This web page contains files that relate to the University of Toronto Women's Hockey Team. This hockey team has competed formally since 1922, but was around even before then! Here is a brief history of the team as well as a little bit of information about the 95-96 season's squad. Information for the 1997-98 squad is also available.
The University of Toronto women's hockey team competes in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) league (note that the league used to be the OWIAA league). The other universities in the league are Guelph, York, Windsor, Laurier, and Queen's.
The first-ever CIAU Women's Hockey National Championship was held at the end of the 1997-98 season. The winner within each of the four regions in Canada compete for the national (CIAU) title at the end of each season. Women hockey players will now have to follow the standard 5-year eligibility rule. This year's National Championship was held at Concordia University from February 26th until March 1st, 1998. Congratulations to the University of Toronto who won the silver medal! Two Blues were selected to the CIAU All-Canadian All-Star Team!
Here are the 1997-98 OUA Championship results. During the 1996-97 season, the Blues placed first in regular season play (with a record of 12-1-2), but lost 3-2 in double overtime in the OUA final against the University of Guelph.
Here are the 1996-97 OWIAA Championship results. During the 1996-97 season, the Blues placed first in regular season play (with a record of 13-0-2), but lost 3-2 in double overtime in the OWIAA final against York University.
In 1995-96, the Blues defeated the University of Guelph Gryphons by a score of 2-1 in triple overtime, to claim the 1995-96 OWIAA Championship. Here's a censored picture of us celebrating with the OWIAA banner!! :-) :-)
All home games and practices for the Varsity Blues are at Varsity Arena, which is located at the University of Toronto downtown campus (at 275 Bloor Street West, just east of Bedford Street). The usual home game time is 7:15 pm on Tuesdays, and the practice schedule is as follows:
Monday: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Tuesday: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Wednesday: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Thursday: 7:00 am - 9:00 am (waaaaaay too early!! :-))
Friday: 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Dec 2 *York 7:30 (A) L 1-2
9 ALUMNI 7:00 (A) L 1-5
Jan 2 *York 7:30 (A) L 1-2
9 EXHIBITION vs TBA 7:00 (H)
10 *Windsor 3:30 (A) W 12-0
11 *Windsor 3:30 (A) W 9-0
17 *QUEEN'S 4:00 (H) W 7-1
18 *QUEEN'S 4:00 (H) W 4-1
21 *YORK 7:30 (H) W 3-2
23 Concordia Tournament (4 Glaces) 4:00 (A) L 3-5
24 (St Laurent) 10:00 (A) W 4-2
25 (Dartmouth) TBA (A) W 3-2
27 *LAURIER 7:30 (H) W 2-1
Feb 5 *GUELPH 7:30 (H) T 2-2
8 *Laurier 7:15 (A) W 2-1
10 EXHIBITION vs TBA 7:00 (H)
14 OUA FINALS (York) 3:00 (H) W 2-0
15 (at VARSITY ARENA) (Guelph) 3:00 (H) L 2-3 [2OT]
19 EXHIBITION vs TBA 7:00 (H)
26 CIAU Championship (Concordia) 3:00 (A)
27 (at Concordia) (St Mary's) 5:30 (A)
28 (TBA) TBA (A)
December 9th 1997: Backed by star defense Sophie Radecki and Karen short-shift Hughes on forward the Alumni team put on an impressive performance against the Blues on Tuesday night. As the Alumni team was short on bodies, Michelle Rosenberg and Stephanie Campbell volunteered to help their cause. The final score was 5-1 in the Alumni team's favour. The Blues had an impressive V-Formation play that almost shocked the elderly Alumni team into cardiac arrest!
September 1997: Three players of the Varsity Blues have been selected to train at the Team Canada Olympic training camp in Calgary from September 1997 until February 1998. These players will not be competing with the Blues this season. These players are: Lori Dupuis, Jayna Hefford, and Laura Schuler. Other former blues who will compete for Team Canada at the 1998 Olympics are Vicky Sunohara and Lesley Reddon. Laurie Taylor-Bolton, a former Blue, will be a women's hockey referee at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
November 24, 1996: Keely Brown, a goaltender for the University of Toronto Hockey Team, is the OWIAA athlete of the week. The native of Kitchener, Ontario posted her fourth consecutive shut-out of the season with a 7-0 win over Guelph. Brown made several key saves throughout the game to preserve her 0.0 goals against average. Keely is a 2nd year arts and science student.
If you can view large inline image files, you can use this link to see all of the pictures in one very large file. If not, use the links below to view one picture at a time. The file with all of the 1995-96 player profiles and pictures may be viewed using this link.
1921-1922 1922-1923 1923-1924 1924-1925 1926-1927 1927-1928 1928-1929 1929-1930 1931-1932 1932-1933 1933-1934 1948-1949 1949-1950 1950-1951 1960-1961 1961-1962 1962-1963 1963-1964 1964-1965 1965-1966 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982 1983-1984 1984-1985 1985-1986 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1995-1996
For a complete list of the universities that won the Ontario Women's University Hockey championship each year, please see the Women's OUA Hockey page.
For more women's hockey history in Canada and the USA, please see the Women's Hockey History page.
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