1979-80 AUAA Season

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==
79-80SMUHus.jpg|St. Mary's University
79-80UPEI.jpg|University of Prince Edward Island
79-80SFXU.jpg|St Francis Xavier University
==See Also==
List of AUS Seasons
Category:1980 in hockey
Category:Canadian Interuniversity Sport