REGULAR SEASON
| Saint Mary’s | 13-0 | 20-2 | Ed Hall |
| Acadia | 7-3 | 25-11 | Dick Hunt |
| Dalhousie | 8-5 | 10-6 | Jim De La Mothe |
| St FX | 6-6 | 8-12 | Steve Konchalski |
| PEI | 7-6 | 8-10 | Gary Heald |
| New Brunswick | 1-12 | 2-14 | Don Nelson |
| Memorial | 0-8 | Frank Butler | |
| Mount Allison | 5-7 | Laird McLellan |
The season opened in controversy again as a result of a CIAU ruling that Canadian universities could only use three Americans in a game. Saint Mary’s declared that Nova Scotia didn’t produce enough university level players for the team to be competitive nationally and decided to test the ruling in court. UNB coach Don Nelson, who was to play Saint Mary’s in the AUAA opener declared that UNB agreed with the ruling and would protest the game if more than three Americans were used. Saint Mary’s had four Americans on their roster and UNB two. Saint Mary’s president D. Owen Carrigan stated that the university would continue to dress four Americans and take their case to the Human Rights Commission. But then Saint Mary’s decided to monitor what other schools were doing before challenging the rule. They claimed it was counterproductive because teams in the west and in some of the Atlantic schools who did not use American players were rushing out to get them and thus denying Canadian players those spots on the team. They asserted that in Nova Scotia, you couldn’t compete nationally if your province had a population the size of the city of Calgary. Players on the Saint Mary’s team were prevented from taking the CIAU to court because human rights legislation that would have enabled it to do so had been passed but not proclaimed. Saint Mary’s athletic director stated that both Saint Mary’s and Acadia would carry four Americans but until the Nova Scotia legislature met and the law was proclaimed they would go along with the rule. Subsequently, the three American students at Acadia hired a lawyer and sought an injunction to prevent the CIAU from limiting the number of Americans. But the Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruled in favour of the CIAU and said it was not discriminatory to limit the number of imports.
In the regular season, the teams played an imbalanced schedule.
Playoff non-qualifiers:
Memorial Beothuks: Ed Campbell, Norm Campbell, Willie Hogarth, John MacDonald, Pat MacDonald, Sean O’Leary, Tony Wakeham, Leo Buckle, Carl George, Rod Campbell, Billy Fanning, Jim MacDonald, Ron Noseworthy, Gary O’Reilly, Paul White, coach Frank Butler
Mount Allison Mounties: Pierre Ackard, Bill Briggs, Ed Broadley, Jim Fleming, Neil Keenan, John McGrattan, Rick Millard, Phil Quackenbush, Ross Quackenbush, Michael Stewart, coach Laird McLellan
New Brunswick Varsity Reds: Kip Brown, Brian Davis, Tim Ingram, Gary Keeling, Chris Leigh-Smith, Blaine MacDonald, Joe Paytas, Dave Seman, Keith Steeves, Gary Young, Randy Nixon, Bruce McCormack, coach Don Nelson
St. Francis Xavier X-Men: Brian McCarthy, Dave Reid, Paul McKenna, Chris Price, Ron Steuwe, Tim Aubrey, Ed Redmond, Gil Green, Dennis Williams, Rob MacMillan, Myles Fougere, Brian Stevie, Brian McCarthy, coach Steve Konchalski, manager Ed McHugh, trainer Peter Muir
In the semis, Acadia defeated Dalhousie 80-58 as Jessamy scored 21, Shannon 16, Saunders 15 and Mapp 14. Acadia led 43-25 at the half. Johnson led the Tigers with 21.
In the other semi, the Saint Mary’s Huskies thumped the Prince Edward Island Panthers 99-62 as Bing scored 34, Thomas 27 and Perry 14. Vickers led the Panthers with 18. Hibbert added 14. The score was knotted at 39 at the half.
In the bronze medal match, the Prince Edward Island Panthers torched the Dalhousie Tigers 94-55 as Kappos scored 24, Vickers 17, Hibbert 16, Feighrey 15 and Ballem 13. Tennessee-product and Arizona State-transfer Terry Johnson led the Tigers with 29. Bob Fagan added 21 and Bill Burns 11. The Tigers (coached by Jim De La Mothe) also included Kevin Arnstein, Mike Donaldson, Kevin Kelley, Don Robertson, Jeff Gray, Everitt Hanson, Steven Locke and Joe Murphy.
In the final, Saint Mary’s defeated Acadia 76-70 as Thomas scored 23, Bing 22, Perry 14 and Seaward 12, while nabbing 11 boards. Mapp led the Axemen with 22. Saunders added 18 and Jessamy 14.
In May, 1976, Memorial withdrew from the A.I.A.A. because of budgetary woes.
The bronze medalist Prince Edward Island Panthers: Jamie Ballem, Kevin Feighrey, Tom Hibbert, Tom Kappos, Art Laffin, Anson MacLauchlin, Colin McAdam, Butch Postma, Lloyd Pullen, Mark Vickers, Mark Willins and Gary Young; coach Gary Heald
The silver medalist Acadia Axemen: Alvin Jessamy; Eugene Saunders; Robert Upshaw; Peter Leighton; Paul Babcock; Glenn Normore; Shawne Ricks; Ray Mapp; Steve Johnson; Allan Oliver; Ed Shannon; Bruce Toigo; Brian Williams; coach Dick Hunt; assistant George Beattie; assistant Tom Farrington
The champion Saint Mary’s Huskies: Lee Thomas; Errol Bing; Ken Seaward; Fred Perry; Jim Collins; Alastair MacDonald; Ivan Ross; Willie Follette; Bob Taboski; Ivor Lewis; Calvin Smith; Bob Yuhasz; coach Ed Hall; assistant Mickey Fox; manager Pete Potrykus; assistant manager John Landry; trainer Gerry Walsh