Trinity Western Spartans

Overview
"Spartans" is the name of the sports teams from Trinity Western University (TWU), located in Langley, British Columbia. TWU is a member of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA) and U Sports. They joined the CWUAA hockey league for the 2020-21 season. They previously played in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) since its inception in 2005-06.

TWU Titans

The team was known as the "Titans" through the 2009-10 season, at which time they were granted full varsity status and adopted the "Spartans" name and logo.

See Wikipedia story on the Titans.

BCIHL Era: 2005-06 to 2019-20

 * Note: Until 2011-12 there were tie games in the regular season and a playoff tournament was held.
 * Note: From 2012-13 onward the top 4 teams qualified for best-of-three semi-finals and all regular season games were decided by overtime or shootout.

Championships
BCIHL:
 * Unofficial: 2005 (before founding of league)
 * BCIHL: 2006, 2018, 2019

CWUAA:
 * none

University Cups

 * none

Pictures




Current CW Teams

 * Alberta Golden Bears ¶ Official Site
 * Calgary Dinosaurs ¶ Official Site
 * MacEwan Griffins ¶ Official Site
 * Manitoba Bisons ¶ Official Site
 * Mount Royal Cougars ¶ Official Site
 * Regina Cougars ¶ Official Site
 * Saskatchewan Huskies ¶ Official Site
 * Trinity Western Spartans ¶ Official Site
 * UBC Thunderbirds ¶ Official Site

Former CW Teams

 * Brandon Bobcats ¶ Official Site
 * Lakehead Norwesters (in OUA) ¶ Official Site
 * Lethbridge Pronghorns ¶ Official Site
 * Victoria Vikings (in BCIHL) ¶ Official Site
 * Winnipeg Wesmen ¶ Official Site

Conference Links
National links:


 * U Sports (formerly known as Canadian Interuniversity Sport)
 * List of University Cup Playoffs (from 1962-63 to present)

Western links:


 * Canada West Universities Athletic Association
 * Great Plains Athletic Conference
 * List of CWUAA Seasons (from 1972-73 to present)
 * List of GPAC Seasons (from 1972-73 to 1984-85)
 * List of WCIAA Seasons (from 1962-63 to 1971-72)
 * List of WCIAU Seasons (from 1918-19 to 1961-62)

Atlantic links:


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

Ontario-Quebec links:


 * Ontario University Athletics
 * RSEQ (formerly Quebec Student Sports Federation)
 * Quebec-Ontario Athletic Association (with seasons from 1954 to 1971)
 * List of OUA Seasons (includes CIAU, QOAA & OUAA)
 * List of QOAA Seasons (from 1954 to 1971)
 * Ontario Intercollegiate Athletic Association (with seasons from 1965 to 1971)
 * Ottawa St. Lawrence Conference (with seasons from 1951 to 1971)
 * List of QUAA Seasons (from 1971-72 to 1986-87)
 * List of Intermediate Intercollegiate Seasons (from 1902-03 to 1938-39)
 * Ontario-Quebec Intermediate Intercollegiate series (from 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
 * 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 BCIHL 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)