U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup
U SPORTS – Huskies upset Lions 1-0 in OT
FREDERICTON (U SPORTS) – It only took only one minute and one second of extra time to decide a winner between the sixth-ranked Saskatchewan Huskies and the No.3 York Lions. That’s when Levi Cable (Hudson Bay, Sask.) put a shot past York goalie Mack Shields (Saskatoon, Sask.) to break the scoreless tie and send the Huskies into tomorrow’s semifinal at the 2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup.
University Cup website: www.universitycup.ca
In last year’s University Cup, the Huskies endured two torturous overtime games before being eliminated. That thought was going through the mind of Huskies goalie Jordon Cooke (Leduc, Alta.A) as the teams went into OT
“Last year in that third OT, it was terrible,” he said, of Saskatchewan’s 2-1 loss to StFX in the 2016 semifinal. “Losing in OT was one of the worst things ever. I sure didn’t want to end that way.”
Cooke faced 24 shots on goal for the win.
Cable, who had four shots in the game, took the pass off the boards and broke in on the net.
“It was a nice bounce, gave us a 2-on-1, I shot low glove and it trickled across the line,” said the second-year Business majaor. “I was excited, and I had thoughts of losing last year.”
Shields stopped 31 of the 32 shots in the loss.
“We had a great season, and we don’t want to end this way,” said Shields, moments after the game. “It is hard right now. We have lots of young guys, and we want to be back here, next year, among the top eight teams in the country.”
Huskies coach Dave Adolph knew his team was going to see a tough York squad..
“There are absolutely no ‘gimmies’ in a tournament like this,” said Adolph. I was thinking of last year, and we seem to have trouble scoring in Atlantic Canada. We knew this was one of the stingiest teams in the AUS , and we are in the west, so we knew it was going to be a close one.”
York had 22 minutes in penalties in the game, while Saskatchewan had 18.
Saskatchewan will face the winner of Thursday’s fourth quarter-final between StFX and McGill on Saturday at 4 p.m. AT, live on Sporstnet 360 and SN NOW, while York is eliminated from the tournament.
SCORING SUMMARY
Official Boxscore: http://en.usports.ca/championships/mice/2017/boxscores_champ/20170317_ewzt.xml
FIRST PERIOD
No scoring
PENALTIES:
Forsberg (SSK) goalie interference, 7:47
Milson (YOR) boarding, 12:13
Fransoo (SSK) checking from behind, 10 minute misconduct, 14:48
Petersen (YOR) interference, 15:32
SECOND PERIOD
No scoring
PENALTIES:
Campbell (YOR) boarding, 2:44
Hale (YOR) interference, 6:11
Gay (SAS) hooking, 13:25
Hale (YOR) checking from behind, 10 minute misconduct, 16:22
McFaull (SSK) hooking, 17:34
THIRD PERIOD
No Scoring
PENALTIES
Milson (YOR) slashing, 4:38
1st OVERTIME
SSK Levi Cable (Jesse Forsberg) 1:01
PENALTIES:
None
GOALS (by period)
SSK 0-0-0-1: 1
YOR 0-0-0-0: 0
SHOTS ON GOAL (by period)
SSK 13-14-4-1: 32
YOR 7-10-7-0: 24
POWER PLAY
SSK 0-6
YOR 0-4
GOALTENDERS
YOR – Mack Shields (L, 0-1, 32 shots, 31 saves, 1 GA, 61:01)
SSK – Jordon Cooke (W, 1-0, 24 shots, 24 saves, 0 GA, 61:01)
REFEREES: Jonathan Alarie, Stephen Starzomski
LINESMEN: David Geris, Josh DeYoung
ADIDAS PLAYERS OF THE GAME
SSK – Jordon Cooke
YOR – Mack Shields
ATTENDANCE: 3,027
Start: 1:05
End: 3:26
Length: 2:21
SCHEDULE & RESULTS (All Times AT)
Thursday, March 16, 2017
1:00pm Quarter-final 1: No. 1 Alberta 1, No. 8 Acadia 4
8:00pm Quarter-final 2: No. 4 Queen’s 1 vs. No. 5 UNB 5
Friday, March 17, 2017
1:00pm Quarter-final 3: No. 3 York 0, No. 6 Saskatchewan 1 (OT)
7:00pm Quarter-final 4: No. 2 StFX vs. No. 7 McGill (USPORTS.LIVE)
Saturday, March 18, 2017
12:00PM Semi-final 1: Acadia vs. UNB (Sportsnet 360 / SN NOW)
4:00PM Semi-final 2: Saskatchewan vs. Winner QF 4 (Sportsnet 360 / SN NOW)
Sunday, March 19, 2017
9:30AM Bronze (USPORTS.LIVE)
1:00PM Gold (Sportsnet 360 / SN NOW)
About U SPORTS
U SPORTS is the national brand for University Sports in Canada. Every year, over 12,000 student-athletes and 500 coaches from 56 universities vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. U SPORTS also provides higher performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous world university championships. For further information, visit usports.ca or follow us on:
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University of New Brunswick
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QF3: 2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup:
X-Men turn Redmen blue after 4-1 quarter-final win
FREDERICTON (U SPORTS) – The StFX X-Men used a balanced attack to cruise past the McGill Redmen, 4-1, in the final quarter-final of the 2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup men’s hockey championship in Fredericton, Thursday. Four different players found the net for the X-Men, who become the third Atlantic University Sport representative to qualify for the semifinal round.
The X-Men got on the board early, courtesy of Matt Needham’s marker at 2:27 of the first. They doubled their lead at 14:35 of the second on a goal by Michael Clarke.
The Redmen got back into the game at the 4:04 mark of the third period, on a power play goal by Christophe Lalonde, but the X-Men put the game away with two goals coming 52 seconds apart midway through the period. Mark Tremaine scored at 12:09 for StFX, and Holden Cook closed out the scoring at 13:01.
The game was a physical affair, with Sam Studnicka of the X-Men being ejected for kneeing late in the second period, and McGill’s Samuel Tremblay receiving an early shower for a check from behind at 4:49 of the third.
For McGill, veteran goalie Jacob Gervais-Chouinard made 31 saves on 35 shots to take the loss. Chase Marchand picked up the win for the X-Men, making 21 saves.
StFX outshot McGill 35-22. The Redmen went 1-for-6 on the power play, while StFX was 0-for-4.
With the win, the X-Men will take on the Saskatchewan Huskies, who won Friday’s earlier quarter-final, in a national semifinal at 4 p.m. Atlantic Time Saturday. Acadia and the host UNB Varsity Reds will play in the other semi, set for a noon start.
SCORING SUMMARY
Official Boxscore:
http://en.usports.ca/championships/mice/2017/boxscores_champ/20170317_783a.xml
SCHEDULE & RESULTS (All Times AT)
Thursday, March 16, 2017
1:00pm Quarter-final 1: No. 1 Alberta 1, No. 8 Acadia 4
8:00pm Quarter-final 2: No. 4 Queen’s 1 vs. No. 5 UNB 5
Friday, March 17, 2017
1:00pm Quarter-final 3: No. 3 York 0, No. 6 Saskatchewan 1 (OT)
7:00pm Quarter-final 4: No. 2 StFX vs. No. 7 McGill (USPORTS.LIVE)
Saturday, March 18, 2017
12:00PM Semi-final 1: Acadia vs. UNB (Sportsnet 360 / SN NOW)
4:00PM Semi-final 2: Saskatchewan vs. Winner QF 4 (Sportsnet 360 / SN NOW)
Sunday, March 19, 2017
9:30AM Bronze (USPORTS.LIVE)
1:00PM Gold (Sportsnet 360 / SN NOW)
About U SPORTS
U SPORTS is the national brand for University Sports in Canada. Every year, over 12,000 student-athletes and 500 coaches from 56 universities vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. U SPORTS also provides higher performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous world university championships. For further information, visit usports.ca or follow us on:
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University of New Brunswick
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SF 1: 2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup:
UNB shuts out Axemen to advance to U Cup final
FREDERICTON (U SPORTS) – The UNB Varsity Reds scored in the first and second periods, added an empty-net goal late in the third, and Etienne Marcoux (Terrebonne, Que.) stopped all 20 shots fired at him, en route to a 3-0 victory over the Acadia Axemen in the first semifinal of the 2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup. UNB will now play the winner of the second semifinal between StFXand Saskatchewan.
