New Brunswick Reds

Overview[]

"Reds" is the athletic name of the varsity sports teams of the University of New Brunswick located in Fredericton, New Brunswick. There is a satellite campus located in St. John, New Brunswick (UNBSJ), created in 1964, which is independent from the campus in Fredericton.

Early on, the hockey team was known as the either the "Hillman" or "Red'n Black" as UNB had no defining athletic name. The student newspaper, The Brunswickan, chose to label all of the athletic teams with unique names in 1956. The hockey team was labeled "Red Devils" and 'Red' was part of all of the names they created (two examples being Men's & Women's basketball; Red Raiders & Red Bloomers). This name was replaced with "Varsity Reds" in 1991 as part of an all encompassing rebranding of the Varsity Athletics program. In the Spring of 2018, the program announced it would be rebranded "Reds", removing the word "Varsity".

They are unofficially called the "Squirrels" due to the prevalence of the rodent on campus and as a 'slight' (the UNB crest has a caricature of two beavers holding a bible, their images can be construed as looking like squirrels).

They are members of the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) - a conference within the larger governing body of university sports in Canada, U Sports (formerly known as CIS-Canadian Interuniversity Sports and CIAU-Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union before that).

History[]

University Hockey[]

UNB was a founding member of the Maritime Intercollegiate Hockey Association (MIHL) created on December 28th, 1905 along with Mount Allison, Dalhousie and St. Francis Xavier and play for the Hewson Cup. UNB & Mt. Allison were schedule to play the first game of the season, but due to exams and a thaw - the game was postponed. The first game was played by Dalhousie and St. Francis Xavier a few days later (St. FX won 6-3 at home). UNB would win the rescheduled home game vs Mt. A, by a score of 3-2.

After a dispute with St. Francis Xavier in 1908, UNB, along with Mount Allison University, the University of King's College, and Acadia University, created another collegiate league that did not include St. FX, the New Brunswick-Nova Scotia League titled the Maritime Interuniversity Inter-scholastic Hockey League-MIIHL. These teams would play for the Sumner Cup with the first 5-time winner taking ownership.

After WWI, all of the schools returned to playing hockey. For UNB, they rejoined the MIHL/MIAA while also playing in the MIIHL. To facilitate playing in both leagues - MIHL games versus overlapping opponents (Mt. Allison & Acadia) would count towards MIIHL results. The team with the best result would advance to a single game championship vs King's College who did not play in the MIHL. UNB won ownership of the trophy in 1928 and thus ended the MIIHL.

The MIHL would merge with the Maritime Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) in 1919-20. (note: The area defined as the 'Canadian Maritimes' encompasses the three provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia - it does not include Newfoundland) This association would be the governing body for a number of collegiate sports - not just hockey. The association changed its name in 1968-69 to the Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (AIAA) with the addition of Memorial University (St. John's, NL). In 1973-74 the name changed to Atlantic Universities Athletic Association (AUAA) when the AIAA merged with the women's AWIAA, and finally in 1998-99 to the present AUS.

Non-University Hockey[]

While the details were not recorded, inter-class and inter-club hockey games at the University of New Brunswick were played as early as 1880. The first recorded competitive UNB hockey game was Feb. 5, 1897 against the local detachment of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Infantry (perpetuated now as the 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment-2RCR). The game was played in downtown Fredericton at the George Street outdoor rink and UNB lost 3-2.

In January 1902, the “Red and Black” defeated a team of local bank employees 2-1 in their inaugural season in the Fredericton City League. In the early era, “home ice” was a flooded field borrowed from the local garrison and the players cleared the ice. The team captain doubled as coach and the seven-man starting line-up was the entire team.

From the late 40s throughout the 50s, it was common for collegiate teams to play in two leagues as the MIAA season was quite short (only comprising of playoffs). During this time, UNB was a member of a number of Senior or Intermediate hockey leagues; FCHL-Fredericton Commercial, FDIHL-Fredericton and District Intermediate, CNBSHL-Central N.B. Senior, SNBIHL-Southern N.B. Intermediate & YCIHL-York County Intermediate. This practice was stopped by the CIAU in the early 60s

Collegiate Hockey (UNBSJ)[]

The UNBSJ Red Barons formerly played Junior A and B hockey. Their teams are now called the UNBSJ Seawolves. The UNBSJ Seawolves are members of the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association ("ACAA"), which has not operated a hockey league since 1987. The program was never a member of the ACAA hockey league, choosing to play in other leagues instead, nor the AUS in any of its prior incarnations.

