The following is a list of U Sports college ice hockey teams that have qualified for the University Cup as of 2026 with teams listed by number of appearances.
U Sports men's Division I ice hockey tournament SchoolTournament appearancesTournament yearsBest result 44 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 Champions (1964, 1968, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2018) 24 1964, 1984, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Champions (1998, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024) 24 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026 Champions (1987, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2022, 2026) 23 1967, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2025, 2026 Champions (1983) 18 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2024, 2025, 2026 Champions (1981, 1982, 1990, 1995) 17 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993 Champions (1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1984) 17 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1978, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 Champions (2004) 16 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2020, 2023, 2026 Champions (2010) 14 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2011, 2015, 2023, 2024 Semifinals (1974, 1976, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996) 13 1987, 1988, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2020 Champions (2002) 12 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022 Champions (1993, 1996) 12 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2018, 2023, 2025 Runners-Up (1983, 1984, 2025) 11 1970, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2017 Champions (1985, 1988, 1989) 11 1976, 1979, 1980, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2015, 2019, 2020 Champions (1997) 10 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2024 Champions (2012) 8 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2001, 2006, 2007 Runners-Up (1989, 1990) 7 1965, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2010 Champions (1965) 7 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974 Runners-Up (1964, 1969, 1974) 6 1963, 1971, 1977, 2020, 2022, 2024 Runners-Up (1963) 6 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971 Runners-Up (1967) 6 1998, 1999, 2014, 2015, 2023, 2026 Quarterfinals / Round-robin (1998, 1999, 2014, 2015, 2023, 2026) 6 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983 Quarterfinals / Round-robin (1974, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1983) 5 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975 Runners-Up (1968) 5 1973, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010 Runners-Up (2006) 5 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2023 Semifinals (1988, 1991, 2023) 5 1981, 2017, 2019, 2025, 2026 Quarterfinals / Round-robin (1981, 2017, 2019, 2025, 2026) 4 1985, 2004, 2020, 2025 Champions (2025) 4 1974, 1991, 1996, 2013 Champions (1974) 4 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982 Runners-Up (1980) 4 2008, 2018, 2022, 2024 Quarterfinals / Round-robin (2008, 2018, 2022, 2024) 3 2022, 2024, 2025 Semifinals (2022, 2024, 2025) 3 1979, 1986, 2004 Runners-Up (1979) 3 2014, 2016, 2019 Quarterfinals / Round-robin (2014, 2016, 2019) 2 2025, 2026 Quarterfinals / Round-robin (2025, 2026) 1 1963 Champions (1963) 1 1994 Champions (1994) 1 1965 Runners-Up (1965) 1 1963 Semifinals (1963) 1 1964 Semifinals (1964) 1 1979 Round-robin (1979) 1 2001 Round-robin (2001) 1 1976 Regional semifinal (1976) † Saint Dunstan's merged with Prince of Wales College in 1969 to form Prince Edward Island. ‡ Loyola and Sir George Williams merged in 1975 to form Concordia.
Teams in Italics no longer compete in U Sports.
Teams without a tournament appearance
The following active U Sports programs have never qualified for the University Cup.
SchoolJoined U Sports2021200920071963 *2021 * Other than war years, RMC has been active since 1890.
Performance by team The code in each cell represents the furthest the team made it in the respective tournament: Not fielding a U Sports team Regional Semifinals (8 teams played in a regional semifinal in 1976) Quarterfinals (between 2 and 8 teams played in either a regional final or quarterfinal round; used off-and-on since 1966) Semifinalist / Round-Robin (The University Cup has used either a round-robin or semifinal round to determine the final two teams) National Runner-up National Champion
Teams that received byes into the semifinal round are shown with in years when quarterfinal were held.
Note: The 2020 tournament was cancelled after the first two quarterfinal games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020–21 season was also cancelled in its entirety.
School Conferenceas of 2026 Canada West AUS OUA OUA – – – – – – – AUS – – OUA – – AUS Canada West AUS – – – AUS OUA – – OUA – – OUA OUA Canada West — – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – — – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – — – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – OUA – – – – – – – – – – – – – OUA – – — – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – — – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – OUA – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Canada West – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Canada West AUS — – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Canada West AUS – – – – – – – — – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – OUA – – OUA – – OUA – – OUA – – – – – OUA OUA – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Canada West – – — – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – — – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – — – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – — – – – – – – – – – – – – – — – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
See also University Cup all-time team records
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