The Mount Allison Mounties men's ice hockey team was an ice hockey team representing the Mount Allison Mounties athletics program of Mount Allison University. The team was active from 1896 through 1998 before being dropped as a varsity sport.

History In January 1896, Copp's Rink opened in Sackville, allowing ice hockey to come to Mount Allison for the first time. Prior to that, no athletic programs were active at the school during the winter months and, coincidentally, ice hockey swiftly became a favorite of the student body, The first intercollegiate game was played against Dalhousie in February of the following year and every winter the students looked forward to the start of the season. The faculty, on the other hand, were not fans. After the team had joined its first conference in 1905, the administrators felt that too much time was being devoted to the sport and decided to ban ice hockey in favor of basketball. A little over a month later, the university presidents of Acadia (who had also banned hockey) and Mount Allison learned that students from their respective campuses had taken it upon themselves to organize teams and play local teams despite the ban. With the schools powerless to stop the students, the ban was lifted and hockey resumed the following year.

Upon their return, the Mounties welcomed the program's first head coach, Jack Twaddle. The team went on to win a pair of championships in 1914 with one being attended by over 1,000 spectators. World War I put the team on ice for a few years but the interest in the game seemed to have remained once Mount Allison returned in 1920. The team competed in both senior and intercollegiate leagues throughout the 20s and 30s and were one of the top teams in the Maritimes, winning 6 championships in a 9-year stretch.

World War II forced the team to stop playing for a time but they returned as soon as the fighting was over. After the war, Mount Allison sought to keep its spot as the best team of the region but they eventually found themselves slipping down the standings. After switching to a college-only schedule in 1955, Mount Allison was still able to compete against the top teams but by the beginning of the 1960s they found themselves at the bottom of the standings. The program experienced a revival in the early 80s, winning two division titles, but that success was short-lived. The Mounties last appearance in the postseason was 1983 and, even after expanding to eight teams, Mount Allison failed to reach the playoffs by finishing last every year after 1989. After nearly a decade of abject futility, the school had had enough. In 1998, citing a need to reallocate funds to other programs as well as gender equality necessities, University President Ian Newbould terminated the ice hockey program.

