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Overview[]

"Ooks" is the name of the sports teams of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), located in Edmonton, Alberta. The teams were originally called the "Ookpiks".

The team competes in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC), and has done since the inception of the ACAC in 1964-65 (and the 1963-64 exhibition season). The ACAC is affiliated with the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA), the second tier of university/college sport in Canada. The CCAA has not held a national hockey playoff since 2001. The ACAC is currently the only college league in Canada. However, the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) includes college teams and the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) operates a league of mostly Cégep teams.

Season-by-Season Records Table[]

Seasons with ties: 1965-66 to 2000-01[]

The ACAC Archives do not include results for 1965-66 to 1994-95.

Year/Comp. GP W L T F A Pts Placing
1966 ACAC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1967 ACAC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? champions
1968 ACAC 12 11 1 0 89 27 22 champions
1969 ACAC 20 8 12 0 63 158 16 4th
1970 ACAC 16 12 3 1 103 67 25 2nd
1971 ACAC 12 8 3 1 95 45 17 champions
1972 ACAC 12 11 1 0 79 40 22 1st
1972 playoffs 2 2 0 - 13 4 4 champions
1972 Alta 1 0 1 0 ? ? 0 lost provincial
1973 ACAC 24 8 16 0 90 131 16 4th
1973 playoffs 2 0 2 - 2 14 0 semi-final
1974 ACAC 24 12 12 0 ? ? 24 5th
1975 ACAC 24 11 13 0 ? ? 22 4th
1975 playoffs 2 0 2 - 6 13 0 semi-final
1976 ACAC 25 18 7 0 144 80 36 2nd
1976 playoffs 5 4 1 - 25 17 8 champions
1976 4-West 2 1 1 - 13 13 2 3rd
1977 ACAC 24 10 13 1 113 130 21 3rd
1977 playoffs 2 0 2 - 8 15 0 semi-final
1978 ACAC 24 11 13 0 132 129 22 4th
1978 playoffs 2 0 2 - 2 12 0 semi-final
1979 ACAC 24 10 13 1 130 119 21 4th
1979 playoffs 5 2 3 - 27 30 4 finalist
1980 ACAC 24 13 11 0 134 105 26 3rd
1980 playoffs 2 0 2 - 7 19 0 semi-final
1981 ACAC 23 11 11 1 123 95 23 2nd
1981 playoffs 6 3 3 - 30 28 6 finalist
1982 ACAC 24 14 8 2 122 89 30 2nd
1982 playoffs 6 3 3 - 17 13 6 finalist
1982 Nationals 2 2 0 - 13 3 4 gold
1983 ACAC 24 15 9 0 139 92 30 2nd
1983 playoffs 6 3 3 - 26 27 6 finalist
1984 ACAC 25 22 3 0 183 81 44 1st
1984 playoffs 5 5 0 - 37 11 10 champions
1984 Nationals 4 2 2 - 17 8 4 4th
1985 ACAC 25 25 0 0 221 57 50 1st
1985 playoffs 5 5 0 - 23 11 10 champions
1985 Nationals 3 3 0 - 22 6 6 gold
1986 ACAC 25 22 3 0 212 183 44 1st
1986 playoffs 5 5 0 - 33 10 10 champions
1986 Nationals 3 3 0 - 28 9 6 gold
1987 ACAC 25 20 4 1 176 87 41 1st
1987 playoffs 6 5 1 - 33 19 10 champions
1987 Nationals 3 2 1 - 11 8 4 bronze §
1988 ACAC 24 16 7 1 116 103 33 1st
1988 playoffs 2 0 2 - 8 12 0 semi-final
1989 ACAC 24 15 7 2 129 87 32 2nd
1989 playoffs 6 3 3 - 26 18 6 finalist
1989 Nationals 4 4 0 - 33 14 8 gold
1990 ACAC 24 22 0 2 158 65 46 1st
1990 playoffs 5 5 0 - 33 19 10 champions
1990 Nationals 5 4 1 - 21 10 8 gold
1991 ACAC 25 16 8 1 176 77 33 2nd
1991 playoffs 5 5 0 - 28 9 10 champions
1992 ACAC 25 23 2 0 168 57 46 1st
1992 playoffs 8 6 2 - 52 21 12 champions
1992 Nationals 3 3 0 - 20 4 6 gold
1993 ACAC 24 16 7 1 158 78 33 3rd
1993 playoffs 4 1 3 - 10 11 2 semi-final
1994 ACAC 22 13 8 1 104 84 27 3rd
1994 playoffs 4 1 3 - 17 23 2 semi-final
1995 ACAC 25 15 8 2 129 104 32 3rd
1995 playoffs 5 3 2 - 22 21 6 finalist
1996 ACAC 22 15 7 0 114 77 30 2nd
1996 playoffs 10 6 4 - 44 32 12 champions
1996 Nationals 2 2 0 - 13 7 4 gold
1997 ACAC 22 11 10 1 93 97 23 4th
1997 playoffs 12 7 5 - 43 37 14 finalist
1998 ACAC 24 16 6 2 93 62 34 3rd
1998 playoffs - - - - - - - DNQ
1999 ACAC 28 17 10 1 124 87 35 4th
1999 playoffs 5 2 3 - 25 18 4 semi-finals
2000 ACAC 28 17 8 3 128 106 37 3rd
2000 playoffs 7 4 3 - 22 29 8 finalist
2001 ACAC 28 17 11 0 120 96 34 3rd
2001 playoffs 8 4 4 - 31 28 8 finalist

