St. Thomas Tommies

For the team representing the University of St. Thomas located in St. Paul, Minnesota please see St. Thomas Tommies (Minnesota)

Overview[]

"Tommies" is the name of the sports teams of St. Thomas University. It is currently located in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Until 1964 it was located in Chatham, New Brunswick. They were sometimes referred to by others as the "Pids". They formerly competed in university hockey and the college level in other sports. The hockey team folded after the 2015-16 season. They remain members of the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) conference, U Sports (formerly known as CIS), and Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) in other sports.

History[]

STU joined the Maritime Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) hockey league in 1938-39. The conference changed names in 1968-69 to the Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (AIAA), in 1973-74 to the Atlantic Universities Athletic Association (AUAA), and finally in 1998-99 to the present AUS.

External links:

Fan Site

Official Site

As with many other universities, the Tommies got their start in the senior leagues. They started in the North Shore Hockey League against the likes of the University of New Brunswick and St. Joseph's University. They claim to have won their second straight Lengil Cup in 1917. Unfortunately, neither the league nor the cup have any Wikia links.

In any event, they joined the MIAA in 1938-39 from which point their seasonal records are to some extent verified. The STU people often refer to the “N.B. – P.E.I Intercollegiate League” which was actually the West Division of the MIAA. To be fair, in those days people were not too particular with league names and branding.

The Pids also once faced the New York Rangers, losing 15-10. Here's the story:

The 1950 – 51 season saw the College hockey team capture the N.B. – P.E.I. Intercollegiate title. An exciting game took place in April in the Sinclair Rink, Newcastle. The Tommies played the New York Rangers in an exhibition game. Coach Vance Toner, together with Jack O’Neil and Sonny McWilliam, got into St. Thomas uniforms. New York won 15-10 over the College team. The Rangers got 8 of their goals in the first period. In the final period, the Rangers took the Tommies net and three of their players joined the College team. Four of the 10 St. Thomas goals were scored by New York.

SOURCE: STUTommies.com

In 1962, as defending Maritime champions, STU went to Quebec City to face the reigning 1961 QOAA champion Laval Rouge et Or. STU won 7-4.

Also, STU was New Brunswick's representative at the inaugural 1967 Canada Winter Games Hockey Tournament. They finished last in their pool with a record of 1-4-0..

Squirrels vs Pids[]

St. Thomas University now shares a campus with the University of New Brunswick. The UNB supporters dubbed STU the "Pids" and STU has always referred to UNB as the "Squirrels". The origini of "Pids" came from a playoff game when the STU fans would chant "STUUUUUU" and the UNB fans would jump in with "Pids", thus creating the sound of "STUUUUUU" "Pids", "STUUUUUU" "Pids" etc. Meanwhile, UNB had a history of dubbing their teams "Red Somethings". The men's hockey team was the "Red Devils". There are many origins of the "Squirrels" moniker, and here is one:

We do know that Squirrels are rodents and by their very nature get on your nerves. UNB Squirrels tend to be arrogant, vain, and dirty. (Just ask any AUS hockey team.) Tree rat comes to mind as a suitable definition but can anyone tell me what a “Varsity Red” is? Their so called “official” mascot is a “Red Fox” but in fact is just a big Red Squirrel in fox clothing.

Used as a derogatory name it is always proper to refer to UNB’s sport teams, athletes, and students as Squirrels. This will identify them with the lower life form they are and will typically negate any pathetic attempt at grandeur they may have.

SOURCE: STUTommies.com

Season-by-Season Records Table[]

MIAA/Senior 1938-39 to 1967-68[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	F	A	Pts	Placing
1939 MIAA	3	0	3	0	11	16	0	W 4th
1940 MIAA	6	1	4	1	18	33	3	W 4th
1941-46 War	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	withdrew
1947 MIAA	4	2	2	0	24	25	4	W final
1948 MIAA	4	1	3	0	20	28	2	W 3rd
1949 MIAA	4	1	3	0	18	22	2	W final
1950 MIAA	6	2	2	2	?	?	6	W 2nd
1951 MIAA	4	4	0	0	24	23	8	W final
1952 MIAA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	withdrew
1953 MIAA	2	0	2	0	5	13	0	W final
1954 MIAA	2	1	1	0	9	10	2	W semi-finals
1955 MIAA	6	3	2	1	?	?	7	W 2nd
1956 MIAA	6	4	2	0	?	?	8	W 3rd
1957 MIAA	6	0	6	0	?	?	0	W 4th
1958 MIAA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	withdrew
1959 MIAA	6	5	0	1	29	6	11	NB 1st
1959 Playoffs	4	2	2	0	17	15	4	finalist
1960 MIAA	6	5	1	0	52	29	10	NB 2nd
1960 Playoffs	2	0	2	0	5	11	0	NB final
1961 MIAA	6	3	3	0	35	23	6	W 3rd
1961 Playoffs	4	2	1	1	17	13	5	champions
1962 MIAA	6	4	1	1	42	28	9	W 2nd
1962 Playoffs	2	1	1	0	6	7	2	W final
1963 MIAA	11	6	3	2	58	44	21	3rd
1964 MIAA	11	7	4	0	59	38	22	4th
1965 MIAA	11	6	5	0	61	64	16	4th
1966 MIAA	14	5	8	1	54	69	11	5th
1967 MIAA	13	3	10	0	36	66	6	7th
1967 CWGNB	2	2	0	-	8	4	4	1st
1967 CWG	5	1	4	0	11	31	2	pool 6th
1968 MIAA	16	8	7	1	64	70	17	5th

