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UNB gets hockey championships

- December 4, 2008

Canadian Interuniversity Sport has chosen the University of New Brunwick to host the 2011 and 2012 CIS Menā€™s Hockey Championships.Ā 

A disappointed Kevin Tobin, chair of Dalhousieā€™s bid committee, said the committee was told their bid was ā€œoutstanding,ā€ but the fact that Halifax is already hosting CISā€™s national basketball championships (also in March 2011 and 2012) gave the edge to UNB.

ā€œWhen you hear, ā€˜thereā€™s nothing more you could have doneā€™ thatā€™s pretty disappointing,ā€ he said on Thursday. ā€œWe thought it was perfect timing because the championships have never been in Nova Scotia.ā€

The committee presented its bid in Ottawa on Tuesday.

But even though Dalhousie lost the bid, there is an upside. Dalhousie had pre-sold more than 2,000 tickets at the Halifax Metro Centre and Mr. Tobin says that indicates a lot of interest in university menā€™s hockey in Halifax.Ā 

Credit card refunds for those who participated in the pre-sale ticket campaign will be issued via Ticket Atlantic. Refunds will be applied directly to credit cards beginning next week.

As for basketball, the CIS confirmed Halifax will again host the Final Eight tourney, the high profile CIS menā€™s basketball championships, in 2011 and 2012.

The AUS was the only bidder for championship, which was staged in Halifax for 24 consecutive years, from 1984 to 2007.

CIS championship schedule

Men's basketball
2009 & 2010: Carleton University
2011 & 2012: Atlantic University Sport, in Halifax (awarded in December 2008)

Women's hockey
2009 & 2010: St. Francis Xavier University
2011: Wilfrid Laurier University (awarded in December 2008)
2012: University of Alberta (awarded in December 2008)

Men's hockey
2009 & 2010: Lakehead University
2011 & 2012: University of New Brunswick (awarded in December 2008)

Women's rugby
2009: University of British Columbia
2010 & 2011: Trent University (awarded in December 2008)