OUA West Host
Ryerson - I would love to see Ryerson Host, they had a great team this year, I want to see the tournament have another shot in Toronto, and I think the old Maple Leaf Gardens is the perfect spot to try. The Arena looks beautiful now, and while some say its too small, I would think the 2750 it holds is totally sufficient. The AUC in Fredericton holds 3,300 now. I think the tournament would center around the History of Maple Leaf Gardens, and this alone would generate some fans out there to attend the game simply cause of the history or people who haven't been in the rink since the leafs days. I myself have never traveled outside the Maritimes for the University Cup but I would for the tournament here, that is if UNB made the tourney
York U - Some good U Cup History here, would have to host likely at the downtown Ricoh Coliseum, not sure if it could work for York, 10,000 seat is a little big for the University Game in Toronto at least at this time
Guelph, Laurier and Waterloo - Lets get this one out of the way, while their is suitable good size rinks closer to their campuses than Kitchener was in the 2001 and 2002 disasters, I think History wins here. The Guelph and Laurier joint Hosting was a disaster and is still too fresh in everyone's mind to try again any time soon.
Brock U - suitable arenas in the arena, hockey team has never been elite, and really truly haven't been terrible either but I don't see interest coming from here in my mind?
Windsor - Kinda in the same boat as Brock, they have the facilities, they have the population to draw from, Never been a terrible team, but never really elite either. Would there ever be interest here?
Lakehead - Could and Should host again some day. I admit I expected bigger attendance numbers in thunder Bay when they hosted the tournament. But I think they went about selling the tickets wrong.
Western Ontario - This one Im curious about, huge population in the London Area, good hockey program, They have the beauty Budweiser Gardens in town. I dont know much about Thompson Arena, it says on Wikipedia it has a capacity of 3600 for hockey, but it looks like a dump kinda, or like its gone through a bunch of configuration changes over the years. does it still hold 3600?
U of Toronto - How the mighty have fallen. Listed as the second most successful University Hockey program in Canada behind only the Alberta Golden Bears and ahead of UNB. The Blues have dissapeared off the radar the past 25 seasons ever since Acadia dropped a 12-1 Nuke on them in the 1993 University Cup Final, ironically also hosted at Varsity Arena The Blues Home Rink. The Host of the tournament from 1988 to 1997 straight. I like Varsity Arena, Its a perfect size for this Tournament. The fan support was subpar and U of T is not going to host. Maybe they will let York Borrow the rink