Atlantic University Sport Women's

Atlantic University Sport is a conference in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), now known as U Sports. The AUS women's hockey league is a 7-team top tier scholastic league operating in the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. The other conferences in U Sports are the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA), Ontario University Athletics (OUA) and the Ligue de Hockey Universitaire Féminin (LHUF). The women's conference started with the 1997-98 season. However, the first four seasons only involved exhibition play and a year end conference tournament. The first full season of the conference was the 2001-02 season.
*AUS Hockey Site
*AUS Wikipedia
*List of AUS Women's Seasons
==Membership==
===Teams===
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	Joined
Dalhousie Tigers 	Halifax, Nova Scotia 	Halifax Forum 	1997
Moncton Aigles Bleus 	Moncton, New Brunswick 	Jean-Louis Lévesque Arena 	1997
Mount Allison Mounties 	Sackville, New Brunswick 	Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre	1997
New Brunswick Varsity Reds	Fredericton, New Brunswick 	Aitken Centre 	(1997) 2018
St. Francis Xavier X-Women	Antigonish, Nova Scotia 	Charles V. Keating Millennium Centre 	1997
Saint Mary's Huskies 	Halifax, Nova Scotia 	St. Mary's Alumni Arena 	1997
St. Thomas Tommies 	Fredericton, New Brunswick 	Grant-Harvey Centre 	1997
UPEI Panthers 	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island	MacLaughlin Arena 	2002
===Former Members===
*Acadia Axewomen (women's team was discontinued after 2001-02 season, men's program still plays in AUS)
*New Brunswick Varsity Reds (women's team was discontinued after 2007-08 season, and was reinstated for 2018-19)
Both of these universities are still Atlantic University Sport members.
===Other AUS Schools===
Cape Breton University and Memorial University of Newfoundland are also members of Atlantic University Sport but have not participated in women's ice hockey within the conference since the start of league play in 2001.  Both universities at this point no longer offer men's ice hockey with CBU discontinuing the program in 1995 and MUN discontinuing the program in 1982.  The St. Thomas Tommies men's team was cancelled after the 2015-16 season.  The Mount Allison Mounties men's team was cancelled after the 1997-98 sason
==AUS Seasons: 1997-98 to present==
Year 	Regular Season Champion 	Tournament Champion 	Automatic U-Cup Qualifier 	Other Qualifier
1997-98	N/A 	Saint Mary's Huskies 	Saint Mary's Huskies (0-3) Lost fifth place game 	None
1998-99	N/A 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (0-3) Lost fifth place game 	None
1999-00	N/A 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (0-3) Lost fifth place game 	None
2000-01	N/A 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (0-3) Lost fifth place game 	None
2001-02	Saint Mary's Huskies 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (0-3) Lost fifth place game 	None
2002-03	Saint Mary's Huskies 	Saint Mary's Huskies 	Saint Mary's Huskies (0-3) Lost fifth place game 	None
2003-04	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	Saint Mary's Huskies 	Saint Mary's Huskies (0-3) Lost fifth place game 	None
2004-05	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (1-2) won fifth place game 	None
2005-06	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (1-2) Lost Bronze medal game	Dalhousie Tigers (St. FX was host) (0-3) Lost fifth place game
2006-07	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	Moncton Aigles Bleus 	Moncton Aigles Bleus (1-2) won fifth place game 	None
2007-08	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (0-3) Lost fifth place game 	None
2008-09	Moncton Aigles Bleus 	Moncton Aigles Bleus 	Moncton Aigles Bleus (2-1) Won Bronze Medal 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (Host) (0-3) Lost fifth place game
2009-10	Moncton Aigles Bleus 	Saint Mary's Huskies 	Saint Mary's Huskies (1-2) Lost Bronze medal game 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (0-3) Lost fifth place game
2010-11	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (2-1) Lost final 	None
2011-12	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	UPEI Panthers 	UPEI Panthers (0-3) Lost fifth place game 	None
2012-13	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (2-1) Won Bronze Medal 	None
2013-14	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	Moncton Aigles Bleus 	Moncton Aigles Bleus (1-2) Won fifth place game 	St. Thomas Tommies (host) (0-3) Lost fifth place game
2014-15	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (1-2) Lost Bronze Medal Game	Moncton Aigles Bleus (1-2) Lost fifth place game
2015-16	Saint Mary's Huskies 	Saint Mary's Huskies 	Saint Mary's Huskies (2-1) Won Bronze Medal 	St. Thomas Tommies (1-2) Lost fifth place game
2016-17	Saint Mary's Huskies 	Saint Mary's Huskies 	Saint Mary's Huskies (2-1) Won fifth place game 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (0-2) T-7th place
2017-18	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	Saint Mary's Huskies 	Saint Mary's Huskies (0-2) Tied 7th place 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (1-2) Lost fifth place game
2018-19	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies (0-2) Tied 7th place  	UPEI Panthers (Host) (0-2) Tied 7th place
2019-20	Saint Mary's Huskies 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (Won Quarterfinal) 	UPEI Panthers (Host) (DNP)
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions 	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
2021-22	New Brunswick Varsity Reds 	New Brunswick Varsity Reds (4th) 	None 	UPEI Panthers (6th)
2022-23	New Brunswick Varsity Reds 	New Brunswick Varsity Reds (T-7th) 	St. Mary's Huskies (6th) 	None
2023-24	St. Francis Xavier X-Women 	New Brunswick Varsity Reds (T-7th) 	St. Francis Xavier X-Women (T-7th) 	None
2024-25	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD
 
Category:Atlantic University Hockey
Category:Women's ice hockey in Canada
Category:Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey