The OHT tribute to the dearly departed continues with a look at the bottom 6 ranked teams to have lost in the quarter-final rounds. None of these were really expected to get any further than this. Anyhow, here's the chart:
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`````````````` |`` A``|`` B``|`` C``| Conf. |Conf-X|Oth-CX|``CIS``|OtherX| TOTAL``|
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|`` B-```````` |``````|``````|``````|`````` |``````|``````|`````` |``````|````````|
|21 REGINA```` | 3 6 3| 3 5 0| 7 1 0|13 12 3| 0 4 0| 0 0 0|13 16 3|1 2 0 |14 18 3 |
|``````````````| 0 2 0|``````|``````|13 14 3|``````|``````|13 18 3|``````|14 20 3 |
|23 LAURIER````| 3 2 1| 5 6 1| 6 4 0|14 12 2| 1 2 1| 0 0 0|15 14 3|0 2 0 |15 16 3 |
|``````````````|``````| 1 1 1|``````|15 13 3|``````|``````|16 15 4|``````|16 17 4 |
|24 TORONTO````| 0 3 1| 2 3 3|11 3 2|13``9 6| 1 2 0| 0 2 0|14 13 6|0 2 0 |14 15 6 |
|``````````````|``````| 1 0 2|``````|14``9 8|``````|``````|15 13 8|``````|15 15 8 |
|`` C``````````|``````|``````|``````|`````` |``````|``````|`````` |``````|````````|
|27 UOIT`````` | 0 5 0| 8 9 0| 3 2 1|11 16 1| 0 5 0| 0 0 0|11 21 1|0 1 0 |11 22 1 |
|``````````````| 0 2 0|``````|``````|11 18 1|``````|``````|11 23 1|``````|11 24 1 |
|28 QUEEN'S````| 0 3 1| 2 4 3| 8 4 3|10 11 7| 1 1 0| 1 1 0|12 13 7|0 1 0 |12 14 7 |
|``````````````| 0 2 0|``````|``````|10 13 7|``````|``````|12 15 7|``````|12 16 7 |
|31 RYERSON````| 3 2 0| 3 7 0| 5 8 0|11 17 0| 1 4 0| 0 0 0|12 21 0|0 2 0 |12 23 0 |
|``````````````| 0 2 0|``````|``````|11 19 0|``````|``````|12 23 0|``````|12 25 0 |
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*indicates one tie game included
REGINA COUGARS
Sept 14``Briercrest 0 Regina 13`````````` ACAC
Sept 15``Manitoba 5 Regina 0``````````````
Sept 16``Saskatchewan 5 Regina 1``````````
Sept 21``Regina 2 Manitoba 6``````````````
Sept 22``Regina 2 Manitoba 6``````````````
Sept 28``UBC 4 Regina 3`````````````````` B
Sept 29``UBC 4 Regina 5 (so)``````````````B
Oct 5````Regina 0 Alaska-Fairbanks 6``````NCAA
Oct 6````Regina 1 Alaska-Anchorage 3``````NCAA
Oct 12`` Regina 4 Lethbridge 3````````````C
Oct 13`` Regina 5 Lethbridge 2````````````C
Oct 19`` Calgary 0 Regina 2`````````````` B
Oct 20`` Calgary 4 Regina 1`````````````` B
Oct 26`` Mount Royal 1 Regina 2`````````` C
Oct 27`` Mount Royal 6 Regina 3`````````` C
Nov 9````Regina 1 Saskatchewan 2 (ot)```` A
Nov 10`` Saskatchewan 1 Regina 2``````````A
Nov 16`` Alberta 3 Regina 2 (ot)``````````A
Nov 17`` Alberta 5 Regina 2`````````````` A
Nov 23`` Regina 0 Manitoba 6``````````````A
Nov 24`` Regina 2 Manitoba 7``````````````A
Nov 30`` Regina 0 UBC 3`````````````````` B
Dec 1````Regina 3 UBC 0`````````````````` B
Jan 4````Lethbridge 3 Regina 6````````````C
Jan 5````Lethbridge 2 Regina 4````````````C
Jan 11`` Regina 1 Calgary 2`````````````` B
Jan 12`` Regina 3 Calgary 5`````````````` B
Jan 18`` Regina 3 Mount Royal 0`````````` C
Jan 19`` Regina 6 Mount Royal 5`````````` C
Jan 25`` Saskatchewan 4 Regina 5 (so)```` A
Jan 26`` Regina 4 Saskatchewan 5 (ot)```` A
Feb 1````Regina 0 Alberta 6`````````````` A
Feb 2````Regina 0 Alberta 2`````````````` A
Feb 8````Manitoba 6 Regina 3``````````````A
Feb 9````Manitoba 2 Regina 4``````````````A
