[3] The young program played when it was able to find the time and opposition but was stabilized when it became a founding member of the Ontario Hockey Association.
Queen's won two league championships in the first four years of play and leveraged their second intercollegiate title into a third challenge for the Stanley Cup.
The Ottawa Hockey Club (later known as the 'Senators') easily dismissed the school boys with a pair of victories totaling 14–28.
Queen's, by winning the intercollegiate title that season, earned the first challenge for the cup and defeated Ottawa 5–4, becoming the national amateur champions in the process.
Queen's retained possession of the cup for a year and, after repeating as intercollegiate champs, they received their first challenge from the Cliffsides.
The newly christened 'Golden Gaels' posted dismal records for five years, routinely finishing last in the conference, and withdrew in 1950.
After the title, Queen's had a few good years in the early 80s but slipped into the bottom half of the conference by the middle of the decade.
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points † The International Intercollegiate League (IIL) was a joint venture between Canadian and American colleges.