Queen's Cup (ice hockey)

Queen's Cup
The Queen's Cup during 2014-15 season.
Awarded for	OUA champion in U Sports men's ice hockey
First awarded	1903
Presented by	Ontario University Athletics
Current champions	UQTR Patriotes
Most titles	Toronto Varsity Blues (41)[1]
Website	www.oua.ca/sports/mice/index

The Queen's Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the champion in men's ice hockey of the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports. It has been awarded since 1903 to the champion between Ontario and Quebec universities. It is the second-oldest ice hockey trophy still being awarded, after the Stanley Cup.^[2]

The QUAA (now named the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec, RSEQ) ceased to operate a university hockey league after the 1986–87 season. The conference's three remaining teams at that point (McGill Redmen, UQTR Patriotes, and Concordia Stingers) joined, and remain, in the OUA conference. One of the conditions of the merger was the Queen's Cup, representing the OUA champion, must be challenged for at an OUA institution – as such, when the OUA-East champion hosts such a game and that school is based in Quebec, the game is hosted by the OUA-West team, while the OUA-East team has 'home' standing (last change).