College ice hockey team
The Memorial Sea-Hawks men's ice hockey team (formerly the Memorial Beothuks) was an ice hockey team representing the Memorial Sea-Hawks athletics program of Memorial University of Newfoundland.
History
The origins of Memorial's ice hockey team are uncertain but the team began play as a senior team. This was mainly due to the lack of nearby collegiate opponents as the nearest schools that fielded teams were hundreds of miles away and could not be reached by roads alone. Memorial instead competed for the Boyle Trophy, the senior championship of St. John's.[1] In the 60s, the Beothuks finally climbed to the top of the heap, winning three titles in four years.[2] The suddenly overpowering club decided to take a gamble and join the Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1968. The transition could not have gone much worse as Memorial proved to be one of the conference's low-lights. The Beothuks made one postseason appearance in eight years and were one of the worst teams in the conference. Memorial withdrew from the since renamed AUAA in 1976, returning to play local senior hockey.
In 1979, Memorial tried their hand at college hockey a second tine, rejoining the AUAA. The results weren't any better. The Beothuks finished last in the standings in back-to-back years and, although they showed minor improvement in 1982, still finished ninth out of ten teams. Afterwards, the school decided that the program was too expensive to continue supporting. Rather than field a senior team themselves, the athletic department reasoned that students who wanted to play ice hockey could join one of the local outfits. Occasional efforts have been made to restart the program but they have met with little success.[3]
Season-by-season results
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 Semifinalist
|
Conference regular season champions
|
Conference Division Champions
|
Conference Playoff Champions
|
| Season
|
Conference
|
Regular Season
|
Conference Tournament Results
|
National Tournament Results
|
| Conference
|
Overall
|
| GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
OTL
|
SOL
|
Pts*
|
Finish
|
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
%
|
| 1968–69
|
AIAA
|
18
|
4
|
13
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
9
|
9th
|
18
|
4
|
13
|
1
|
.250
|
|
|
| 1969–70
|
AIAA
|
18
|
2
|
16
|
0
|
–
|
–
|
4
|
9th
|
18
|
2
|
16
|
0
|
.111
|
|
|
| 1970–71
|
AIAA
|
18
|
2
|
16
|
0
|
–
|
–
|
4
|
10th
|
18
|
2
|
16
|
0
|
.111
|
|
|
| 1971–72
|
AIAA
|
18
|
10
|
8
|
0
|
–
|
–
|
20
|
T–3rd
|
19
|
10
|
9
|
0
|
.526
|
Lost Semifinal, 2–4 (Saint Mary's)
|
|
| 1972–73
|
AIAA
|
16
|
2
|
14
|
0
|
–
|
–
|
.125
|
9th
|
16
|
2
|
14
|
0
|
.125
|
|
|
| 1973–74
|
AUAA
|
16
|
7
|
7
|
2
|
–
|
–
|
.500
|
7th
|
16
|
7
|
7
|
2
|
.500
|
|
|
| 1974–75
|
AUAA
|
18
|
5
|
13
|
0
|
–
|
–
|
10
|
8th
|
18
|
5
|
13
|
0
|
.278
|
|
|
| 1975–76
|
AUAA
|
16
|
1
|
15
|
0
|
–
|
–
|
2
|
10th
|
16
|
1
|
15
|
0
|
.063
|
|
|
| Withdrew from college hockey
|
| 1979–80
|
AUAA
|
19
|
1
|
17
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
3
|
10th
|
19
|
1
|
17
|
1
|
.079
|
|
|
| 1980–81
|
AUAA
|
16
|
2
|
14
|
0
|
–
|
–
|
4
|
10th
|
16
|
2
|
14
|
0
|
.125
|
|
|
| 1981–82
|
AUAA
|
26
|
5
|
20
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
11
|
9th
|
26
|
5
|
20
|
1
|
.212
|
|
|
| Program suspended
|
|
|
| Totals
|
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T/SOL
|
%
|
Championships
|
| Regular Season
|
199
|
41
|
153
|
5
|
.219
|
|
| Conference Post-season
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
.000
|
|
| U Sports Postseason
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
–
|
|
| Regular Season and Postseason Record
|
200
|
41
|
154
|
5
|
.218
|
|
Note: Totals include only results at collegiate level of play.
References
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