The Victoria Vikes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Victoria of Victoria, British Columbia , Canada in both men's and women's U Sports . Vikes was previously a longstanding nickname for both the men's teams (previously the Vikings) and women's teams (previously the Vikettes) until it was officially adopted as the teams' name in 1989.
7-645: The Vikes have both men's and women's varsity teams in the following sports: The Vikes operate a club men's hockey team that competes in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League . Men's Basketball (8) Women's Basketball (9) Women's Field Hockey (13) Men's Soccer (5) Women's Soccer (1) Women's Cross-Country (9) Men's Cross-Country (5) Women's Rowing (11) Men's Rowing (7) Men's Rugby (3) Men's Rugby 7s (5) Women's Rugby 7s (2) Men's Golf (3) Women's Golf (1) This article about
14-470: A Canadian sports club is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This British Columbia -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League The British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) is a university ice hockey league based in British Columbia . The BCIHL was created with the purpose of offering
21-493: A venue for competitive, high-calibre hockey for players beyond their junior hockey careers. Teams play a 24-game regular season schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the playoffs consisting of a best-of-three semifinal round, and a best-of-three championship series. Prior to 2012 the championship had been decided through a round-robin tournament. The league operates as one of two Division 2 leagues in Canada when compared to
28-611: The 2020-21 season. The Spartans would finish their final season in the BCIHL as regular season champions. In March 2021, Selkirk College announced it would be discontinuing the Saints men's hockey program due to budget constraints as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This departure marked the first time a former BCIHL Champion has dissolved. On June 22, 2021, the Okanagan Lakers were added to
35-584: The BCIHL get its first NHL alumni as former Montreal Canadiens forward Patrick Holland would join the University of Victoria . Vancouver Island University was confirmed as the sixth team to join the BCIHL in 2017, and joined the league for the 2017/2018 season. In 2019, Trinity Western University 's men's and women's hockey programs were officially accepted into the Canada West Universities Athletic Association starting in
42-655: The BCIHL via expansion and became the league's first independent club, consisting of student-athletes from both the University of British Columbia-Okanagan and Okanagan College . On February 8, 2022, the Logan Lake Miners were added to the BCIHL via expansion, consisting of student-athletes from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops and the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology in Merritt . The team plays out of
49-688: The Division 1 U Sports league, the other being Alberta's ACAC . BCIHL teams, however, regularly play U Sports and NCAA teams. In 2011, the BCIHL accepted its first US-based team in Eastern Washington University , which had previously played in the American Collegiate Hockey Association at the Division II level. Before 2011, the BCIHL consisted entirely of teams from British Columbia. The 2016–17 season would see
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