NOTES:

MIAA divided into East and West sections in most seasons.
1923, 1925-28, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952 MIAA divisional results not available on Wikia.
St. Thomas played two games against Mt. Allison University in 1944-45, losing 2-1 and 7-4 to them.
There were some 4 point games from 1962-63 to 1964-65.
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.
There were no playoffs from 1964 to 1967.
1956 and 1962 MIAA standings not available on Wikia.

AIAA/AUAA years 1968-69 to 1983-84[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	F	A	Pts	Placing
1969 AIAA	18	11	6	1	86	66	23	4th
1969 Playoffs	2	1	1	-	6	6	2	finalist
1970 AIAA	18	10	7	1	82	57	21	4th
1970 Playoffs	1	0	1	-	1	7	0	semi-finals
1971 AIAA	18	3	15	0	?	?	6	9th
1972 AIAA	18	5	11	2	69	112	12	8th
1973 AIAA	20	1	19	0	?	?	-	10th
1974 AUAA	20	0	20	0	43	169	0	N 5th
1975 AUAA	18	1	17	0	46	159	2	10th
1976-79	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	withdrew
1980 AUAA	27	4	23	0	107	211	8	W 5th
1981 AUAA	21	8	13	0	115	142	16	M 4th
1982 AUAA	26	0	24	2	?	?	2	M 4th
1983 AUAA	24	4	19	1	85	177	9	9th
1984 AUAA	24	4	20	0	?	?	8	8th

AUAA years with ties 1984-85 to 1996-97[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	F	A	Pts	Placing
1985 AUAA	24	4	19	1	87	149	9	9th
1986 AUAA	24	14	10	0	126	100	28	M 3rd
1987 AUAA	24	7	17	0	93	131	14	M 4th
1988 AUAA	26	6	20	0	?	?	12	M 3rd
1989 AUAA	26	17	9	0	142	110	34	M 2nd
1990 AUAA	21	10	11	0	103	103	20	M 4th
1990 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	13	15	0	quarter-finals
1991 AUAA	26	10	14	2	101	111	22	M 4th
1991 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	4	12	0	quarter-finals
1992 AUAA	26	11	14	1	119	135	23	M 3rd
1992 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	5	8	0	quarter-finals
1993 AUAA	26	11	13	2	116	123	24	M 3rd
1993 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	?	?	2	quarter-finals
1994 AUAA	26	14	11	1	?	?	29	M 2nd
1994 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	7	8	2	quarter-finals
1995 AUAA	26	11	12	3	105	103	25	M 4th
1995 Playoffs	5	2	3	-	21	20	4	semi-finals
1996 AUAA	26	19	6	1	?	?	39	M 1st
1996 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	10	11	2	quarter-finals
1997 AUAA	28	14	11	3	?	?	31	M 2nd
1997 Playoffs	4	2	2	-	22	19	4	semi-finals

NOTES:

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

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	14	11	3	1	141	135	32	M 2nd
1998 Playoffs	4	2	2	-	-	20	16	4	semi-finals
1999 AUS	26	14	9	3	2	130	102	33	M 1st
1999 Playoffs	4	2	2	-	-	14	15	4	semi-finals
2000 AUS	26	18	8	0	2	128	94	38	K 2nd
2000 Playoffs	5	3	2	-	-	21	15	6	semi-finals
2001 AUS	28	16	8	4	1	110	94	37	2nd
2001 Playoffs	6	4	2	-	-	21	20	8	champions
2001 U-Cup	2	0	2	-	-	3	9	0	pool 3rd
2002 AUS	28	7	18	2	1	98	138	17	8th
2003 AUS	28	16	7	5	0	119	104	37	1st
2003 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	-	6	10	2	semi-finals
2004 AUS	28	11	13	2	2	83	103	26	6th
2004 Playoffs	6	3	3	-	-	13	17	6	semi-finals
2005 AUS	28	9	17	2	0	73	97	20	8th
2006 AUS	28	14	9	2	3	90	78	33	5th

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.

AUA years without ties 2006-07 to present[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	OL	F	A	Pts	Placing
2007 AUS	28	14	14	0	104	96	28	5th
2007 Playoffs	6	2	4	-	22	30	4	semi-finals
2008 AUS	28	11	11	6	85	95	28	4th
2008 Playoffs	6	2	4	-	14	20	4	semi-finals
2009 AUS	28	8	16	4	91	147	20	7th
2010 AUS	28	7	19	2	92	128	16	8th
2011 AUS	28	3	21	4	73	143	10	8th
2012 AUS	28	5	18	5	72	125	15	8th
2013 AUS	28	3	24	1	47	124	7	8th
2014 AUS	28	6	20	2	71	142	14	7th
2015 AUS	28	2	22	4	77	151	8	8th
2016 AUS	28	2	25	1	53	150	5	8th