2018-19 ACAC Season

This is the 2018-19 season for the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference. Here are the navigation shortcuts to other seasons and conferences:
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==Player Death==
The MacEwan Griffins were hit with the death of 23 year old Nakehko Lamothe, who passed away due to cardiac arrest after a January 25th game in Calgary.https://edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/mcewan-griffins-win-championship-to-conclude-difficult-season  The team captain, Cam Gotaas would present the championship trophy to Nakehos's family when the team won the league playoffs March 24th.https://edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/mcewan-griffins-win-championship-to-conclude-difficult-season
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
NAIT Ooks 	28	20	7 	0 	1	130	64 	41
MacEwan Griffins 	28	19	7 	1 	1	135	58 	40
Red Deer Kings 	28	19	7 	1 	1	132	87 	40
Augustana Vikings 	28	17	10	1 	0	115	103	35
SAIT Trojans 	28	17	10	1 	0	124	90 	35
Concordia Thunder 	28	7 	19	1 	1	89 	116	16
Briercrest Clippers	28	6 	21	1 	0	62 	162	13
Portage Voyageurs 	28	5 	22	1 	0	48 	155	11
==Playoffs==
The top six teams qualify for the playoffs. All rounds are best-of-three.
===Quarter-Finals===
*Mar 8: Red Deer College 5 Concordia 0
*Mar 9: Red Deer College 6 Concordia 1
:(Red Deer Kings defeated Concordia Thunder 2-games-to-0.)
*Mar 7: Augustana 2 SAIT 1
*Mar 8: SAIT 4 Augustana 3 (2ot)
*Mar 10: SAIT 4 Augustana 3 (ot)
:(SAIT Trojans defeated Augustana Vikings 2-games-to-1.)
===Semi-Finals===
*Mar 14: MacEwan 4 Red Deer 3 (2ot)
*Mar 15: Red Deer 1 MacEwan 0 (ot)
*Mar 16: MacEwan 3 Red Deer 2 (2ot)
:(MacEwan Griffins defeated Red Deer Kings 2-games-to-1.)
*Mar 15: NAIT 2 SAIT 1
*Mar 16: SAIT 5 NAIT 1
*Mar 17: NAIT 7 SAIT 2
:(NAIT Ooks defeated SAIT Trojans 2-games-to-1.)
===Final===
*Mar 22: MacEwan 5 NAIT 2
*Mar 23: MacEwan 4 NAIT 4 (2ot)
:(MacEwan Griffins defeated NAIT Ooks 2-games-to-none.)
MacEwan Griffins are ACAC Men's Hockey Champions. There was no Canadian Colleges Athletic Association national championship.
Gold – MacEwan Griffins
Silver - NAIT Ooks
Bronze – N/A
==Photos==
==Teams==
NOTE: In this table the team links are to external pages.
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Augustana Vikings 	Camrose, Alberta 	Edgeworth Centre
(Encana Arena)
Briercrest Clippers	Caronport, Saskatchewan	Barkman Arena
Concordia Thunder 	Edmonton, Alberta 	Clareview Arena (main)Bill Hunter Arena (secondary)
MacEwan Griffins 	Edmonton, Alberta 	Downtown Community Arena
NAIT Ooks 	Edmonton, Alberta 	NAIT Arena
Portage Voyageurs 	Lac La Biche, Alberta 	Bold Center Multiplex
Red Deer Kings 	Red Deer, Alberta 	
Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre
SAIT Trojans 	Calgary, Alberta 	SAIT Arena
==Also see==
College links:
*Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference
*British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (from 2005-06 to present)
*Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (from 1975 to 2001)
*List of OCAA Seasons (from 1967-68 to 2003-04)
*RSEQ College League
University links:
*Canadian Interuniversity Sport aka U Sports
*Canada West Universities Athletic Association * includes past champions and external links
*Atlantic University Sport
*Ontario University Athletics
==External Links==
*ACAC Hockey Site
*BCIHL League Site
*U Sports Men's Hockey Site
*Canada West Men's Hockey Site
==References==
Category:2019 in hockey
Category:Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference