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serious"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Bad things come in threes. Or fours. The #cawlidgehockey folks all need to have their monocles replaced after some discord during CIS-NCAA exhibition men's hockey on Saturday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJust the facts:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUNB had 107 penalty minutes, including five misconducts, against Merrimack, who was dinged for 65 PIMs. Reports also stated that Varsity Reds goalie \u003Cb\u003EÉtienne Marcoux\u003C\/b\u003E, after being ejected for slashing, \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.themackreport.com\/news\/merrimack-beats-new-brunswick-in-penalty-filled-opener\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eswung his stick at a young fan who was hanging over the wall, and appeared to be heckling the 23-year-old goaltender\u003C\/a\u003E.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EReporter Mike McMahon's description changed between the initial Tweet and the article. The tweet said Marcoux \"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeMcMahonCHN\/status\/782395653586640898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eflung\u003C\/a\u003E\" his stick and the story said he \"swung his stick.\" It's terrible either way, but one cannot jump to conclusions unless a video surfaces.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EUNB goalie, who was ejected, was getting yelled at by a 10-year-old kid above the aisle, and the goalie flung his stick up to hit the kid.\u003C\/div\u003E— Mike McMahon (@MikeMcMahonCHN) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeMcMahonCHN\/status\/782395653586640898\"\u003EOctober 2, 2016\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EHope you enjoyed the last game you will ever play, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/etmarcoux\"\u003E@etmarcoux\u003C\/a\u003E. Tossing your stick at a 10 year old kid? Classy.\u003C\/div\u003E— thepuckdude (@thepuckdude) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thepuckdude\/status\/782641019070345216\"\u003EOctober 2, 2016\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003EOf course, you can guess whether TSN's sports blog for terrible humans went with the more sensational description. I'll wait.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWindsor and Bowling Green scuffled after their game ended.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Buccigross\"\u003E@Buccigross\u003C\/a\u003E full team brawl following the Windsor\/BGSU game. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/76POGjhNSP\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/76POGjhNSP\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Brice Baumgardner (@bbaumgardner22) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbaumgardner22\/status\/782300116321533956\"\u003EOctober 1, 2016\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThat's bad.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUPEI played Boston U and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.goterriers.com\/boxscore.aspx?id=5929\u0026amp;path=mhockey\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethere were 122 PIMs: 58 to the Panthers and 64 to the Terriers\u003C\/a\u003E. The only reference to the penalty total \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/dailyfreepress.com\/2016\/10\/01\/pat-harper-freshman-class-lead-terriers-win-prince-edward-island\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewas buried well below the fan-boying over the Terriers' litter of freshmen\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAcadia's game against Northeastern had \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.gonu.com\/boxscore.aspx?path=mhockey\u0026amp;id=6108\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E114 PIMs, 78 to the Axemen\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENortheastern D-man \u003Cb\u003EJeremy Davies \u003C\/b\u003Ewas clearly appalled: \"Playing a Canadian team, guys are a lot bigger and stronger. That really gets us ready for next weekend and the season, so I’m really glad we had this test.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EActually, he does not sound appalled at all.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAcadia goalie \u003Cb\u003EBrandon Glover\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/hockeyeastonline.com\/men\/boxes17.php?macaprv1.o02\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewas also ejected for spearing against Providence on Sunday\u003C\/a\u003E. Come on, man.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003EThe first two instances are a bad look, and then some. This isn't an automatic thing; \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/goholycross.com\/fls\/33100\/statistics\/m-hockey\/Exhibitions\/hcexgame.htm?_ga=1.214958037.371458762.1475431897\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECarleton and Holy Cross' exhibition was pretty sedate\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EBoth UNB's\u003Cb\u003E Gardiner MacDougall\u003C\/b\u003E and Windsor's\u003Cb\u003E Kevin Hamlin \u003C\/b\u003Eare intelligent enough men to know they are accountable, and there will probably be meetings with their superiors to clear up what happened.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe stick-swinging allegation against UNB and Marcoux is the sole disturbing part. \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWindsor scuffling with Bowling Green should not be condoned, but it also didn't seem very serious. As much as there has been a lot of welcome progress toward curbing fighting and dirty play in hockey, it will happen from time to time.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAt every level of competitive hockey in North America, there is a higher frequency of fisticuffs when two teams meet for the only or last time. Players get a little bolder against opponents they won't be seeing for the rest of the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat is not enough reason for #HotTakes calling for an end to early-season exhibitions between CIS and D-1 teams. The schools from the four-letter cartel would not schedule Canadian teams if they didn't believe there student-athletes need that exposure before the NCAA season. The whole reason for exhibition games is to be exposed to something different, in the hope of it creating a benefit down the line.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFrom a CIS vantage point, negative media coverage does warrant some response. It does suck, on some low level, when media outlets who half-pay attention to CIS teams suddenly snap to it when there is something negative to report. At the same time, that can point up the need to show there are consequences for hockey players behaving badly. There's no equivocation in a case, speaking in the hypothetical, where a player intimidated a child, whether the stick was flung or swung.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor the record, OUA recognizes suspensions imposed by Hockey Canada and USA Hockey. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/static.psbin.com\/n\/f\/owadfva7ueateo\/SECTION2-PlayingRegulations-2016_MH.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAtlantic University Sport's section on suspensions in the men's hockey regulations doesn't mean honouring suspensions\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;from other associations. Doing so is fairly boilerplate, though.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/2631401513016402399\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/10\/hockey-cis-vs-ncaa-games-get-heated-as.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2631401513016402399"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2631401513016402399"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/10\/hockey-cis-vs-ncaa-games-get-heated-as.html","title":"Hockey: CIS vs. NCAA games get heated, as per usual; only the stick-swinging is serious"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-3922724354006544957"},"published":{"$t":"2016-09-28T18:31:00.005-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-09-28T21:19:43.397-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hockey: Ottawa Gee-Gees embrace their restart: 'It's bigger than just hockey'"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Twenty-five university hockey rookies. Thirty-one months since they last hosted a game on their campus rink.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECounting that up underscores the scope of the Ottawa Gee-Gees men's hockey relaunch. While the media coverage at that time implied otherwise, the University of Ottawa acted correctly early in 2014 when it suspended after it learned belatedly about a sexual assault investigation of an incident following a road trip to Thunder Bay. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/thunder-bay\/new-university-of-ottawa-trial-dates-1.3765374\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwo former Ottawa players are scheduled to go to trial in August 2017\u003C\/a\u003E.) It looks even righter 2½ years later, but not because the Crown laid charges. It looks righter since scandals at Baylor, USA Gymnastics and further revelations about Penn State have led to greater consciousness of how the sports world acts very slowly in regard to sexual assault.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat's the big picture. The small stuff, which is what's fair to ask players about, revolves around how coach \u003Cb\u003EPatrick Grandmaître \u003C\/b\u003Eand the players are warming to the job of re-assembling a team. The horse pulling the cart is representing the university. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\"I think it's pretty cool; It's definitely a little bit different from when you're in junior and it's just hockey,\" goalie\u003Cb\u003E Anthony Brodeur \u003C\/b\u003Esays. \"Now you're a whole school and there are a lot of other people. You're not the only thing on campus. We're not here just for hockey. We're here for school. Hockey is obviously big, but you want to graduate and get your degree. It's bigger than just hockey.\"\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe program's suspension was extended through 2014-15. Following a search, Grandmaître was introduced as the coach late in July 2015, with advisory support from the Ottawa Senators. Ottawa sat out a second season to allow time to bring in a recruiting class. While it's a near-wholesale change -- defenceman\u003Cb\u003E Gabriel Vermette \u003C\/b\u003Eis the only returnee -- there is an onus on showing a new leaf has been turned over.