Acadia Axemen

==Overview==
"Axemen" is the name of the sports teams of Acadia University, located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. They are members of the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) conference and U Sports (formerly known as CIS).
===History===
Acadia started in an intercollegiate competition for the Hewson Cup in 1905-06, which was followed by the Sumner Cup for the winner of the Intercollegiate Hockey League in 1908-09.
Acadia was an original member of the Maritime Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) hockey league in 1919-20. 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.
Until 1953-54 they also played in the Valley Senior Hockey League and, when they advanced, the Maritimes Senior Playoffs leading to the Allan Cup.
External links:
:Fan Site
:Official Site
==Season-by-Season Records Table==
===MIAA/Senior 1906 to 1938-39===
Year/Comp. 	GP	W	L	T	F 	A 	Pts	Placing
1906 Hewson 	? 	?	?	?	? 	? 	? 	?
1907 Hewson 	? 	?	?	?	? 	? 	? 	?
1908 Hewson 	? 	?	?	?	? 	? 	? 	?
1909 Sumner 	? 	?	?	?	? 	? 	? 	?
1910 Sumner 	? 	?	?	?	? 	? 	? 	champions
1911 Sumner 	? 	?	?	?	? 	? 	? 	?
1912 Sumner 	- 	-	-	-	- 	- 	- 	cancelled
1913 Sumner 	? 	?	?	?	? 	? 	? 	?
1914 Sumner 	? 	?	?	?	? 	? 	? 	?
1915 Sumner 	? 	?	?	?	? 	? 	? 	?
1916-19 	- 	-	-	-	- 	- 	- 	cancelled
1920 MIAA 	? 	?	?	?	? 	? 	? 	W 1st
1920 Final 	1 	0	1	0	3 	8 	0 	finalist
1921 MIAA 	2 	1	1	0	10	8 	2 	W 2nd
1922 MIAA 	2 	1	1	0	5 	9 	2 	W tie 1st
1923 MIAA 	2 	1	1	0	8 	11	2 	W tie 1st
1924 MIAA 	2 	2	0	0	6 	4 	4 	W 1st
1924 final 	1 	0	1	-	2 	6 	0 	finalist
1925 MIAA 	2 	0	2	0	6 	9 	0 	W 3rd
1926 MIAA 	3 	1	2	0	12	13	2 	W 2nd
1927 MIAA 	- 	-	-	-	- 	- 	- 	w/d
1928 MIAA 	- 	-	-	-	- 	- 	- 	w/d
1929 MIAA 	- 	-	-	-	- 	- 	- 	w/d
1929 VSHL 	6 	5	1	0	39	16	10 	1st
1929 Final 	3 	2	1	-	4 	3 	4 	champion
1929 Maritimes	2 	1	1	0	5 	6 	2 	NS semi-finals
1930 VSHL 	8 	6	2	0	- 	- 	12 	1st/champion
1930 Maritimes	2 	0	2	0	6 	9 	0 	NS semi-finals
1930 MIAA 	1 	0	1	0	2 	3 	0 	E semi-final
1931 VSHL 	8 	5	3	0	? 	? 	10 	2nd
1931 MIAA 	1 	0	1	0	1 	5 	0 	E semi-final
1932 VSHL 	10	7	3	0	23	22	14 	1st
1932 playoffs 	2 	1	1	0	4 	3 	2 	champion
1932 Maritimes	- 	-	-	-	- 	- 	- 	w/d exams
1932 MIAA 	1 	0	1	0	3 	5 	0 	E semi-final
1933 VSHL 	4 	0	4	0	9 	17	0 	4th §
1933 MIAA 	2 	1	1	0	5 	5 	2 	E final
1934 VSHL 	11	7	4	0	55	34	14 	1st §
1934 playoffs 	3 	2	1	0	19	10	4 	champion
1934 Maritimes	6 	4	2	0	22	18	8 	B finalist ¶
1934 MIAA 	3 	3	0	0	10	7 	6 	E winner
1934 final 	1 	0	1	-	1 	3 	0 	finalist
1935 VSHL 	10	5	4	1	? 	? 	11 	4th
1935 MIAA 	- 	-	-	-	- 	- 	- 	w/d
1936 VSHL 	7 	2	5	0	32	43	4 	5th §
1936 MIAA 	2 	1	1	0	4 	11	2 	E semi-final
1937 VSHL 	8 	3	5	0	? 	? 	12 	4th
1937 MIAA 	2 	1	1	0	8 	10	2 	E semi-final
1938 VSHL 	6 	5	1	0	44	17	10 	2nd §
1938 playoffs 	2 	0	2	0	4 	14	0 	finalist
1938 MIAA 	2 	1	1	0	8 	8 	2 	finalist
1939 VSHL 	7 	6	0	1	45	22	13 	2nd
1939 playoffs 	2 	0	2	0	2 	6 	0 	finalist
1939 MIAA 	3 	2	0	1	10	7 	5 	E winner
1939 final 	1 	0	1	-	0 	4 	0 	finalist
NOTES:
*The Hewson Cup involved New Brunswick, Acadia, St. Francis Xavier, and Mount Allison. St. FX won it 3 times and kept the trophy.
