The Acadia Axemen ice hockey team is an ice hockey team representing the Acadia Axemen athletics program of Acadia University. The team is a member of the Atlantic University Sport conference and compete in U Sports. The team plays their home games at the Andrew H. McCain Arena (formerly the "Acadia Arena") in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

History Acadia has fielded an ice hockey team since 1905. Up until 1954, the school played both college and senior hockey, stopping for only war years during World War I and World War II. Beginning in 1954–55, the Axemen played exclusively at the collegiate level and has seen some success over the years. Their pinnacle was during the 1990s when Acadia won two national championships.

Season-by-season results

Senior and collegiate play Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points

U Sports Champion U Sports SemifinalistConference regular season championsConference Division ChampionsConference Playoff Champions SeasonConferenceRegular SeasonConference Tournament ResultsNational Tournament Results Conference OverallGPWLTPts*FinishGPWLT%Senior Hockey1905–06Independent––––––????? 1906–07Independent––––––????? 1907–08Independent––––––????? 1908–09Independent––––––????? 1909–10Independent––––––????? 1910–11Independent––––––????? 1911–12Independent––––––????? 1912–13Independent––––––????? 1913–14Independent––––––????? 1914–15Independent––––––????? Program suspended due to World War ISenior and Intercollegiate Hockey1919–20MIAA????? 1st????? Won Championship, 8–3 (St. Francis Xavier)1920–21MIAA211022nd????? 1921–22MIAA??????????? 1922–23MIAA21102T–2nd????? 1923–24MIAA22004 2nd????? Lost Championship, 2–6 (St. Francis Xavier)1924–25MIAA20200?????? 1925–26MIAA21102 ?????? Lost Semifinal, 2–5 (New Brunswick)1926–27Independent??????????? 1927–28Independent??????????? 1928–29Independent??????????? 1929–30Independent??????????? Lost MIAA Quarterfinal, 2–3 (St. Francis Xavier)1930–31Independent??????????? Lost MIAA Quarterfinal, 1–5 (St. Francis Xavier)1931–32Independent??????????? Lost MIAA Quarterfinal, 3–5 (St. Francis Xavier)1932–33Independent??????????? Won MIAA Quarterfinal, 5–1 (St. Francis Xavier)Lost MIAA Semifinal, 0–4 (Saint Mary's)1933–34Independent??????????? Won MIAA Quarterfinal, 4–3 (St. Francis Xavier)Won MIAA Semifinal series, 6–4 (Dalhousie)Lost MIAA Championship, 1–3 (New Brunswick)1934–35Independent??????????? Lost MIAA Semifinal, 2–5 (St. Francis Xavier)1935–36Independent??????????? Lost MIAA Quarterfinal series, 4–11 (St. Francis Xavier)1936–37Independent??????????? Lost MIAA Quarterfinal series, 8–10 (Dalhousie)1937–38Independent??????????? Won MIAA Semifinal, 5–4 (St. Francis Xavier)Lost MIAA Championship, 3–4 (Mount Allison)1938–39Independent??????????? Won MIAA Quarterfinal series, 5–4 (St. Francis Xavier)Won MIAA Semifinal, 5–3 (Saint Mary's)Lost MIAA Championship, 0–4 (Mount Allison)1939–40Independent??????????? Won MIAA Semifinal series, 20–9 (Saint Mary's)Won MIAA Championship, 3–0 (Saint Dunstan's)1940–41Independent??????????? 1941–42MIAA??????????? Lost Championship series, 11–12 (Saint Mary's)1942–43MIAA??????????? Lost Semifinal series, 11–14 (Saint Mary's)1943–44MIAA??????????? Won Semifinal series, 10–8 (Saint Mary's)Lost Championship, 3–6 (St. Francis Xavier)Program suspended due to World War II1945–46MIAA73312nd????? 1946–47MIAA82604th????? 1947–48MIAA7520 T–2nd????? Won Semifinal, 6–5 (St. Francis Xavier)Won Championship series, 24–13 (Saint Dunstan's)1948–49MIAA4310 1st????? Won Championship, 7–6 (New Brunswick)1949–50MIAA4220T–3rd????? 1950–51MIAA42202nd????? 1951–52Independent––––––????? 1952–53MIAA00000–????? Lost Semifinal series, ? (St. Francis Xavier)1953–54MIAA00000–????? Lost Semifinal series, ? (St. Francis Xavier)Totals GP W L T %ChampionshipsRegular Season ? ? ? ? ? 3 MIAA Division Championships, 2 MIAA ChampionshipsConference Post-season ? ? ? ? ? 4 MIAA ChampionshipsRegular Season and Postseason Record ? ? ? ? ?