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"It's a big challenge for us to gain respect from everyone else,\" forward\u003Cb\u003E Mathieu Newcomb \u003C\/b\u003Esays. \"It's a big opportunity. We have to make sure that we're professional on, and off the ice. For me, I'm new to the big city [after coming from Grand-Digue, N.B], and I'm still learning, but I'm sure I'll adapt.\"\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOttawa has an exhibition game against the Binghamton Senators, Ottawa's farm team, on Friday. The league opener is against the UOIT Ridgebacks on Oct. 7. Scratching out points with a brand-new roster that will be up will be interesting, especially with Carleton, Concordia, McGill and Trois-Rivières might be challenging.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Being young, that can kind of play to our advantage more than people may think,\" says defenceman \u003Cb\u003EJacob Sweeney\u003C\/b\u003E, who played 4½ seasons with the QMJHL's Moncton Wildcats. \"When we have 25 guys who are coming to a new team, fighting for positions, it causes everyone to work harder. There are no set veterans, on the first line or power play. Everyone has a fresh start and needs to prove themselves over and over. It creates a friendly competition that ultimately raises everyone else's game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\"After we took McGill to double overtime [on Sept. 13], one of their guys told me, 'if you guys play like that and work like that, you'll do fine.' \" Sweeney adds. \"When guys get older in this league they can fad. it's either 'I have a chance to turn pro' or it's 'I'm just going to school and I'm almost done my hockey career.' When everyone's young, they have that motivation to keep pushing.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESome other thoughts from four Gee-Gees whom I spoke with the other day - goalie Brodeur, Sweeney from the back end, and forwards Newcomb and Michael Poirier.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOn how Grandmaître is working on fostering a team culture:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESweeney:\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;\"In the recruiting process, Patrick put a huge emphasis on being part of building that. Everyone in this room is great individually, and I'm not saying the last team wasn't. One of the guys who was there [Vermette] is one of the greatest. He really emphasized having not only good hockey players but good people in order to put down roots.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPoirier: \u003C\/b\u003E\"I know most CIS camps only start the first week of September. We got here, I think it was, Aug. 22, for the first day. Right away we started team bonding activities. That definitely helped us with learning to communicate with each other and the results have followed suit on the ice, so far. We've learned our tendencies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Pat concentrates on good people, and then good hockey players. You can't have it in the dressing room where one guy is bigger than the team ... Pat has good leadership skills, good communications skills. It helps us as players to buy in.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBrodeur: \u003C\/b\u003E\"We're going to be a young team compared to everyone else, For us, it's just a matter of competing as hard as we can every single game, every single practice. Our work ethic is the most biggest essential thing to our success. None of us knew each other coming in. A few guys knew each other, but we didn't know each other as a team.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOn what motivates one to be part of a team which is at square one:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESweeney: \u003C\/b\u003E\"I did have a couple options to pursue professional hockey, in a couple of different ways. But I thought it was just time to go to school. Hockey's a really rough lifestyle. You come out of hockey at age 28, you have nothing in your back pocket – no degree, no school. Then you're – I'm not going to say screwed, but it puts you in a rough spot. And hockey is a dog-eat-dog world. I got a good sniff last year when I was in New Jersey. It was a good month and a half of pro camps, AHL camps, stuff like . It's a dog-eat-dog world. I just thought that education, getting a degree within the next three years potentially, and hopefully trying pro hockey afterward, was the way to go.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Pat was really persistent on selling his program – 'I think there's something special, I think there's an opportunity for you here to play.' In the Maritimes [AUS conference] you could end up being behind three or four guys, end up as the sixth defenceman. Whereas here, there's immediate opportunity. I saw it as, if I am going to be playing 25 to 30 games a year, I might as well go where I can compete for that 25 minutes a game of ice time.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENewcomb. \u003C\/b\u003E\"It's a wonderful opportunity, a clean sheet for everyone. Coming into a new program everyone's given the same chance ... I love the competitiveness of this league. It's faster and stronger but I feel I'm up to it.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBrodeur:\u003C\/b\u003E \"I was excited to take this route once I figured out that it was best for me. Marc Beckstead is a good buddy of mine who kind of sold me on it. We played together in Gatineau [of the QMJHL]. I loved the area while I was in Gatineau and that definitely played in a part. Ottawa is a great city. It's not too big but there is still a lot of people. There's a lot going on, stuff to do. That is unique compared to other cities where I have played, or even where I have lived in the States.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPoirier: \u003C\/b\u003E\"The city of Ottawa sold me ... I also did two years at [University of] Moncton in marketing and the Telfer business program is one of the top five in Canada. That definitely sold me too. It's a good opportunity. Everyone is brand-new. You don't have to wait for your turn.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOn the need to circulate with other athletes, while being one Gee-Gees team among several:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBrodeur:\u003C\/b\u003E \"We went to the football home opener, I've been to a few rugby and soccer games. They've been to our games. We've had some barbecues together where we got to know the other athletes. They have a good team culture, which I like a lot.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESweeney: \u003C\/b\u003E\"You go to the other teams' games, they'll come to yours. It's a lot more fun when you have 50 or 60 athletes cheering you on instead of 10 parents.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOn the challenge of playing against pros when the face Binghamton (whom Carleton defeated in an exhibition game at the start of '15-16):\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENewcomb: \u003C\/b\u003E\"For a lot of us who have only ever been to junior camps, that will be the strongest competition we have ever faced in our lives. Playing at a pro level, it's a big challenge, but it's a big opportunity.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBrodeur: \u003C\/b\u003E\"It's another big test for us to see what we can do. We're not going in expecting anything. We're just going to do what we can, play our game, and see if we can make a game out of it.\"\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/3922724354006544957\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/09\/hockey-ottawa-gee-gees-embrace.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3922724354006544957"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3922724354006544957"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/09\/hockey-ottawa-gee-gees-embrace.html","title":"Hockey: Ottawa Gee-Gees embrace their restart: 'It's bigger than just hockey'"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8987596057955951886"},"published":{"$t":"2016-04-17T12:53:00.004-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-04-17T12:53:55.948-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"NCAA"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"NCAA in Canada"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SFU Clan"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Simon Fraser's NCAA hockey idea isn't bad, minus a huge stretch about Vancouver fan support"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"SFU, keep doing you.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EVancouver's entire economy illustrates that if the moneyed class wants something to be, they'll get it, whether that is the three-quarters empty condominium towers or the megabucks rolling in for the UBC Thunderbirds football team. Or, in this case, a school with zero hockey history wanting to bring NCAA Division I college hockey to the Left Coast, even though their closest competition would be in Alaska and Colorado.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBe that as it might, you might rupture your credulity when you hear the one reason \u0026nbsp;that former Vancouver Canucks VP Jon Festinger cited as evidence this would work:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFrom Howard Tsumura:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E“When UBC hosted the (CIS Final 8) basketball championships, you saw how wild and committed the fans were,” said Festinger of the local fan base. “It’s a fun atmosphere because there is nothing like thousands of screaming university kids. You wanted to be a fan in that atmosphere.\" (\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blogs.theprovince.com\/2016\/04\/16\/simon-fraser-clan-setting-bold-sights-in-pursuit-of-landing-an-ncaa-mens-div-1-hockey-program\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EVancouver Province\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, April 16)\u003C\/blockquote\u003EThank goodness for socialized medicine, since it covers having one's sides sewn back together. Apart from the Ryerson-UBC overtime instant classic, there were no \"wild and committed\" fans at CIS Final 8. There were hundreds of university kids, not thousands, and they were certainly not \"screaming.\"\u0026nbsp;That was also for UBC Thunderbirds basketball, which has a half-century or more of tradition.