*The Sumner Cup was awarded to the winner of the Intercollegiate Hockey League and then the West Division winner of the MIAA. Acadia therefore also won the cup in 1920 and 1924.
*MIAA divided into East and West sections in most seasons.
*§ Incomplete records.
*¶ These results are not shown at the lnked page.
===MIAA/Senior 1939-40 to 1953-54===
Year/Comp. 	GP	W	L 	T	F 	A 	Pts	Placing
1940 VSHL 	9 	6	3 	0	67	43	12 	2nd§
1940 playoffs 	2 	1	0 	1	6 	5 	3 	champion
1940 Maritimes	4 	2	1 	1	10	13	5 	NS semi-final
1940 MIAA 	2 	2	0 	0	20	9 	4 	E winner
1940 final 	1 	1	0 	-	3 	0 	2 	champion
1941 VSHL 	8 	4	4 	0	? 	? 	8 	2nd
1941 playoffs 	2 	0	2 	0	9 	19	0 	semi-finals
1941 MIAA 	- 	-	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	w/d
1942 MIAA 	2 	1	1 	0	11	12	2 	finalist
1943 MIAA 	2 	0	2 	0	11	14	0 	semi-final
1944 MIAA 	3 	1	2 	0	13	14	2 	finalist
1944 NSNDHL 	8 	4	4 	0	- 	- 	- 	2nd
1945 MIAA 	- 	-	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	cancelled
1945 NSNDHL 	7 	2	5 	0	21	45	4 	4th
1946 Maritimes	4 	1	3 	0	14	34	2 	S semi-final
1946 MIAA 	_ 	-	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	w/d
1947 MIAA 	8 	2	6 	0	53	67	4 	4th
1948 VSHL 	6 	6	0 	0	? 	? 	12 	1st
1948 playoffs 	4 	2	2 	0	26	23	4 	semi-finals
1948 MIAA 	7 	5	2 	0	64	38	10 	1st
1948 playoffs 	3 	3	0 	0	30	5 	6 	champion
1949 VSHL 	6 	4	1 	1	52	22	9 	1st
1949 playoffs 	5 	4	1 	0	41	24	8 	champion
1949 Maritimes	2 	1	1 	0	12	13	2 	B semi-final
1949 MIAA 	4 	3	1 	0	33	13	6 	E 1st
1949 final 	2 	2	0 	0	11	9 	4 	champion
1950 VSHL 	6 	4	2 	0	33	23	16 	1st
1950 playoffs 	7 	3	4 	0	35	38	6 	semi-finals
1950 MIAA 	4 	2	2 	0	33	23	4 	2nd
1951 MIAA 	? 	?	? 	?	? 	? 	? 	?
1952 VSHL 	6 	2	4 	0	35	32	8 	3rd
1952 playoffs 	2 	0	2 	0	7 	19	0 	semi-finals
1952 MIAA 	? 	?	? 	?	? 	? 	? 	?
1953 VSHL 	12	3	8 	1	52	92	7 	3rd
1953 MIAA 	2 	0	2 	0	? 	? 	0 	E 2nd
1954 VSHL 	12	0	10	2	? 	? 	2 	4th
1954 playoffs 	2 	0	2 	0	5 	17	0 	semi-finals
1954 MIAA 	2 	0	2 	0	? 	? 	0 	E 2nd
===MIAA 1954-55 to 1967-68===
Year/Comp. 	GP	W 	L 	T	F 	A 	Pts	Placing
1955 MIAA 	12	4 	7 	1	72	74	9 	E 3rd
1956 MIAA 	8 	6 	2 	0	64	38	12 	E 2nd
1956 playoffs	4 	1 	2 	1	9 	24	3 	E final
1957 MIAA 	8 	2 	5 	1	22	33	5 	E 3rd
1958 MIAA 	8 	2 	6 	0	29	44	4 	E 4th
1959 MIAA 	8 	0 	8 	0	23	64	0 	NS 5th
1960 MIAA 	8 	3 	5 	0	- 	- 	6 	NS 4th
1960 playoffs	2 	0 	2 	0	5 	23	0 	E semi-final
1961 MIAA 	8 	2 	6 	0	31	44	4 	E 5th
1962 MIAA 	7 	2 	4 	1	22	32	5 	E 2nd
1962 playoffs	4 	2 	2 	0	12	21	4 	E final
1963 MIAA 	12	4 	5 	3	57	67	13 	6th
