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Graduating Axemen Recognized
2013-14 – Seven Acadia Axemen Graduates
Mosher Ranks High in AUS Goaltending
Beasts of the East: AUS Goalie Rankings
by Andrew Hastings story courtesy of http://sportseh.ca on Jan-21-2014
The AUS has some beasts in net and here are the studs!
With perennial powerhouses Acadia and UNB pulling away in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) standings, the success of both programs can be linked to strong play between the pipes. However, in ranking the Conferences’ best goaltending performances thus far, one must look beyond these probable selections and dig out some equally impressive goalie performances from the bottom half of the conference.
Photo Credit: Ted Pritchard/Chronicle Herald
At the risk of killing the suspense, we begin at the top with Acadia’s Evan Mosher in the number one spot. A somewhat obvious choice, Mosher’s stellar 1.91 Goals Against Average and equally impressive .927 Save Percentage are both tops in the AUS. In net for twelve of the Axemen’s fifteen wins this season, Mosher’s provided plenty of confidence to Head Coach Darren Burns. Currently in his third year with the Axemen, the Conception Bay, Newfoundland native has posted an impressive .800 win percentage and, prior to last weekend’s 5-3 loss to UNB, had yet to surrender more than two goals in a start since November 29, 2013.Read more »
Axemen Heelis named alternate captain for Team Canada
story courtesy of cis-sic.ca
2013 Winter Universiade: Culligan to captain Canada’s men’s hockey team
OTTAWA (CIS) – Chris Culligan, a forward from the reigning CIS champion University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds, has been named captain of the Canadian men’s hockey team for the 26th Winter Universiade, a few hours before the start of the biennial tournament in Trentino, Italy.
Canada heads into the competition as reigning bronze medallist thanks to a 3-1 win over Kazakhstan in the third-place match of the 2011 tourney in Erzurum, Turkey. The Canucks had previously dropped a 4-2 decision to defending two-time champion Russia in the semifinals.Read more »
Newfoundland well represented for Canada at University Games
Locals integral part of Canada’s team at University Games
Published on November 29, 2013
St. John’s native Chris Owens, shown here playing for Acadia University, is one of three Newfoundland skaters on Canada’s World University Games hockey team.— Photo supplied by Peter Oleskevich
Newfoundland will be well represented on the Canadian hockey team which will take part in 2013 Winter Universiade (World University Games) Dec. 10-21 in Trentino, Italy.
CIS announces FISU Team Canada Hockey Team Roster
Cazzola, Owens and Heelis represent Acadia on FISU Games roster
13/11/2013 2:28 pm
Owens, Cazzola and Heelis
OTTAWA (CIS) – Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced Wednesday the Canadian men’s hockey roster for the 2013 Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy.
The 26th biennial Games will run from December 10 to 21, with the men’s hockey gold-medal match set for the final day of competition.
An all-star team comprised entirely of players from the AUS conference will wear the maple leaf jersey on their chests in Trentino.Read more »
Forwards announced for all-star men’s hockey game
Thompson, Heelis, Cazzola and Gaynor named to All-Star squad
story courtesy hockey.acadiau.ca 06/11/2013 4:31 pm
FREDERICTON, N.B. – The Team Canada coaching staff is pleased to announce the student-athletes selected as forwards for the Tim Hortons Team Canada men’s hockey all-star game.
Returning for the first time since 1999, this year’s event will be held Friday, Nov. 8 at the new Grant-Harvey Centre in Fredericton, N.B. on the St. Thomas Tommies’ home ice, with the puck set to drop at 7 p.m. All proceeds from the game will help fund Canada’s men’s hockey team’s trip to Trentino, Italy for the 2013 FISU Winter Universiade, December 11-21.
The all-star showcase will also serve as the final identification game before Team Canada is officially selected. Following Friday’s all-star game, the 22-man team selected to represent Canada in Trentino will stay in Fredericton for an orientation camp which will take place Saturday through Monday, Nov. 12. The team will practice together on the Grant Harvey Centre’s Olympic-sized rink.Read more »
FISU Hockey team announces Defensemen & Goalies
Mosher, Morin and Owens invited to All-Star Game
story courtesy of hockey.acadiau.ca 05/11/2013 5:43 pm
FREDERICTON, N.B. – The Team Canada coaching staff is pleased to announce the student-athletes selected as goalies and defencemen for the Tim Hortons Team Canada men’s hockey all-star game.
Returning for the first time since 1999, this year’s event will be held Friday, Nov. 8 at the new Grant-Harvey Centre in Fredericton, N.B. on the St. Thomas Tommies’ home ice, with the puck set to drop at 7 p.m. All proceeds from the game will help fund Canada’s men’s hockey team’s trip to Trentino, Italy for the 2013 FISU Winter Universiade, December 11-21.
The all-star showcase will also serve as the final identification game before Team Canada is officially selected. Following Friday’s all-star game, the 22-man team selected to represent Canada in Trentino will remain in Fredericton for an orientation camp which will take place Saturday through Monday, Nov. 12. The team will practice together on the Grant Harvey Centre’s Olympic-sized rink.Read more »
Gibbons Recognized As One Of Eight Academic All-Canadians for 2012-13
Hockey Axeman Travis Gibbons is one of Canadian Interuniversity Sport’s top eight Academic All-Canadians for the 2012-13 season.
story courtesy of http://ottawa67s.com
Hockey Axeman Travis Gibbons is one of Canadian Interuniversity Sport’s top eight Academic All-Canadians for the 2012-13 season.
The third-year player from London, Ont., is studying kinesiology and has maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average in the first two years of his degree program. A two-time CIS Academic All-Canadian and member of the Dean’s List, he was Acadia’s most decorated male student-athlete in 2012-13.
Following a five-year OHL career with the Guelph Storm and the Ottawa 67’s, Gibbons played in 49 of 56 conference games over his first two university hockey campaigns. The intense defenceman chipped in three goals each season as he helped the Axemen to back-to-back playoff appearances.
Gibbons’ has been a recipient of Acadia’s Randy Ferris Award for community service for his volunteer work with the Terry Fox Run, the S.M.I.L.E. program, Kinderskills and Acadia Minor Hockey, as well as Parkwood Hospital back home in London.Read more »
2013 AUS MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM PREVIEW: Acadia Axemen
story courtesy of atlanticuniversitysport.com on October 17, 2013
(WOLFVILLE, N.S) – The Acadia Axemen enter the 2013-14 regular season looking to improve on their third place finish last year in the competitive AUS men’s hockey conference.
The Axemen opened the 2012-13 season with four consecutive wins and by the holiday break they had accumulated an impressive record of 12-3-1.
The squad spent 14 of 18 weeks ranked in the CIS Top Ten, and found themselves as high as No. 2 in mid-November and at the holiday break.
After wrapping up the second half of the regular season with a 5-6-1 record, the Axemen finished three points out of second place in the AUS and were seeded third heading into the post-season.
Acadia lost the opening game of the AUS quarterfinals by a score of 7-5 loss to the Moncton Aigles Bleus, but rebounded with back-to-back wins to take the opening series.Read more »