The Ontario Tech Ridgebacks men's ice hockey team is an active ice hockey program representing the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks athletic department of the Ontario Tech University. The program is a member of Ontario University Athletics in the East division, a conference under the oversight of U Sports.[2] The Ridgebacks play at the Campus Ice Centre in Oshawa, Ontario.
| Ontario Tech Ridgebacks men's ice hockey | |
|---|---|
| University | Ontario Tech University |
| Conference | OUA OUA East Division |
| Head coach | Curtis Hodgins Since 2015–16 season |
| Assistant coaches |
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| Arena | Campus Ice Centre Oshawa, Ontario |
| Colors | Blue, Light Blue, and Orange[1] |
History
editThe University of Ontario Institute of Technology was founded in 2002 by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a way to facilitate the influx of college-bound students in 2003.[3] While the school joined Ontario University Athletics in 2006, the ice hockey team did not begin play until a year later. The team did not see much success under their first head coach, Marlin Muylaert, the former coach of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, but he did shepherd the club to its first postseason appearances and non-losing season. The Ridgebacks finally posted a winning season upon the arrival of Curtis Hodgins in October of 2015. Ontario Tech notched two 20-win campaigns and reached the second round of the conference tournament twice under Hodgins, however, the regular season hasn't been kind to them in 2020s.[2]
Season-by-season results
editNote: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, Pts = Points
| U Sports Champion | U Sports Semifinalist | Conference regular season champions | Conference Division Champions | Conference Playoff Champions |
| Season | Conference | Regular Season | Conference Tournament Results | National Tournament Results | |||||||||||||
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| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | OTL | SOL | Pts* | Finish | GP | W | L | T | % | |||||
| Marlin Muylaert (2007–2013) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–08 | OUA | 28 | 6 | 19 | – | 2 | 1 | 15 | 17th | 34 | 8 | 23 | 3 | .279 | |||
| 2008–09 | OUA | 28 | 7 | 16 | – | 4 | 1 | 19 | 16th | 34 | 8 | 21 | 5 | .309 | |||
| 2009–10 | OUA | 28 | 11 | 15 | – | 0 | 2 | 24 | 15th | 37 | 13 | 22 | 2 | .378 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Western Ontario) | ||
| 2010–11 | OUA | 28 | 12 | 12 | – | 2 | 2 | 28 | T–12th | 37 | 16 | 16 | 5 | .500 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Wilfrid Laurier) | ||
| 2011–12 | OUA | 28 | 6 | 21 | – | 1 | 0 | 13 | 18th | 33 | 9 | 23 | 1 | .288 | |||
| 2012–13 | OUA | 28 | 11 | 16 | – | 0 | 1 | 23 | T–16th | 37 | 11 | 25 | 1 | .311 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Western Ontario) | ||
| Justin Caruana (2014) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–14 | OUA | 28 | 8 | 16 | – | 3 | 1 | 20 | T–16th | 36 † | 9 † | 23 † | 4 † | .306 † | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières) | ||
| Craig Fisher (2014–2015) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–15 | OUA | 27 | 10 | 15 | – | 1 | 0 | 21 | T–16th | 33 | 12 | 19 | 2 | .394 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Carleton) | ||
| Curtis Hodgins (2015–Present) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–16 | OUA | 28 | 18 | 8 | – | 1 | 1 | 38 | T–4th | 40 ‡ | 23 ‡ | 14 ‡ | 3 ‡ | .613 | Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Queen's) Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières) |
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| 2016–17 | OUA | 28 | 16 | 11 | – | 1 | 0 | 33 | 10th | 38 | 21 | 14 | 3 | .592 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Concordia) | ||
| 2017–18 | OUA | 28 | 15 | 9 | – | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9th | 35 | 17 | 14 | 4 | .543 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Concordia) | ||
| 2018–19 | OUA | 28 | 14 | 9 | – | 4 | 1 | 33 | 7th | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | .544 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (McGill) | ||
| 2019–20 | OUA | 28 | 13 | 12 | – | 3 | 0 | 29 | T–11th | 36 | 17 | 16 | 3 | .514 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Ottawa) | ||
| 2020–21 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–22 | OUA | 17 | 8 | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | .500 | T–10th | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0 | .440 | Won Division Quarterfinal, 6–4 (Concordia) Lost Division Semifinal, 3–6 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières) |
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| 2022–23 | OUA | 26 | 13 | 10 | – | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10th | 34 | 16 | 18 | 0 | .471 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Carleton) | ||
| 2023–24 | OUA | 28 | 14 | 10 | – | 3 | 1 | 29 | T–9th | 35 | 15 | 16 | 4 | .486 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Ottawa) | ||
| Totals | GP | W | L | T/SOL | % | Championships | |||||||||||
| Regular Season | 526 | 216 | 265 | 45 | .453 | ||||||||||||
| Conference Post-season | 32 | 6 | 26 | 0 | .188 | ||||||||||||
| U Sports Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||||||||||
| Regular Season and Postseason Record | 558 | 222 | 291 | 45 | .438 | ||||||||||||
† Justin Caruana served as interim head coach for the second half of the season.[4]
‡ Craig Fisher was forced to step down in October of 2015 due to lingering concussion symptoms.[5]
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References
edit- ^ "Colours". Ontario Tech Ridgebacks. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Men's Hockey Program Highlights". Ontario Tech Ridgebacks. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ^ "Ontario's double cohort strains resources". CBC. August 31, 2003.
- ^ "Justin Caruana". Ontario Tech Ridgebacks. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ^ "Whitby's Craig Fisher forced out of coaching by lingering concussion symptoms". 4 November 2015.