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo be fair, as Tsumura notes, the major junior Vancouver Giants want out of the old Pacific Coliseum, which could probably be retro-fitted and updated for a new tenant. Having a former Canucks exec who's worked in the broadcast industry suggests this is more than Wishful Thinking, although it will take years to do the groundwork for a team.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMoreover, the Pacific Time Zone is massively underrepresented in Division I hockey. There are only about six teams in or west of the Rockies. A new team on the west coast would have a leg up in recruiting Junior A players in the Alberta and B.C. leagues, and would offer a nicer winter climate than they would get in Bemidji or St. Cloud.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETaken on face, it's not the worst idea put forth this week, although it's not clear whether a TV audience would materialize. The Canadians who do tune in for broadcasts of Division I games on TSn are doing it to look in on a uniquely American hockey environment, and because they have a familiarity with the puck tradition at Boston College or Michigan. They might not know of Simon Fraser.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf it's such a good bet, though, why outright fabricate about the fan support, though? Or maybe it was code to take a swipe at UBC and CIS. If that's the case, nice play, Festinger. What's the next act?\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/8987596057955951886\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/04\/simon-frasers-ncaa-hockey-idea-isnt-bad.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8987596057955951886"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8987596057955951886"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/04\/simon-frasers-ncaa-hockey-idea-isnt-bad.html","title":"Simon Fraser's NCAA hockey idea isn't bad, minus a huge stretch about Vancouver fan support"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-1658950966571102545"},"published":{"$t":"2016-04-05T16:37:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-04-05T16:41:05.062-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS expansion"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sea-Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Wishful Thinking Wednesday"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Wishful Thinking Wednesday: AUS men's hockey, getting back to even numbers"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"One hurting element of St. Thomas \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/04\/hockey-st-thomas-tommies-fold-reducing.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecalling it quits in men's hockey\u003C\/a\u003E, of course, is that it takes some shine away from Atlantic University Sport's triumphal finish to the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe sport conference, after all, raised the bar for hosting the CIS University Cup and three of its men's hockey powers have something to show for the season, with UNB winning the national championship, Saint Mary's nabbing the nationals bronze, and St. Francis Xavier winning the conference championship. A conference, though, is like a chain: only as strong as its weakest link.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EPerhaps less teams could mean more; St. Thomas being in CIS hockey, hate to say it, was a little like Eastern Michigan University playing major-college football when it's a five-minute drive away from the University of Michigan with their Big House. The Tommies averaged 3.5 conference wins over the last six seasons.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThey will be missed, especially when it comes to evening out the schedule, and the point of this Wishful Thinking Wednesday is to help brainstorm a long-term solution. Running with an odd number of teams isn't ideal, and it can create the kind of turmoil that might make other university administrations start to look at whether it should ice a men's hockey team, or have the program iced.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBad Idea the First — Whither Memorial?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUniversity sport tends to be accepted on merit when it is an Only Game In Town and has something of a captive audiene. That loosely applies to the dominant franchises, such as UNB men's hockey, since Fredericton is one of the largest cities in Canada with neither major junior nor Junior A hockey. It also applies to Laval football, since the Rouge et Or caught the wave when Quebec City had a post-Nordiques, pre-Remparts vacuum in the mid-1990s. Similarly, the strongholds in OUA football are places such as Queen's\/Kingston, Western\/London, or Guelph, when there isn't a tie to a CFL team.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat trait is also true with Division I sports, to some extent. Putting it bluntly: there isn't a whole lot to do in Ames, Iowa, on a weeknight, so if ESPN comes to town for an Iowa State Cyclones game and you're a student, you want to be there. The same is probably true in Division I college hockey, where a lot of the programs are in somewhat isolated northeastern college towns.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's hard to tap into that in much of Canada. All eight Canada West hockey programs are in major cities that have pro or major junior. Eighteen of 20 in OUA, with Lakehead and Trois-Rivières being the sole exceptions, are in a market with the NHL and\/or major junior.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EShifting focus, though, one ought to look at how St. John's, N.L., has been a political football in a shell game of Affiliation Musical Chairs over the past decade or so. St. John's is an excellent hockey town, but the hockey world has jerked them around something awful.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBriefly:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAHL St. John's Maple Leafs, 1991-2005\u0026nbsp;—\u003C\/b\u003E For 14 seasons, the city hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs' affiliate. That changed when, long story short, MLSE was able to take over the lease on Ricoh Coliseum and create the Toronto Marlies as an AHL spin-off. That didn't necessarily create the 'just down the road' model of affiliate agreements, but was definitely a contributor.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EQMJHL St. John's Fog Devils, 2005-08\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EThe expansion team started promisingly, but when Canjet canceled some of its routes into St. John's, it ceased to be viable. The franchise was sold midway through its third and final season, is now known as the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAHL St. John's IceCaps, 2011-17\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EWhen True North bought a NHL team and renamed it the Winnipeg Jets. the AHL franchise that had been playing at the MTS Centre became the IceCaps. Then the 2015 affiliation shuffle left St. John's in a two-year temporary arrangement with the Montreal Canadiens, which will end as soon as the Habs have an AHL-suitable arena in Laval, Que., a Montreal suburb.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDoesn't St. John's deserve high-calibre hockey that is there to stay? A good university hockey program, to quote from a great blog post by Carleton University broadcaster\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003ECarlos Verde\u003C\/b\u003E, has \"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/averdelife.wordpress.com\/2016\/04\/04\/reflecting-on-two-years-in-canadian-college-hockey\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecoaches and players functioning at a professional level\u003C\/a\u003E.\" If only that point could get across to people.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAbout three years ago, MUN noted \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/themuse.ca\/2013\/09\/19\/why-does-mun-not-have-a-hockey-team\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewithout having an on campus rink, certainly ice time and a place to play would be a huge expense in terms of the bottom line finances\u003C\/a\u003E.\" However, St. John's \u003Ci\u003Ehas\u003C\/i\u003E a fine arena with Mile One Centre, and it is soon going to need a primary tenant. It is easier said than done, but Nipissing and North Bay, Ont., were able to work something out where the Lakers filled a void while the city was trying to get back into a more prestigious league.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe upside of a commitment to university hockey is you know the team won't relocate.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBad Idea the Seeond — A Big East?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESeven plus three is not just a touchdown and field goal, it also stands for the number of teams in the Maritimes in the number in Quebec, with Concordia, McGill and Trois-Rivières, which are content as associate OUA members.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOur university sports isn't prone to the same conference-jumping power grabs as its louder southern cousin, for which one should be grateful. For if CIS was, you could easily picture an overture being made to Le Trio Québec to blow that Upper Canada popsicle stand, bringing over their qualifying berth in the University Cup. The conference lines would also correspond with the CHL and Canadian Junior Hockey League.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EScheduling would become much more difficult, especially with two clusters of odd numbers, though.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBad Idea the Third, Part A — Interlock\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis will never, ever, happen, but it is Wishful Thinking Wednesday, after all. No doubt AUS will come up with something more practical to adapt the regular-season schedule. Having a randomized fifth game apiece against four other teams will, in the short run, make up for St. Thomas' absence and get everyone to the 28 also played in OUA and Canada West.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOf course, playing an opponent more than four times, beyond exhibitions, a playoff series and a possible matchup at nationals, gets repetitive.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EIf\u003C\/i\u003E only there was a way to have an interlock with OUA, consisting of a two-game trip to central Canada and hosting two teams for one weekend per season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOne only brings this up as a believer in university men's puck. Making some scheduling and structural changes instead of the same old, same old, might open up some eyes that this a game that rates being taken seriously.