WCIAU men's 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.

History

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.

Tournaments

1920

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

No playoff

1921

No regular season play

	Championship January 22, February 5
	Manitoba		2	3	5
	Saskatchewan		1	8	9

1922

No regular season play

	Championship January 28, February 18
	Manitoba		4	5	9
	Saskatchewan		2	4	6

1923

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

1924

No regular season play

	Championship February 9
	Manitoba		8
	Saskatchewan		1

1925

No regular season play

	Championship January 29
	Alberta		2
	Saskatchewan		6

Single exhibition game

1926

not contested

1927

No regular season play

	Championship February 12
	Alberta		1
	Saskatchewan		4

1928

not contested

1929

No regular season play

	Championship February 22
	Alberta		1
	Saskatchewan		5

Single exhibition game

1930

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

No playoff

1931

not contested

1932

not contested

1933

not contested

1934

No regular season play

	Championship January 20, 22, 26, 27
	Alberta		3	0	1	2	6
	Saskatchewan		1	0	3	0	4

1935

not contested

1936

No regular season play

	Championship January 25, 27, February 8, 10
	Alberta		3	3	3	3	12
	Saskatchewan		1	3	3	4	11

1937

No regular season play

	Championship February 6, 8, 20, 22
	Alberta		2	4	2	3	11
	Saskatchewan		1	6	0	3	10

1938

No regular season play

	Championship January 22, 24, February 5, 7
	Alberta		2	5	6	5	18
	Saskatchewan		3	2	4	5	14

1939

No regular season play

	Championship January 21, 23, February 4, 6
	Alberta		7	6	6	6	25
	Saskatchewan		2	5	6	3	16

1940

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

No playoff

1941–1945

League suspended due to World War II

1946

No regular season play

	Championship February 22, 24, March 1, 2
	Alberta		8	5	3	4	20
	Saskatchewan		6	3	2	5	16

1947

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

1948

No regular season play

	Championship January 30, 31, February 13, 14
	Alberta		4	3	2	7	16
	Saskatchewan		8	0	5	1	14

1949

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

1950

No regular season play

	Championship
	Alberta		3	4	6	4	2	3	4
	Saskatchewan		3	8	4	3	3	2	1

1951

No regular season play

	Championship January 26, 27, February 5, 6, 7
	Alberta		5	3	5	4	7
	Saskatchewan		6	4	1	0	3

1952

No regular season play

	Championship January 25, 26, February 8, 9
	Alberta		4	6	1	1
	Saskatchewan		6	3	3	3

1953

No regular season play

	Championship January 23, 24, February 13, 14, 15
	Alberta		3	1	5	4	4
	Saskatchewan		1	2	6	0	9

1954

No regular season play

	Championship January 22, 23, February 11, 12, 13
	Alberta		5	4	3	4	6
	Saskatchewan		3	1	4	6	4

1955

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

no playoff

1956

No regular season play

	Championship January 20, 21, February 24, 25
	Alberta		2	3	8	5
	Saskatchewan		3	2	4	2

1957

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

1958

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

1959

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

no playoff

1960

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

no playoff

1961

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

no playoff

1962

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

Championships

School	Championships
Alberta	20
Saskatchewan	8
Manitoba	4

See also

• WCIAA men's ice hockey tournament
• GPAC men's ice hockey tournament
• Canada West men's ice hockey tournament

References

Canada West Men's Hockey History