1964 MIAA 	12	5 	7 	0	53	52	19 	5th
1965 MIAA 	11	4 	7 	0	43	64	7 	7th
1966 MIAA 	14	3 	10	1	51	70	7 	6th
1967 MIAA 	14	7 	7 	0	54	55	14 	4th
1968 MIAA 	16	10	5 	1	83	63	21 	3rd
1968 playoffs	1 	0 	1 	-	2 	7 	0 	semi-finals
NOTES:
*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.
===AIAA/AUAA years with ties 1968-69 to 1996-97===
Year/Comp. 	GP	W 	L 	T	F 	A 	Pts	Placing
1969 AIAA 	17	11	5 	1	95 	51 	23 	3rd
1969 playoffs	1 	0 	1 	-	4 	6 	0 	semi-finals
1970 AIAA 	18	9 	9 	0	78 	89 	18 	7th
1971 AIAA 	18	8 	10	0	? 	? 	16 	5th
1972 AIAA 	18	9 	9 	0	75 	71 	18 	5th
1973 AIAA 	18	13	7 	0	? 	? 	26 	3rd
1973 playoffs	1 	0 	1 	-	2 	9 	0 	semi-finals
1974 AUAA 	21	3 	17	1	94 	152	7 	S 5th
1975 AUAA 	18	12	6 	0	93 	95 	24 	3rd
1975 playoffs	2 	1 	1 	-	9 	12 	2 	finalist
1976 AUAA 	16	3 	13	0	44 	84 	6 	8th
1977 AUAA 	20	6 	14	0	78 	131	12 	7th
1978 AUAA 	20	2 	16	2	57 	125	6 	8th
1979 AUAA 	20	8 	11	1	73 	90 	17 	6th
1980 AUAA 	29	10	18	1	128	129	21 	E 4th
1981 AUAA 	24	10	14	0	102	126	20 	K 5th
1982 AUAA 	26	12	13	1	? 	? 	25 	K 4th
1983 AUAA 	24	8 	14	2	109	142	24 	7th
1984 AUAA 	24	13	11	0	? 	? 	26 	4th
1984 playoffs	3 	1 	2 	-	8 	17 	2 	semi-finals
1985 AUAA 	24	14	8 	2	124	123	30 	3rd
1985 playoffs	3 	1 	2 	-	11 	17 	2 	semi-finals
1986 AUAA 	25	10	15	0	117	147	20 	K 3rd
1987 AUAA 	25	11	14	0	120	127	22 	K 3rd
1988 AUAA 	26	18	6 	2	? 	? 	38 	K 2nd
1988 playoffs	3 	1 	2 	-	5 	11 	2§ 	semi-finals
1989 AUAA 	26	17	8 	1	128	91 	35 	K 1st
1989 playoffs	6 	3 	3 	-	20 	16 	6 	semi-finals
1990 AUAA 	21	16	5 	0	97 	62 	32 	K 1st
1990 playoffs	5 	2 	3 	-	25 	27 	4 	semi-finals
1991 AUAA 	26	12	12	2	129	118	26 	K 3rd
1991 playoffs	2 	0 	2 	-	7 	16 	0 	quarter-finals
1992 AUAA 	24	18	4 	2	124	73 	38 	K 1st
1992 playoffs	7 	6 	1 	-	43 	18 	12 	champion
1992 U-Cup 	2 	1 	1 	-	7 	7 	2 	silver
1993 AUAA 	26	22	2 	2	160	73 	46 	K 1st
1993 playoffs	8 	6 	2 	-	? 	? 	12 	champion
1993 U-Cup 	2 	2 	0 	-	21 	5 	4 	gold
1994 AUAA 	26	19	4 	3	? 	? 	41 	K 2nd
1994 playoffs	6 	6 	0 	-	45 	15 	12 	champion
1994 U-Cup 	1 	0 	1 	-	9 	6 	2 	semi-finals
1995 AUAA 	26	22	1 	3	181	80 	47 	K 1st
1995 playoffs	7 	4 	3 	-	32 	20 	8 	finalist
1996 AUAA 	26	19	6 	1	? 	? 	39 	K 1st
1996 playoffs	8 	6 	2 	-	42 	30 	12 	champion
1996 U-Cup 	2 	2 	0 	-	7 	5 	4 	gold
1997 AUAA 	28	21	6 	1	? 	? 	43 	K 1st
1997 playoffs	6 	4 	2 	-	33 	24 	8 	finalist
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/AUA 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	17	10	1	0 	133	93 	35 	K 2nd
1998 playoffs	7 	5 	2 	-	- 	24 	11 	8 	finalist
