The Saint Mary's Huskies are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Saint Mary's University in

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, Canada. Their primary home turf is

Huskies Stadium Huskies Stadium is a Canadian football stadium at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, home to the Saint Mary's Huskies. It had a promoted capacity of 9,000 to 11,000 that is achievable via temporary seating, but the actual perman ...

located in the centre of the University's campus. In September 2007, Saint Mary's announced the plans to build the new Homburg Centre for Health & Wellness that will comprise the current gymnasium (The Tower), the new Dauphinee Arena, and a new building to connect the two. The centre is to be named after Richard Homburg, who provided a $5 million gift to the project, the largest gift the university had received in its 205-year history. The Dauphinee Arena, completed in 2019, has an

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-sized ice surface and a seating capacity for 875. The arena is named for the late Mr. Bob Dauphinee who was a strong supporter of the Huskies hockey team for over 50 years. Upon his death in 2001, Mr. Dauphinee had left an estate gift to the university of $2.1 million.

Huskies Basketball

Men's Basketball

The Huskies have the second-most Atlantic Conference Championships (14), their last being the 2013-14 season. Of the AUS conference teams, the Huskies have the most

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Championships winning the

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four times in 1973, 1978, 1979 and most recently in 1999. Saint Mary's University was the host venue for the championship tournament four times in 1965, 1976, 1977 and 1978. The tournament was hosted in Halifax again for 24 consecutive years; first at

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from 1984–1987 and then at the

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from 1988-

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. The tournament returned to the Metro Centre for the

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and

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Championships.

Women's Basketball

The women's team are in a tie with the

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for the fifth-most Atlantic Conference Championships (5), their last being the 2015-16 season. The women competed in their first

Women's Basketball Championship in 2014 and their second in 2015.

Huskies football

The Huskies football team, in the past thirty years, have been one of the stronger teams in Canadian University football by reaching the

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eight times: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2001 (won), 2002 (won), 2003, and 2007. During this streak they would become the third university to win back-to-back championships (2001 & 2002) and the first of three universities to appear in at least three consecutive championship tournaments (2001–2003). The second being the

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(2004–2006) and the third being the

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(2010–2013).

Huskies Hockey

Men's Hockey

The Huskies have the third-most Atlantic Conference Championships (13), their last being the 2009-10 season. In 2010, the Huskies won their first

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by defeating the

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3-2 in overtime. This was the Huskies' fifth appearance in the championship final and their first since 1973.

Women's Hockey

The women's team have the second-most Atlantic Conference Championships (7), and they are the current champions (2017-18 season). The Huskies have yet to compete in the

Women's Ice Hockey Championship final.

Women's Rugby

Since rugby became a fully sanctioned Atlantic University Sport in 2002, the Huskies have finished runner up four times (2002, 2007, 2008 and 2009) to the

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Huskies Soccer

Men's Soccer

The men's team are tied with the

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for the second-most Atlantic Conference Championships (13), with their most recent in the 2011 season. The men reached the

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five times (1979, 1989, 2000, 2003 and 2011) but have yet to win the championship. Soccer Team Roster

Women's Soccer

The women's team are tied with the

for the fourth-most Atlantic Conference Championships (2), their last title being in 2002.

Women's Volleyball

The Huskies women's volleyball program is tied with the

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for the third-most Atlantic Conference Championships (6), with their last being for the 2011-12 season.

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