Collegiate only Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, Pts = Points U Sports Champion U Sports SemifinalistConference regular season championsConference Division ChampionsConference Playoff Champions SeasonConferenceRegular SeasonConference Tournament ResultsNational Tournament Results Conference OverallGPWLTOTLSOLPts*FinishGPWLT%1954–55MIAA12471––9T–5th12471 1955–56MIAA8620––122nd10640 Lost Quarterfinal series, 5–9 (St. Francis Xavier)1956–57MIAA8251––57th10271 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–17 (St. Francis Xavier)1957–58MIAA8260––4T–6th10280 Lost Quarterfinal series, 2–22 (St. Francis Xavier)1958–59MIAA8080––09th8080 1959–60MIAA8350––66th10370 Lost Quarterfinal series, 5–23 (St. Francis Xavier)1960–61MIAA8260––48th8260 1961–62MIAA7241––53rd11461 Won Quarterfinal series, 7–3 (Saint Mary's)Lost Semifinal series, 5–18 (St. Francis Xavier)1962–63MIAA12453––136th12453 1963–64MIAA12570––195th12570 1964–65MIAA11470––77th11470 1965–66MIAA143101––76th143101 1966–67MIAA14770––144th14770 1967–68MIAA161051––213rd171061 Lost Semifinal, 2–7 (Saint Mary's)1968–69AIAA171151––23T–3rd181161 Lost Semifinal, 4–6 (Saint Mary's)1969–70AIAA18990––187th18990 1970–71AIAA188100––165th188100 1971–72AIAA18990––185th18990 1972–73AIAA201370––3rd211380 Lost Semifinal, 2–9 (Moncton)1973–74AUAA213171––9th213171 1974–75AUAA181260––24T–3rd191270 Won Semifinal, 7–3 (Moncton)Lost Championship, 2–9 (Saint Mary's)1975–76AUAA163130––68th163130 1976–77AUAA206140––127th206140 1977–78AUAA202162––68th202162 1978–79AUAA208111––176th208111 1979–80AUAA2910181––218th2910181 1980–81AUAA2410140––207th2410140 1981–82AUAA2612131––257th2612131 1982–83AUAA248142––187th248142 1983–84AUAA241590––304th2716110 Lost Semifinal series, 1–2 (New Brunswick) 1984–85AUAA241482––303rd2715102 Lost Semifinal series, 1–2 (Moncton) 1985–86AUAA2510150––6th2510150 1986–87AUAA2511140––5th2511140 1987–88AUAA261862––38T–2nd291982 Lost Semifinal series, 1–2 (Prince Edward Island) 1988–89AUAA261781––35T–2nd3220111 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Cape Breton)Lost Semifinal series, 1–2 (St. Thomas) 1989–90AUAA211650––32 T–1st261880 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Cape Breton)Lost Semifinal series, 0–2 (Prince Edward Island) 1990–91AUAA2612122––266th2812142 Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (Cape Breton) 1991–92AUAA241842––38 1st332562 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (St. Francis Xavier)Won Semifinal series, 2–1 (Dalhousie)Won Championship series, 2–0 (Prince Edward Island) Won Semifinal, 5–2 (Wilfrid Laurier)Lost Championship, 2–5 (Alberta)1992–93AUAA262222––46 1st353032 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Cape Breton)Won Semifinal series, 2–0 (Dalhousie)Won Championship series, 2–0 (New Brunswick) Won Semifinal, 9–4 (Alberta)Won Championship, 12–1 (Toronto)1993–94AUAA261943––412nd332553 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (St. Francis Xavier)Won Semifinal series, 2–0 (Dalhousie)Won Championship series, 2–0 (New Brunswick) Lost Semifinal, 6–9 (Lethbridge)1994–95AUAA262213––47 1st312191 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (St. Francis Xavier)Won Semifinal series, 2–0 (Dalhousie)Lost Championship series, 0–2 (Moncton) 1995–96AUAA261961––39 T–1st372791 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Saint Mary's)Won Semifinal series, 2–1 (Dalhousie)Won Championship series, 2–1 (Prince Edward Island) Won Semifinal, 4–3 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières)Won Championship, 3–2 (Waterloo)1996–97AUAA282161––43 1st342581 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Saint Mary's)Won Semifinal series, 2–0 (Dalhousie)Lost Championship series, 0–2 (New Brunswick) 1997–98AUAA28171010–353rd3824131 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Dalhousie)Won Semifinal series, 2–0 (St. Francis Xavier)Lost Championship series, 1–2 (New Brunswick) Won Pool B Round-Robin, 6–5 (Saskatchewan), 7–4 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières)Lost Championship, 