Overview[]
"Mariners" is the name of the sports teams from Vancouver Island University (VIU), located in Nanaimo, British Columbia. VIU started as Malaspina College in 1969. It became Malaspina University College in 1988 and finally Vancouver Island University in 2008. The Mariners' first season in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) was in 2017-18.
In other sports, VIU is a member of the Pacific West Athletic Association (PWAA), also referred to as "Pac West", and formerly known as the "British Columbia Colleges Athletic Association" (BCCAA). The PWAA is affiliated with the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA). Neither the PWAA nor the CCAA operate a hockey competition. The Wikia records for the CCAA are sparse and there are none for the BCCAA. The only CCAA-affiliated conference with a hockey program is the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC).
Season-by-Season Records Table[]
| Year/Comp. | GP | W | L | OL | GF | GA | Pts | Placing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 BCIHL | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 94 | 85 | 34 | 3rd | ||||
| 2018 playoffs | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 6 | 9 | 0 | semi-finals | ||||
| 2019 BCIHL | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 96 | 94 | 26 | 3rd | ||||
| 2019 playoffs | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 12 | 17 | 4 | finalist | ||||
| 2020 BCIHL | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 76 | 88 | 28 | 3rd | ||||
| 2020 playoffs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | cancelled | ||||
| 2021 BCIHL | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||||
| 2022 BCIHL | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 31 | 14 | 2nd | ||||
| 2022 playoffs | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 9 | 2 | finalist | ||||
| 2023 BCIHL | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 110 | 66 | 27 | 2nd | ||||
| 2023 playoffs | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 13 | 17 | 4 | finalist | ||||
| 2024 BCIHL | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 127 | 59 | 34 | 1st | ||||
| 2024 playoffs | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 10 | 5 | 4 | champions | ||||
- Note: From 2012-13 onwards the top 4 teams qualified for best-of-three semi-finals and all regular season games were decided by overtime or shootout.
- Note: For the 2021-22 season the playoff format was changed to a page playoff.
- Note: In the 2022-23 season the best-of-three playoff format was revived.
- Note: In the 2023-24 season a Page playoff system was adopted.
Commemorations[]
Championships[]
- 2024
Pictures[]
2017-18 Vancouver Island University Mariners
First Year Program
2019 VIU Mariners
Alternate Logos[]
Also see[]
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
BCIHL Teams[]
Current Teams[]
- Simon Fraser Red Leafs (GNAC - NCAA)
- Vancouver Island Mariners (PWAA - CCAA)
- Victoria Vikings (CWUAA - USports)
- Okanagan Lakers (independent collegiate transfer team, starting 2021-22)
- Logan Lake Miners (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)
- Fraser Valley Brigade (proposed independent collegiate transfer team, never started)
- Thompson Okanagan Pioneers (independent collegiate transfer team, never started)
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)