Feb 15`` Regina 2 Manitoba 6``````````````A
Feb 16`` Regina 0 Manitoba 5``````````````A
v CW-x````````0-4-0
v ACAC-x``````1-0-0
v NCAA-x``````0-2-0
Exhibition``````````````1-6-0
v A`````````` 3-6-3
v B`````````` 3-5-0
v C`````````` 7-1-0
Conference```````````` 13-12-3
v A`````````` 0-2-0
Playoffs````````````````0-2-0
Total``````````````````14-20-3````````````B
The Banjo-Cats were the consensus pick to finish 8th in the CW. So when they claims 6th place and were much closer to 5th than 7th they have to be considered the surprise team of the season. They managed to get points against every opponent. Frankly, that surprises me. They looked like a very weak team when I saw them in exhibition games, regular season games, and playoff games. Yet week after week they were somehow picking up points. A split with UBC, a sweep of Lethbridge, a split with Calgary, and a three-pointer against Sask started the season. So, good for the Kittens.
LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKS
Sept 15``Laurier 4 Ryerson 3````````````
Sept 21``Windsor 4 Laurier 1````````````
Sept 22``Guelph 5 Laurier``1````````````
Sept 27``Laurier 4 Windsor 5 (ot)``````
Oct 6````Laurier 1 Mercyhurst 3```````` NCAA
Oct 7````Laurier 4 Robert Morris 10```` NCAA
Oct 11`` Laurier 2 Waterloo 3 (ot)``````B
Oct 13`` Laurier 2 Western Ontario 3````A
Oct 18`` Laurier 1 UOIT 3`````````````` C
Oct 20`` Lakehead 4 Laurier 0`````````` A
Oct 26`` Laurier 4 Windsor 3````````````B
Oct 27`` Guelph 6 Laurier 2```````````` B
Nov 1````Laurier 2 Ryerson 5````````````C
Nov 2````Laurier 4 RMC 2````````````````C
Nov 9````Carleton 1 Laurier 4`````````` A
Nov 10`` Concordia 4 Laurier 7``````````C
Nov 15`` Western Ont 4 Laurier 3 (ot)`` A
Nov 17`` Lakehead 2 Laurier 4`````````` A
Nov 22`` Laurier 2 York 4`````````````` B
Nov 24`` Laurier 0 Guelph 2```````````` B
Nov 29`` Laurier 3 UOIT 5`````````````` C
Dec 1````York 4 Laurier 3`````````````` B
Jan 3````Waterloo 1 Laurier 2`````````` B
Jan 5````Laurier 4 Brock 3``````````````C
Jan 10`` UOIT 4 Laurier 6`````````````` C
Jan 12`` Laurier 2 Windsor 6````````````B
Jan 17`` Western Ontario 0 Laurier 2````A
Jan 19`` Windsor 1 Laurier 2````````````B
Jan 25`` Waterloo 6 Laurier 4`````````` B
Jan 26`` Brock 2 Laurier 4``````````````C
Jan 31`` Laurier 3 York 1`````````````` B
Feb 1````Laurier 3 Brock 2 (ot)```````` C
Feb 7````Guelph 0 Laurier 3```````````` B
Feb 9````Laurier 5 UOIT 6`````````````` C
Feb 14`` Laurier 4 Guelph 3 (ot)````````B
Feb 16`` Guelph 3 Laurier 2```````````` B
Feb 17`` Laurier 2 Guelph 3 (ot)````````B
v OUA-x`````` 1-2-1
v NCAA-x``````0-2-0
Exhibition``````````````1-4-1
v A`````````` 3-2-1
v B`````````` 5-6-1
v C`````````` 6-4-0
Conference```````````` 14-12-2
v B`````````` 1-1-1
Playoffs````````````````1-1-1
Total``````````````````16-17-4``````````B
The Sir Wilfrids were at one time one of those teams that always seemed a threat to get to the U-Cup. Then they hit the skids. In fact, at the Christmas break they were a C team. But a 9-3-0 record in the new year allowed them to escape C level. They were edged in a very tight series by Guelph and were right in the mix in what was a very competitive OUA West. Just look at the list of scores and you can see how tight almost every game was.