University Cup website: www.universitycup.ca
UNB opened the scoring on their very first shot on goal, at 4:28 of the first, when Chris Caissy (Campbellton, N.B.) drew defenders to his side of the net and slipped the puck to Stephen Anderson (Morell, P.E.I) who put it past Acadia goaltender Robert Steeves (Moncton, N.B.).
“It was right there. I didn’t have to work too hard for that,” said Anderson after the game. “It got us right into the game, for sure.”
Despite trailing, the Axemen defense kept UNB’s snipers to outside shots and had a 6-5 edge in shots in the opening frame.
In the second period, Jordan Murray (Riverview, N.B.) added another for UNB on the power play off a point shot that found its way past Steeves. Up by two in the third, Chris Clapperton (Cap Espoir, Que.) got behind a defender and rolled a nice pass to Phillipe Maillet (Terrebonne, Que.), who put it into an empty net with 1:13 left. UNB outshot Acadia 30–20.
It was a feisty and spirited game between the two Atlantic University Sport rivals, plenty of hitting..
UNB head coach Gardiner MacDougall was pleased with his team’s penalty kill, which kept Acadia to 0 for 6 on the power play.
“The special teams were special,” he said. “We had to kill a five-minute penalty in the third, and when we did that, it gave us more confidence.”
MacDougall also had high praise for his goaltender.
“Marcoux simplified the game,” he said. He kept great body position all game, kept calm, and helped kill off those penalties.”
It will be the third year in a row that UNB has appeared in the gold medal game and MacDougall acknowledged it will be a momentous occasion.
“It is really special to get to the final four in the national competition,” MacDougall said. “It is a testament to the quality of the hockey in the AUS that these teams are there.”
Acadia coach Darren Burns was pleased with his team’s effort, despite the loss.
“In a tournament like this, you can never be flat, and we were the furthest thing from flat,” he said. “We played hard. It is a game of bounces-maybe (if) one or two go our way, and things are different. We competed every shift. UNB is a great team. We need to regroup and be ready for the bronze game tomorrow.”
SCORING SUMMARY
Official Boxscore:
http://en.usports.ca/championships/mice/2017/boxscores_champ/20170318_fdvx.xml
First Period
UNB Stephen Anderson (1) (Christopher Caissy, Francis Beauvillier) 04:28
Penalties
Clapperton (UNB) goalie interference 1:06
Mignardi (UNB) tripping 15:06
Beauvillier (UNB) high sticking 19:30
Second Period
UNB Jordan Murray (1) (Philippe Maillet, Christopher Clapperton) 16:57 PP
Penalties
Ferry (ACA) interference 2:44
Anderson (UNB) hooking 4:00
Makin (ACA) tripping 7:45
Caissy (UNB) high sticking 10:17
Clapperton (UNB) hooking 13:49
Pettersson (ACA) interference 16:20
Third Period
UNB Philippe Maillet (4) (Christopher Clapperton, Marcus McIvor) 18:47
Penalties
Hodge (ACA) roughing 1:37
Petgrave (UNB) roughing 1:37
Thomas (UNB) charging major, game misconduct 3:43
GOALS (by period)
UNB 1-1-1: 3
ACA 0-0-0: 0
SHOTS ON GOAL (by period)
UNB 5-14-11: 30
ACA 6-7-7: 20
POWER PLAY:
UNB 1-4
ACA 0-6
GOALTENDERS
UNB – Etienne Marcoux (W, 2-0, 20 shots, 20 saves, 0 GA, 60:00)
ACA – Robert Steeves (L, 1-1, 29 shots, 27 saves, 2 GA, 59:17)
ADIDAS PLAYERS OF THE GAME
UNB – Etienne Marcoux
ACA – Geoff Schemitsch
REFEREES: Mario Maillet, Jonathan Alarie
LINESMEN: John MacDonnell, Mike McDonnell
Start: 12:06 pm
End: 2:45 pm
Length: 2:39
ATTENDANCE: 3,374
SCHEDULE & RESULTS (All times AT)
Thursday, March 16
1:00 p.m. Quarter-final 1: No: 1 Alberta 1, No. 8 Acadia 4