1998 U-Cup 	3 	2 	1 	-	- 	16 	15 	4 	silver
1999 AUS 	26	14	10	2	0 	90 	81 	30 	K 2nd
1999 playoffs	9 	5 	4 	-	- 	31 	34 	10 	finalist
2000 AUS 	26	13	13	0	2 	80 	82 	28 	K 3rd
2000 playoffs	9 	5 	4 	-	- 	27 	24 	10 	finalist
2001 AUS 	28	11	13	4	1 	75 	86 	27 	5th
2001 playoffs	3 	1 	2 	-	- 	9 	8 	2 	quarter-finals
2002 AUS 	28	9 	12	3	4 	80 	104	25 	7th
2003 AUS 	28	10	17	1	0 	88 	108	23 	7th
2004 AUS 	28	11	15	1	1 	82 	100	24 	7th
2005 AUS 	28	14	8 	6	0 	99 	81 	34 	1st
2005 playoffs	7 	4 	3 	-	- 	17 	16 	8 	finalist
2006 AUS 	28	19	7 	1	1 	110	69 	40 	1st
2006 playoffs	5 	5 	0 	-	- 	25 	13 	10 	champion
2006 U-Cup 	2 	0 	2 	-	- 	4 	9 	0 	pool 3rd
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 	11 	14 	3 	95 	104 	25 	6th 	 	 	 	
2007 playoffs	2 	0 	2 	- 	4 	6 	0 	quarter-finals 	 	 	 	
2008 AUS 	28 	11 	14 	3 	79 	108 	25 	6th 	 	 	 	
2008 playoffs	2 	0 	2 	- 	2 	12 	0 	quarter-finals 	 	 	 	
2009 AUS 	28 	15 	12 	1 	96 	88 	31 	5th 	 	 	 	
2009 playoffs	5 	2 	3 	- 	13 	15 	4 	semi-finals 	 	 	 	
2010 AUS 	28 	19 	6 	3 	101 	83 	41 	2nd 	 	 	 	
2010 playoffs	4 	1 	3 	- 	7 	17 	2 	semi-finals 	 	 	 	
2011 AUS 	28 	14 	11 	3 	90 	98 	31 	4th 	 	 	 	
2011 playoffs	6 	3 	3 	- 	9 	11 	6 	semi-finals 	 	 	 	
2012 AUS 	28 	16 	10 	2 	95 	89 	34 	5th 	 	 	 	
2012 playoffs	3 	1 	2 	- 	12 	13 	2 	quarter-finals 	 	 	 	
2013 AUS 	28 	17 	9 	2 	95 	72 	36 	3rd 	 	 	 	
2013 playoffs	7 	3 	4 	- 	21 	22 	6 	semi-finals 	 	 	 	
2014 AUS 	28 	21 	4 	3 	118 	68 	45 	2nd 	 	 	 	
2014 playoffs	8 	6 	2 	- 	28 	19 	12 	quarter-finals 	 	 	 	
2014 U-Cup 	2 	0 	2 	- 	4 	7 	0 	pool 3rd 	 	 	 	
2015 AUS 	28 	20 	5 	3 	111 	76 	43 	3rd 	 	 	 	
2015 playoffs	7 	3 	4 	- 	15 	25 	6 	finalist 	 	 	 	
2015 U-Cup 	1 	0 	1 	- 	5 	6 	0 	quarter-finals 	 	 	 	
2016 AUS 	28 	19 	7 	2 	106 	75 	40 	3rd 	 	 	 	
2016 playoffs	2 	0 	2 	- 	6 	10 	0 	quarter-finals 	 	 	 	
2017 AUS 	30 	20 	8 	2 	111 	86 	42 	2nd 	 	 	 	
2017 playoffs	5 	2 	3 	- 	18 	14 	4 	3rd 	 	 	 	
2017 U-Cup 	3 	2 	1 	- 	11 	7 	4 	bronze 	 	 	 	
2018 AUS 	30 	18 	10 	2 	117 	96 	38 	3rd 	 	 	 	
2018 playoffs	10 	6 	4 	- 	36 	26 	12 	3rd 	 	 	 	
2018 U-Cup 	1 	0 	1 	- 	6 	8 	0 	quarter-finals 	 	 	 	
2019 AUS 	30 	10 	17 	3 	77 	102 	23 	6th 	 	 	 	
2019 playoffs	3 	1 	2 	- 	4 	11 	2 	quarter-finals 	 	 	 	
2020 AUS 	30 	19 	9 	2 	113 	92 	40 	2nd 	 	 	 	
2020 playoffs	6 	4 	2 	- 	19 	23 	8 	finalist 	 	 	 	
2020 U-Cup 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	cancelled Ψ 	 	 	 	
2021 AUS 	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 AUS 	22 	7 	14 	1 	56 	84 	15 	6th 	 	 	 	