§ results are incomplete

Note: 1972 was the first season with conference playoffs.
Note: In 1999-00 1 point awarded for tie after regulation and one overtime period - an additional point awarded if winner decided in overtime. T column has OLs. OWs in W column.
Note: In 2000-01 OTLs were recorded but no additional points awarded.

Seasons with ties and OL: 2001-02 to present[]

Year/Comp. GP W L OL T F A Pts Placing
2002 ACAC 28 18 6 1 3 140 92 40 3rd
2002 playoffs 5 3 2 - - 17 9 6 semi-finals
2003 ACAC 28 17 8 1 2 134 109 37 2nd
2003 playoffs 4 1 3 - - 8 13 2 semi-finals
2004 ACAC 28 20 6 0 2 121 87 42 2nd
2004 playoffs 6 3 3 - - 16 22 6 finalist
2005 ACAC 24 17 7 0 0 114 67 34 2nd
2005 playoffs 5 2 3 - - 18 20 4 semi-finals
2006 ACAC 24 8 14 0 2 60 93 18 6th
2006 playoffs 2 0 2 - - 2 8 0 quarter-finals
2007 ACAC 24 14 8 1 1 119 90 30 3rd
2007 playoffs 11 7 4 - - 41 27 14 finalist
2008 ACAC 24 12 8 4 - 101 96 28 5th
2008 playoffs 2 0 2 - - 5 8 0 quarter-finals
2009 ACAC 28 20 6 2 - 128 99 42 2nd
2009 playoffs 4 1 3 - - 10 16 2 semi-finals
2010 ACAC 28 14 13 0 1 115 93 29 5th
2010 playoffs 2 0 2 - - 7 10 0 quarter-finals
2011 ACAC 28 15 9 1 3 78 69 34 4th
2011 playoffs 2 0 2 - - 5 8 0 quarter-finals
2012 ACAC 28 17 8 0 3 106 74 37 4th
2012 playoffs 12 6 6 - - 30 31 12 finalist
2013 ACAC 28 23 2 2 1 138 47 49 1st
2013 playoffs 7 6 1 - - 31 13 12 champions
2014 ACAC 32 27 4 1 0 161 45 55 1st
2014 playoffs 4 2 2 - - 19 13 4 finalist
2015 ACAC 32 26 5 0 1 176 70 53 1st
2015 playoffs 4 4 0 - - 19 8 8 champions
2016 ACAC 32 32 0 0 0 193 58 64 1st
2016 playoffs 4 4 0 - - 18 6 8 champions
2017 ACAC 28 22 4 2 0 138 70 46 1st
2017 playoffs 6 3 3 - - 18 13 6 finalist
2018 ACAC 28 21 3 3 1 131 59 46 1st
2018 playoffs 5 2 3 - - 15 17 4 finalist
2019 ACAC 28 20 7 0 1 130 64 41 1st
2019 playoffs 5 2 3 - - 16 17 4 finalist
2020 ACAC 28 24 4 0 0 132 52 48 1st
2020 playoffs - - - - - - - - cancelled
2021 ACAC Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 ACAC 16 15 1 0 0 74 35 30 1st
2022 playoffs 6 5 1 - - 28 12 10 champions
2023 ACAC 24 10 7 1 6 80 85 26 5th
2023 playoffs 8 4 4 - - 19 20 8 finalist
Notes:
There were no tied games in 2007-08 to 2008-09.
The 2020 playoffs were cancelled after the quarter-final round.

Commemorations[]

Championships[]

ACAC:

CCAA:

CCAA Nationals[]

Source: CCAA National Appearances
Source: Alberta champions

Pictures[]

NAIT-1985

NAIT Ooks 1985

NAIT-2013

NAIT Ooks 2013

NAIT-2014

NAIT Ooks 2014

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NAIT Arena

NAIT Arena

Alternate Logos[]

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1985

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2006

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2009

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2017

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2017

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Also see[]

College links[]

ACAC Teams[]

Former Teams[]

University Links[]

External Links[]


Shannon Szabados[]

The Ooks' 2013 men's championship team had a girl goalie! Shannon Szabados went on to win a gold medal in the 2014 Olympics. (On the women's team, that is.) She had previously played for the MacEwan Griffins, and went on to play in the SPHL with the Columbus Cottonmouths and Peoria Rivermen (SPHL)

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