8:00 p.m. Quarter-final 2: No. 4 Queen’s 1, No. 5 UNB 5
Friday, March 17
1:00 p.m. Quarter-final 3: No. 3 York 0 vs. No. 6 Saskatchewan 1 (OT)
7:00 p.m. Quarter-final 4: No. 2 StFX 4 vs. No. 7 McGill 1
Saturday, March 18
12:00 p.m. Semifinal 1: Acadia 0, UNB 3
4:00 p.m. Semifinal 2: STFX vs. Saskatchewan
Sunday, March 19
9:30 a.m. Bronze: Loser SF 1 vs. Loser SF 2
1:00 p.m. Gold: UNB vs. Winner SF 2
About U SPORTS
U SPORTS is the national brand for University Sports in Canada. Every year, over 12,000 student-athletes and 500 coaches from 56 universities vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. U SPORTS also provides higher performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous world university championships. For further information, visit usports.ca or follow us on:
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University of New Brunswick
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SF 2: 2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup:
Second period six-pack has Huskies playing for gold
FREDERICTON (U SPORTS) – The No.6 Saskatchewan Huskies shut out the No. 2 StFX X-Men 8-0 in the second semifinal game of the 2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup to advance to the national final on Sunday. Seven different players scored for the Huskies, who avenged last year’s 2-1 triple overtime loss in the semif to StFX.
University Cup website: www.universitycup.ca
The Huskies opened the scoring just under four and a half minutes in on a goal by Jesse Forsberg (Waldheim, Sask.).
The onslaught began in the second with a goal by Levi Cable (Hudson Bay, Sask.) at 1:54. Carson Stadnyk (Saskatoon, Sask.) would add to the lead at 4:29 , followed by Logan McVeigh (Kenaston, Sask.) at 10:17. Parker Thomas (Winnipeg, Man.) added another at 12:32, forcing the X-Men to pull starting goalie Chase Marchand (Halifax, N.S.), for Brandon Hope (Canton, Mich.).
Still in the second, the Huskies addeda sixth tally , when Wyatt Johnson (Saskatoon, Sask.) scored at 18:38, before Connor Cox’s (Lethbridge, Alta.) buzzer-beater with just three seconds left.
McVeigh would add his second of the game and eighth for the Huskies at 4:50 of the third.
Shots were 30-26 in favour of the Huskies.
Huskies goalie Jordon Cooke (Leduc, Alta.) recorded his second straight shutout after blanking the York Lions 1-0 in overtime in the quarter-finals on Friday night.
“When you have guys laying down, blocking shots, that makes my job so much easier,” said Cooke, who was named the U SPORTS Goaltender of the Year at a ceremony Wednesday night.
X-Men head coach Brad Peddle was succinct in his explanation of the outcome.
“Bizarre,” he said. “It’s a tough one to explain. First period, we are pretty even. In the second period, they capitalized on every chance we gave them. They brought tight checking and everything they threw at the net seemed to go in.”
Saskatchewan coach Dave Adolph said he did not expect such a dominant performance.
“We matched their intensity in the first, but did a lot of the right things in the second, like getting guys in the right spot, to make things click for us,” he said.
StFX was 0 for 5 on the power play, while Saskatchewan went 2 for 6.
The Huskies will now play the host UNB Varsity Reds for gold at 1:00 p.m. AT Sunday, while StFX plays Acadia at 9:30 a.m. AT for bronze.
Adolph, named U SPORTS Coach of the Year, said it’s fitting that the teams that occupied the top two spots in the U SPORTS rankings most of the year will now meet for all the marbles.