External links:

Official Site

Fan Site

Fan Site for Stats, Alumni & History

SOURCE:

UNB Wikipedia Page

UNB Fan History Page

Season-by-Season Records Table[]

MIAA/Senior 1905-06 to 1940-41[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	F	A	Pts	Placing
1906 MIHL-Hewson	2	1	1	0	3	3	2	T3
1907 MIHL-Hewson	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1908 MIHL-Hewson	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1909 MIHL-Brown	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	DNP
1909 MIIHL-Sumner	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Champion
1910 MIHL-Brown	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	DNP
1910 MIIHL-Sumner	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1911 MIHL-Brown	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	DNP
1911 MIIHL-Sumner	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Champion
1912 MIIHL-Sumner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Cancelled
1913 MIIHL-Sumner	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1914 MIHL-Brown	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	DNP
1914 MIIHL-Sumner	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Runner-up
1915 MIHL-Brown	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	DNP
1915 MIIHL-Sumner	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1916-19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Cancelled
1920 MIAA	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	W 3rd
1921 MIAA	2	2	0	0	13	8	4	W 1st
1921 final	1	0	1	-	0	3	0	finalist
1922 MIAA	3	1	2	0	7	8	2	W semi-finals
1923 MIAA	2	1	1	0	9	6	2	W 1st
1923 playoffs	2	1	1	-	8	13	2	finalist
1924 MIAA	2	1	1	0	8	4	2	W 2nd
1925 MIAA	3	2	0	1	8	5	5	W 1st
1925 final	1	1	0	-	5	4	2	champion
1926 MIAA	3	2	1	0	13	9	4	W 1st
1926 final	1	0	1	-	2	3	0	finalist
1927 MIAA	2	1	1	0	6	3	2	W 2nd
1928 MIAA	2	2	0	0	6	3	4	W 1st
1928 final	1	0	1	-	1	3	0	finalist
1929 MIAA	2	2	0	0	9	3	4	W 1st
1929 final	2	0	1	1	5	10	1	finalist
1930 MIAA	2	1	0	1	3	2	3	W 1st
1930 final	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	finalist
1931 MIAA	2	0	2	0	3	7	0	W 2nd
1932 MIAA	2	0	1	1	3	6	1	W 2nd
1933 MIAA	2	0	2	0	1	4	0	W 2nd
1934 MIAA	4	2	0	2	18	6	4	W 1st
1934 final	1	1	0	-	3	1	2	champion
1935 MIAA	4	1	1	2	?	?	4	W 2nd
1936 MIAA	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	W 1st
1936 final	1	0	1	-	2	3	0	finalist
1937 MIAA	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1938 MIAA	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1939 MIAA	3	1	1	1	13	14	3	W 3rd
1940 MIAA	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	W 4th
1941 MIAA	1	0	1	0	3	4	0	finalist

NOTES:

The MIHL Hewson Cup involved UNB, Acadia, St. Francis Xavier, and Mount Allison at the outset of the league in 1906. St. F.X. won it 3 times and kept the trophy.
The MIIHL Sumner Cup was first awarded to the winner of the Intercollegiate Hockey League in 1909 and then later to the winner of the West Division versus King's College championship game. UNB won the cup in 1909, 1911(disputed), 1921, 1923, 1926, and 1928. UNB retained the trophy and it resides at UNB today
MIAA divided into East and West sections in most seasons.
UNB, like most schools, did not compete from 1941-42 through 1944-45.

Exhibition Games 1941-42 to 1944-45[]

1941-42

1/12: UNB - Fredericton 12:4
1/28: UNB - Marysville 7:4
1/30: Saint John - UNB/Fredericton 5:3
2/6: UNB - Mt. Allison University 5:2
2/7: UNB - Bathurst 4:4
2/13: UNB - Bathurst 5:0

1942-43

2/4: UNB - Mt. Allison University 2:1
2/10: UNB - Saint John Drydock 10:3
2/12: Acadia University - UNB 9:4
2/20: UNB - Army Training Center 9:9
UNB - Army Training Center 10:2
UNB - Army Training Center 11:3
UNB - Marysville 6:4
UNB - Marysville 7:5
UNB - Marysville 19:3

