1998 CIAU Regional Championships

General Information

Canadian women's university hockey teams compete under the umbrella of the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU). League play takes place within four regions in Canada: the Canada West (CWUAA), Ontario (OUA), Quebec (QSSF), and Atlantic (AUAA) regions. Please see the Canadian women's university hockey page for a complete list of teams in the CIAU.

This page contains the results of the championships that took place within each of the four regions in Canada. The top team from the CWUAA, the two top teams from the OUA, the two top teams from the QSSF, and the top team from the AUAA competed in the first-ever women's hockey CIAU Championship, which was hosted by Concordia University from February 26 to March 1st 1998.

Final 1997-98 League Standings

ONTARIO (OUA) - formerly called the OWIAA

                GP  W  L  T   F   A   P
Toronto         15 12  1  2  61  14  26
Guelph          15  9  2  4  58  23  22
Wilfrid Laurier 15  6  6  3  31  25  15
York            15  5  5  5  27  31  15
Queen's         15  3  9  3  29  61   9
Windsor         15  1 13  1  10  61   3

QUEBEC (QSSF)

                GP  W  L  T   F   A   P
Concordia        7  7  0  0  44   2  14
UQTR             7  4  3  0  19  19   8
McGill           8  0  8  0  10  52   0

ATLANTIC (AUAA)

Saint Mary's University won their respective conference qualifying
tournament and will represent the AUAA at the CIAU Women's Ice
Hockey Championship.

CANADA WEST (CWUAA)

The Canada West conference used a tournament to determine their
conference representative, as they did not have any regular season
league play in place during the 1997-98 season.  The University of
Alberta defeated the University of Manitoba 4-3 in overtime to
claim the right to attend the first-ever CIAU national championship.

Canada West (CWUAA)

CWUAA Qualifying Tournament @ University of Calgary February 12-15, 1998 The Canada West conference used a tournament to determine their conference representative, as they did not have any regular season league play in place during the 1997-98 season. The University of Alberta defeated the University of Manitoba 4-3 in overtime to claim the right to attend the first-ever CIAU national championship. The top two teams in the A and B pools cross over in the semi-final on Feb 14th, with the winners advancing to the final on Feb 15th at the Father David Bauer Arena. Pool A: Lethbridge, Saskatchewan, Calgary Pool B: Alberta, UBC, Manitoba Feb 12: Lethbridge (0) vs Saskatchewan (4) Feb 12: Alberta (1) vs UBC (1) Feb 12: Calgary (10) vs Lethbridge (0) Feb 13: Manitoba (0) vs Alberta (0) Feb 13: Saskatchewan (1) vs Calgary (3) Feb 13: UBC (3) vs Manitoba (4) Feb 14: Manitoba (4) vs Saskatchewan (2) -- semi-final Feb 14: Alberta (1) vs Calgary (0) -- semi-final Feb 14: UBC (8) vs Lethbridge (1) -- 5th place Feb 15: Saskatchewan (1) vs Calgary (5) -- bronze medal Feb 15: Manitoba (3) vs Alberta (4) [OT] -- CWUAA Final

Ontario (OUA)

OUA Qualifying Tournament @ U of Toronto February 14-15, 1998 The top four teams in the OUA league competed at the OUA championship at Varsity Arena at the University of Toronto. The teams in the OUA include the University of Toronto, the University of Guelph, Wilfred Laurier University, York University, Queen's University, and the University of Windsor. The University of Guelph defeated the University of Toronto by a score of 3-2 in the second overtime period to claim the gold medal. Feb 14: University of Guelph (5) vs Laurier University (4) Feb 14: York University (0) vs University of Toronto (2) Feb 15: Bronze Medal Game: Laurier (2) vs York (1) -- Consolation Final Feb 15: Gold Medal Game: Guelph (3) vs Toronto (2) [2OT] -- OUA Final

Quebec (QSSF)

QSSF Qualifying Tournament @ various locations February 13,15,18,20 1998 The second and third place teams in the QSSF league will play a semi-final match on February 13th, 1998. The winner of this game will then compete in a best of three series with the number one team in the QSSF league. Feb 13: UQTR (10) vs McGill (2) -- semi-final Feb 15: UQTR (1) vs Concordia (10) -- best 2 of 3 Feb 18: UQTR (3) vs Concordia (6) -- best 2 of 3 Feb 20: UQTR vs Concordia -- game not required

Atlantic (AUAA)

AUAA Qualifying Tournament @ UNB January 16-17, 1998 The tournament was a single elimination tournament with a consolation round and a two game total point championship. Saint Mary's won the championship in a 2-1 double overtime decision over Acadia. Jan 16: Saint Mary's (4) vs St. Francis Xavier (3) Game 1 [OT] Jan 16: Dalhousie (1) vs Acadia (4) Game 2 Jan 16: Saint Mary's (2) vs UNB (1) Game 3 [OT] Jan 16: St. Francis Xavier (3) vs Dalhousie (2) Game 4 Jan 16: Saint Mary's (1) vs Acadia (1) Game 5 Jan 18: St. Francis Xavier (1) vs UNB (5) -- Consolation Final Jan 18: Saint Mary's (2) vs Acadia (1) [2OT] -- AUAA Final

Other 1998 CIAU Links

• 1998 CIAU Championship
• 1998 CIAU Championship Statistics
• 1998 CIAU Awards
• CIAU Page

Related Links

• CIAU Home Page
• CIAU Women's Hockey (CIAU)

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