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Friday, October 20th at 7pm

Acadia hockey season preview

WOLFVILLE, N.S. – The Acadia Axemen head coach Darren Burns hopes to continue their success from last year’s U SPORTS University Cup bronze medal win into this AUS season in one of the toughest men’s hockey conference in the country.

The Axemen lose several key veteran players to graduation including Daniel Pettersson, Taylor Makin, Scott Trask, Brett Thompson and Brendon Childerley. Of the graduated seniors, only Childerley and Thompson had an impact on scoring last regular season with Thompson posting 25 points (7 goals) – third among the Axemen leaders. Pettersson led the Axemen in scoring during the playoffs.

On the leadership spectrum, Makin and Trask will be a loss to the veteran laden lineup.

“It comes down to the guys who want to give the extra 10% and it’s on and off the ice. Comradery is huge and the guys have to care and have a compassion and a want to win. It’s college hockey and so you got to get better everyday at practicing and got to be rested and keep your focus away from the rink. That is very important for our success this year,” said Burns.

“I loved our leadership and I loved down the stretch our ability to deal with some adversities and losing a series and then bouncing back and having a great series (qualifying series vs. Saint Mary’s) and then arguably playing our best hockey at the U Cup,” added Burns. 

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Atlantic University Sport exhibition hockey comes to the town of Truro, NS on Wednesday, September 20th as the Saint Mary’s Huskies battle your Acadia Axemen. Be sure to get out to the Rath Eastlink Community Centre to catch the action, puck drop is set for 7pm.

The contest is a fundraising game for the Truro Bearcats major bantam hockey program. Tickets are $5, while kids five and under will be admitted free of charge.

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online via Ticket Pro (www.ticketpro.ca) or at the RECC box office.

 

 

2002 GROUP SCHEDULE

THURSDAY

11:15am: REGISTRATION

11:45-12:15pm: SUMMER CONDITIONING/SUPPLEMENTS PRESENTATION

12:45-2:15pm: ON-ICE (GREENWOOD LEAD)

3-4pm: OFF-ICE

5:30-7pm: ON-ICE (GUITE LEAD)

FRIDAY

8:30-9:30am: NCAA PRESENTATION

10-11:30am: ON-ICE (GREENWOOD LEAD)

11:30-12:30pm: LUNCH/REST

12:30-1:30pm: MAJOR JUNIOR PRESENTATION

1:45-2:45pm: ON-ICE (MIDGLEY LEAD)

3-4pm: ACADIA CAMPUS TOUR

4:45-6:15pm: ON-ICE SKILL STATIONS SESSION (GUITE LEAD)

SATURDAY

8:45-9:45am: ON-ICE (YOUNG LEAD)

10-11am: BREAK

11:15-12:15pm: ON-ICE (Scrimmage/3vs3/Small area games)

 

2003/2004 GROUP SCHEDULE

THURSDAY

10:30am: REGISTRATION

11-12:30pm: ON-ICE (GREENWOOD LEAD)

1-1:30pm: SUMMER CONDITIONING/SUPPLEMENTS PRESENTATION

2-3pm: OFF-ICE

3:45-5:15pm: ON-ICE (GUITE LEAD)

FRIDAY

8-9:30am: ON-ICE (GREENWOOD LEAD)

10-11am: NCAA PRESENTATION

11-12pm: REST/LUNCH

12:15-1:15pm: ON-ICE (MIDGLEY LEAD)

1:45-2:45pm: MAJOR JUNIOR PRESENTATION

3-4:30pm: ON-ICE SKILL STATIONS SESSION (GUITE LEAD)

SATURDAY

7:30-8:30am: ON-ICE (YOUNG LEAD)

8:45-9:45am: BREAK

10-11am: ON-ICE (Scrimmage/3vs3/small area games)

Jim Midgley named a guest coach for Acadia hockey camp

Acadia hockey announced today that they have added Halifax Mooseheads newly named head coach Jim Midgley as a guest coach to the Acadia Showdown hockey camp which runs from Thursday July 27^th – Saturday, July 29^th for age groups born 2002-2004. Midgley joins a star studded group of guest coaches including his Halifax Assistant Coach Jon Greenwood, Valley Wildcats Jr A Head Coach Travis Young, University of Maine Coach Ben Guite, Goaltending coach Charles Grant, with off-ice training led by Acadia’s Elliott Richardson.

Acadia Axemen head coach Darren Burns welcomed his former Axemen assistant coach to the event saying, “We are so pleased to be able to have Jim here for the showcase. Having a coach of his caliber coming in to work with the kids is going to be an exceptional opportunity for the players.”

Midgley becomes the Mooseheads 10th coach in franchise history as he enters his seventh season on the Halifax bench after serving as an Assistant Coach under Dominique Ducharme from 2011-2016 and Andre Tourigny last season. The Cole Harbour resident has also worked as an Assistant Coach with the Saint John Sea Dogs and Acadia Axemen and has held multiple roles with Hockey Canada and Hockey Nova Scotia. Jim had a very successful junior hockey career in the OHL before starring for the Saint Mary’s Huskies in the AUS.

Coach Burns summed his thoughts on the announcement up saying, “Jim was hired by one of the most prestigious franchises in the CHL for a reason. To have him coming to Acadia to help guide the kids over the weekend is very exciting for our program.”

The Acadia Showcase camp runs from Thursday July 27^th – Saturday, July 29^th for age groups born 2002-2004.

To register please click the following link:

https://central2.acadiau.ca/my/camps?step=1

For any questions please contact:

Kris MacDonald – Asst. Coach

E-mail: kris.macdonald@acadiau.ca

Cell #: (306)-216-1079

ACADIA HIGH PERFORMANCE BANTAM/MIDGET PREP TRAINING CAMP

The Program:

This program is aimed at providing Bantam & Midget players an opportunity to train together in a very competitive environment; and help prepare players for their training camps.  This high performance camp will consist of six sessions that will be 75 minutes long. The sessions will include flow drills, battle drills & scrimmaging.

Session will be lead by:

Darren Burns – Head Coach Acadia Axemen

Kris MacDonald – Asst. Coach Acadia Axemen

 Dates and Times

**All ice times at Acadia Arena

Tues July 25^th – 6:00pm-7:15pm

Mon July 31^st – 10:45am-12:00pm

Tues Aug 1^st – 10:45am-12:00pm

Wed Aug 2^nd – 10:45am-12:00pm

Thurs Aug 3^rd – 10:45am-12:00pm

Friday Aug 4^th – 10:45am-12:00pm 

**We can also add more sessions after August 4^th if there is interest

Cost: $150 (Cheques payable to Acadia Hockey Camps)

To register please e-mail Kris MacDonald – kris.macdonald@acadiau.ca