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBad Idea the Third, Part B — Interlock, With the O-QHC!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis will never, never, ever, ever happen ... but would that the imaginary interlock was with a seven-team hockey conference encompassing Eastern Ontario and Quebec.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat's not happening. Carleton and uOttawa are fine playing in a Quebec conference for women's hockey, but not for men's, and Queen's identifies more as a southern Ontario school. Royal Military would not benefit either way, and Laurentian and Nipissing are just too far from anyone.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/1658950966571102545\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/04\/wishful-thinking-wednesday-aus-mens.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1658950966571102545"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1658950966571102545"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/04\/wishful-thinking-wednesday-aus-mens.html","title":"Wishful Thinking Wednesday: AUS men's hockey, getting back to even numbers"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-3424842874219764828"},"published":{"$t":"2016-04-04T19:20:00.002-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-04-04T22:20:08.294-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hockey: St. Thomas Tommies fold, reducing AUS men's league to 7 teams"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Some sad news that one might have feared was coming: the St. Thomas Tommies have folded men's hockey.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs reported by the \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/theaquinian.net\/breaking-news-stu-cancels-mens-hockey-program\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAquinian\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, the campus newspaper at the Fredericton, N.B., school will realize an annual savings to close to a quarter-million dollars, and the plan is that \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/theaquinian.net\/breaking-news-stu-cancels-mens-hockey-program\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eathletic financial award commitments to a men’s hockey player will be honoured if the player continues his education at STU\u003C\/a\u003E.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt always sucks when there is suddenly one fewer team in one of the major team sports, but times are tight, especially in Irving-land. One can feel the pain and know that, practically, a campus of 2,300 students \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/education\/uniandcollege\/the-11-universities-in-canada-with-the-most-women\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethat is two-thirds women\u003C\/a\u003E would be in tough to sponsor a men's hockey program, especially with reigning CIS University Cup champion UNB next door. In fact, of the 11 universities across Canada that have a greater than 2-to-1 female-male ratio, only three are in CIS, the others being Brandon and Nipissing, which does have two hockey teams. That's extrapolated from a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/education\/uniandcollege\/the-11-universities-in-canada-with-the-most-women\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elist published in \u003Ci\u003EMaclean\u003C\/i\u003E's not too long ago\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003ESo really, it does make sense for the school to go all in on the women's hockey Tommies, who finished sixth at the CIS championship and defeated McGill in a consolation-side game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESomeone who's been around longer could better elaborate on how this is the long tail of what's been called the 'professionalization' of university's men hockey. Other small schools such as Bishop's and Mount Allison long ago got out of the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's a little early in the game to speculate about what AUS will do about running a seven-team men's hockey league. Everyone who appreciated St. Thomas' presence in university men's hockey should have time to grieve. The program's peak was probably 2001, when Jason Sands scored the overtime winner against St. Francis Xavier to seal the Tommies' first conference title.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QKvFMMSI3Gs\" width=\"420\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EWould that AUS could create a 10-team league with Concordia, McGill and Trois-Rivières that would qualify three teams for the University Cup each season, but it is doubtful that would ever get off the ground.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/3424842874219764828\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/04\/hockey-st-thomas-tommies-fold-reducing.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3424842874219764828"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3424842874219764828"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/04\/hockey-st-thomas-tommies-fold-reducing.html","title":"Hockey: St. Thomas Tommies fold, reducing AUS men's league to 7 teams"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/QKvFMMSI3Gs\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-6558233566003709945"},"published":{"$t":"2016-03-03T09:49:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-03T10:04:23.960-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS women's hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hockey: UNB Varsity Reds women's team gets court-ordered reinstatement"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Eight years and who knows how many lost playing opportunities for dedicated, determined female hockey players later, the University of New Brunswick has been \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/new-brunswick\/womens-varsity-hockey-reinstated-unb-1.3472945\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eordered by the provincial labour and employment to restore varsity status to the Varsity Reds women's hockey team by 2017-18\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHopefully, it will. Neither you nor I have the context for the second-last and last paragraphs of the CBC story, where UNB director of athletics John Richard is quoted the \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/new-brunswick\/womens-varsity-hockey-reinstated-unb-1.3472945\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elegal team is kind of digesting it for us\u003C\/a\u003E\" and a university statement states it \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/new-brunswick\/womens-varsity-hockey-reinstated-unb-1.3472945\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Econtinues to evaluate its options while co-operating fully with the process\u003C\/a\u003E.\" \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESylvia Bryson, who was one of the Varsity Reds affected by the program cut in 2008, filed complaints with both the labour \u0026amp; employment board and the human rights commission. The former has determined this was discrimination.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor those who might not know, in March 2008, just as \u003Cb\u003EGardiner MacDougall\u003C\/b\u003E's vaunted men's team was making another run for the CIS University Cup, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2008\/03\/womens-hockey-thumbs-down-to-unb.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EUNB axed the women's program to save money\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile it is understood men's hockey in Atlantic University Sport is much more of the alpha-male game than it is in the OUA — why, it's almost like the conference hasn't won a Vanier Cup since \u003Ci\u003EUndeclared \u003C\/i\u003Ewas on the air — was wrongheaded and shortsighted. It was a bad look to come across as trying to up the competitive ante in the men's league by ditching the women's team. A couple years after this, Saint Mary's tried the same thing and the backlash was so swift that it reversed itself.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBeyond the public shaming, it was wrong times 10 to the 12th power since\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn the former count, as I understand it the mandate of Canadian Interuniversity Sport is to give student-athletes an outlet to play competitively. People talk about trying to raise the profile of CIS — and I like to flatter myself by believing I am on the right side of the puck in that struggle — but ultimately, that is what it is about. Women's hockey is much more under that umbrella than men's hockey. For male players, CIS typically becomes an option after doors close, if sometimes only albeit temporarily, at the topmost professional levels, i.e., the NHL and the American Hockey League.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe female players are usually more intent on playing CIS and becoming part of a community. At least that was what I argued eight years ago. In hindsight, it seems a little condescending to say that. There is also some nascent women's pro hockey with the CWHL and NWHL slowly building.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was also shortsighted to cut a growth sport, where a goodly portion of the roster might hail from the university's surrounding region. When SMU tried to cut women's hockey, it bore noting that team, per capita, was drawing more players from Atlantic Canada than the much more expensive football team. (Laugh line: based on the past couple seasons' standings, it looks like Saint Mary's did scrap football.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe bottom line is you cannot build up the men's team by outright eliminating the other. It is great that Canadian university hockey is now at a level where no one should be shocked that the Carleton Ravens defeated the AHL's Binghamton Senators in a preseason affray, but equal opportunity is a thing. Because it is 2016. And definitely, UNB probably realizes that now, since hindsight is 20\/20.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA big stick tap to Sylvia Bryson and her support network for seeing this through. No doubt she probably had some backlash about her fight.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMoncton and St. Thomas tied for second in AUS women's hockey with identical .667 point percentages. Obviously (move sarcasm detector to \u003Ci\u003Eon\u003C\/i\u003E position) this just proves it's impossible for a quality university in New Brunswick to afford a women's hockey team that is competitive in its conference. Those schools must be much bigger institutions than UNB, especially St. Thomas.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EArchive:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2008\/03\/womens-hockey-thumbs-down-to-unb.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWomen's hockey: Thumbs-down to UNB\u003C\/a\u003E (March 2008)\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/6558233566003709945\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/hockey-unb-varsity-reds-womens-team.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6558233566003709945"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6558233566003709945"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/hockey-unb-varsity-reds-womens-team.html","title":"Hockey: UNB Varsity Reds women's team gets court-ordered reinstatement"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8960359762952118130"},"published":{"$t":"2014-02-14T15:46:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-02-14T15:53:18.396-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS men's hockey update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: AUS Weekly Update – Do you have an exit buddy?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003E(Longtime AUS hockey follower \u003Cb\u003EEric Drummie\u003C\/b\u003E has volunteered another report this week. Thanks Eric.)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith one week left, and only two games, we all know who is in the playoffs and who has the byes. But, we have no clue who will play who. Yet. We do know where each pair of teams sits – UNB and Acadia sit at the top with first-round byes, but first place is still up for grabs. UdeM and UPEI sit in third and fourth spot with UdeM having a one point lead and StFX and SMU sit fifth and sixth with StFX having a one point lead. So the playoff combinations are all still up for grabs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EV-Reds in cruise control\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother weekend and another two wins for the Varsity Reds. UNB drove uptown to play STU at the Grant*Harvey Centre on Friday where specialty teams was the order of the day. UNB scored two power-play goals and a shorty in a 6-1 win. STU spoiled the shutout bid for UNB rookie\u003Cb\u003E Joel Vienneau\u003C\/b\u003E with five minutes to go in the first. UNB broke open the 1-1 first period tie with a 4-goal second period and added another in the third. V-Red rookie sensations \u003Cb\u003EPhilippe Maillet\u003C\/b\u003E \u0026amp; \u003Cb\u003EPhilippe Halley\u003C\/b\u003E were the 1st and 2nd stars with three points each (2G,1A \u0026amp; 1G,2A respectively). Maillet leads all rookies with 37 points. The game went off the rails late in the third with 1:09 left. Once the roughing, hugging and #@* had finished, including a thrown water bottle from the STU bench to the UNB bench, each team had amassed close to 100 minutes in penalties. In the end, each team would lose a player for their next game (\u003Cb\u003EMike Thomas\u003C\/b\u003E for UNB and \u003Cb\u003EIan Saab\u003C\/b\u003E for STU).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe next night UNB was hosting a depleted UdeM team missing \u003Cb\u003EAlex Quesnel\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Ci\u003E \u003C\/i\u003Eand \u003Cb\u003EKevin Charland\u003C\/b\u003E (who each have missed over half the season), \u003Cb\u003ERemi Blanchard\u003C\/b\u003E, and \u003Cb\u003EMaxime Pilon\u003C\/b\u003E and\u003Cb\u003E Jean-Marc Leger\u003C\/b\u003E who were injured the night before in their game against UPEI. UNB outshot Moncton 15 to 5 in the first period but had nothing to show for it, but they would solve Adrien Lemay in the second with two goals and two more in the third period (two of which were on the power-play – a sight for sore eyes at the AUC). Final shots were 41-18 and the second shutout for returning veteran netminder \u003Cb\u003ECharles Lavign\u003C\/b\u003Ee. The win was Lavigne’s 15th of the season – one more than his 3-year career total at STU.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUNB ends the regular season on the road, and looking past their Friday match-up versus Dal, the final game of the season against Acadia is likely for first place in the AUS. With a 2-point lead, a UNB win or overtime loss will give them 1st; an Acadia win in regulation gives them 1st (Acadia has the tie-breaker). UNB lost their last game in Wolfville (5-1 on Nov. 30th ) and since these teams are likely to meet in the conference finals home ice might be the difference.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn the team front, recruited forward \u003Cb\u003EJP Labardo\u003C\/b\u003E did not play in the second half and has officially left the team for “other options” and University Cup MVP \u003Cb\u003ETyler Carroll\u003C\/b\u003E took the pregame skate versus UdeM, but did not play, but looks to be close to game shape. Defenceman \u003Cb\u003ETim Primao\u003C\/b\u003E has being playing forward on the 4th line as UNB goes with 3 pairs of D in the home stretch.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAcadia returns to form\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere have been some bumps on the road for Acadia, but last weekend they returned to form with a win on the road in Halifax versus SMU and returned home to easily defeat last place Dalhousie. The Axemen were down 2-0 early in the 2nd period on Friday night, but three unanswered goals later they were in the lead 3-2 and added two more in the 3rd for a 5-2 win. An easy 6-1 win on Saturday over Dal allowed them to keep pace with UNB and sets up the final game of the year as a winner take all (almost: a UNB loss in OT gives them first).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELiam Heelis\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EMike Cazzola\u003C\/b\u003E remain 1-2 in scoring with 42 and 40 points respectively, and are the first to cross the 40-point mark. UNB’s Maillet and \u003Cb\u003EChris Culligan \u003C\/b\u003Eare tied with 37 points for 3rd spot going into the last weekend of the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUdeM looking for some cat-nip\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;A short 2-game losing streak now has les Aigles Bleus looking in their rear-view mirror as UPEI has cut their lead to one point for third place in the standings. Their biggest loss came at home on Friday as they lost a tight game to rival UPEI. Moncton scored first early in the third period, but were unable to hold on and the Panthers scored three goals (one at 12 minutes and the last two in the last 3 minutes of the game) to win it 3-1. Moncton lost two players to injury during the game and neither returned the next night to play against UNB (Pilon and Leger).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe next night a depleted roster had to take on UNB and strong play of Lemay kept them in it, but it’s hard to with a short bench and only 18 shots in the game. If there is an ‘up’ side to their woes it is that UPEI has the potentially harder final weekend. Moncton has to play Acadia on Friday, in Wolfville, but have taken their last two games against the Axemen (a 6-5 OT win at home and a 4-3 OT win back in November in Wolfville). They end the season against lowly Dal, which might be the two points they need to stay in third place.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERegardless, they do have home ice wrapped up for the first round and they will play either SMU or StFX. The advantage of third place is that if you advance to the second round of the playoffs you don’t have to play the #1 team coming off their bye. If Moncton should end-up tied with UPEI, they would have the same 2-2-0 record and the same GF\/GA of 10\/10. The third tie-breaker is … well, the AUS is working on that as we type.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPanthers finally purring?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA uncharacteristic loss to Dal two weeks ago is the difference for UPEI; a win in that game and they would be in third place by one point, but instead they sit behind Moncton by one point. This came after a great effort versus Acadia, in Wolfville, which gave them a 5-2 win (and handed a two-point lead to UNB for first place).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELast weekend they did what they had to do in Moncton, winning a tight 3-1 game with three goals in the third period after Moncton had taken the lead two minutes into the period. The next night they were in Fredericton to play STU. Despite out-shooting the Tommies 51-23 (15-5 in the first periods) UPEI didn’t open the scoring until the second periods. STU would counter and they would enter the third period tied. UPEI scored two goals on 18 shots in the period and won 3-1.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis weekend UPEI is hosting StFX and SMU, who are fighting for 5th spot. So, while PEI is fighting to get ahead of Moncton, StFX and SMU are fighting to get ahead of each other. No easy games here - the nod has to go to UPEI who are tough at home. In order to move up in the standings UPEI will likely have to win both games, as they have to expect Moncton to defeat Dal on Saturday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cb\u003EStFX – where did those mutant powers go?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe X-Men have faltered in the second half with only four wins and have only one win in their last six games (and that was agaisnt last place Dal). They are fighting off SMU for the last playoff spot. They are guaranteed a playoff spot, as DAL and STU have been eliminated, but they don’t have much to hang their cape on at this stage.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere is no single element that is wrong with the X-Men: they averaged just under 3 goals a game in the past six games, but their defense is giving up close to 4 goals. They are middle of the pack for stats and such a team should probably be higher in the standings. Interesting to note that they have lost five 1-goal games to go along with their 2 OT losses.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESMU – mush, mush, there is still work to be done.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaint Mary’s will finish in 5th or 6th place and most of that depends on how they play this weekend against STU and UPEI. SMU hasn’t had the best schedule recently, having to play Moncton, UNB and Acadia over the past two weekends (all losses). But, the fourth game in their weekend series was a convincing 7-3 win over StFX to cut the X-Men’s lead to one point for 5th place as StFX has also been having a tough two-week stint.