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.