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| - "Varsity Reds" is the name of the sports teams of the University of New Brunswick located in Fredericton, New Brunswick. A separate campus is located in St. John, New Brunswick (UNBSJ). The hockey team was known as the "Red'n Black" until 1956 and then as the "Red Devils" from 1956 to 1991. They are sometimes now unofficially called the "Squirrels". They are members of the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) conference and U Sports (formerly known as CIS). UNB was a founding member of the Maritime Intercollegiate Hockey Association (MIHL) created on December 28th, 1905 along with Mt. Allison, Dalhousie and St. Francis Xavier. UNB would win the first MIHL game vs Mt. A, by a score of 3-2. The MIHL would merge into the Maritime Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) hockey league in 1919-20. The conference changed names again in 1968-69 to the Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (AIAA) with the addition of Memorial University (St. John'sm NL). In 1973-74 the name changed to Atlantic Universities Athletic Association (AUAA) when they AIAA merged with the women's AWIAA, and finally in 1998-99 to the present AUS. The UNBSJ Red Barons formerly played Junior A and B hockey. Their teams are now called the UNBSJ Seawolves and they are in the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association ("ACAA"), which has not operated a hockey league since 1987. They never were in the ACAA hockey league, nor the AUS in any of its prior incarnations. Official Site Fan Site Fan Site for Stats, Alumni & History
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