1943-44

1/14: UNB - Army 12:5
1/25: UNB - Army 6:5
1/28: UNB - Bathurst 7:6
2/1: UNB - IOOF Jr. 7:2
2/3: UNB - St. Joseph University 4:4
2/8: UNB - IOOF Jr. 5:4
2/9: St. Joseph University - UNB 4:3
2/10: UNB - St. Thomas University 10:0
2/22: UNB - St. Thomas University 7:4
2/24: Saint John - UNB/Fredericton 7:2

1944-45

2/2: UNB - Mt. Allison University 6:3
2/3: St. Joseph University - UNB 8:3
2/11: UNB - Campbellton 12:2
2/12: UNB - Edmundston 9:5
2/12: UNB - Chatham 5:3
2/16: Mt. Allison University - UNB 5:2

MIAA 1945-46 to 1967-68[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	F	A	Pts	Placing
1946 MIAA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	no games
1946 Playoffs	4	1	2	1	16	12	3	W final
1947 MIAA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	no games
1947 Playoffs	2	1	1	0	12	14	2	W semi-finals
1948 MIAA	4	3	1	0	22	10	6	W 1st
1948 Playoffs	2	0	2	0	3	10	0	W final
1949 MIAA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	no games
1949 Playoffs	4	2	2	0	11	14	4	finalist
1950 MIAA	6	5	0	1	39	12	11	W 1st
1950 final	2	0	2	0	6	13	0	finalist
1951 MIAA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	no games
1951 Playoffs	4	3	1	0	18	15	6	W final
1952 MIAA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	no games
1952 Playoffs	6	4	2	0	24	27	8	finalist
1953 MIAA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	no games
1953 Playoffs	2	0	1	1	4	7	1	W semi-finals
1954 MIAA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	no games
1954 Playoffs	4	1	3	0	11	24	2	W final
1955 MIAA	6	0	5	1	?	?	1	W 4th
1956 MIAA	6	0	6	0	?	?	0	W 4th
1957 MIAA	6	6	0	0	?	?	12	W 1st
1957 final	2	0	2	0	6	15	0	finalist
1958 MIAA	4	3	1	0	28	8	6	W 1st
1958 Playoffs	4	1	2	1	16	17	3	finalist
1959 MIAA	6	2	3	1	22	18	5	NB 3rd
1960 MIAA	6	4	2	0	37	34	8	W 2nd
1960 Playoffs	4	3	1	0	14	11	6	champions
1961 MIAA	6	3	3	0	39	18	6	W 3rd
1962 MIAA	6	5	1	0	42	14	10	W 1st
1962 playoffs	5	3	2	0	21	18	6	champions
1963 MIAA	11	9	0	2	64	26	30	1st
1963 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	13	12	2	finalist
1964 MIAA	11	9	2	0	70	28	26	1st/champion
1964 U-Cup	2	1	1	-	11	11	2	bronze
1965 MIAA	11	7	3	1	61	57	19	3rd
1966 MIAA	14	9	4	1	64	56	19	3rd
1967 MIAA	13	5	7	1	50	59	11	5th
1967 NB CWG	1	0	1	-	1	2	0	semi-finals
1968 MIAA	16	9	7	0	74	615	18	4th
1968 Playoffs	1	0	1	-	1	2	0	semi-finals

NOTES:

There were some 4 point games from 1962-63 to 1964-65.
The pennant champion would be the league champion in 1963-64.
The two divisions were called Nova Scotia (NS) and New Brunswick (NB) in 1958-59 and 1959-60.
A one division format started in 1962-63.

AIAA/AUAA years with ties 1968-69 to 1996-97[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	F	A	Pts	Placing
1969 AIAA	17	9	5	3	75	59	21	5th
1970 AIAA	18	11	5	2	70	46	24	3rd
1970 playoffs	1	0	1	-	1	8	0	Semi-Finals
1971 AIAA	18	4	14	0	66	89	10	8th
1972 AIAA	18	7	11	0	70	92	14	7th
1973 AIAA	20	9	9	2	79	90	20	6th
1974 AUAA	20	11	8	1	102	75	23	2nd N
1974 playoffs	1	0	1	-	0	7	0	Semi-Finals
1975 AUAA	18	7	10	1	93	89	15	6th
1976 AUAA	16	5	11	0	57	87	10	7th
1977 AUAA	20	1	19	0	55	130	2	8th
1978 AUAA	20	4	14	2	59	130	10	7th
1979 AUAA	20	3	16	1	88	136	7	8th
1980 AUAA	27	15	11	1	163	141	31	2nd W
1980 playoffs	1	0	1	-	4	7	0	Quarter-Finals
1981 AUAA	21	10	10	1	130	91	21	2nd Mac
1981 playoffs	2	1	1	-	9	8	2	Semi-Finals
1982 AUAA	26	16	9	1	135	110	33	3rd Mac
1982 playoffs	2	0	2	-	5	12	0	4th Place
1983 AUAA	24	10	14	0	99	116	20	6th
1984 AUAA	24	19	5	0	118	77	38	1st
1984 playoffs	5	4	1	-	28	12	8	Champion
1984 U-Cup	2	0	2	-	4	8	0	Regional
1985 AUAA	24	10	14	0	137	153	20	6th
1986 AUAA	24	9	15	0	118	134	18	4th Mac
1987 AUAA	24	8	16	0	89	109	16	3rd Mac
1988 AUAA	26	3	22	1	78	190	7	5th Mac
1989 AUAA	26	5	20	1	76	124	11	5th Mac
1990 AUAA	21	11	9	1	92	84	23	3rd Mac
1990 playoffs	3	1	2	-	8	15	2	Quarter-Finals
1991 AUAA	21	11	9	1	92	84	23	4th Mac
1991 playoffs	3	1	2	0	8	13	2	Quarter-Finals
1992 AUAA	26	18	7	1	141	94	37	1st Mac
1992 playoffs	4	2	2	-	15	14	4	Semi-Finals
1993 AUAA	26	18	7	1	152	106	37	1st Mac
1993 playoffs	6	4	2	-	27	23	8	Finalist
1994 AUAA	26	16	9	1	132	89	33	1st Mac
1994 playoffs	7	4	3	-	31	25	8	Finalist
1995 AUAA	26	18	4	4	161	87	40	2nd Mac
1995 playoffs	3	1	2	-	10	15	2	Quarter-Finals
1996 AUAA	26	15	10	1	131	105	31	2nd Mac
1996 playoffs	3	1	2	-	10	14	2	Quarter-Finals
1997 AUAA	28	19	8	1	126	79	39	1st Mac
1997 playoffs	6	6	0	-	36	18	12	Champion
1997 U-Cup	2	1	1	-	6	6	2	Silver

NOTES:

Two divisions in 1973-74, North[N] and South.
Two divisions in 1979-80, East and West[W].
Two divisions in 1980-81 to 1981-82 and 1985-86 to 1996-97, Kelly and MacAdam[Mac].

AUAA/AUS years with ties and OT losses 1997-98 to 2005-06[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	OL	F	A	Pts	Placing
1998 AUAA	28	24	3	1	0	167	68	49	M 1st
1998 playoffs	8	6	2	-	-	32	24	12	champion
1998 U-Cup	3	3	0	-	-	14	7	6	gold
1999 AUS	26	13	12	1	1	110	105	28	M 2nd
1999 playoffs	3	1	2	-	-	12	11	2	quarter-finals
2000 AUS	26	15	11	0	0	99	93	30	M 2nd
2000 playoffs	9	7	2	-	-	34	25	14	champion
2000 U-Cup	3	2	1	-	-	12	11	4	silver
2001 AUS	28	13	10	5	0	101	102	31	4th
2001 playoffs	6	3	3	-	-	20	20	6	semi-finals
2002 AUS	28	14	10	4	0	104	96	32	4th
2002 playoffs	4	2	2	-	-	17	16	4	semi-finals
2003 AUS	28	15	12	1	-	107	88	31	4th
2003 playoffs	9	7	2	-	-	28	18	14	champion
2003 U-Cup	3	1	2	-	-	9	15	2	fourth
2004 AUS	28	16	5	3	4	116	69	39	2nd
2004 playoffs	2	0	2	-	-	7	9	0	semi-finals
2005 AUS	28	15	11	1	1	87	75	32	4th
2005 playoffs	4	2	2	-	-	8	10	4	semi-finals
2006 AUS	28	15	8	4	1	109	103	35	3rd
2006 playoffs	8	4	4	-	-	?	?	8	finalist

NOTES:

Two divisions in 1997-98 to 1999-00, Kelly and MacAdam.
One division format from 2000-01 onwards.
From 1997-98 to 2001-02 overtime losses were also included in the loss column.

