MONTREAL -- The top-seeded McGill University Martlets will be chasing their 14th provincial hockey title when the RSEQ league championship series opens Thursday (March 2) against third-seed Concordia.

The best-of-three affair begins with a 7 p.m. puck drop at McConnell Arena, located at 3883 University Avenue, just north of Percival Molson Stadium. Tickets can be purchased online and are $10 for general admission and $5 for student, seniors and McGill staff.  Game 2 is scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Ed Meagher Arena, 7200 Sherbrooke Street West. If a deciding game is needed, it is slated for McConnell Arena on Sunday at 2 p.m.

The Martlets own a 79-39-3 in 121 lifetime meetings with the Stingers -- including a 40-15-2 mark at home -- since women's hockey became formally sanctioned with a national championship in 1997. In playoffs, McGill is 10-8-0 in 18 post-season match-ups against the Stingers.

This season McGill triumphed in four of five meetings, all of them low-scoring affairs. The Martlets won 2-1 on Oct. 23, 2-1 on Nov. 19, 3-1 on Dec. 3, then lost 3-1 at Concordia on Jan. 21 and won 2-1 on Feb. 18. McGill had a 10-7 edge in goals, while the Stingers held a 123-119 advantage in shots. Concordia was 2-for 21 (9.5%) on the power-play in head-to-head meetings against McGill, which went only 1-for-21 (4.8%) with the extra attacker.

Over the regular season, McGill owned the conference's best power-play, operating at 18.4 per cent and Concordia had the league's most efficient penalty-kill at 88.7 per cent.

The rivals will be crossing paths in the Quebec conference final for the sixth time since 1999, with Concordia winning the previous five (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005).

Since 2005, when the Stingers took the Dr. Ed Enos Cup, the teams have met in the semifinals four times, with McGill winning each series -- in 2007, 2008,  2009 and 2014.

 

SEASON	RSEQ Champions	RESULTS FROM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
2015-16	Montréal	* Montréal : 1re place / McGill : 7e place
2014-15	McGill	McGill : 2e place / Montréal : 3e place
2013-14	Montréal	*McGill : 1re place / Montréal : 2e place
2012-13	Montréal	* Montréal : 1re place
2011-12	McGill	McGill : 3e place / Montréal : 2e place
2010-11	McGill	* McGill : 1re place
2009-10	McGill	McGill : 2e place / Montréal : 5e place
2008-09	McGill	* McGill : 1re place / Ottawa : 6e place
2007-08	McGill	* McGill : 1re place / Ottawa : 5e place
2006-07	McGill	McGill : 2e place / Ottawa : 6e place
2005-06	McGill	McGill : 3e place
2004-05	Concordia	Concordia : 6e place / McGill : 4e place
2003-04	Ottawa	McGill : 3e place / Ottawa : 2e place
2002-03	McGill	McGill : 3e place
2001-02	Concordia	Concordia : 5e place
2000-01	McGill	McGill : 3e place / Concordia : 4e place
1999-00	McGill	McGill : 2e place / Concordia : 3e place
1998-99	McGill	* Concordia : 1re place / McGill : 5e place
1997-98	UQTR	UQTR : 3e place : * Concordia : 1re place
1996-97	Concordia
1995-96	Concordia
1994-95	(no league)
1993-94	Concordia
1992-93	CEGEP St-Laurent
1991-92	Concordia
1990-91	Concordia
1989-90	Concordia
1988-89	Concordia
1987-88	Concordia
1986-87	Concordia
1985-86	John Abbott College
1984-85	McGill
	*national champion