AUS men's ice hockey tournament

The Atlantic University Sport ice hockey tournament is an annual conference championship held between member teams. The winner receives an automatic bid to the U Sports men's ice hockey championship.

History
The formation of the conference occurred after the maritime schools restarted their ice hockey programs after World War I. For its inaugural season, the league instituted a tournament Originally, the conference was called the "Maritime Intercollegiate Athletic Association" (MIAA) but changed its moniker to the "Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association" (AIAA) in 1968. In 1973, the conference merged with "Atlantic Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association" (AWIAA) to become the "Atlantic Universities Athletic Association" (AUAA). The conference remained thus until rebranding as "Atlantic University Sport" (AUS) in 1998.

1920
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1921
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1922
† Acadia withdrew from consideration.

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1923
† Dalhousie and King's played an exhibition game to determine seeding after StFX had been eliminated. ‡ Arcadia and Mount Allison refused to play a play-in game and were eliminated from competition.

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1924
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1925
† New Brunswick won a play-in game against Mount Allison.

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1926
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1927
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1928
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1929
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1930
The Eastern semifinal was a single-elimination game while the western semifinal was a 2-game total-goal series Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1931
The Eastern semifinal was a single-elimination game while the western semifinal was a 2-game total-goal series Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1932
The Eastern semifinal was a single-elimination game while the western semifinal was a 2-game total-goal series Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1933
† Saint Mary's administration forbade playing during Lent so Mount Allison won by forfeit. Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1934
† Nova Scotia Tech withdrew from the league to tour Newfoundland and Labrador. Saint Mary's withdrew because the administration would not permit games during Lent. ‡ Though independent programs at the time, Acadia and St. Francis Xavier were allowed to play in the tournament because of the departure of the other two eastern teams. Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1935
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1936
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1937
† After Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s finished in a tie for first, Saint Mary’s withdrew from competition. Nova Scotia Tech was then offered a chance to compete for entry into the tournament since they had defeated King's, however, no ice was available on game day and Dalhousie was awarded the title.

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1938
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1939
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1940
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1941
† Due to World War II, New Brunswick was the only active western team this season. Additionally, most associated independent programs joined the conference for this season.

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1942
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1943
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1944
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1946
† No regular season play occurred for the Western division.

‡ The game was stopped after 28 minutes due to a snowstorm. Note: St. Joseph's was unable to participate and forfeited the championship match. Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1947
† No regular season play occurred for the Western division.

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1948
† The east semifinal was a single-elimination game Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1949
† No regular season play occurred for the Western division.

‡ St. Joseph's was unable to participate and forfeited both games. Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1950
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1951
† No regular season play occurred for the Western division.

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1952
† No regular season play occurred for the Western division and St. Francis Xavier was the only team competing for the eastern title.

‡ St. Thomas dropped out of the tournament before the first game was played. Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1953
† No regular season play occurred.

‡ During the second game, the stands at St. Francis Xavier collapsed. The match was cancelled and the schools decided against rescheduling. No champion was declared Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1954
† No regular season play occurred.

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1955
Note: 1955 marks the first season of exclusively collegiate play.

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1956
Note: Mount Allison won their division due to having the higher number of goals scored.

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1957
Note: St. Francis Xavier won their division due to having the higher number of goals scored.

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1958
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1959
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1960
† The game was nullified after the fact due to St. Francis Xavier using an ineligible player. Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1961
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1962
† Dalhousie withdrew from competition in December

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1963
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1964
Note: No playoffs were held due to the lack of time between the end of the regular season and the start of the University Cup Playoffs. Representatives from UNB, Acadia and Dalhousie voted unanimously to award the top overall seed, New Brunswick, the league championship and advanced them to the national tournament.

1965
Note: No playoffs.

1966
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1967
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1968
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1969
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1970
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1971
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1972
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1973
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1974
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1975
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1976
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1977
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1978
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1979
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1980
Note: The two wild card teams were selected by a 3-person committee.

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1981
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1982
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1983
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1984
Note: After the conclusion of the regular season but before the start of the playoffs, Saint Mary’s was forced to forfeit all of its games due to using an ineligible player. Saint Mary’s dropped from 4th to 9th while the other school's records were adjusted accordingly.

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1985
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1986
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1987
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1988
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1989
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1990
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1991
The third game for the quarterfinal round was a mini-game that was used only to determine which team advanced. Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020
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2021
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

2022
Note: Due to cancellations due to both weather and COVID, the full schedule was not played. Standings were decided by point percentage and all teams participated in the postseason.

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2023
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