AUS years without ties 2006-07 to present[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	OL	F	A	Pts	Placing
2007 AUS	28	18	7	3	109	93	39	2nd
2007 playoffs	6	3	3	-	16	16	6	finalist
2007 U-Cup	3	3	0	-	11	3	6	gold
2008 AUS	28	26	1	1	136	59	53	1st
2008 playoffs	5	5	0	-	21	10	10	champion
2008 U-Cup	3	2	1	-	12	4	4	silver
2009 AUS	28	21	4	3	134	76	45	1st
2009 playoffs	6	4	2	-	17	13	8	finalist
2009 U-Cup	3	3	0	-	13	6	6	gold
2010 AUS	28	27	1	0	143	56	54	1st
2010 playoffs	3	0	3	-	6	9	0	semi-finals
2011 AUS	28	23	5	0	114	83	46	1st
2011 playoffs	9	6	3	-	25	21	12	champion
2011 U-Cup	3	3	0	-	10	1	6	gold
2012 AUS	28	20	5	3	120	71	43	1st
2012 playoffs	6	6	0	-	28	11	12	champion
2012 U-Cup	2	1	1	-	8	3	2	pool 2nd
2013 AUS	28	23	5	0	111	69	46	1st
2013 playoffs	7	5	2	-	26	14	10	champion
2013 U-Cup	3	3	0	-	13	4	6	gold
2014 AUS	28	24	3	1	119	69	49	1st
2014 playoffs	4	1	3	-	7	7	2	semi-finals
2015 AUS	28	22	4	2	118	61	46	1st
2015 playoffs	7	5	2	-	28	17	10	champion
2015 U-Cup	3	2	1	-	14	10	4	silver
2016 AUS	28	23	3	2	130	63	48	1st
2016 playoffs	5	3	2	-	18	11	6	finalist
2016 U-Cup	3	3	0	-	12	2	6	gold
2017 AUS	30	25	2	3	148	61	53	1st
2017 playoffs	6	3	3	-	21	15	6	finalist
2017 U-Cup	3	3	0	-	13	14	6	gold
2018 AUS	30	24	2	4	128	68	52	1st
2018 playoffs	5	5	0	-	21	7	10	champion
2018 U-Cup	3	2	1	-	17	10	4	bronze
2019 AUS	30	25	2	3	150	59	53	1st
2019 playoffs	5	5	0	-	22	4	10	champion
2019 U-Cup	3	3	0	-	15	4	6	gold
2020 AUS	30	26	4	0	160	157	52	1st
2020 playoffs	6	5	1	-	30	10	10	champion
2020 U-Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	cancelled Ψ
2021 AUS	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 AUS	24	21	3	0	90	37	42	1st
2022 playoffs	3	3	0	-	7	3	6	champion
2022 U-Cup	1	0	1	-	1	2	0	quarter-finals
2023 AUS	30	24	4	2	134	55	50	1st
2023 playoffs	7	5	2	-	33	18	10	champion
2023 U-Cup	3	3	0	-	11	4	6	gold
2024 AUS	30	30	0	0	172	47	60	1st
2024 playoffs	5	5	0	-	20	5	10	champion
2024 U-Cup	3	3	0	-	15	0	6	gold

Ψ Event cancelled prior to team playing first game.

Commemorations[]

University Cup Tournaments[]

Championships[]

MIIHL (Sumner Cup) - 1909, 1911, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928
MIAA - 1925, 1934, 1960, 1962, 1964
AUAA - 1984, 1997, 1998
AUS - 2000, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024
University Cup - 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024

International Exhibitions[]

Dec 20, 1980: at Edinburgh: New Brunswick 5, Scotland 1
Dec 21, 1980: at Durham: New Brunswick 12, England 6
- Source: vredshockey.com
Dec 10, 2017: at St. John: New Brunswick 4, Poland 1
- Source: VarsityReds.ca Game Story

Reds who played in the NHL[]

Fred McLean (Quebec City & Hamilton, 1919-20 - first New Brunswicker to play in the NHL)
Greg Holst (New York Rangers)
John LeBlanc (Vancouver, Edmonton & Winnipeg)
Darryl Boyce (Toronto)
Kevin Henderson (Nashville)
Philippe Maillet (Washington)

Played for UNB after their NHL career:[]

Sid Veysey (Vancouver)
Bill McDonagh (New York Rangers)
Dan LaCosta (Columbus)
Pete Kelly (Detroit - UNB's coach in the 50s and 60s, played with UNB in Senior League games only)