WCIAU men's ice hockey tournament

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Collegiate ice hockey tournament

Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union men's ice hockey tournament
Conference hockey championship
Sport	Ice hockey
Conference	Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union
Format	Single-elimination
Played	1920–1962
Winner trophy	Halpenny Trophy Hardy Trophy

The Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union ice hockey tournament was an annual conference championship held between member teams.

Shortly After World War I, the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (WCIAU) was organized. Schools from western Canada had played one another before the war but did not formalize any arrangement until 1919. Initially, the ice hockey division possessed only three conference members but the league was hampered when Alberta withdrew after the inaugural year. With only Manitoba and Saskatchewan as members, the hockey league existed in name only for several years, sometimes not even being contested. Manitoba stopped competing in the late 20s and the league was abandoned until Alberta agreed to play season series with Saskatchewan. However, the WCIAU remained a curiosity until the 1950s.

In 1956, Manitoba returned as full time members and were joined by Brandon, bringing the conference up to four members for the first time. This situation only lasted for two years before Brandon withdrew and the league continued on as a trio. In 1962, the conference dissolved and reformed as the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Association (WCIAA).

The Halpenny Trophy was donated by Dr. J Halpenny of the University of Saskatchewan in 1922. After winning the trophy every year of competition after 1933, it was permanently given to Alberta in 1950. Afterwards, the Hardy Trophy was awarded to the league champion.

Seed	School	Standings
1	Manitoba	3–1–0
2	Alberta	2–2–0
3	Saskatchewan	1–3–0

No playoff

No regular season play

No regular season play

No regular season play
Manitoba declared champion due to Saskatchewan using ineligible players.

No regular season play

	Championship February 9

	Manitoba		8

	Saskatchewan		1

No regular season play

	Championship January 29

	Alberta		2

	Saskatchewan		6

Single exhibition game

not contested

No regular season play

	Championship February 12

	Alberta		1

	Saskatchewan		4

not contested

No regular season play

	Championship February 22

	Alberta		1

	Saskatchewan		5

Single exhibition game

Seed	School	Standings
1	Saskatchewan	4–0–0
2	Manitoba	2–2–0
3	Alberta	0–4–0

No playoff

not contested

not contested

not contested

No regular season play

Championship January 20, 22, 26, 27

Alberta	3	0	1	2	6

Saskatchewan	1	0	3	0	4

not contested

No regular season play

Championship January 25, 27, February 8, 10

Alberta	3	3	3	3	12

Saskatchewan	1	3	3	4	11

No regular season play

Championship February 6, 8, 20, 22

Alberta	2	4	2	3	11

Saskatchewan	1	6	0	3	10

No regular season play

Championship January 22, 24, February 5, 7

Alberta	2	5	6	5	18

Saskatchewan	3	2	4	5	14

No regular season play

Championship January 21, 23, February 4, 6

Alberta	7	6	6	6	25

Saskatchewan	2	5	6	3	16

Seed	School	Standings
1	Alberta	4–0–4
2	Saskatchewan	3–2–3
3	Manitoba	1–6–1

No playoff

League suspended due to World War II

No regular season play

Championship February 22, 24, March 1, 2

Alberta	8	5	3	4	20

Saskatchewan	6	3	2	5	16

Seed	School	Standings
1	Alberta	5–1–0
2	Manitoba	2–2–0
3	Saskatchewan	1–5–0

Manitoba's games were worth 4 points each no playoff

No regular season play

Championship January 30, 31, February 13, 14

Alberta	4	3	2	7	16

Saskatchewan	8	0	5	1	14

No regular season play

Championship January 14, 15, 21, 22, 29, February 12

Alberta	5	4	5	5	7	6

Saskatchewan	7	3	4	5	6	5

No regular season play

Championship

Alberta	3	4	6	4	2	3	4

Saskatchewan	3	8	4	3	3	2	1

No regular season play

Championship January 26, 27, February 5, 6, 7

Alberta	5	3	5	4	7

Saskatchewan	6	4	1	0	3

No regular season play

Championship January 25, 26, February 8, 9

Alberta	4	6	1	1

Saskatchewan	6	3	3	3

No regular season play

Championship January 23, 24, February 13, 14, 15

Alberta	3	1	5	4	4

Saskatchewan	1	2	6	0	9

No regular season play

Championship January 22, 23, February 11, 12, 13

Alberta	5	4	3	4	6

Saskatchewan	3	1	4	6	4

Seed	School	Standings
1	Alberta	6–2–0
2	Saskatchewan	4–4–0
3	Brandon	2–6–0

no playoff

No regular season play

Championship January 20, 21, February 24, 25

Alberta	2	3	8	5

Saskatchewan	3	2	4	2

Seed	School	Standings
1	Alberta	10–0–0
2	Manitoba	6–2–0
3	Saskatchewan	3–7–0
4	Brandon	1–11–0

Manitoba cancelled its final 4 games due to poor ice and travel issues
no playoff

Seed	School	Standings
1	Alberta	11–1–0
2	Saskatchewan	8–4–0
3	Manitoba	3–9–0
4	Brandon	2–10–0

no playoff

Seed	School	Standings
1	Saskatchewan	6–2–0
2	Alberta	4–4–0
3	Manitoba	2–6–0

no playoff

Seed	School	Standings
1	Alberta	7–1–0
2	Manitoba	4–4–0
3	Saskatchewan	1–7–0

no playoff

Seed	School	Standings
1	Alberta	7–0–1
2	Saskatchewan	4–4–0
3	Manitoba	0–7–1

no playoff

Seed	School	Standings
1	Alberta	11–1–0
2	Saskatchewan	5–7–0
3	British Columbia	0–8–0

The eight games between Alberta and Saskatchewan were worth 1 point in the standings.
All of British Columbia's games were worth 2 points.
no playoff

School	Championships
Alberta	20
Saskatchewan	8
Manitoba	4

Canada West Men's Hockey History

"History of Canada West". Canada West. Retrieved October 10, 2024.

v t e Canada West Universities Athletic Association
Pacific members	UBC Thunderbirds UBC Okanagan Heat Fraser Valley Cascades UNBC Timberwolves Thompson Rivers WolfPack Trinity Western Spartans Victoria Vikes
Prairie members	Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas Brandon Bobcats Calgary Dinos Lethbridge Pronghorns MacEwan Griffins Manitoba Bisons Mount Royal Cougars Regina Cougars and Rams Saskatchewan Huskies Winnipeg Wesmen
See also	U Sports U Sports football (Hardy Cup) U Sports men's ice hockey U Sports women's ice hockey U Sports men's soccer U Sports women's soccer U Sports men's volleyball U Sports women's volleyball

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East	Carleton Ravens Concordia Stingers McGill Redbirds Ontario Tech Ridgebacks Ottawa Gee-Gees Queen's Gaels RMC Paladins UQTR Patriotes York Lions

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