SCORING SUMMARY
Official Boxscore: http://en.usports.ca/championships/mice/2017/boxscores_champ/20170318_l589.xml
First Period
SSK Jesse Forsberg (1) (Connor Gay, Wyatt Johnson) 04:29
Penalties
Lawrence (SSK) cross-checking 08:31
MacDonald (STFX) tripping 12:04
Second Period
SSK Levi Cable (2) (Kohl Bauml) 01:54
SSK Carson Stadnyk (1) (Jordan Fransoo, Levi Cable) 04:29
SSK Logan McVeigh (1) (Colby Harmsworth, Parker Thomas) 10:17
SSK Parker Thomas (1) (Andrew Johnson, John Lawrence) 18:38
SSK Connor Cox (1) (Carson Stadnyk) 19:57 PP
Penalties
Stadnyk (SSK) roughing 08:05
Iafrate (STFX) roughing 08:05
Lawrence (SSK) high sticking 12:35
Needham (STFX) holding 15:11
Cook (STFX) roughing after whistle 19:16
Forsberg (SSK) roughing after whistle 19:16
Kontos (STFX) roughing after whistle 19:16
Yakubowski (SSK) roughing after whistle 19:16
MacDonald (STFX) roughing after whistle 19:16
Third Period
SSK Logan McVeigh (2) (Kendall McFaull, Michael Sofillas) 04:50 PP
Penalties
McFaull (SSK) holding 00:41
Studnicka (STFX) tripping 03:43
Spears (STFX) roughing 10:15
Iafrate (STFX) elbowing major, game misconduct 11:19
Hoyles (STFX) interference 17:50
Lishchynsky (SSK) holding 18:01
Fransoo (SSK) tripping 18:49
McVeigh (SSK) high sticking 18:49
Locke (STFX) high sticking 18:49
McFaull (SSK) high sticking 19:22
GOALS (by period)
SSK 1-6-1: 8
STFX: 0-0-0: 0
SHOTS ON GOAL (by period)
SSK 8-12-10: 30
STFX 7-9-10: 26
POWER PLAY:
SSK 2-6
STFX 0-5
GOALTENDERS
SSK – Jordon Cooke (W, 2-0, 26 shots, 26 saves, 0 GA, 60:00)
STFX – Chase Marchand (L, 1-1, 16 shots, 11 saves, 5 GA, 32:32)
Brandon Hope (-, 0-0, 14 shots, 11 saves, 3 GA, 27:28)
ATTENDANCE: 2,774
Start: 4:13 pm
End: 6:45 pm
Length: 2:32
SCHEDULE & RESULTS (All Times AT)
Thursday, March 16, 2017
1:00pm Quarter-final 1: No. 1 Alberta 1, No. 8 Acadia 4 (USPORTS.LIVE)
8:00pm Quarter-final 2: No. 4 Queen’s 1 vs. No. 5 UNB 5 (USPORTS.LIVE)
Friday, March 17, 2017
1:00pm Quarter-final 3: No. 3 York 0, No. 6 SSKkatchewan 1 (OT) (USPORTS.LIVE)
7:00pm Quarter-final 4: No. 2 StFX vs. No. 7 McGill (USPORTS.LIVE)
Saturday, March 18, 2017
12:00PM Semi-final 1: Acadia 0, UNB 3 (Sportsnet 360 / SN NOW)
4:00PM Semi-final 2: STFX 0, Saskatchewan 8 (Sportsnet 360 / SN NOW)
Sunday, March 19, 2017
9:30AM Bronze: STFX vs. Acadia (USPORTS.LIVE)
1:00PM Gold: UNB vs. Saskatchewan (Sportsnet 360 / SN NOW)
About U SPORTS
U SPORTS is the national brand for University Sports in Canada. Every year, over 12,000 student-athletes and 500 coaches from 56 universities vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. U SPORTS also provides higher performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous world university championships. For further information, visit usports.ca or follow us on:
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ahudes@usports.ca
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Andy Campbell
University of New Brunswick
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Cell: 506-470- 5578
andy.campbell@unb.ca
Bronze medal game: 2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup
Acadia lays the lumber to win bronze, 7-3 over StFX
FREDERICTON (U SPORTS) – Acadia forward Michael Clarke (Halifax, N.S.) had two goals in the first period, and Daniel Petterson (Toronto, Ont.) added two in the second to lead the Axemen to a 7-3 win over StFX, in the bronze medal game at the 2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup.
