Mount Royal Cougars

"Cougars" is the name of the sports teams of Mount Royal University, located in Calgary, Alberta. It was formerly known as "Mount Royal Junior College" (MRJC) then "Mount Royal College" (MRC) until 2009. Their home arena is the Flames Community Arenas. They are members of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA) and U Sports (formerly known as CIS).
==Overview==
===History===
MRU have played in University, College, Junior A, and Junior B leagues. They were in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) from 1964-65 through 2011-12 seasons (but for 1969-70 through 1971-72 and 1980-81 through 1981-82) before moving up to the CWUAA in the 2012-13 season.
*Official Team Site
====Junior Seasons====
The MRJC Cougars first played in the Calgary Junior B Hockey League (CJBHL), for which there are not many records available. We do know that they won the 1953-54 Alberta Junior B Playoffs, 3 games to 1 over the Drumheller Miners in the final. They then lost the 1954 Alberta-British Columbia Junior B Championship 2 games to 0 to the Trail Smoke Eaters.
It would appear that the Cougars' final season in Junior B was 1956-57. They won the league, however the first place team went on to the provincials that year.
After being in the college ranks for a few years, they returned to junior to play in the Junior A level Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) for two seasons in 1970-71 and 1971-72. They finished first in 1972 but were ineligible for the playoffs.
====College Seasons====
In between the stints in junior, the Western Inter-College Conference (WICC) was formed in 1964-65, and changed its name to the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) in 1969. While in the ACAC the Cougars won two championships as "Mount Royal Junior College", nine as "Mount Royal College", and one as "Mount Royal University". They also claimed four national titles in the CCAA in those years.
*ACAC History Page
*ACAC List of Seasons and Champions
====University Seasons====
In 2012-13 the Cougars moved up to play in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA), in the CIS. They made their playoff debut in 2013-14, finishing 5th and losing to the 4th place Manitoba Bisons 2 games to 1. The future additions to the Year-by-Year Results Table will therefore be for the Cougars' results at the university level.
==Year-by-Year Results Table==
===Junior Seasons===
{| class="prettytable" bgcolor="black"
! style="color:Ivory;" bgcolor="Blue" width="25%" -
|- bgcolor="lavender" align="center" -
|[[2021-22 CWUAA Season|2022 CWUAA]]||20||13||6||1||92||63||27||3rd
|- bgcolor="lavender" align="center" -
|[[2021-22 CWUAA Season#Playoffs|2022 playoffs]]||5||3||2||-||11||14||6||semi-finals
|- bgcolor="beige" align="center" -
|[[2022-23_CWUAA_Season|2023 CWUAA]]|| 28 || 19 || 5 || 4 || 119 || 65 || 42 || 4th
|- bgcolor="beige" align="center" -
|[[2022-23_CWUAA_Season#Playoffs|2023 Playoffs]]|| 3 || 1 || 2 || - || 9 || 8 || 2 ||quarter-finals
|- bgcolor="lavender" align="center" -
|[[2023-24_CWUAA_Season|2024 CWUAA]] || 28 || 21 || 6 || 1 || 108 || 68 || 43 || 3rd
|- align="center" bgcolor="lavender" -
|[[2023-24 CWUAA Season#Playoffs|2024 playoffs]]|| 4 || 2 || 2 || - || 15 || 13 || 4 || semi-finals
|}
==Commemorations==
===Championships===
JUNIOR
*CJBHL: [[1953-54_CalJBHL_Season|1954]], [[1956-57_CalJBHL_Season|1957]]
*Alberta Junior B: [[1953-54_Alberta_Junior_B_Playoffs|1954]]
*AJHL: [[1971-72_AJHL_Season|1972]] (regular season)
COLLEGE
*WICC: [[1965-66_ACAC_Season|1966]], [[1968-69_ACAC_Season|1969]]
*Alberta 4-West qualifier: 1972 Article
*4-West: [[4-West_Championship#1972|1972]], [[4-West_Championship#1973|1973]], [[4-West_Championship#1974|1974]]
*ACAC: [[1972-73_ACAC_Season|1973]], [[1973-74_ACAC_Season|1974]], [[1987-88_ACAC_Season|1988]], [[1992-93_ACAC_Season|1993]], [[1994-95_ACAC_Season|1995]], [[1997-98_ACAC_Season|1998]], [[1998-99_ACAC_Season|1999]], [[2000-01_ACAC_Season|2001]], [[2005-06_ACAC_Season|2006]], [[2010-11_ACAC_Season|2011]]
*CCAA: [[1988_CCAA_Championship_Bowl|1988]], [[1998_Al_Bohonous_CCAA_Championship_Bowl|1998]], [[1999_Al_Bohonous_CCAA_Championship_Bowl|1999]], [[2001_Al_Bohonous_CCAA_Championship_Bowl|2001]]
UNIVERSITY
*CWUAA: none
===University Cups===
:none
==Pictures==
===Alternate Logos===
 
