Vancouver Island Mariners

Overview
"Mariners" is the name of the sports teams from Vancouver Island University (VIU), located in Nanaimo, British Columbia. VIU started as Malaspina College in 1969. It became Malaspina University College in 1988 and finally Vancouver Island University in 2008. The Mariners' first season in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) was in 2017-18.

In other sports, VIU is a member of the Pacific West Athletic Association (PWAA), also referred to as "Pac West", and formerly known as the "British Columbia Colleges Athletic Association" (BCCAA). The PWAA is affiliated with the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA). Neither the PWAA nor the CCAA operate a hockey competition. The Wikia records for the CCAA are sparse and there are none for the BCCAA. The only CCAA-affiliated conference with a hockey program is the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC).

Season-by-Season Records Table

 * Note: From 2012-13 onwards the top 4 teams qualified for best-of-three semi-finals and all regular season games were decided by overtime or shootout.

Championships

 * none

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College links

 * Canadian Colleges Athletic Association
 * 4-West Championship
 * British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League
 * Pacific West Athletic Association
 * Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference
 * Prairie Athletic Conference (Saskatchewan)
 * Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference
 * Ontario Colleges Athletic Association
 * RSEQ College League
 * Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association

Current Teams

 * Simon Fraser Clan (GNAC - NCAA)
 * Vancouver Island Mariners (PWAA - CCAA)
 * Victoria Vikings (CWUAA - USports)
 * Okanagan Lakers (independent collegiate transfer team, starting 2021-22)
 * Fraser Valley Brigade (independent collegiate transfer team, starting 2022-23)
 * Thompson Okanagan Pioneers (independent collegiate transfer team, starting 2022-23)

Former Teams

 * Eastern Washington Eagles (2011-2018) (Big Sky - NCAA)
 * Selkirk College Saints (2006-2020) (PWAA - CCAA)
 * Trinity Western Spartans (2005-2020) (CWUAA - CIS)
 * UNBC Timberwolves (2006) (CWUAA - USports)

Former Teams now in Independent Collegiate Transfer Program

 * Fraser Valley Cascades (2006-2011) (CWUAA - USports)
 * Okanagan College Coyotes (2010-2012) (PWAA - CCAA)
 * Thompson Rivers Wolfpack (2010-2014) (CWUAA - USports)

Independent Collegiate Transfer Program

 * Columbia Bible College Bearcats (PWAA - CCAA)
 * UBC Okanagan Heat (CWUAA - USports)
 * Ashton College (none)
 * CDI College (none)
 * Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (none)
 * Summit Pacific College (none)

University Links

 * U Sports
 * Canada West Universities Athletic Association