University Cup website: www.universitycup.ca
Acadia led 2-0 after 20 minutes, but Sam Studnicka (Windsor, Ont.) scored for the X-Men just 14 seconds into the second period tocut the deficit in half . Acadia would forge ahead though for good, scoring four more in the frame to put the game away. Boston Leier (Saskatoon, Sask.) found the back of the net at 12:03, followed just 31 seconds later by Liam Maaskant (Clinton, Ont). Petterson then tallied his first of two at 13:30, before Eric Locke’s (Toronto, Ont.) power play marker with 1:34 to go. Petterson, would add his second with 22 seconds to play in the frame.
Nathan Pancel (Ottawa, Ont.) StFX within three just under three and a half minutes into the third before Taylor Makin (Lethbridge, Alta.) rounded out the scoring for Acadia with a power play goal at 19:44
Acadia outshot StFX 34-29 in the contest.
The game was the ninth meeting of the season between the two teams, with StFX winning both the season series 4-1 and the best-of-five AUS semifinal 3-0.
Acadia head coach Darren Burns said the bronze medal was a nice way to finish the season, afater coming into the tournament seeded eighth. .
“This shows the passion of our players,” he said. “Guys played with integrity and character. It was tough to turn around after yesterday’s loss, but we had to pick up and battle on, and we did.”
On the other side, StFX head coach Brad Peddle said the turn-around was not an easy one for his players, after falling to Saskatchewan 8-0 in Saturday’s semifinal
“It is a different experience playing at 9:30 Sunday morning. Twelve hours ago, we were just getting around to our post-game meal,” said Peddle.
“It certainly wasn’t the start we wanted, and we talked about that between the first and second period, then we came out strong in the second. We got some bad bounces and they capitalized on our mistakes.”
SCORING SUMMARY
Official Boxscore: http://en.usports.ca/championships/mice/2017/boxscores_champ/20170319_9ipi.xml
First Period
ACA Michael Clarke (1) (Matthew Pufahl) 01:13
ACA Michael Clarke (2) (Marc McNulty) 16:01
Penalties
Tremaine (STFX) interference 07:16
Cook (STFX) interference 15:19
Second Period
STFX Sam Studnicka (1) (Mark Tremaine) 00:14
ACA Boston Leier (2) (Brett Thompson) 12:03 SH
ACA Liam Maaskant (1) (Daniel Pettersson) 12:34
ACA Daniel Pettersson (2) (Boston Leier, Taylor Makin) 13:30
STFX Eric Locke (1) (Holden Cook, Kristoff Kontos) 18:26 PP
ACA Daniel Pettersson (3) (Alexander Lepkowski, Michael Clarke) 19:38
Penalties
Locke (STFX) holding 08:00
Lepkowski (ACA) cross-checking 10:28
Maaskant (ACA) roughing after whistle 10:28
Makin (ACA) holding 17:11
Braid (ACA) roughing 17:11
Third Period
STFX Nathan Pancel (1) (Regan Spears, Cole MacDonald) 03:25
ACA Taylor Makin (1) (Scott Trask, Daniel Pettersson) 19:44 (EN)
Penalties
Iafrate (STFX) 10 minute misconduct 00:00
Leier (ACA) interference 8:40
Pancel (STFX) slashing 19:04
GOALS (by period)
ACA 2-4-1: 7
STFX 0-2-1: 3
SHOTS ON GOAL (by period)
ACA 14-12-8: 34
STFX 8-12-9: 29
POWER PLAY:
ACA 2-4
STFX 1-4
GOALTENDERS
ACA – Robert Steeves (W, 2-1, 29 shots, 26 saves, 3 GA, 60:00)
STFX – Chase Marchand (L, 1-2, 34 shots, 27 saves, 7 GA, 60:00)
ADIDAS PLAYERS OF THE GAME
ACA – Michael Clarke
STFX – Eric Locke
REFEREES: Colin Watt, Korey Bannerman
LINESMEN: David Geris, Jesse Marquis
ATTENDANCE: 2,624
Start: 9:30
End: 11:49
Length: 2:19
SCHEDULE & RESULTS (All Times AT)
Thursday, March 16, 2017
1:00pm Quarter-final 1: No. 1 Alberta 1, No. 8 Acadia 4 (USPORTS.LIVE)
8:00pm Quarter-final 2: No. 4 Queen’s 1, No. 5 UNB 5 (USPORTS.LIVE)
Friday, March 17, 2017
1:00pm Quarter-final 3: No. 3 York 0, No. 6 Saskatchewan 1 (OT) (USPORTS.LIVE)
7:00pm Quarter-final 4: No. 2 StFX 4, No. 7 McGill 1 (USPORTS.LIVE)
Saturday, March 18, 2017