2022 playoffs	1 	0 	1 	- 	2 	3 	0 	play-in game 	 	 	 	
2022 U-Cup 	1 	0 	1 	- 	0 	7 	0 	quarter-finals 	 	 	 	
2023 AUS 	30 	11 	16 	3 	73 	99 	25 	5th 	 	 	 	
2023 playoffs	6 	3 	3 	- 	12 	16 	6 	semi-finals 	 	 	 	
2024 AUS 	30 	9 	16 	5 	70 	98 	23 	6th 	 	 	 	
2024 playoffs	2 	0 	2 	- 	5 	7 	0 	quarter-finals 	 	 	 	
*Ψ Event cancelled prior to team playing first game.
==Commemorations==
===University Cup Tournaments===
*1992 University Cup
*1993 University Cup
*1994 University Cup
*1996 University Cup
*1998 University Cup
*2006 University Cup
*2014 University Cup
*2015 University Cup
*2017 University Cup
*2018 University Cup
*2020 University Cup
*2022 University Cup
===Championships===
SENIOR
*VSHL - 1930, 1932, 1934, 1940, 1949
UNIVERSITY
*IHL/Sumner Cup - 1910
*MIAA - 1940, 1948, 1949
*AUAA - 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
*AUS - 2006, 2014
*University Cup - 1993, 1996
===Axemen who played in the NHL===
*Chris Kotsopoulos
*Bob Ring
*Ted Stackhouse
==Pictures==
===Alternate Logos===
==Links==
===Participating Universities===
*Acadia Axemen
*Dalhousie Tigers
*Moncton Aigles Bleus
*New Brunswick Varsity Reds
*Prince Edward Island Panthers
*St. Francis Xavier X-Men
*Saint Mary's Huskies
====Formerly Participating Universities====
*St. Thomas Tommies
*Cape Breton Capers
*MUN Beothuks
*Mount Allison Mounties
====Formerly Participating Universities - no longer AUS members====
*Nova Scotia Technical College - now part of Dalhousie
*Prince of Wales College - now part of UPEI
*St. Dunstan's Saints - now part of UPEI
*Collège Saint-Joseph aka St. Joseph's University - now part of Moncton
*University of King's College Blue Devils
===Also see===
Senior links:
*List of Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs
*Maritimes Senior Playoffs
*Antigonish-Pictou-Colchester Senior Hockey League
*List of APC Seasons
*Central Section
*Valley Senior Hockey League
*List of VSHL Seasons
*Atlantic Canadian Hockey History
*VSHL page
National links:
*U Sports (formerly CIS)
*List of University Cup Playoffs (from 1962-63 to present)
*List of University Cup Champions
Atlantic links:
*Atlantic University Sport
*List of AUS Seasons (from 1919-20 to present)
*Atlantic History - AUS page
*Intercollegiate Hockey League and Sumner Cup
*Hewson Cup
*Mount Allison Site – Atlantic hockey early trophies - pdf
*Mount Allison Site – Atlantic hockey early trophies
*Holland College Hurricanes
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