 
 
 
==Links==
===Current CW Teams===
*Alberta Golden Bears ¶ Official Site
*Calgary Dinosaurs ¶ Official Site
*MacEwan Griffins ¶ Official Site
*Manitoba Bisons ¶ Official Site
*Mount Royal Cougars ¶ Official Site
*Regina Cougars ¶ Official Site
*Saskatchewan Huskies ¶ Official Site
*Trinity Western Spartans ¶ Official Site
*UBC Thunderbirds ¶ Official Site
====Former CW Teams====
*Brandon Bobcats ¶ Official Site
*Lakehead Norwesters (in OUA) ¶ Official Site
*Lethbridge Pronghorns ¶ Official Site
*Victoria Vikings (in BCIHL) ¶ Official Site
*Winnipeg Wesmen ¶ Official Site
===ACAC Teams===
*Augustana Vikings
*Briercrest Clippers
*Concordia Thunder
*NAIT Ooks
*Portage Voyageurs
*Red Deer Kings
*SAIT Trojans
====Former Teams====
*Keyano Huskies
*MacEwan Griffins
*Mount Royal Cougars
*Grande Prairie Regional College Wolves 
*Lethbridge College Kodiaks
*Medicine Hat College Rattlers
*Olds College Broncos
*Calgary Dinosaurs 
*Lethbridge Pronghorns
===Also see===
National links:
*U Sports
*List of University Cup Playoffs (from 1962-63 to present)
Western links:
*Canada West Universities Athletic Association
*Great Plains Athletic Conference
*List of CWUAA Seasons (from 1972-73 to present)
*List of GPAC Seasons (from 1972-73 to 1984-85)
*List of WCIAA Seasons (from 1962-63 to 1971-72)
*List of WCIAU Seasons (from 1918-19 to 1961-62)
Atlantic links:
*Atlantic University Sport
*List of AUS Seasons (from 1919-20 to present)
Ontario-Quebec links:
*Ontario University Athletics
*RSEQ (formerly Quebec Student Sports Federation)
*Quebec-Ontario Athletic Association (with seasons from 1954 to 1971)
*List of OUA Seasons (includes CIAU, QOAA & OUAA)
*List of QOAA Seasons (from 1954 to 1971)
*Ontario Intercollegiate Athletic Association (with seasons from 1965 to 1971)
*Ottawa St. Lawrence Conference (with seasons from 1951 to 1971)
*List of QUAA Seasons (from 1971-72 to 1986-87)
*List of Intermediate Intercollegiate Seasons (from 1902-03 to 1938-39)
*Ontario-Quebec Intermediate Intercollegiate series (from 1902-03 to 1934-35)
*Senior Intercollegiate League (1945-46)
*International Intercollegiate League (from 1936-37 to 1939-40)
*West Point Weekend
College links:
*Canadian Colleges Athletic Association
*4-West Championship
*British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League
*Pacific West Athletic Association
*Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference
*Prairie Athletic Conference (Saskatchewan)
*Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference
*Ontario Colleges Athletic Association
*RSEQ College League
*Atlantic Collegiate Athletic AssociationOther links:
===External Links===
*ACAC Hockey Site
*ACAC Archives
*MRU Team Site
*THE FIRST 4-WEST CHAMPIONSHIP
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