12:00PM Semi-final 1: Acadia 0, UNB 3 (Sportsnet 360 / SN NOW)
4:00PM Semi-final 2: Saskatchewan 8, STFX 0 (Sportsnet 360 / SN NOW)
Sunday, March 19, 2017
9:30AM Bronze: STFX 3, Acadia 7 (USPORTS.LIVE)
1:00PM Gold: UNB vs. Saskatchewan (Sportsnet 360 / SN NOW)
About U SPORTS
U SPORTS is the national brand for University Sports in Canada. Every year, over 12,000 student-athletes and 500 coaches from 56 universities vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. U SPORTS also provides higher performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous world university championships. For further information, visit usports.ca or follow us on:
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Cell: 647-871-7595
Alan Hudes
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2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup
Andy Campbell
University of New Brunswick
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Gold medal game: 2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup
Braes for impact: UNB senior scores four times to make Reds gold again
FREDERICTON (U SPORTS) – Cam Braes (Shawnigan Lake, B.C.) scored four goals and Mark Simpson (Fredericton, N.B.) added another as the UNB Varsity Reds defeated the Saskatchewan Huskies 5-3 to win the 2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup. It was the second straight national title for the Varsity Reds, and seventh in the school’s history.
University Cup website: www.universitycup.ca
Braes opened the scoring at just over four minutes in, on a goal-mouth scramble.
Huskies forward Connor Gay (Saskatoon, Sask.) tied the game at 10:47 with a shot that bounced off the shoulder of UNB goalie Etienne Marcoux (Terrebonne, Que.) and popped into the net. Mark Simpson restored UNB’s lead when he shoveled the puck past Jordon Cooke (Leduc, Alta.) at 12:19.
In the second period, Braes tallied his second at 3:17, on a nice tic-tac-toe passing play, then added another on the power play three minutes later where he needed two shots on net from close range to beat Cooke.
Jordan Fransoo (North Battleford, Sask.) then brought the game within two for the Huskies scoring at 8:25.
In the third, Saskatchewan cut the deficit to one, on Kohl Bauml’sSaskatoon, Sask..) marker at 15:43.
Braes then added his fourth of the game, with a back-door power play goal at 9:50.
The Varsity Reds outshot the Huskies 36-21 en route to the championship victory.
For the veteran Braes, the game was his last in a UNB uniform.
“I wanted to leave my legacy on UNB’s program. I’m leaving with three titles in five years, and two university degrees,” he said. “Every one of the championships was important. The first one was special. I had never won anything big, so it was a good one. The second was important for the program and for us as players. And this time, we are the first UNB team to win championships back-to-back.”
“I was lucky to play with great linemates tonight,” Braes added. “They knew when to give a great feed, and I was the beneficiary of their ability to get me the puck.”
UNB head coach Gardiner MacDougall had a feeling things might go Braes’ way in the championship game.
“We are a confident group. The energy in the building really helped us,” he said. “We had the lead, gave up a goal, then got the lead back, and it was about then I thought the game was ours. We had a dominant second period. And to have that fifth goal, scored by a fifth-year guy, well, that was perfect.”
MacDougall, who is known to be an active recruiter, said he would likely be on the phone again tonight, building for the future. Three players finish wrapped up their careers at UNB – Braes, team captain Cam Critchlow (Summerside, P.E.I.) and Rob Mignardi (Richmond Hill, Ont.).
All three captured their second straight national title with the Varsity Reds, who won the 2016 University Cup in Halifax.
Philippe Maillet, who had four assists in Sunday’s championship game, was named the Most Valuable Player of the University Cup.
Marcoux was named top goaltender, while Acadia’s Geoff Schemitsch (Thornhill, Ont.) and Saskatchewan’s Jesse Forsberg (Waldheim, Sask.) were selected as the top defencemen.
Braes, Maillet and Saskatchewan’s Levi Cable (Hudson Bay, Sask.) were named the all-Star forwards.
CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS:
University Cup MVP (Major W.J. “Danny” McLeod Award): Philippe Maillet, UNB
Tournament all-Star Team:
Goaltender: Étienne Marcoux, UNB
Defence: Geoff Schemitsch, Acadia
Defence: Jesse Forsberg, Saskatchewan
Forward: Philippe Maillet, UNB
Forward: Cam Braes, UNB
Forward: Levi Cable, Saskatchewan
SCORING SUMMARY
Official Boxscore: http://en.usports.ca/championships/mice/2017/boxscores_champ/20170319_0d0a.xml
First Period
UNB Cam Braes (1) (Philippe Maillet, Christopher Clapperton) 4:04
SSK Connor Gay (1) (unassisted) 10:47
UNB Mark Simpson (1) (Philippe Halley, Matt Petgrave) 12:19
Penalties
Critchlow (UNB) contact to head, 10 minute misconduct 7:24
Second Period
UNB Cam Braes (2) (Philippe Maillet, Christopher Clapperton) 3:17
UNB Cam Braes (3) (Philippe Maillet, Rob Mignardi) 6:16 PP
SSK Jordan Fransoo (1) (Connor Gay, Andrew Johnson) 8:25 PP
Penalties
Lishchynsky (SSK) tripping 06:07
Anderson (UNB) tripping 07:34
Suellentrop (UNB) interference 10:02
Bench Minor (SSK) too many players on ice 16:23
Third Period
SSK Kohl Bauml (1) (Connor Gay, Logan McVeigh) 04:17 PP
UNB Cam Braes (4) (Jordan Murray, Philippe Maillet) 8:50 PP
UNIVERSITY CUP TOURNAMENT MVP
Philippe Maillet, UNB
GOALS (by period)
UNB 2-2-1: 5
SSK 1-1-1: 3
SHOTS ON GOAL (by period)
UNB 8-21-7: 36
SSK 11-5-5: 21
POWER PLAY:
UNB 2-3
SSK 2-5
GOALTENDERS
UNB – Etienne Marcoux (W, 3-0, 21 shots, 18 saves, 3 GA, 60:00)
SSK – Jordon Cooke (L, 2-1, 36 shots, 31 saves, 5 GA, 58:37)
ADIDAS PLAYERS OF THE GAME
UNB – Cam Braes
SSK – Connor Gay
REFEREES: Stephen Starzomski, Jonathan Alarie
LINESMEN: Mike MacDonnell, Josh DeYoung
ATTENDANCE: 3,374
Start: 1:12 pm
End: 3:34 pm
Length: 2:46
SCHEDULE & RESULTS (All Times AT)
Thursday, March 16, 2017
1:00pm Quarter-final 1: No. 1 Alberta 1, No. 8 Acadia 4
8:00pm Quarter-final 2: No. 4 Queen’s 1, No. 5 UNB 5
Friday, March 17, 2017
1:00pm Quarter-final 3: No. 3 York 0, No. 6 Saskatchewan 1 (OT)
7:00pm Quarter-final 4: No. 2 StFX 4, No. 7 McGill 1
Saturday, March 18, 2017
12:00PM Semi-final 1: Acadia 0, UNB 3 (Sportsnet 360 / SN NOW)
4:00PM Semi-final 2: Saskatchewan 8, STFX 0 (Sportsnet 360 / SN NOW)
Sunday, March 19, 2017
9:30AM Bronze: STFX 3, Acadia 7
1:00PM Gold: UNB 5, Saskatchewan 3 (Sportsnet 360 / SN NOW)
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2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup
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University of New Brunswick
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