The Ontario University Athletics (OUA) came into being in 1997 with the merger of the Ontario Universities Athletics Association and the

Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletics Association Ontario University Athletics (OUA; french: Sports universitaires de l'Ontario) is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providin ...

. This is similar to what would be called a

college athletic conference In college athletics in the United States, institutions typically join in conferences for regular play under different governing bodies. Varsity sports There are several national and regional associations governing the varsity teams of colleges ...

in the

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Notable games

*On February 11, 2000, the Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey program saw its longest game take place. The

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...

's Rhonda Mitchell scored on a 35-foot slap shot. It was the 5:07 mark of the eighth period and the Varsity Blues defeated York University. Although the victory allowed the U of T to advance to the OUA gold medal game, it was the longest in the history of Canadian women's hockey. The game lasted over five hours and ten minutes. York's player of the game was goaltender Debra Ferguson, as she valiantly made 63 saves over 125 minutes. *On March 3, 2011, a postseason match between the Queen's Golden Gaels and the Guelph Gryphons became the longest collegiate hockey game, male or female, Canadian or American — on record. The match began on Wednesday and it only ended on Thursday. The duration of the match was 167 minutes and 14 seconds when Queen's forward Morgan McHaffie placed a rebound past Gryphons goalie Danielle Skoufranis.

Members

Conference arenas

Champions

Regular season champions

McCaw Cup championship games

*March 7, 2015: Western def. Guelph 2-0 *March 12, 2016: Guelph def. Western 5-1 *March 11, 2017: Guelph def. Nipissing 6-1 *March 10, 2018: Western def. Queen’s 3-0 *March 9, 2019: Guelph def. Toronto 4-2 *March 6, 2020: Toronto def. York 3-1

National championship teams

Regular season scoring champions

''In progress''

Awards and honors

All-star teams

*First Team 1999-2000 *Second Team 1999-2000 *First Team 1998-99 *Second Team 1998-99 *First Team 1997-98 *Second Team 1997-98 *First Team 1996-97 *Second Team 1996-97 *First Team 1995-96 *Second Team 1995-96 *First Team 1994-95 *Second Team 1994-95 *First Team 1993-94 *Second Team 1993-94 *First Team 1992-93 *Second Team 1992-93 *First Team 1991-92 *Second Team 1991-92 *First Team 1990-91 *Second Team 1990-91 *First Team 1989-90 *Second Team 1989-90 *First Team 1983-84 *First Team 1982-83 *First Team 1981-82

Most Valuable player

Scoring leaders

International

OUA players in the Olympics

Winter Universiade

2011

*Jacalyn Sollis, Forward, Guelph :

2011 Winter Universiade The XXV Winter Universiade, took place in Erzurum, Turkey between 27 January to 6 February. Erzurum is the city at the highest altitude in Turkey, at , and has over 320 cultural landmarks. Located in Eastern Anatolia Region, it is a city on the ...

*Jessica Zerafa, Forward, Guelph

2015

*Laura Brooker - Wilfrid Laurier : 2015 Winter Universiade *

Katelyn Gosling Katelyn Gosling (born May 8, 1993) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. Having earned Canadian Interuniversity Sport All-Canadian honours while competing for the Western Mustangs women's ice hockey program, Gosling was claimed by ...

, Defense, Western : Ice hockey at the 2015 Winter Universiade *Nicole Kesteris – Toronto : 2015 Winter Universiade

2017

*Katherine Bailey, Defense: Guelph : 2017 Winter Universiade *

, Defense: Western : 2017 Winter Universiade *Kelly Gribbons, Forward: Guelph : 2017 Winter Universiade *Brianna Iazzolino, Defense: Western : 2017 Winter Universiade *Valerie Lamenta, Goaltender: Guelph : 2017 Winter Universiade *Rachel Marriott, Forward: Waterloo : 2017 Winter Universiade *Stephanie Sluys, Goaltender: Waterloo :

Ice hockey at the 2017 Winter Universiade Ice hockey at the 2017 Winter Universiade was held from January 28 through February 8 at Halyk Arena (men's matches) and Baluan Sholak Sports Palace (women's matches) in Almaty. The selection of participating teams - 12 in the men's tournamen ...

''Coaching staff'' *Rachel Flanagan, Head Coach: Guelph *Kelly Paton, Assistant Coach: Western *Shaun Reagan, Assistant Coach: Waterloo

2019

*Ailish Forfar, Forward: Ryerson *Lauren Straatman - Toronto :

Ice hockey at the 2019 Winter Universiade Ice hockey at the 2019 Winter Universiade was held from 1 to 12 March at the Crystal Ice Arena (men's tournament) and from 1 to 11 March at the Pervomaisky Ice Arena and Arena Sever (women's tournament) in Krasnoyarsk. Venues Men's tournamen ...

References

External links

* {{Ontario University Athletics U Sports women's ice hockey Ice hockey in Ontario Women in Ontario