3–6 (New Brunswick)1998–99AUS26141020–30T–2nd3419132 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Saint Mary's)Won Semifinal series, 2–1 (St. Francis Xavier)Lost Championship series, 1–2 (Moncton) 1999–00AUS26131302–286th3518170 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (St. Francis Xavier)Won Semifinal series, 2–1 (Saint Mary's)Lost Championship series, 1–3 (New Brunswick) 2000–01AUS28111341–275th3112154 Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (New Brunswick) 2001–02AUS2891234–257th289163 2002–03AUS28101710–217th2810171 2003–04AUS28111511–247th2811161 2004–05AUS2814860–34 T–1st3518116 Won Semifinal series, 2–0 (New Brunswick)Lost Championship series, 2–3 (Moncton) 2005–06AUS2819711–40 1st3524101 Won Semifinal series, 2–0 (Saint Mary's)Won Championship series, 3–0 (New Brunswick) Lost Pool B Round-Robin, 1–5 (Saskatchewan), 3–4 (Lakehead)2006–07AUS281114–3–256th3011190 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (St. Francis Xavier) 2007–08AUS281114–3–256th3011190 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Moncton) 2008–09AUS281512–1–315th3317160 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (St. Francis Xavier)Lost Semifinal series, 0–3 (New Brunswick) 2009–10AUS28196–3–412nd3220120 Lost Semifinal series, 1–3 (Saint Mary's) 2010–11AUS281411–3–314th3417170 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Prince Edward Island)Lost Semifinal series, 1–3 (New Brunswick) 2011–12AUS281610–2–345th3117140 Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Prince Edward Island) 2012–13AUS28179–20363rd3520150 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Moncton)Lost Semifinal series, 1–3 (Saint Mary's) 2013–14AUS28214–21452nd3827101 Won Semifinal series, 3–1 (Moncton)Won Championship series, 3–1 (Saint Mary's) Lost Pool B Round-Robin, 2–4 (Windsor), 2–3 (Saskatchewan)2014–15AUS28205–30432nd3623130 Won Semifinal series, 3–2 (Saint Mary's)Lost Championship series, 0–2 (New Brunswick) Lost Quarterfinal, 5–6 (OT) (Quebec–Trois-Rivières)2015–16AUS28197–1140T–2nd3019101 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Prince Edward Island) 2016–17AUS30208–20422nd3522130 Lost Semifinal series, 0–3 (St. Francis Xavier)Won Third Place series, 2–0 (Saint Mary's) Won Quarterfinal, 4–1 (Alberta)Lost Semifinal, 0–3 (New Brunswick)Won Consolation Game, 7–3 (St. Francis Xavier)2017–18AUS301810–11383rd4124161 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Dalhousie)Lost Semifinal series, 2–3 (St. Francis Xavier)Won Third Place series, 2–1 (Saint Mary's) Lost Quarterfinal, 6–8 (Alberta)2018–19AUS301017–21236th3311211 Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (St. Francis Xavier) 2019–20AUS30199–02402nd3723122 Won Semifinal series, 3–1 (Saint Mary's)Lost Championship series, 1–2 (New Brunswick) Quarterfinal, vs. (Ottawa) cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2020–21 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2021–22AUS22714–01156th257171 Lost Play-In, 2–3 (OT) (Moncton) Lost Quarterfinal, 0–7 (Alberta)2022–23AUS301116–21255th3614211 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (St. Francis Xavier)Lost Semifinal series, 1–3 (Saint Mary's) 2023–24AUS30916–23236th329203 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (St. Francis Xavier) Totals GP W L T/SOL %ChampionshipsRegular Season 1538 787 685 66 9 Kelly Division Titles, 6 AUAA Championships, 2 AUS ChampionshipsConference Post-season 196 100 96 0 4 AUAA Championships, 2 AUS ChampionshipsU Sports Postseason 20 9 11 0 12 National tournament appearancesRegular Season and Postseason Record 1754 896 792 66 2 National Championships Note: Totals include results from 1954–55 onward.

Notable alumni While no alumnus has yet reached the NHL, several Axemen have gone on to play professionally at high levels.

Brian Casey (1995–96) Andrew Clark (2009–13) Duane Dennis (1990–94) Kirk Furey (1998–01) Stephen Harper (2016–20) Jeff MacLeod (1993–95)

References

External links Acadia Axemen ice hockey website Acadia Axemen hockey history