The TMU Bold men's ice hockey team (formerly the Ryerson Rams) is an active ice hockey program representing the TMU Bold athletic department of Toronto Metropolitan University. The team has been active since 1948 and is currently a member of the Ontario University Athletics conference under the authority of U Sports. The Bold play at the Mattamy Home Ice in Toronto, Ontario.

History The Ryerson Rams fielded their first ice hockey team shortly after the end of World War II, playing in the Toronto Hockey League's (THL) Clancy Intermediate League. The team played in various local leagues over the next several years, winning a few championships along the way, before joining their first college-only conference in 1958. Ryerson was a founding member of the Ontario Intermediate Athletic Association (OIAA) and won the inaugural league championship with an undefeated record. The Rams remained one of the better teams in the conference, finishing no worse than second in each of the succeeding four seasons. In 1963, the CIAU began holding a national tournament but decided not to invite the OIAA champion for the first championship. The OIAA then petitioned for entry into the second series. Midway through the 1963–64 season, the league was denied entry into the University Cup and the OIAA immediately dissolved with all league members cancelling their remaining schedule in protest. Over the summer, the CIAU reversed its decision and decided to include the OIAA. The league reformed for the following year with all members returning.

Unfortunately for Ryerson, this was the same time that the Rams had been supplanted by several other league members. Over the next several years, Ryerson was found most often near the bottom of the standings and produced only one winning season (1969). In 1971, there was a great realignment for conferences in Ontario and Quebec with all teams being sorted into two provincial leagues. The Rams remained one of the poorer teams until the mid-70s when the club made its first postseason appearance in more than a decade. A division title followed in 1977, however, the team was unable to find any postseason success at the time. By the end of the decade, Ryerson was back at the bottom of the standings and they remained there for much of the next 35 years. All of Ryerson's varsity teams moved into the Mattamy Athletic Centre in the former Maple Leaf Gardens in 2012. The best the Rams were capable of during this time was a mediocre season but all of that changed in 2016.

When Johnny Duco took over as interim head coach for the 2016–17, the Rams suddenly went from a middling program to a championship contender. In his first season behind the bench, the Rams won their first regular season title in 54 years. It took several more years before the team was ready to achieve the same level of success in the postseason but, in 2022, the program made its first appearance in the national tournament. The school changed its name to Toronto Metropolitan University that very year, and the newly rechristened Bold swiftly followed up their long-awaited University Cup trip with a second in 2024.

Season-by-season results

Senior and intermediate play Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points Extra-League ChampionU Sports SemifinalistConference regular season championsConference Division ChampionsConference Playoff Champions SeasonConferenceRegular SeasonConference Tournament ResultsNational Tournament Results Conference OverallGPWLTPts*FinishGPWLT% 1948–49THL CIL??????????? Lost Semifinal 1949–50THL IL101902?????? 1950–51IUL??????????? 1951–52MCHL440081st????? Won Championship 1952–53COHA63306?????? 1953–54COHA?????1st????? Won Championship 1954–55COHA6501111st????? Won Championship 1955–56COHA?????2nd????? Won Championship 1956–57COHA6501111st????? Won Championship 1957–58COHA103439?????? 1958–59OIAA101000201st????? Won Championship, 6–3 (Ontario Agricultural) 1959–60OIAA752010?????? Lost Championship series, 8–9 (Osgoode Hall) 1960–61OIAA10622142nd????? Lost Championship series, ? (Ontario Agricultural) 1961–62OIAA8620122nd????? Lost Championship, forfeit (McMaster) 1962–63OIAA8800161st10901 Won Championship series, 9–7 (Waterloo Lutheran) 1963–64OIAA63217N/A †6321 Totals GP W L T %ChampionshipsRegular Season ? ? ? ? ? 1 MCHL Championship, 3 COHA Championships, 2 OIAA ChampionshipsConference Post-season ? ? ? ? ? 1 MCHL Championship, 4 COHA Championships, 2 OIAA ChampionshipsRegular Season and Postseason Record ? ? ? ? ? † season ended early when the league cancelled its remaining schedule in protest.

Senior collegiate Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, Pts = Points U Sports Champion U Sports SemifinalistConference regular season championsConference Division ChampionsConference Playoff Champions SeasonConferenceRegular SeasonConference Tournament ResultsNational Tournament Results Conference OverallGPWLTOTLSOLPts*FinishGPWLT% 1964–65OIAA9360––66th9360 1965–66OIAA9360––65th9360 1966–67OIAA10280––47th10280 1967–68OIAA12660––12T–4th12660 1968–69OIAA10640––123rd10640 1969–70OIAA10550––10T–3rd10550 1970–71OIAA10271––5T–4th10271 1971–72OUAA192170––4T–13th192170 1972–73OUAA170170––014th170170 1973–74OUAA194141––9T–12th194141 1974–75OUAA172150––413th172150 1975–76OUAA12732––166th13742 Lost Quarterfinal, 0–14 (York) 1976–77OUAA151131––232nd161141 Lost Quarterfinal, 1–11 (York) 1977–78OUAA16961––195th17971 Lost Quarterfinal, 0–11 (Toronto) 1978–79OUAA163112––811th163112 1979–80OUAA221201––3T–11th221201 1980–81OUAA223172––8T–11th223172 1981–82OUAA221210––212th221210 1982–83OUAA243210––6T–11th243210 1983–84OUAA244200––813th244200 1984–85OUAA240240––013th240240 1985–86OUAA245172––12T–11th245172 1986–87OUAA243183––12th243183 1987–88OUAA269152––2012th289172 Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (Windsor) 1988–89OUAA2613121––2710th3216151 Won Division Semifinal series, 2–1 (Windsor)Lost Division Final series, 1–2 (Brock) 1989–90OUAA227150––1414th227150 1990–91OUAA223190––614th223190 1991–92OUAA220220––016th220220 1992–93OUAA221201––315th221201 1993–94OUAA264202––1015th264202 1994–95OUAA267190––1414th267190 1995–96OUAA266173––15T–12th266173 1996–97OUAA263212––815th263212 1997–98OUA263194––1015th263194 1998–99OUA256190––1215th256190 1999–00OUA269161––19T–13th269161 2000–01OUA244200––815th244200 2001–02OUA2410140––2010th2812160 Won Division Semifinal series, 2–0 (Royal Military College)Lost Division Final series, 0–2 (Toronto) 2002–03OUA242211––515th242211 2003–04OUA2432100–616th243210 2004–05OUA2412201–316th241230 2005–06OUA2412111–416th241221 2006–07OUA2822321–716th282251 2007–08OUA28916–122116th289172 2008–09OUA28522–011118th285221 2009–10OUA281213–0327T–11th3214153 Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Toronto)Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières) 2010–11OUA28818–111818th288191 2011–12OUA281312–1227T–11th3114152 Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières) 2012–13OUA281216–002415th3012180 Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières) 2013–14OUA281711–0034T–8th3319140 Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Brock)Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (Lakehead) 2014–15OUA271412–10298th362790 Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Toronto) 2015–16OUA281413–102911th3317160 Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Waterloo)Lost Division Semifinal series, 1–2 (Guelph) 2016–17OUA28224–20461st332490 Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Waterloo)Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (Windsor) 2017–18OUA281510–1232T–9th3317142 Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Western Ontario)Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (York) 2018–19OUA28205–21432nd332391 Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Toronto)Lost Division Semifinal series, 1–2 (Guelph) 2019–20OUA28205–21433rd332391 Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Lakehead)Lost Division Semifinal series, 1–2 (Western Ontario) 2020–21 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2021–22OUA15114–004th221570 Won Division Quarterfinal, 5–4 (2OT) (Western Ontario)Won Division Semifinal, 4–3 (OT) (Waterloo)Lost Division Final, 2–5 (Brock)Won Bronze Medal Game, 2–1 (McGill) Won Quarterfinal, 2–1 (New Brunswick)Lost Semifinal, 2–7 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières)Lost Bronze Medal Game, 2–3 (OT) (St. Francis Xavier) Program changed name to TMU Bold2022–23OUA27169–20348th3017130 Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Toronto) 2023–24OUA28198–10394th3724130 Won Division Semifinal series, 2–0 (Wilfrid Laurier)Won Division Final series, 2–1 (Brock)Lost Queen's Cup Championship, 2–3 (2OT) (Quebec–Trois-Rivières) Won Quarterfinal, 2–1 (2OT) (Calgary)Lost Semifinal, 0–7 (New Brunswick)Lost Bronze Medal Game, 2–3 (McGill)2024–25OUA281711–10356th3722150 Won Division Semifinal series, 2–0 (Lakehead)Won Division Final series, 2–1 (Toronto)Lost Queen's Cup Championship, 1–4 (Concordia) Won Quarterfinal, 5–4 (5OT) (Mount Royal)Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (Ottawa)Lost Bronze Medal Game, 1–4 (Saskatchewan)2025–26OUA28199–00384th3421130 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Brock)Lost Semifinal series, 0–2 (Windsor)Lost Bronze Medal Game, 3–4 (OT) (Queen's) Totals GP W L T/SOL %ChampionshipsRegular Season 1376 455 873 48 1 OUA Conference Title, 1 Central Division Title, 3 West Division TitlesConference Post-season 81 37 44 0 U Sports Postseason 9 3 6 0 3 National Tournament appearancesRegular Season and Postseason Record 1432 474 910 48 Note: Totals include senior collegiate play only.

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