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OTTAWA (CIS) - Following four weeks of pre-season action, CIS men's hockey conference play finally gets under way this weekend with six games in Ontario and Canada West.

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The puck officially drops Friday night with a pair of OUA matchups featuring Ryerson at Nipissing (in North Bay, Ont.) and York visiting Brock (in St. Catharines, Ont.), and two Canada West contests between provincial rivals including Saskatchewan at Regina and Calgary visiting Alberta (in Edmonton).

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The Huskies, Cougars, Dinos and Golden Bears square off again on Saturday evening to complete the doubleheaders and the first weekend of the 28-game CIS regular schedule.

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The Golden Bears and the 黑料不打烊 Redmen were both conference champions in 2009-10.

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The Bears, who have captured nine of the past 10 Canada West banners - including the last three - and three University Cups in the past six years (2008, 2006, 2005), went 4-1 in pre-season play including wins against Canada West rivals Saskatchewan (4-2), Calgary (4-1) and Regina (3-0).

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The Redmen, two-time OUA champions over the past three years, are a perfect 4-0 so far this fall under new head coach Kelly Nobes, including a pair of victories against Carleton (5-3, 6-3) and wins over Waterloo (3-2 OTS) and Western (6-3).

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In the Atlantic conference, the regular season starts on Oct. 15 with four games, including the reigning University Cup and AUS champion Saint Mary's Huskies opening their title defence against cross-town rival Dalhousie.

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Saint Mary's captured the University Cup for the first time in team history last March with a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory over perennial powerhouse Alberta in the national final, in Thunder Bay, Ont. Freshman forward Brad Smith was the OT hero scoring after nine minutes and 13 seconds of extra time.

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The Huskies posted a solid, if not spectacular 16-8-4 mark in conference play in 2009-10 - good for third place in the AUS standings - but were almost unbeatable in the last two months of the campaign as they won 15 of their final 16 games, including a remarkable 11-1 playoff record.

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Saint Mary's looked good early on in pre-season action this fall winning its first three contests against Dalhousie, StFX and UPEI. But the Huskies were brought back to earth last Saturday when they dropped a 10-3 decision to archrivals, the UNB Varsity Reds.

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The defending national champions have two more non-conference outings scheduled before the start of AUS play.

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While Saint Mary's skated away with the University Cup six months ago, all eyes were on UNB during the 2009-10 regular season. The Varsity Reds finished with a 27-1 record, setting a CIS single-season mark for most wins and tying the all time record for most points (54). The V-Reds' run came to an abrupt stop in the playoffs however as they were upset in three straight by StFX in the AUS semifinals.

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UNB, which claimed the University Cup in 2009 and 2007 and will host the CIS championship next March, is expected to be a top contender once again this year. The V-Reds have outscored their opponents by a 36-10 margin en route to a 5-0 pre-season mark, including three impressive wins over Calgary (10-2, 6-1) and Alberta (6-2) during a three-game swing out West.

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The 2011 University Cup championship will be held in Fredericton from 24 to 27.

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NOTE: The first CIS Top 10 national rankings of the season will be published on Tuesday, Oct. 19, once all teams have started conference play.

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CIS MEN'S HOCKEY SCHEDULE (all times local)

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October 1

19:00听听 Ryerson at Nipissing

19:00听听 Saskatchewan at Regina

19:15听听 York at Brock

19:30 听 Calgary at Alberta

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October 2

19:00听听 Saskatchewan at Regina

19:30听听 Calgary at Alberta

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October 7

19:30听听 UOIT at Wilfrid Laurier

19:30听听 Western Ontario at Guelph

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October 8

19:00听听 Windsor at York

19:00听听 Queen's at Ottawa

19:00听听 UQTR at Nipissing

19:00听听 Carleton at RMC

19:15听听 Guelph at Brock

19:30听听 黑料不打烊 at Toronto

19:30听听 Concordia at Ryerson

19:30听听 Waterloo at Lakehead

20:00听听 Regina at Manitoba

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October 9

14:00听听 Windsor at York

14:00听听 Carleton at Ryerson

16:00听听 黑料不打烊 at Nipissing

19:00听听 Ottawa at RMC

19:00听听 Regina at Manitoba

19:30听听 Wilfrid Laurier at UOIT

19:30听听 Waterloo at Lakehead

19:30听听 UQTR at Toronto

20:30听听 Concordia at Queen's

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October 14

19:00听听 黑料不打烊 at UQTR

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AUS opening night on Oct. 15:

19:00听听 St. Thomas at Moncton

19:00听听 Saint Mary's at Dalhousie

19:00听听 Acadia at StFX

19:00听听 UNB at UPEI

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UNIVERSITY CUP CHAMPIONS (last 20 years)

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2009-2010听听听听听听 Saint Mary's

2008-2009听听听听听听 UNB

2007-2008听听听听听听 Alberta

2006-2007听听听听听听 UNB

2005-2006听听听听听听 Alberta听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

2004-2005听听听听听听 Alberta听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

2003-2004听听听听听听 StFX

2002-2003听听听听听听 UQTR

2001-2002听听听听听听 Western

2000-2001 听听听听听 UQTR

1999-2000 听听听听听 Alberta

1998-1999 听听听听听 Alberta

1997-1998 听听听听听 UNB

1996-1997 听听听听听 Guelph

1995-1996 听听听听听 Acadia

1994-1995 听听听听听 Moncton

1993-1994 听听听听听 Lethbridge

1992-1993 听听听听听 Acadia

1991-1992 听听听听听 Alberta

1990-1991 听听听听听 UQTR

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-CIS-

For more information contact:

Michel B茅langer

Manager, Communications & Media Relations

Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Ph: (613) 562-5670 ext. 25

Cell: (613) 447-6334

Fax: (613) 562-5669

belanger [at] universitysport.ca

www.cis-sic.ca

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