TORONTO VARSITY BLUES
Sept 28``UOIT 0 Toronto 7``````````````
Sept 29``Toronto 4 York 6``````````````
Oct 2````Toronto 1 York 7``````````````
Oct 6````Toronto 2 Mass-Lowell 5````````NCAA
Oct 7````Toronto 0 Boston University 5``NCAA
Oct 12`` Toronto 4 RMC 1````````````````C
Oct 14`` Nipissing 2 Toronto 5``````````C
Oct 18`` Carleton 2 Toronto 1 (so)``````A
Oct 20`` Queen’s 1 Toronto 8````````````C
Oct 25`` Ryerson 2 Toronto 3````````````C
Oct 26`` Toronto 3 Nipissing 2``````````C
Nov 2````Windsor 5 Toronto 3````````````B
Nov 3````Windsor 3 Toronto 1````````````B
Nov 8````Toronto 4 Guelph 7```````````` B
Nov 9````Toronto 5 Brock 2``````````````B
Nov 16`` Toronto 1 Nipissing 2 (ot)```` C
Nov 17`` RMC 0 Toronto 7````````````````C
Nov 23`` Toronto 2 McGill 3 (ot)````````B
Nov 24`` Toronto 2 UQTR 6`````````````` A
Nov 30`` Ottawa 4 Toronto 6```````````` B
Dec 1````Concordia 2 Toronto 7``````````C
Dec 29`` Toronto 2 Acadia 4```````````` AUS
Dec 31`` Toronto 4 Saint Mary’s 5`````` AUS
Jan 5````Toronto 3 Queen’s 2 (ot)`````` C
Jan 6````Toronto 4 Ryerson 6````````````C
Jan 12`` RMC 1 Toronto 6````````````````C
Jan 13`` Nipissing 1 Toronto 5``````````C
Jan 18`` Toronto 3 Carleton 5`````````` A
Jan 19`` Queen’s 4 Toronto 3 (ot)`````` C
Jan 23`` Toronto 1 Ryerson 3````````````C
Jan 25`` Toronto 2 Queen’s 6````````````C
Feb 1````McGill 2 Toronto 1 (ot)````````B
Feb 2````UQTR 8 Toronto 2`````````````` A
Feb 8````Toronto 4 Ottawa 5 (so)````````B
Feb 9````Toronto 2 Concordia 1``````````C
Feb 13`` Ottawa 3 Toronto 2 (2ot)`````` B
Feb 15`` Toronto 4 Ottawa 0```````````` B
Feb 16`` Toronto 2 Ottawa 3 (ot)````````B
v OUA-x`````` 1-2-0
v AUS-x`````` 0-2-0
v NCAA-x``````0-2-0
Exhibition``````````````1-6-0
v A`````````` 0-3-1
v B`````````` 2-3-3
v C``````````11-3-2
Conference```````````` 13-9-6
v B`````````` 1-0-2
Playoffs````````````````1-0-2
Total``````````````````15-15-8``````````B
The Blahs had the weakest schedule in the CIS with 16 games against C teams. They did, however, manage to have a good series against Ottawa where they were eliminated with two OTLs. This team could benefit from a tougher schedule next year. To their credit, they did have non-conference games against Acadia and SMU.
UOIT RIDGEBACKS
Sept 8`` UOIT 4 Ryerson 5``````````````
Sept 14``UOIT 3 Nipissing 5````````````
Sept 22``Windsor 6 UOIT 1``````````````
Sept 28``UOIT 0 Toronto 7``````````````
Sept 29``Ryerson 7 UOIT 1``````````````
Oct 7````UOIT 1 Bowling Green 9```````` NCAA
Oct 13`` UOIT 2 Windsor 4`````````````` B
Oct 14`` UOIT 6 Windsor 0`````````````` B
Oct 16`` Guelph 7 UOIT 4````````````````B
Oct 18`` Laurier 1 UOIT 3`````````````` C
Oct 25`` UOIT 4 York 1``````````````````B
Oct 27`` Brock 2 UOIT 1 (so)````````````C
Nov 2````UOIT 4 Concordia 3 (ot)````````C
Nov 3````UOIT 4 RMC 3 (ot)``````````````C
Nov 9````Queen’s 5 UOIT 2`````````````` C
Nov 10`` McGill 3 UOIT 1````````````````B
Nov 15`` Waterloo 6 UOIT 3``````````````B
Nov 17`` UOIT 1 Guelph 3````````````````B
Nov 23`` UOIT 4 Brock 6```````````````` C
Nov 24`` York 5 UOIT 1``````````````````B
Nov 29`` Laurier 3 UOIT 5`````````````` B
Dec 1````UOIT 1 Waterloo 4``````````````B
Jan 4````Windsor 4 UOIT 7`````````````` B
Jan 5````UOIT 1 Western Ontario 7`````` A
Jan 10`` UOIT 4 Laurier 6`````````````` B
Jan 12`` Western Ontario 5 UOIT 2`````` A
Jan 18`` UOIT 2 Lakehead 3``````````````A
Jan 19`` UOIT 3 Lakehead 6``````````````A
Jan 25`` UOIT 3 Western Ontario 5`````` A
Jan 26`` Waterloo 6 UOIT 7``````````````B
Jan 30`` Brock 4 UOIT 1```````````````` C
Jan 31`` Guelph 3 UOIT 6````````````````B
Feb 7````UOIT 4 York 2``````````````````B
Feb 9````Laurier 5 UOIT 6`````````````` B
Feb 14`` UOIT 1 Western Ontario 8`````` A
Feb 16`` Western Ontario 5 UOIT 2`````` A
v OUA-x`````` 0-5-0
v NCAA-x``````0-1-0
Exhibition``````````````0-6-0
v A`````````` 0-5-0
v B`````````` 8-9-0
v C`````````` 3-2-1
Conference```````````` 11-16-1
v A`````````` 0-2-0
Playoffs````````````````0-2-0
Total``````````````````11-24-1``````````C
UOIT edged out Brock for the final playoff spot, which is their accomplishment for the season. Even though they lost the big head-to-head game with Brock down the stretch, they did close with 4 wins in 5 games. They usually manage a major surprise or two each year, but that did not materialize.
QUEEN'S GOLDEN GAELS
Sept 15``Queen’s 9 RMC 0````````````````
Sept 28``Queen’s 2 Acadia 5```````````` AUS
Sept 29``Queen’s 5 Saint Mary’s 4`````` AUS
Oct 6````Queen’s 0 Colgate 1````````````NCAA
Oct 12`` Ryerson 3 Queen’s 6````````````C
Oct 19`` Queen’s 5 Ryerson 3````````````C
Oct 20`` Queen’s 1 Toronto 8````````````B
Oct 24`` Queen’s 0 McGill 3```````````` B
Oct 26`` McGill 3 Queen’s 2 (ot)````````B
Nov 2````Brock 4 Queen’s 6``````````````C
Nov 3````Nipissing 3 Queen’s 2 (ot)```` C
Nov 9````Queen’s 5 UOIT 2`````````````` C
Nov 10`` Queen’s 0 Guelph 4```````````` B
Nov 15`` Queen’s 4 Ryerson 1````````````C
Nov 17`` Nipissing 4 Queen’s 3``````````C
Nov 23`` Queen’s 1 Ottawa 2```````````` B
Nov 24`` Queen’s 2 Carleton 4`````````` A
Nov 30`` Concordia 2 Queen’s 3 (so)```` C
Dec 1````UQTR 2 Queen’s 1 (ot)``````````A
Dec 29`` Queen’s 1 Carleton 5``````````
Jan 4````Queen’s 3 RMC 1````````````````C
Jan 5````Toronto 3 Queen’s 2 (ot)`````` B
Jan 12`` Ryerson 3 Queen’s 1````````````C
Jan 15`` Carleton 3 Queen’s 1`````````` A
Jan 18`` Queen’s 0 Nipissing 3``````````C
Jan 19`` Queen’s 4 Toronto 3 (ot)`````` B
Jan 23`` RMC 2 Queen’s 1 (ot)`````````` C
Jan 25`` Toronto 2 Queen’s 6````````````B
Jan 26`` Nipissing 4 Queen’s 2``````````C
Jan 31`` Queen’s 7 RMC 2````````````````C
Feb 2````Ottawa 4 Queen’s 3 (ot)````````B
Feb 8````Queen’s 2 Concordia 3 (so)```` C
Feb 9````Queen’s 3 UQTR 7`````````````` A
Feb 13`` Queen's 2 Carleton 10``````````A
Feb 15`` Carleton 2 Queen's 1`````````` A
v OUA-x`````` 1-1-0
v AUS-x`````` 1-1-0
v NCAA-x``````0-1-0
Exhibition``````````````2-3-0
v A`````````` 0-3-1
v B`````````` 2-4-3
v C`````````` 8-4-3
Conference```````````` 10-11-7
v A`````````` 0-2-0
Playoffs````````````````0-2-0
Total``````````````````12-16-7``````````C
The Queens were another major beneficiary of a cushy schedule, 1ith 15 games against C teams. They also went 2-0-7 in OT. That's a lot of overtime games. I thought this was a team on the rise. This season was a disappointment. Last year so many OUA East teams were just like Queen's, apparently on the rise. Hard to figure why so many collapsed in just one year.
RYERSON RAMS
Sept 8`` UOIT 4 Ryerson 5``````````````
Sept 15``Laurier 4 Ryerson 3````````````
Sept 21``Ryerson 2 Nipissing 3``````````
Sept 28``Ryerson 1 York 7``````````````
Sept 29``Ryerson 7 UOIT 1``````````````
Oct 6````Ryerson 1 Lake Superior St 2`` NCAA
Oct 7````Ryerson 2 Ferris State 8`````` NCAA
Oct 12`` Ryerson 3 Queen’s 6````````````C
Oct 13`` Ryerson 3 RMC 2````````````````C
Oct 19`` Queen’s 5 Ryerson 3````````````C
Oct 20`` RMC 1 Ryerson 2````````````````C
Oct 25`` Ryerson 2 Toronto 3````````````B
Oct 27`` Nipissing 6 Ryerson 3``````````C
Nov 1````Laurier 2 Ryerson 5````````````B
Nov 3````Western Ontario 5 Ryerson 3````A
Nov 7````Ryerson 4 Brock 6``````````````B
Nov 9````Ryerson 3 Nipissing 4``````````C
Nov 15`` Queen’s 4 Ryerson 1````````````C
Nov 16`` Ryerson 4 RMC 2````````````````C
Nov 23`` Ryerson 3 UQTR 7`````````````` A
Nov 24`` Ryerson 0 Concordia 4``````````C
Nov 30`` McGill 4 Ryerson 2```````````` B
Dec 1````Carleton 2 Ryerson 3 (ot)``````A
Jan 4````Ryerson 3 Nipissing 5``````````C
Jan 6````Toronto 4 Ryerson 6````````````B
Jan 12`` Ryerson 3 Queen’s 1````````````C
Jan 13`` Ryerson 4 Ottawa 9```````````` B
Jan 18`` RMC 2 Ryerson 8````````````````C
Jan 20`` Ottawa 8 Ryerson 3```````````` B
Jan 23`` Toronto 1 Ryerson 3````````````B
Jan 25`` Ryerson 3 Nipissing 4``````````C
Feb 1````UQTR 1 Ryerson 3`````````````` A
Feb 2````Concordia 4 Ryerson 5 (so)```` C
Feb 8````Ryerson 1 McGill 4```````````` B
Feb 9````Ryerson 5 Carleton 2`````````` A
Feb 13`` UQTR 5 Ryerson 2`````````````` A
Feb 16`` Ryerson 3 UQTR 7`````````````` A
v OUA-x`````` 1-4-0
v NCAA-x``````0-2-0
Exhibition``````````````1-6-0
v A`````````` 3-2-0
v B`````````` 3-7-0
v C`````````` 5-8-0
Conference```````````` 11-17-0
v A`````````` 0-2-0
Playoffs````````````````0-2-0
Total``````````````````12-25-0``````````C
The new digs at the Old Maple Leaf Gardens didn't help the Rams on-ice product this season. On the positive side they had late wins over UQTR and Carleton to nail down a playoff berth. But overall this was a floundering team. They gave up 108 goals in regular season games.
