team and an intermediate team. Schools with one side would sometimes play senior and sometimes play intermediate. Frequent opponents at intermediate level were McMaster University, University of Western Ontario, University of Laval, Loyola College, Ontario Agricultural College, and Osgoode Hall. RMC won nine titles at the intermediate intercollegiate level.

As university teams gravitated towards university leagues, RMC entered the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Conference (OSLC) from its inception in 1949-50 until the conference ended in 1970-71. In 1971-72 they joined the Quebec Universities Athletic Association (QUAA). That season the Ontario and Quebec conferences were re-organized along provincial lines. However, RMC played two seasons in the QUAA before they switched to the Ontario Universities Athletic Association (OUAA) for the 1973-74 season. They remained there through 1977-78 when they folded. The program was revived in 1982-83 and they re-joined the OUAA, which changed names to OUA in 1997-98.

In 1995, the former French-language equivalent called College Militaire Royale (CMR, which operated its own teams) and Royal Roads Military College (RRMC) were merged into the RMC. In 1997 the amalgamated college changed its team name from "Redmen" to "Paladins". In the fall of 2007, the federal government reopened the College Militaire Royale as the military college at Saint-Jean. The military college was slated for closure in 1995, but on 9 July 1994, the federal and provincial governments agreed to maintain it as a non-degree-granting college.

West Point Weekend[]

The RMC-USMA series originated when the commandant of RMC, Sir Archibald McDonnell and the superintendent of the United States Military Academy (West Point), Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur, suggested a game of hockey between the two schools in 1921. After two years of exchanging ideas the first game was played on February 23, 1923 at West Point.

The Redmen won that first game 3–0 and a New York paper stated "Army was beaten at hockey today by Royal Military College of Kingston, Ontario. The Canadian cadets excelled the Army men all the way, displaying the best all-around form seen here in years. Hamilton and the Carr-Harris's were the outstanding stars of the Canadian team. This game was one of the cleanest-fought contests staged here this winter and was marked by a fine display of sportsmanship on both sides." In commemoration of the game, RMC donated the "Challenge Trophy".

In 1924, the series moved to Kingston thus beginning the tradition of rotating venues. This was Army's first away game and up until 1941 the West Point Game was the only time that Army played away from the Academy.

From 1923–1935 RMC ran up a record of 14–0–1. The only blemish being a 4–4 tie in 1935. 1939 saw Army win its first game 3–1. As a result of WWII only one game was played over the next ten years, a 3–1 Army win in 1942.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Army won 15 of 20 games bringing the series close with RMC holding a 21–18–1 advantage. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the teams played fairly closely. In 1986, the record stood at 26–25–4 in favour of RMC.

Army dominated over the next 15 years, going unbeaten from 1988–1999. The 2003 game featured a 4–0 Army win at West Point. RMC was shut-out for the first time since 1996 while being short-handed 12 times during the game.

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RMC beat West Point 3-2 (OT) on January 18, 2020.

The 2006 game was a 3–3 tie in front of 3100 fans in Kingston.

The 2007 edition of the rivalry was to take place on Saturday 10 Feb, at Tate Arena in West Point, New York, but was cancelled due to regular season scheduling conflicts. For 2008, the teams did not play a competitive game but instead the Paladins travelled to New York to spend 3 days practicing, playing and socializing with the West Point cadets.

The game was not played from 2007-2010, nor in 2012, but has been held annually since. On January 18, 2020, RMC beat West Point 3-2 in overtime, their first victory since 2002.

As of 2020, Army leads the series 48–30–7.

Season-by-Season Records[]

List of OHA/IIS Seasons 1890-91 to 1938-39[]

OHA Senior/Intermediate: 1890-91 to 1901-02[]

Intermediate Intercollegiate (IIS): 1902-03 to 1925-26[]

Intermediate OHA/IIS: 1926-27 to 1938-39[]

Sources:


University Tables: 1950-51 to present[]

Click on the links in the “Year/Comp.” column to go to the page for that season.

OSLC 1950-51 to 1970-71[]

Year/Comp. GP W L T GF GA Pts Placing
1950 OSLC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? §
1951 OSLC 6 4 2 0 ? ? 16 3rd
1952 OSLC 7 2 4 1 ? ? 5 4th
1953 OSLC 6 3 2 1 32 27 7 4th
1954 OSLC 7 4 2 1 27 26 9 3rd
1955 OSLC 4 2 2 0 18 26 4 3rd §
1956 OSLC 7 2 4 1 32 27 5 4th §
1957 OSLC 2 1 1 0 9 9 2 §
1958 OSLC 5 3 2 0 17 13 6 §
1959 OSLC 5 3 2 0 24 14 6 §
1960 OSLC - - - - - - - withdrew
1961 OSLC 2 0 2 0 2 20 0 §
1962 OSLC 10 2 8 0 ? ? 4 8th
1963 OSLC 14 11 3 0 69 40 22 3rd
1964 OSLC 14 8 2 4 67 33 20 1st
1964 playoffs 2 1 1 - 8 9 2 finalist
1965 OSLC 14 9 4 1 66 44 19 3rd
1965 playoffs - - - - - - - withdrew
1966 OSLC 16 8 6 2 ? ? 18 4th
1966 playoffs 1 0 1 - 4 5 0 semi-finals
1967 OSLC 18 11 6 1 87 57 23 4th
1967 playoffs 1 0 1 - 5 8 0 semi-finals
1968 OSLC 16 5 9 2 46 63 12 6th
1969 OSLC 18 6 12 0 62 87 12 6th
1970 OSLC 14 6 7 1 62 42 13 5th
1971 OSLC 18 8 9 1 ? ? 17 5th

Note: All seasons in a one division format.

QUAA 1971-72 to 1972-73[]

Year/Comp. GP W L T GF GA Pts Placing
1972 QUAA 21 4 15 2 ? ? 10 7th
1973 QUAA 24 9 12 3 ? ? 21 6th

Note: All seasons in a one division format.

OUAA/OUA years with ties 1973-74 to 2002-03[]

Year/Comp. GP W L T GF GA Pts Placing
1974 OUAA 18 3 12 3 50 101 9 E 8th
1975 OUAA 14 2 11 1 37 91 5 E 6th
1976 OUAA 12 6 5 1 47 56 13 C 3rd
1977 OUAA 15 1 13 1 41 88 3 C 5th
1978 OUAA 15 2 13 0 50 126 4 C 5th
1979 ? ? ? ? ? ? - none
1980 ? ? ? ? ? ? - none
1981 ? ? ? ? ? ? - none
1982 ? ? ? ? ? ? - none
1983 OUAA 24 3 21 0 82 194 6 11th
1984 OUAA 24 5 14 5 105 157 15 12th
1985 OUAA 24 5 15 4 107 136 14 11th
1986 OUAA 24 5 19 0 91 169 10 13th
1987 OUAA 24 6 17 1 105 153 13 11th
1988 OUAA 25 3 20 2 80 171 8 E 5th
1989 OUAA 26 2 22 2 88 233 6 E 6th
1990 OUAA 22 2 20 0 52 177 4 W 8th
1991 OUAA 22 1 21 0 61 181 2 W 8th
1992 OUAA 22 2 20 0 56 181 4 W 8th
1993 OUAA 22 0 22 0 39 218 0 W 8th
1994 OUAA 26 2 24 0 64 187 4 ME 4th
1995 OUAA 26 0 23 3 56 160 3 ME 4th
1996 OUAA 26 7 18 1 71 133 15 ME 3rd
1996 playoffs 1 0 1 - 2 5 0 ME semis
1997 OUAA 26 2 21 3 75 156 7 ME 4th
1998 OUA 26 2 20 4 61 137 8 ME 4th
1999 OUA 26 4 21 1 69 136 9 ME 4th
2000 OUA 26 3 23 0 43 130 6 ME 4th
2001 OUA 24 5 19 0 58 112 10 ME 3rd
2001 playoffs 5 3 2 - 14 18 6 ME final
2002 OUA 24 8 15 1 79 105 17 ME 3rd
2002 playoffs 2 0 2 - 6 10 0 ME semis
2003 OUA 24 6 17 1 61 121 13 ME 3rd
2003 playoffs 2 0 2 - 3 7 0 ME semis

Note: RMC did not play conference games from the 1978-79 through 1981-82 seasons.

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

Year/Comp. GP W L T OL GF GA Pts Placing
2004 OUA 24 3 20 0 1 46 124 7 ME 3rd
2004 playoffs 2 0 2 - - 2 9 0 ME semis
2005 OUA 24 8 10 0 6 78 112 22 ME 2nd
2005 playoffs 2 0 2 - - ? ? 0 E quarters
2006 OUA 24 7 12 5 0 68 75 19 ME 2nd
2006 playoffs 2 0 2 - - 3 13 0 E quarters
2007 OUA 28 7 16 4 1 77 126 19 ME 3rd

OUA years without ties 2007-08 to present[]

Year/Comp. GP W L OL GF GA Pts Placing
2008 OUA 28 10 16 2 71 98 22 ME 3rd
2009 OUA 28 8 18 2 81 140 18 ME 3rd
2010 OUA 28 6 18 4 61 123 16 E 9th
2011 OUA 28 5 22 1 71 139 11 E 10th
2012 OUA 28 3 23 2 47 116 8 E 10th
2013 OUA 28 3 22 3 48 126 9 E 10th
2014 OUA 28 3 22 3 58 155 9 E 10th
2015 OUA 26 0 23 3 63 169 3 E 9th
2016 OUA 28 4 21 3 62 155 11 E 9th
2017 OUA 28 5 21 2 50 112 12 E 10th
2018 OUA 28 7 16 5 66 110 19 E 9th
2019 OUA 28 7 19 2 62 114 16 E 10th
2020 OUA 28 9 18 1 82 123 19 E 8th
2020 playoffs 2 0 2 - 7 12 0 E quarters
2021 OUA Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 OUA 20 2 15 3 34 84 7 E 4th
2023 OUA 26 7 17 2 67 109 16 E 8th

Notes:

  • 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.
  • C means Central division.
  • E means East division,
  • ME means Mid East division.
  • W means West division.

Commemorations[]

University Cups[]

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Championships[]

Intermediate Intercollegiate: 1903, 1904, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1935
Provincial Intermediate: 1931

Pictures[]

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Links[]

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