# University Cup appearances by team

The following is a list of U Sports college ice hockey teams that have qualified for the University Cup as of 2024 with teams listed by number of appearances.
U Sports men's Division I ice hockey tournament :
| School | Tournament appearances | Tournament years | Best result |
| Alberta | 44 | 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 | Champions (1964, 1968, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2018) |
| Quebec–Trois-Rivières | 23 | 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023, 2024 | Champions (1987, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2022) |
| New Brunswick | 22 | 1964, 1984, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 | Champions (1998, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024) |
| Saskatchewan | 21 | 1967, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 | Champions (1983) |
| Toronto | 17 | 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993 | Champions (1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1984) |
| St. Francis Xavier | 17 | 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1978, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 | Champions (2004) |
| Moncton | 16 | 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2024 | Champions (1981, 1982, 1990, 1995) |
| Saint Mary's Huskies | 15 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2020, 2023 | Champions (2010) |
| Calgary | 14 | 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2011, 2015, 2023, 2024 | Semifinals (1974, 1976, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996) |
| Western Ontario | 13 | 1987, 1988, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2020 | Champions (2002) |
| Acadia | 12 | 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022 | Champions (1993, 1996) |
| York | 11 | 1970, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2017 | Champions (1985, 1988, 1989) |
| Guelph | 11 | 1976, 1979, 1980, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2015, 2019, 2020 | Champions (1997) |
| Concordia Stingers $^‡$ | 11 | 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2018, 2023 | Runners-Up (1983, 1984) |
| McGill Redbirds | 10 | 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2024 | Champions (2012) |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 8 | 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2001, 2006, 2007 | Runners-Up (1989, 1990) |
| Manitoba | 7 | 1965, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2010 | Champions (1965) |
| Sir George Williams $^‡$ | 7 | 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974 | Runners-Up (1964, 1969, 1974) |
| British Columbia | 6 | 1963, 1971, 1977, 2020, 2022, 2024 | Runners-Up (1963) |
| Laurentian | 6 | 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971 | Runners-Up (1967) |
| Brandon | 6 | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983 | Quarterfinals / Round-robin (1974, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1983) |
| Loyola $^‡$ | 5 | 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975 | Runners-Up (1968) |
| Lakehead | 5 | 1973, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010 | Runners-Up (2006) |
| Prince Edward Island $^†$ | 5 | 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2023 | Semifinals (1988, 1991, 2023) |
| Windsor | 5 | 1998, 1999, 2014, 2015, 2023 | Quarterfinals / Round-robin (1998, 1999, 2014, 2015, 2023) |
| Waterloo | 4 | 1974, 1991, 1996, 2013 | Champions (1974) |
| Regina | 4 | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982 | Runners-Up (1980) |
| Brock | 4 | 2008, 2018, 2022, 2024 | Quarterfinals / Round-robin (2008, 2018, 2022, 2024) |
| Dalhousie | 3 | 1979, 1986, 2004 | Runners-Up (1979) |
| Ottawa | 3 | 1985, 2004, 2020 | Semifinals (1985) |
| Queen's | 3 | 1981, 2017, 2019 | Quarterfinals / Round-robin (1981, 2017, 2019) |
| Carleton | 3 | 2014, 2016, 2019 | Quarterfinals / Round-robin (2014, 2016, 2019) |
| Toronto Metropolitan | 2 | 2022, 2024 | Semifinals (2022, 2024) |
| McMaster | 1 | 1963 | Champions (1963) |
| Lethbridge | 1 | 1994 | Champions (1994) |
| Saint Dunstan's $^†$ | 1 | 1965 | Runners-Up (1965) |
| Sherbrooke | 1 | 1963 | Semifinals (1963) |
| Montreal | 1 | 1964 | Semifinals (1964) |
| Quebec–Chicoutimi | 1 | 1979 | Round-robin (1979) |
| St. Thomas | 1 | 2001 | Round-robin (2001) |
| Laval | 1 | 1976 | Regional semifinal (1976) |
† Saint Dunstan's merged with Prince of Wales College in 1969 to form Prince Edward Island. ‡ Loyola and Sir George Williams merged in 1975 to form Concordia.
Teams in Italics no longer compete in U Sports.

## Teams without a tournament appearance

The following active U Sports programs have never qualified for the University Cup.
| School | Joined U Sports |
| MacEwan | 2021 |
| Mount Royal | 2012 |
| Nipissing | 2009 |
| Ontario Tech | 2007 |
| Royal Military College | 1963 * |
| Trinity Western | 2021 |
* Other than war years, RMC has been active since 1890.