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 Hockey1895–96Independent––––––????? 1896–97Independent––––––????? 1897–98Independent––––––????? 1898–99Independent––––––????? 1899–00Independent––––––????? 1900–01Independent––––––????? 1901–02Independent––––––????? 1902–03Independent––––––????? 1903–04Independent––––––????? 1904–05Independent––––––????? Senior and Intercollegiate Hockey1905–06MIHL21102T–3rd????? 1906–07MIHL??????????? 1907–08MIHL??????????? 1908–09MIHL???????????1909–10MIHL??????????? 1910–11MIHL???????????Program suspended1912–13MIHL??????????? 1913–14MIHL??????????? Won Sumner Cup1914–15MIHL??????????? Won Sumner CupProgram suspended due to World War I1919–20MIAA?????2nd????? 1920–21MIAA20200?????? 1921–22MIAA??????????? Won Quarterfinal, 0–3 (New Brunswick)Won Semifinal, 3–6 (King's)Lost Championship, 3–6 (Dalhousie)1922–23MIAA21102T–3rd????? 1923–24MIAA20200?????? 1924–25MIAA21013?????? 1925–26MIAA21102 ?????? 1926–27MIAA220041st????? Lost Championship, 0–1 (St. Francis Xavier)1927–28MIAA21102?????? 1928–29MIAA20200?????? 1929–30MIAA??????????? Lost Semifinal series, 2–3 (New Brunswick)1930–31MIAA??????????? Won Semifinal series, 7–3 (New Brunswick)Won Championship, 0–1 (St. Francis Xavier)1931–32MIAA??????????? Won Semifinal series, 6–3 (New Brunswick)Won Championship, 0–3 (St. Francis Xavier)1932–33MIAA??????????? Won Semifinal series, 4–1 (New Brunswick)Won Championship, forfeit (Saint Mary's)1933–34MIAA41124?????? 1934–35MIAA430171st????? Won Championship, 3–2 (St. Francis Xavier)1935–36MIAA403114th????? 1936–37MIAA430171st????? Lost Championship, 2–6 (St. Francis Xavier)1937–38MIAA440081st????? Won Championship, 4–3 (Acadia)1938–39MIAA6510101st????? Won Championship, 4–0 (Acadia)1939–40MIAA63217?????? Program suspended due to World War II1945–46MIAA0000––????? Lost Quarterfinal series, 5–12 (New Brunswick)1946–47MIAA0000––????? Lost Quarterfinal series, 10–18 (Saint Dunstan's)1947–48MIAA42204th????? Program suspended1949–50MIAA41305th????? 1950–51MIAA0000––????? Lost Quarterfinal series, 2–11 (New Brunswick)1951–52MIAA0000––????? Lost Quarterfinal series, 3–5 (New Brunswick)1952–53MIAA0000––????? Won Quarterfinal series, 13–7 (Saint Dunstan's)Won Semifinal series, 13–5 (St. Thomas)Cancelled Championship series, no contest (St. Francis Xavier)1953–54MIAA0000––????? Won Quarterfinal series, 12–2 (Saint Dunstan's)Won Semifinal series, 15–1 (New Brunswick)Lost Championship series, 3–6 (St. Francis Xavier)Totals GP W L T %ChampionshipsRegular Season ? ? ? ? ? 8 MIAA Division Championships, 5 MIAA ChampionshipsConference Post-season ? ? ? ? ? 2 Sumner Cups, 6 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%1954–55MIAA6600––12 1st8620 Lost Championship series, 1–17 (St. Francis Xavier)1955–56MIAA6420––8 T–3rd8440 Lost Championship series, 2–8 (St. Francis Xavier)1956–57MIAA6231––55th6231 1957–58MIAA4310––6 T–2nd6420 Lost Semifinal series, 7–8 (New Brunswick)1958–59MIAA6330––65th8350 Lost Semifinal series, 5–16 (St. Thomas)1959–60MIAA6240––47th6240 1960–61MIAA6600––12 1st8611 Lost Semifinal series, 3–4 (St. Thomas)1961–62MIAA6141––37th6141 1962–63MIAA11353––95th11353 1963–64MIAA11281––58th11281 1964–65MIAA11461––95th11461 1965–66MIAA14950––184th14950 1966–67MIAA13841––173rd13841 1967–68MIAA166100––127th166100 1968–69AIAA182160––410th182160 1969–70AIAA180180––010th180180 1970–71AIAA185130––10T–7th185130 1971–72AIAA185121––11T–9th185121 1972–73AIAA201082––5th201082 1973–74AUAA201091––6th201091 Lost Semifinal, 0–7 (Saint Mary's) 1974–75AUAA184140––89th184140 1975–76AUAA161240––24T–2nd171250 Lost Semifinal, 4–9 (St. Francis Xavier) 1976–77AUAA207130––145th207130 1977–78AUAA206131––136th206131 1978–79AUAA207121––157th207121 1979–80AUAA2714130––286th2814140 Lost Quarterfinal, 0–4 (Saint Mary's) 1980–81AUAA211344––30 2nd221354 Lost Semifinal, 3–5 (Dalhousie) 1981–82AUAA261790––34 3rd2818100 Lost Pool 2 Round-Robin, 3–7 (Moncton), 4–3 (Saint Mary's) 1982–83AUAA2412102––263rd2713122 Lost Semifinal series, 1–2 (Dalhousie) 1983–84AUAA2410140––206th2410140 1984–85AUAA247161––157th247161 1985–86AUAA244200––8th244200 1986–87AUAA243210––9th243210 1987–88AUAA265201––119th265201 1988–89AUAA266191––138th266191 1989–90AUAA215160––1010th215160 1990–91AUAA268144––209th268144 1991–92AUAA247161––1510th247161 1992–93AUAA266191––1310th266191 1993–94AUAA262213––710th262213 1994–95AUAA262222––610th262222 1995–96AUAA285212––129th285212 1996–97AUAA282224––89th282224 1997–98AUAA2832320–89th283232 Totals GP W L T/SOL %ChampionshipsRegular Season 807 258 507 42 4 West Division Titles, 2 MacAdam Division Titles, 2 MIAA ChampionshipsConference Post-season 18 3 14 1 U Sports Postseason 0 0 0 0 Regular Season and Postseason Record 825 261 521 43 Note: Totals include results from 1954–55 onward.

See also Mount Allison Mounties women's ice hockey

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