Queen's Gaels men's ice hockey
University	Queen's University at Kingston
Conference	OUA OUA East Division
Head coach	Brett Gibson Since 2005–06 season
Assistant coaches	Ben Munroe Patrick Sanvido Mike Murphy
Arena	Kingston Memorial Centre Kingston, Ontario
Colors	Gold, Blue, and Red
U Sports tournament appearances
1981,2017,2019,2025
Conference tournament champions
1981, 2019

TheQueen's Gaels men's ice hockey team is anice hockey team representing theQueen's Gaels athletics program ofQueen's University at Kingston. The team is a member of theOntario University Athletics conference and compete inU Sports. The Gaels play their home games at theMemorial Centre Arena inKingston, Ontario.^[1]

The earliest recorded game for Queen's came in 1884 but its unclear if the match was officially sanctioned by the University or not. In 1886, a group of students from Queen's arranged a match against fellow undergraduates from theRoyal Military College. The game took place on Kingston harbor and is typically regarded as the first game between two teams fromOntario.^[2] The two schools have been rivals ever since, the oldest such rivalry in the sport.^[3] The young program played when it was able to find the time and opposition but was stabilized when it became a founding member of theOntario Hockey Association.

In 1886, Queen's challenged theRoyal 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.^{[citation needed]} Queen's hockey is one of the oldest hockey clubs in the world; onlyMcGill 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 fromPetawawa.^[4]

In the 1890s, Queen's played in theOntario Hockey Association (OHA), winning its championship three times consecutively, taking theCosby Cup into its permanent possession.^{[citation needed]} Queen's won the inauguralJ. Ross Robertson Cup during the 1898–99 season, as thesenior ice hockey champion of the OHA.^[5][6] As Ontario champion, the Queen's hockey team was a regular inStanley Cup Challenge Games by challenging in 1895,^[7] 1899 and 1906.

Playing senior hockey at the time, Queen's won a league championship in 1895 and challenged theMontreal Hockey Club for theStanley Cup. They were reportedly outmatched in the game and lost 1–5.^[8] Four years later the team had its second opportunity for the cup when they faced theMontreal Shamrocks in 1899. This match went about as well as the last with Queen's losing 2–6.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Queen's joined withMcGill andToronto to form the first college conference in Canada. Queen's won two league championships in the first four years of play and leveraged their second intercollegiate title into a third challenge for the Stanley Cup. TheOttawa Hockey Club (later known as the 'Senators') easily dismissed the school boys with a pair of victories totaling 14–28. By 1909, the sport had become such a sensation in Canada that he various teams were separated into professional and amateur ranks. TheAllan Cup was created as the amateur's version of the Stanley Cup and was initially awarded to theOttawa Cliffsides. Queen's, by winning the intercollegiate title that season, earned the first challenge for the cup and defeated Ottawa 5–4, becoming the national amateur champions in the process. Queen's retained possession of the cup for a year and, after repeating as intercollegiate champs, they received their first challenge from the Cliffsides. Queen's cemented their place as the better of the two with a second win but were then beset bySt. Michael's College and fell 4–5. Queen's returned to intercollegiate play afterwards and, though they were champions again in 1914, they did not challenge for the Allan Cup.

In 1915 the college schedule was cancelled due toWorld War I and Queen's rejoined the OHA for the duration. After the war, the Tricolour, as they were then known, returned to the intercollegiate conference but found they had been outpaced by Toronto. Over an 8-year span, Queen's would not post a winning record and eventually they withdrew from the league altogether. Queen's returned to the OHA in 1929, playing two seasons before suspending play due to financial constraints. Queen's was able to restart its program in the mid 30's and joined a new international intercollegiate league. Queen's played well in the four seasons of league play but the arrangement ended with the outbreak ofWorld War II.

Queen's operated ajunior ice hockey team during the 1920s in the OHA. The junior team won theJ. Ross Robertson Cup as the provincial champions in 1926, and had been finalists in 1921.^[9] Queen's reached the1926 Memorial Cup finals, but lost to theCalgary Canadians for the national championship.^[10]

Queen's returned to play after the war but had fallen even further behind their contemporaries. The newly christened 'Golden Gaels' posted dismal records for five years, routinely finishing last in the conference, and withdrew in 1950. After one season in the OHA, which was no better, the program was suspended for the remainder of the decade. The Gaels returned to play in 1960 and joined theQuebec-Ontario Athletic Association. They were a middle of the pack team for most of the next two decades and remained with the Ontario side when the conference was realigned in 1971. 1981 saw Queen's win its first conference championship in over 65 years and the Gaels made their first appearance in thenational tournament.

After the title, Queen's had a few good years in the early 80s but slipped into the bottom half of the conference by the middle of the decade. After 1984, Queen's did not post a winning record for over 20 years and didn't fully regain their previous form until 2014. The Gaels finally returned to the national tournament in 2017 and won their second league championship two years later.

In 2018–19, the Gaels won their firstQueen's Cup in 38 years, 4–1 overGuelph Gryphons in front of a 2,900 people at theKingston Memorial Centre.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points

† The International Intercollegiate League (IIL) was a joint venture between Canadian and American colleges.
‡ Ottawa refused to play in the championship due to a dispute of the site of the final game. Queen's assumed their place instead.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, Pts = Points

Note: Totals include results from 1959–60 onward except for the 1980 conference tournament.

• 1999–00 Defeated Toronto Varsity Blues in first round, 2 games to 1.
  • Down 4-1 heading into the 3rd period of game 3. Scored 3 goals in 82 seconds to tie the game and another 74 secs later to take the lead. Won the game 6–4 with an empty net goal.
  • Defeated Guelph Gryphons in quarter-final, 2 games to 0.
  • Lost to UQTR in OUA Final Four, semi-final, 3–2.
• 2000–01 Lost to RMC Paladins in first round 2 games to 0
• 2001–02 Out of playoffs
• 2002–03 Defeated RMC Paladins in first round 2 games to 0
  • Lost to Toronto Varsity Blues in quarter-final 2 games to 1
• 2003–04 Defeated RMC Paladins in first round 2 games to 0
  • Lost to Toronto Varsity Blues in quarter-final 2 games to 0
• 2004–05 Out of playoffs
• 2005–06 Out of playoffs
• 2006–07 Lost to Ottawa Gee-Gees in quarter-final 2 games to 0
• 2007–08 Gained first round bye
  • Lost to McGill Redmen in semi-final 2 games to 0
• 2008–09 Did not qualify for playoffs
• 2009–10 Lost to Carleton in OUA first round 2 games to 1
• 2010–11 Lost to Nipissing in OUA first round 2 games to 0
• 2013–14 Lost to Carleton in OUA East semi-final 2 games to 1
• 2014–15 Lost to McGill in OUA East semi-final 2 games to 0
• 2015–16 Lost to UOIT in OUA first round 2 games to 1
• 2016–17 Lost to York in OUA final
• 2017–18 Lost to Concordia in OUA East semi-final 2 games to 1
• 2018–19 Defeated Concordia 2–0
  • Defeated Ottawa 2–1
  • Defeated Carleton 2–0
  • Defeated Guelph 4–1 (Won OUA Championship)
  • Lost to St. FX X-Men 5–3 (USports quarterfinals)

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