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe possible key to SMU’s success, or the reason for their fall from last year’s AUS runner-ups and U-Cup silver medalists, could be their power play. Last year they were tops in the conference with a PP% of 23.1 for 37 goals; this year it’s in last place - 10.4% and 14 goals. A 23-goal difference is close to a goal-a-game not on the board (important when you have four 1-goal losses on your season).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cb\u003ETommies keep pushing, but pushing up hill is always hard\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESTU played the cross-campus rivals last weekend and lost 6-1 to UNB. The first period (which was called extremely tight by the officials) ended tied 1-1, but a four-goal 2nd period ended STU’s night (with UNB scoring again in the 3rd). Tempers flared late in the third period with close to 100 minutes in penalties. Ian Saab will miss the game against UPEI as a result of a match penalty . STU did a good job of forcing UNB to outside and blocking the cross ice passes that the V-Reds prefer to make. They held UNB to 22 shots in the game, which is something when you consider UNB averages 35 shots per night.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was a far different game the next night as STU gave up 51 shots to UPEI, but had a better overall result. There was no score in the first, and a 1-1 tie going into the third period. The Tommies just couldn’t hold on as they gave up 2 goals on 17 shots in the period. STU had their changes in this one. The game got chippy in the second period - halfway through the period a pushing–and–shoving match resulted in two 10-minute misconducts for both teams. Later in the period UPEI rookie forward Brock Beukeboom was assessed a five-minute major for charging and STU was on a five-minute power play. The period ended with Jonathan Bonneau getting a two-minute call at the horn which nullified the PP and the teams would start the 3rd period 4-on-4. UPEI scored 1:34 into the 3rd period while 4-on-4 and would increase their lead with a PP marker at 10:11. Would’a, could’a, should’a: a STU power play goal during that major would have given them the lead and then you’re in a new game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESTU ends the season hosting StFX and SMU. Could STU be a spoiler be in the making? This season STU has four wins over Dal, a surprising win over UNB and a first-half win at home versus StFX. Both StFX and SMU are in race for 5th place, so nothing is going to come easy for STU on the last weekend of the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETigers with few claws\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Dal Tigers lost a close game against StFX on Friday night. They scored first only to end the period tied. They took the lead again in the third only to have StFX tie it again then take the lead two minutes later with seven minutes left in the game. Dal had just 6 shots in the 3rd period.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe last weekend of the season will likely not be kind to the Tigers. They first play UNB on Friday then Moncton on Saturday. #1 (CIS #2) and #3 (CIS #10), back-to-back, with both opponents needing wins over Dal to maintain their slim points leads over their rivals in the standings. Dal upset UNB two years ago in the second last weekend of the season (3-2 in an overtime shootout that went eight rounds), but their win over UPEI on Feb. 1st might have been their last hurrah this season. \u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/8960359762952118130\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/02\/mens-hockey-aus-weekly-update-do-you.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8960359762952118130"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8960359762952118130"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/02\/mens-hockey-aus-weekly-update-do-you.html","title":"Men's Hockey: AUS Weekly Update – Do you have an exit buddy?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David Kilfoil"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16821812362923440575"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"22","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZSfv79uXrWQ\/SmbzQBQU15I\/AAAAAAAAAAM\/-NRmEHNVB7o\/S220\/David.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-3609830920048679549"},"published":{"$t":"2014-01-31T15:35:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-02-03T12:13:52.773-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS men's hockey update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axewomen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: AUS Weekly Update – Like a broken record, it sounds the same each time"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003E(Longtime AUS hockey follower Eric Drummie has noticed that I have been very remiss with AUS men's hockey updates and volunteers his own report this week. Thanks Eric.)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwo weeks ago the Acadia Axemen visited UNB for their second-half return trip with a three point lead over UNB in the AUS standings; however when they returned to Wolfville after their New Brunswick road trip they were tied for the lead. Not much has changed since then and the two remain atop the AUS standings.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe numerous hockey games his season that were rescheduled due to bad weather have all now been made-up and each team have now played 22 games with six to go in the regular season. Acadia and UNB have clinched playoff spots. No first-round byes have been clinched and the remaining playoff spots are up for grabs (except in Dal’s case, as they have been eliminated from the playoffs).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EV-Reds play to their opponents' level\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStill without UCup MVP \u003Cb\u003ETyler Carroll,\u003C\/b\u003E the V-Reds are the hottest team in the AUS and currently on a 7 game winning streak, but it hasn’t been easy of late. In the Acadia game awhile back UNB laid claim as the better team that night and pulled to within one point of first place, but had to climb back from two one-goal deficits on the way. With four goals in the 3rd period – the last three by UNB – they went on to win 5-3. The clincher for UNB was a short-handed goal by captain \u003Cb\u003EChris Culligan\u003C\/b\u003E. UNB has seen a dramatic increase in the number of SHG's – with none in the first 16 games of the season they now have\u0026nbsp; recorded 4 in their last 6 games.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe following Tuesday, UNB was in Orono to play the University of Maine Black Bears. Unlike when StFX visited UMaine the previous week and lost 4-1, UNB got out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first period. The Black Bears battled back with one goal in the second and two goals in the third to tie the game and force overtime. UNB took a penalty late in the 3rd that carried over to OT which saw Maine captain, and Hobey Baker Candidate, \u003Cb\u003EDevin Shore\u003C\/b\u003E score. \u003Cb\u003EChris Culligan\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EAdrian Robertson\u003C\/b\u003E only played the first period; red-shirt \u003Cb\u003EBen Duffy\u003C\/b\u003E played in Culligan’s place on the top line with V-Red rookies and former Junior teammates \u003Cb\u003EPhillipe Maillet\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EPhillipe Halley\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELast weekend UNB needed two come-from-behind efforts to win against both STU in the 22nd annual \u003Ci\u003EMark Jeffrey Memorial Game\u003C\/i\u003E and on their road trip to PEI (in overtime) to keep pace with Acadia. Before the Jeffrey game \u003Cb\u003ENick MacNeil\u003C\/b\u003E was the recipient of UNB Hockey’s most prestigious award named after the former player and coach of UNB, but the star of the game was \u003Cb\u003EMaillet\u003C\/b\u003E who scored UNB’s first goal and assisted on the next three. A slow start for UNB saw them down two goals after the first period. A goalie change didn’t appear to help as rookie \u003Cb\u003EJoel Vienneau\u003C\/b\u003E replaced veteran \u003Cb\u003ECharles Lavigne\u003C\/b\u003E to start the second period and gave up a goal on STU’s first shot of the period. UNB would battle back with two power play goals and a shorty the rest of the way – taking the lead with four minutes remaining and sealing the victory with an empty net goal – the first UNB goal for rookie\u003Cb\u003E Dylan Willick\u003C\/b\u003E. Shots were 38-12 for UNB.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn the Island the story was much the same. UNB erased four one-goal deficits to force OT with 0.8 seconds left in the third (with Vienneau off for the extra attacker after making his first start against a team other than Dal). \u003Cb\u003EJordan Murray\u003C\/b\u003E scored the tying goal, and leads all AUS rookie D-men with 15 points to date (4h overall among D-men). \u003Cb\u003ECam Braes\u003C\/b\u003E scoring his conference-leading 6th game winning goal in OT. The night was a battle of specialty teams, or failure there-of, as UPEI had 3 power play goals on 8 tries while UNB was 0-8 on the PP. UNB is home this weekend to host SFX and SMU. UNB’s only lose this half was in their first game against SFX in Antigonish (where the team says they didn’t have a good game). The games won’t be easy as StFX is tied with SMU for 6th spot with 22 points – 3 points behind UPEI for 4th place.