Atlantic University Sport



Atlantic University Sport is a conference in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), now known as U Sports. The AUS men's hockey league is a 7-team top tier scholastic league operating in the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and (formerly) Newfoundland. The other conferences in U Sports are the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA) and Ontario University Athletics (OUA).
 * AUS Hockey Site
 * AUS Wikipedia
 * List of AUS Seasons
 * Atlantic Canadian Hockey History @Angelfire
 * Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association @Angelfire
 * Atlantic University Sport @Angelfire

Pre-World War I

 * 1905-06: Hewson Cup
 * 1908-09: Sumner Cup and Intercollegiate Hockey League

Post-World War I

 * 1919: Maritime Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA)
 * 1969: Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (AIAA)
 * 1974: Atlantic Universities Athletic Association (AUAA)
 * 1999: Atlantic University Sport (AUS)
 * Note - The foregoing were name changes, none involved teams switching conferences. Following the 1972-73 seasons, the AIAA merged with the AWIAA which had governed women's sports.

LINK:
 * History of CIS
 * U Sports Link

Women's
The women's conference started with the 1997-98 season. For the 1997-98, 1998-99, and 1999-00 seasons the teams played an exhibition schedule that ended with a conference tournament held among the member schools.

Formerly Participating Universities

 * St. Thomas Tommies (men's team ceased play after 2015-16 season)
 * Cape Breton Capers (program ended after 1994-95 season)
 * MUN Beothuks (program ended after 1981-82 season)
 * Mount Allison Mounties (Men's program ended after 1997-98 season)
 * New Brunswick Varsity Reds (women's team stopped playing after 2007-08 season)

Formerly Participating Universities - no longer AUS members

 * Nova Scotia Technical College - now part of Dalhousie
 * Prince of Wales College - now part of UPEI
 * St. Dunstan's Saints - now part of UPEI
 * Collège Saint-Joseph aka St. Joseph's University - now part of Moncton
 * University of King's College Blue Devils

Other Links

 * Boyle Trophy - St. John's senior championship
 * Herder Memorial Trophy - Newfoundland senior championship
 * Wellner Trophy - PEI competition

Table of Seasons and Champions

 * Click on year to visit page for that season.
 * Click on team to visit team page.
 * Click on 1st column of U-Cup notes to visit U-Cup page for that season.

MIAA Seasons: 1919-20 to 1967-68
NOTES:
 * There was no University Cup until 1963.
 * Before the University Cup, university teams competed for the Allan Cup.
 * In this 1963-68 era only the conference champion qualified for the University Cup. There were no wild-card nor host berths awarded.

AIAA Seasons: 1968-69 to 1972-73
NOTES:
 * In this era only the conference champion qualified for the University Cup. There were no wild-card nor host berths awarded.

AUS Seasons: 1998-99 to present
NOTES:
 * (wc) indicates team qualified as national rotating wild-card team
 * (host) indicates team qualified as University Cup hosts
 * (sub) indicates team qualified as sub for University Cup hosts and/or AUS champion
 * (2nd) indicates team qualified as 2nd place team
 * from 1987 onwards there were no preliminary series nor qualifying tournaments played for University Cup qualification
 * from 2015 onwards the 2nd place team qualifies in the 8 team University Cup format
 * the conference had 3 University Cup reps on five (5) occasions; 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016, and 2017
 * the 2020 University Cup was cancelled before UNB and Acadia could play their first games and before SMU could play their semi-final game

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Also see
National links:
 * U Sports
 * List of University Cup Playoffs (from 1962-63 to present)
 * 1967 Canada Winter Games Hockey Tournament
 * Canadian University Teams v National Teams

Atlantic links:
 * Atlantic University Sport
 * List of AUS Seasons (from 1919-20 to present)
 * Atlantic History - AUS page

Atlantic Senior links:
 * List of Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs
 * Maritimes Senior Playoffs
 * Maritimes Senior Hockey Champions
 * Antigonish-Pictou-Colchester Senior Hockey League - (APC)
 * List of APC Seasons
 * Central Section
 * Valley Senior Hockey League - (VSHL)
 * List of VSHL Seasons
 * Halifax City League – with list of seasons
 * Boyle Trophy – formerly St. John's senior champions
 * Atlantic Canadian Hockey History
 * VSHL page

Western links:
 * Canada West Universities Athletic Association
 * Great Plains Athletic Conference
 * List of CWUAA Seasons
 * List of GPAC Seasons
 * List of WIAA Seasons
 * List of WCIAU Seasons

Ontario-Quebec links:
 * Ontario University Athletics
 * RSEQ (formerly Quebec Student Sports Federation)
 * Quebec-Ontario Athletic Association
 * Ontario Intercollegiate Athletic Association
 * Ottawa St Lawrence Conference
 * List of OUA Seasons
 * List of OUAA Seasons
 * List of QUAA Seasons
 * List of OSLC Seasons
 * List of QOAA Seasons
 * List of OIAA Seasons
 * List of CIAU Central Seasons
 * List of Intermediate Intercollegiate Seasons (1902-03 to 1938-39)
 * Ontario-Quebec Intermediate Intercollegiate series (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
 * Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference
 * British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League
 * Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference
 * Ontario Colleges Athletic Association
 * Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association