## Performance by team

The code in each cell represents the furthest the team made it in the respective tournament:
* – Not fielding a U Sports team
* RS Regional Semifinals (8 teams played in a regional semifinal in 1976)
* QF Quarterfinals (between 2 and 8 teams played in either a regional final or quarterfinal round; used off-and-on since 1966)
* SF / RR Semifinalist / Round-Robin (The University Cup has used either a round-robin or semifinal round to determine the final two teams)
* RU National Runner-up
* CH National Champion
Teams that received byes into the semifinal round are shown with underlined in years when quarterfinal were held.
Note: The 2020 tournament was cancelled after the first two quarterfinal games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020–21 season was also cancelled in its entirety.
| School | Conference as of 2024 | # | QF | SF | CG | CH | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Alberta | Canada West | 44 | 13 | 41 | 24 | 16 | | CH | | RU | | CH | SF | SF | | SF | SF | | CH | QF | RU | CH | CH | CH | | | | SF | RU | CH | RR | | SF | | RU | CH | SF | | | | SF | RR | CH | CH | RR | RR | RR | RR | CH | CH | | CH | RR | RU | RR | | RR | CH | CH | QF | QF | CH | RU | | RU | RU | |
| New Brunswick | AUS | 22 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 10 | | SF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | QF | | | | | | | | | | | | | RU | CH | | RU | | | RR | RU | | | CH | RU | CH | | CH | RR | CH | | RU | CH | CH | SF | CH | QF | QF | CH | CH |
| Toronto | OUA | 17 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | | | | CH | CH | SF | CH | CH | CH | CH | CH | | RU | CH | CH | RU | | | | RR | RR | CH | SF | | | | | | | | RU | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Quebec–Trois-Rivières | OUA | 23 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SF | | RU | CH | | | SF | CH | SF | | | | SF | | RR | RR | RR | CH | RU | CH | | RR | | RR | | | RR | | RR | RR | | SF | QF | | | | | CH | SF | RU |
| Moncton | AUS | 16 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | RS | | RR | | RR | CH | CH | RR | | | SF | | | SF | CH | | | | | CH | | | | RU | | | | | | RR | | RU | RR | | | | RR | | | | | | | | | | | QF |
| York | OUA | 11 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | – | – | | | | | | QF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CH | SF | RR | CH | CH | | | | | | | | SF | | RR | | | | RR | RR | | | | | | | | | | | | | QF | | | | | | |
| Acadia | AUS | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RU | CH | SF | | CH | | RU | | | | | | | | RR | | | | | | | | RR | QF | | SF | QF | | QF | QF | | |
| Saskatchewan | Canada West | 21 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 1 | | | | | SF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RU | RU | CH | | | | RU | | | | | | | | | | | RR | RR | RR | | RR | | | RU | RR | RR | RR | | | | RR | RR | RU | | SF | RU | SF | SF | QF | | | |
| Saint Mary's | AUS | 15 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | | | – | – | – | | SF | RU | RU | RU | RU | SF | SF | | SF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RR | | | | | | | RR | CH | | | RU | | | SF | | | | SF | | QF | |
| St. Francis Xavier | AUS | 17 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | SF | | | SF | SF | QF | | | | | | | | QF | | RR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RU | | RU | CH | | | RR | | | | RR | | | | QF | RU | SF | RU | SF | | SF | | |
| Western Ontario | OUA | 13 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RR | RU | | | | | | SF | SF | | | | | RR | RR | CH | | | RR | | | | RU | | RR | RU | | | | QF | | | | SF | | | |
| Guelph | OUA | 11 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | RU | | | RR | RR | | | | | | | | | | | | | SF | RU | RU | | CH | | | | | RR | | | | | | | | | | | | | SF | | | | QF | QF | | | |
| McGill | OUA | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RR | | RR | RR | RR | RU | CH | | RR | | | QF | QF | | | | | SF |
| Waterloo | OUA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | CH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SF | | | | | RU | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RR | | | | | | | | | | |
| Manitoba | Canada West | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | CH | | | | | | | | | | | RS | QF | | | | | | | QF | QF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RR | | | | | RR | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lethbridge | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | | | | | | | CH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | QF | | – | – | – |
| McMaster | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | CH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sir George Williams | — | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | | RU | SF | QF | QF | | RU | | | SF | | RU | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Concordia | OUA | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | SF | QF | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RU | RU | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | QF | | | | QF | |
| Wilfrid Laurier | OUA | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RR | | | QF | | | RU | RU | | SF | | | | | | | | | RR | | | | | RR | RR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Laurentian | — | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | SF | SF | RU | SF | QF | | SF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | | | | | | – | – | – |
| Loyola | — | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | RU | | SF | QF | | SF | | SF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lakehead | OUA | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | QF | | | | | | | | | | | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | RR | | | RU | | | RR | RR | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Regina | Canada West | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | RR | RR | RU | | RR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| British Columbia | Canada West | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | RU | | | | | | | | SF | | | | | | SF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | QF | QF | | QF |
| Dalhousie | AUS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RU | | | | | | | QF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Saint Dunstan's | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | RU | | | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Calgary | Canada West | 14 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | SF | | SF | | | | RR | RR | | | | | QF | | SF | | SF | | | | | SF | SF | | | | RR | | | | | | | | | | | RR | | | | QF | | | | | | | QF | QF |
| Prince Edward Island | AUS | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | QF | | RR | SF | | | SF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SF | |
| Brandon | — | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | QF | QF | RS | | | | | RR | RR | RR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Windsor | OUA | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RR | RR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RR | QF | | | | | | | QF | |
| Ottawa | OUA | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RR | | | | | | | | | | | – | – | | | | QF | | | |
| Toronto Metropolitan | OUA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SF | | SF |
| Brock | OUA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RR | | | | | | | | | | QF | | | QF | | QF |
| Queen's | OUA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | QF | | QF | | | | |
| Carleton | OUA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | | | | | RR | | QF | | | QF | | | | |
| Sherbrooke | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | SF | | | | | | | | | | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Montreal | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | SF | | | | | | | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Quebec–Chicoutimi | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | RR | | | | | | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| St. Thomas | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | – | – | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Laval | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | – | – | – | – | RS | | – | | | | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |