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GPAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The Great Plains Athletic Conference men's ice hockey tournament was an annual conference championship held between member teams. History In 1972, the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Association (WCIAA) decided to divide itself into two separate conferences due to the sizable area that the conference covered. The Great Plains Athletic Association (GPAA) was created and contained teams from the provinces of Ontario and Manitoba. Four years on, then called the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), Regina joined and expanded the league's footprint. The Conference did not hold a tournament until 1978. Prior to that, the league's automatic bid went to the regular season champion. Unfortunately, the conference proved to rather unsuccessful. From its founding, the GPAC champion received a berth in the University Cup tournament, however, the league was by far the least successful of any in Canada. Over the course of 13 tournaments, all GPAC teams combined to go 3–27 in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hockey sticks to control, advance and Shot (ice hockey), shoot a closed, vulcanized, rubber disc called a "hockey puck, puck" into the other team's goal. Each goal is worth one point. The team which scores the most Goal (ice hockey), goals is declared the winner. In a formal game, each team has six Ice skating, skaters on the ice at a time, barring any penalties, one of whom is the goaltender. Ice hockey is a contact sport#Grades, full contact sport. Ice hockey is one of the sports featured in the Winter Olympics while its premiere international amateur competition, the Ice Hockey World Championships, IIHF World Championships, are governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) for both men's and women's co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manitoba Bisons Men's Ice Hockey
The Manitoba Bisons men's ice hockey team is an ice hockey team representing the Manitoba Bisons athletics program of University of Manitoba. The team is a member of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association conference and compete in U Sports. The Bisons play their home games at the Wayne Fleming Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba. History Manitoba iced its first varsity ice hockey team in 1908, roughly around the same time that other schools in Western Canada were laying the foundation for college hockey in the region. For the first few years, the team played out of the provincial senior league, winning the Pattison Cup in 1910. The club issued a challenge for the Allan Cup, the national amateur championship, but administrative delays and financial problems eventually forced the team to withdraw their bid. The Bisons continued with senior hockey for a few years before withdrawing from the provincial league in 1912. After World War I, Manitoba began to sponsor a junior and sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Establishments In Canada
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Recurring Sporting Events Established In 1973
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Canadian College Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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Canada West Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The Canada West men's ice hockey tournament is an annual conference championship held between member teams. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to participate in the University Cup tournament. History In 1972, the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Association (WCIAA) decided to divide itself into two separate conferences due to the sizable area that the conference covered. The Great Plains Athletic Association (GPAA) was created for eastern schools while the western colleges were placed in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA). Originally a five-team league, the conference was soon down to four members when Victoria dropped its program in 1973. 1984 saw the conference expanded for the first time, adding Lethbridge to the league roster. The next season, due to the collapse of the since-renamed Great Plains Athletic Conference's (GPAC) hockey division, Canada West absorbed the three remaining schools. With the conference doubling its size ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCIAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's ice hockey tournament was an annual conference championship held between member teams. History In 1962, the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union announced that it would be holding the first national collegiate tournament in 1963. In response, the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (WCIAU), reformed as the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Association (WCIAA) and its champion would automatically receive a berth into the University Cup tournament. The move prompted Manitoba to return to the conference, bringing the number of members back up to four. In 1964, British Columbia was forced to withdraw due to high travel expenses, however, the addition of Calgary allowed the league to remain a foursome. Two years later, UBC returned and the league held its first postseason tournament thanks to a tie for first in the standings. Two more additions in 1969 brought the league up to eight members and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCIAU Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Bobcats Men's Ice Hockey
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Great Plains Athletic Conference
The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Member institutions are located in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The conference was founded in 1969 as the Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NIAC), later becoming the Nebraska–Iowa Athletic Conference (1992) before being renamed the Great Plains Athletic Conference (2000). History The Great Plains Athletic Conference was founded on September 22, 1969, as the Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NIAC). The first president of the conference was Art Nicolia (NWU) while Glen Hinkle (Doane) was the vice president and Roger Olsen (Dana) was the secretary/treasure. Jack Anderson (NWU) was named the first publicist on February 28, 1970. The six charter members were Concordia University, Dana College, Doane University, Hastings College, Midland University, and Nebraska Wesleyan University. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada West Universities Athletic Association
Canada West is a regional membership association for universities in Western Canada which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public and the media. This is similar to what would be called a college athletic conference in the United States. Canada West is one of four such bodies that are members of the country's governing body for university athletics, U Sports. The other three regional associations coordinating university-level sports in Canada are Ontario University Athletics (OUA), Atlantic University Sport (AUS), and the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ). History The Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (WCIAU — later renamed Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Association) was formed in 1919–20 as the first recognized western-based post-secondary athletic organization in Canada, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakehead Thunderwolves Men's Ice Hockey
The Lakehead Thunderwolves men's ice hockey team (formerly the Lakehead Nor'Westers) is an active ice hockey program representing the Lakehead Thunderwolves athletic department of Lakehead University. The team has been continually active since returning to action in 2002 and is currently a member of the Ontario University Athletics conference under the authority of U Sports. The Thunderwolves play at the Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ontario. History After the merger of Lakehead Technical Institute and Lakehead College of Arts, Science, and Technology in 1965, Lakehead University was formed. That first year, the college started its ice hockey team and began play as a founding member of the International Collegiate Hockey Association (ICHA), an NAIA conference composed mostly of American schools. The Nor'Westers shared a league championship in 1967 but were usually a middling team in the conference for much of their tenure. However, Lakehead did make the NAIA tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