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday - STU 4 @ UNB 6\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday - UNB 5 @ UPEI 4 (OT)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAxemen hit a bump on the road\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAt one point, prior to their visit to Fredericton two weeks ago, Acadia was on the road to being crowned AUS champions – well maybe the 2014 pennant winners. All that changed in a spirited and energized game. This night was one of UNB’s two Elementary School nights with the Aitken University Centre sold out and full of kids pumped up on sugar. \u003Cb\u003EMike Cazzola\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003ELiam Heelis\u003C\/b\u003E each had a goal and assist to maintain their scoring leads in the AUS conference. This was a physical game as UNB’s \u003Cb\u003EAdrian Robertson\u003C\/b\u003E delivered a hard check to former Junior teammate Heelis, resulting in a bloody nose and some heated exchanges between the benches (there was no penalty on the play). Coach \u003Cb\u003EDarren Burns\u003C\/b\u003E mentioned after the game that \"it definitely had a play-off feel\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe following night in Moncton was close to a disaster for the Axemen as they fell down 3-0 and 4-1 in the first period alone. Acadia would battle back and take the lead with 10 minutes left in the 3rd period, forcing UdeM to play catch up. Moncton scored two minutes later and would score early in OT, leaving Acadia with one point for the weekend and tied for 1st place. Blowing a chance to take control of the pennant race Acadia is now in a dog-fight with UNB.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELast weekend Acadia had an easy win over Dalhousie and the next night protected a 3-2 lead over StFX until the last minute of the game. The Axemen scored a short-handed goal (their conference-leading 8th) and the X-Men countered on the same power play 16 seconds later (with 13 seconds left in the game) to end the game 4-3.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday - Acadia 7 @ Dal 2\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday – StFX 3 @ Acadia 4\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStFX home-ice disadvantage?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESince their big weekend to start the second half with wins over UNB and Moncton, StFX has dropped faster than Wile E. Coyote’s anvil. They have one win in their last six games (plus a 4-1 loss to UMaine on the road in Orono) and where once their home record was 7-2 it is now 8-5 with their only win coming at home vs STU. They were a step ahead of Moncton for 3rd place at the Christmans break, but they are now tied with SMU for 6th, having been passed by both Moncton and UPEI. Unless STU catches lightning in a bottle, StFX will make the playoffs, but they will probably need to improve on their offense or tighten up on defence if they want to make it into the second round.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELast weekend they lost two tight games; SMU (in OT) and Acadia, with both ending 4-3. A 3-goal lead evaporated in the 3rd period in the SMU game and they were shutout during the shootout. \u003Cb\u003EJason Bast\u003C\/b\u003E leads the X-Men with 23 points, and Christmas addition \u003Cb\u003EBrandon Hynes \u003C\/b\u003Ehas 11 points in 8 games bringing some much need offence for a team that has only one player with 20+ points. Acadia has four, Moncton has 4 and UNB has close to 4.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday - SMU 4 @ StFX 3 (OT-SO)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday - SFX 3 @ Acadia 4\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWeather and home-ice woes\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Panthers had a good streak going in the middle of the month with wins over StFX, SMU and Moncton, but that all stopped when they ran into UNB on Saturday night. Despite having four UPEI leads in the game, UNB tied it up late and won it in overtime. This night was UPEI’s Alumni Night with a full rink and at times it looked like it was going to be UPEI’s game, but UNB ruined the party.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe weather hasn’t been very helpful for UPEI in their games against Moncton. The two games in the first half were moved to the second half due to the Confederation Bridge being closed. UPEI has lost both of these games (the first one at home on the 15th and the second one this past Wednesday in Moncton). These four points are the difference between UdeM and UPEI for 3rd place in the standings. UPEI’s home record is 5-6 while their road record is 6-5 leaving them at .500 with an 11-11 record. It doesn’t get any easier for the Panthers this weekend as they host Acadia and Dal. They will need the same effort they showed against UNB if they hope to defeat Acadia.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday – UdeM 1 @ UPEI 2\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday – UNB 5 @ UPEI 4 (OT)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EWednesday – UPEI 2 @ UdeM 4\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWho are those guys in Bleu et Or shirts?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith all the attention UNB and Acadia have been getting Moncton has been ‘under the radar’ and sits comfortably in third place. They are 5-1 in their last six games including an OT win over Acadia two weeks ago and most recently on Wednesday night over UPEI (a rescheduled game from the first half due to weather closure of the Confederation Bridge). They have climbed back onto the CIS Top 10 at spot #10. \u003Cb\u003EEric Faille\u003C\/b\u003E leads the team with 31 points, but interesting enough has no game winning goals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis coming weekend UdeM play StFX and SMU (the same teams that UNB will be playing on opposite nights) and wins would solidify them in 3rd place. It won't be easy – as mentioned for UNB – these two teams are tied for 6th and need wins if they hipe to pass UPEI for 4th place.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday - UdeM 1 @ UPEI 2\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday – UdeM 5 @ STU 1\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EWednesday – UPEI 2 @ UdeM 4\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDoes the dog bite?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESMU is 4-4 after the break and is stuck as a result – not moving up or down. Their big game this past weekend was a 4-3 overtime-shootout win over StFX. SMU trailed by 3 at the start of the 3rd period. They scored in the first minute, at the five minute mark and again with only 20 seconds left (with an extra attacker). They played through the full ten-minute OT and won the shootout 1-0. When added to the win over Dal on Saturday it leaves SMU in a tie with SFX for 6th place. The win on Friday night gives them the tie-breaker over StFX despite one game left in the season series which might be needed to determine who finishes 5th.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis coming weekend they are on the road against Moncton and UNB which will be real tests. The team that can find a split (SFX or SMU) this weekend will have the upper hand going into the last two weekends.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday - SMU 4 @ SFX 3 (OT-SO)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday - SMU 3 @ DAL 0\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Thomas loses tough one\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe AUS is a tough league to play in and no one knows that more than STU. Two weeks ago they had a chance to close the gap on SMU but lost 4-0 on the road. This past week they had 3-0 and 4-2 leads over UNB only to see it disappear in the third period where the Tommies only had 1 shot to the V-Reds’ 16. Things didn’t get better when they hosted Moncton on Saturday with a 5-1 loss. STU isn’t eliminated yet from the playoffs but they will need a lot of help if they are to pass StFX or SMU. This weekend they are on the road to play Dal and Acadia.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday - STU 4 @ UNB 6\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday - UdeM 5 @ STU \u003C\/i\u003E1\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENowhere to go\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Dalhousie Tigers are having a bad year; there is no way to sugar-coat it. They are have been eliminated from the playoffs and are now playing for pride, such as late last season when they nipped UNB 3-2 in a shootout. Dal may have played spoiler with a 5-3 win over StFX two weeks ago, but since then they have only scored a total of four goals in their last four games. Top scorer for Dal is \u003Cb\u003EPatrick Daley\u003C\/b\u003E with 14 points, and he hasn’t played the last four games. The battle for the basement happens on Friday when they are in Fredericton to play STU, then off to the Island to play UPEI.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday – Dal 2 @ Acadia 7\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday - Dal 0 @ SMU 3 \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/3609830920048679549\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/01\/mens-hockey-aus-weekly-update-like.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3609830920048679549"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3609830920048679549"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/01\/mens-hockey-aus-weekly-update-like.html","title":"Men's Hockey: AUS Weekly Update – Like a broken record, it sounds the same each time"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David Kilfoil"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16821812362923440575"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"22","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZSfv79uXrWQ\/SmbzQBQU15I\/AAAAAAAAAAM\/-NRmEHNVB7o\/S220\/David.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-1135237722388833312"},"published":{"$t":"2014-01-19T17:13:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-01-19T17:13:34.822-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ryerson Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Thunderwolves"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Ryerson Exact Revenge; Rout Thunderwolves in Grudge Match"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"One of the most anticipated series of the month took place this weekend, when the No. 8 Ryerson Rams traveled north to Thunder Bay to face the No. 9 Lakehead Thunderwolves with first place in the OUA West on the line.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter Lakehead squeaked out \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mice\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20140117_gtlq.xml\"\u003Ea 4-3 Friday win\u003C\/a\u003E on a \u003Cb\u003ERyan Magill\u003C\/b\u003E goal with just twenty-three seconds left in regulation, Ryerson came out insistent that they wouldn’t go home without splitting the series, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mice\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20140118_6ohq.xml\"\u003Eblowing out the home side on Saturday 7-1\u003C\/a\u003E in front of over 2,500 fans.