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This is the 1979-80 season of the Atlantic Universities Athletic Association. The league reverted back to a two division format.

 1978-79 AUAA Season  :  1980-81 AUAA Season
 1979-80 GPAC Season  :  1979-80 CWUAA Season
 1979-80 OUAA Season  :  1979-80 QUAA Season
 1980 University Cup

Standings[]

West Division
University of Moncton			22- 4-1-45	193-119
University of New Brunswick		15-11-1-31	163-141
Mount Allsion University		14-13-0-28	142-157
University of Prince Edward Island	12-15-0-24	132-128
St Thomas University			 4-23-0- 8	107-211
Memorial University	                 1-17-1- 3	 50-150
East Division
Dalhousie University			20- 8-1-41	133- 98
Saint Mary's University			17-10-2-36	129- 74
St Francis Xavier University		16-12-1-33	146-117
Acadia University			10-18-1-21	128-129

Playoffs[]

The top 2 teams from each Division would advance to the Playoffs. An additional 2 wild cards would also advance and would be selected by a 3 person committee: President of AUAA Hockey - Rev. George Kehoe (St. FX), Secretary of the AUAA,- Ken Fultie and AUAA Men's Hockey Technical Committee Chairman - Robert Hayes. The Wild Card selections would play the cross-over Division #2 in a single elimination game hosted by the #2 seed. The winners would advance to the Semi-finals.

[Note: no stories found outlining what would occur if the 2 Wild Cards came from the same Division.]

Wild Card Selections[]

Saint Mary's-East & Mt. Allison-West

Quarter Finals[]

Single Elimination

  • February 27 - (#2) New Brunswick 4 - (WC) St. Francis Xavier 7
  • February 27 - (#2) St. Mary's 4 - (WC) Mt. Allison 0

Semi-Finals[]

Best of 3

Date Winner Loser Location
February 29 Dalhousie 7 St. Francis Xavier 3 Halifax
March 1 St. Francis Xavier 3 Dalhousie 1 Halifax
March 2 Dalhousie 4 St. Francis Xavier 2 Halifax

Dalhousie beat St. Francis Xavier 2 wins to 1.

Date Winner Loser Location
February 29 Saint Mary's 5 Moncton 4 Moncton
March 1 Moncton 6 Saint Mary's 5 Moncton
March 2 Moncton 5 Saint Mary's 4 Moncton

Moncton beat Saint Mary's 2 wins to 1.

Final[]

Best of 3

Date Winner Loser Location
March 7 Moncton 10 Dalhousie 7 Moncton
March 8 Moncton 6 Dalhousie 0 Halifax

Moncton beat Dalhousie 2 wins to none.

Moncton Aigles Bleu (as conference champion) advanced to the 1980 University Cup tournament.

Team Photos[]

See Also[]

List of AUS Seasons

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