Source: Atlantic University Sport
2016-17 AUS winter sport schedules announced
(HALIFAX, N.S.) – Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2016-17 regular season sport schedules for women’s hockey, men’s and women’s volleyball, and men’s and women’s swimming.
All AUS regular and postseason games will be webcast at AUStv.ca powered by Bell Aliant. All AUS championships, as well as select regular season games, will be broadcast live on Bell Aliant’s FibreOP TV1 on channels 1 and 401.
Women’s Hockey
The 2016-17 women’s hockey season is set to begin Friday, Oct. 14 and wrap up Sunday, Feb. 12.
The top six teams in the standings will move on to post-season play. Three rounds of playoff series will be played with the top two seeds receiving byes into the semi-final round.
The quarterfinals will feature the third-place team taking on the sixth-place finisher, while the fourth-place team will face off against the fifth-place team.
The quarter-final, semi-final and final rounds will once again each be best-of-three affairs using a 'home-away-home' format where the higher seeded team will host the opening game of the series as well as the third and deciding game, if necessary.
The 2017 CIS women's hockey championship will be hosted by Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont. March 16 to 19.
2017 Winter Championship Schedule
Please visit http://www.atlanticuniversitysport.com/championships/index to view the complete 2016-17 AUS championship schedule.