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was obvious the Rams felt this grudge match was a must-win, as they came out flying and it didn’t take long for them to get on the board. The nation’s top point-getter and goal-scorer, \u003Cb\u003EJamie Wise\u003C\/b\u003E, ripped a hard slapshot top shelf to put Ryerson up just over four minutes in.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELess than two minutes later, Ryerson continued to buzz. Lakehead’s \u003Cb\u003EJustin McDonald\u003C\/b\u003E stopped attempts by both \u003Cb\u003EAndrew Buck\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EMark Corbett\u003C\/b\u003E, but \u003Cb\u003EJason McDonough\u003C\/b\u003E continued to work and was able to bang home a rebound to give the Rams the early 2-0 lead. Not wanting things to spiral out of control, Lakehead used their timeout just 6:17 into the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe timeout cooled Ryerson’s attack, and back-to-back penalties gave the Thunderwolves over a minute of play with a two-man-advantage and a great opportunity to win back momentum. They were unsuccessful, and less than a minute after the second period ended, Buck fired a blistering slapshot, beating McDonald and giving the Rams the quick three-goal lead, which they took into the first intermission.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe second started rather slowly considering the offensive overload of the first, but some penalty trouble midway through the period gave Lakehead another great opportunity to chisel into the lead. McDonough went for a cross-checking minor, and then a minute later both Wise and \u003Cb\u003EBrian Birkhoff\u003C\/b\u003E were also given cross-checking penalties at the same time, giving Lakehead a full two minutes of 5-on-3 hockey and an extrended powerplay.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAgain, the powerplay stuttered, and Lakehead were unable to generate any real chances without being stopped by \u003Cb\u003ETroy Passingham\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter the penalties ended, Ryerson finally caught a break, as \u003Cb\u003ELuke Maw\u003C\/b\u003E took Lakehead’s first penalty of the game for boarding. His teammate \u003Cb\u003EJames Delory\u003C\/b\u003E offered some choice words for the officials on the call, and an unsportsmanlike misconduct penalty gave the Rams a two-man advantage of their own.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey wasted just 29 seconds before \u003Cb\u003EKent McPherson\u003C\/b\u003E let go of a one-timer from the point that rang off the post and into the net, giving the Rams a four goal cushion.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThree minutes later Ryerson was back on the penalty kill as McDonough picked up a high-sticking call, resulting in an automatic ejection for his third stick infraction of the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn the ensuing powerplay, \u003Cb\u003EChris de la Lande\u003C\/b\u003E fired a hard slapshot from the point that finally beat Passingham low on the stick side, putting Lakehead on the board just before the intermission. Ryerson carried the 4-1 lead into the break, and only trailed in shots 22-21 despite heading to the penalty box seven times to Lakehead’s two.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELakehead took a quick trip to the sin bin early in the third though, and Wise showed off some beautiful patience cutting across in front of the net before sliding the backhander past McDonald for his second of the game, and putting the game out of reach.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe teams traded penalties throughout the period, and \u003Cb\u003EVictor Tereri\u003C\/b\u003E scored off a great feed from Dan Lombardi to swell the lead to 6-1, before Wise completed the hat-trick on the powerplay with just a minute and a half remaining, giving Ryerson a whopping 7-1 victory.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWise’s three goals in the contest give him 40 points and 19 goals on the year in just 20 games, while Passingham’s impressive 30-save performance gave him his ninth win of the year.\u003Cb\u003E Domenic Alberga\u003C\/b\u003E also had an assist for the Rams, giving him 38 points on the year, good enough for second place in the CIS. At the other end, McDonald stayed in the Lakehead net the whole game, stopping 27 of 34 shots in the losing effort.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith the win, Ryerson captured the top spot in the West with 30 points, while Lakehead fall to second place with 29 points. The Thunderwolves do have two games in hand on the Rams, though, so they could easily find themselves back atop the division soon, but have a tough test ahead as they travel to Windsor for a pair of game next weekend. Ryerson are back in action with just a single game next weekend, traveling to Waterloo to face the ninth-place Warriors.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EJoin us next week for a late edition of the Game of the Week as we watch the Battle of University Avenue, when the Waterloo Warriors battle the Laurier Golden Hawks on Tuesday, January 28. Though both teams are in the basement of the West, the game has massive playoff implications as they sit just one and six points, respectively, out of a playoff spot.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/1135237722388833312\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/01\/ryerson-exact-revenge-rout.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1135237722388833312"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1135237722388833312"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/01\/ryerson-exact-revenge-rout.html","title":"Ryerson Exact Revenge; Rout Thunderwolves in Grudge Match"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kyle Brown"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100079013344179668072"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-6539798868228837031"},"published":{"$t":"2014-01-12T14:03:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-01-12T14:03:04.225-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: Ravens Survive Gee-Gees in Capital Battle"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003E[Ed. note: Kyle wrote this piece earlier this week, but my mistake kept it from running until today, January 12. I regret the error. --RP]\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe stands were packed, the benches fired up, and the referees' whistles put away in this past weekend’s big matchup between heated cross-city rivals #9 Carleton and Ottawa. And while the cliché of \"the game being closer than the score reveals\" is used a lot, it was certainly true in this one. Despite Ottawa outplaying the Ravens for much of the opening period, Carleton were able to escape with a lead after twenty minutes before opening up a 4-0 lead in the second, en route to a monstrous 5-2 victory.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe highly anticipated, crushingly physical game got off to a flying start for the Gee-Gees, who tested Carleton’s backup goaltender \u003Cb\u003EFrancis Dupuis\u003C\/b\u003E early and often. Within the first seven minutes of play, the garnet and grey had created a flurry around the Raven net, outshooting the home side 7-0.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAll it took was one shot, though, for Carleton to jump out to the game’s first lead. \u003Cb\u003EJoey West\u003C\/b\u003E deflected \u003Cb\u003EMatthew Stanisz’\u003C\/b\u003E point shot perfectly, tucking the puck just under the crossbar to give the Ravens the opening lead just seven and a half minutes into the game. From there, Carleton settled and slowed the game down to their pace, taking the one-goal lead into the dressing room and outshooting the Gee-Gees 8-4 in the twelve and a half minutes following the goal.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the second period, it was Carleton who came out on the offensive. Less than two minutes into the frame, \u003Cb\u003EJoe Pleckaitis\u003C\/b\u003E extended the lead, banging home a loose puck sitting at the side of the net in a mad goalmouth scramble.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOttawa took two subsequent trips to the penalty box shortly after the goal, and Carleton continued to build up momentum. Just twelve seconds following \u003Cb\u003EMatt White\u003C\/b\u003E’s release from the sin bin on Ottawa’s second penalty, \u003Cb\u003ERyan MacLean\u003C\/b\u003E found the back of the net to open the lead up to three, prompting \u003Cb\u003ERéal Paiement\u003C\/b\u003E to burn his team’s timeout.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe strategy worked immediately, as Ottawa was able to get back on track and slow the Ravens attack. However, with just under five minutes to go in the period, Carleton capitalized on a controversial opportunity and delivered the final blow.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGee-Gees captain \u003Cb\u003EDavid Foucher\u003C\/b\u003E was carrying the puck in his own zone, and was hauled down after Pleckaitis got his stick around Foucher’s upper body. The puck made its way to \u003Cb\u003EMichael McNamee\u003C\/b\u003E whose initial shot was stopped, but \u003Cb\u003EDamian Cross\u003C\/b\u003E was able to knock home the rebound to give the Ravens the 4-0 lead.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Gee-Gees pled their case following the goal to no avail. At the next stoppage in play twenty seconds following the goal, \u003Cb\u003EMathieu Guertin\u003C\/b\u003E continued to share his perspective on the goal before a faceoff, and was given an unsportsmanlike misconduct penalty, sending Carleton to the power play. Though they were unable to score on the man advantage, momentum was firmly on Carleton’s side, who outshot Ottawa 17-9 in the period, heading into the intermission.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGuertin redeemed himself for the penalty with a goal early in the third following some outstanding play deep in the zone and behind the net by \u003Cb\u003ETaylor Collins\u003C\/b\u003E who fed Guertin all alone in front, but the deficit was too great by that point.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOttawa tried to crawl back into the game, as \u003Cb\u003EMathieu Oulette\u003C\/b\u003E broke in on a powerplay and snuck a wrist shot through Dupuis’ blocker side with over seven minutes to play. A physical grudge match instead of a comeback broke out for the remainder, with McNamee adding an empty net goal for good measure with under a minute to go.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDupuis made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win, while Ottawa's \u003Cb\u003EWarren Shymko\u003C\/b\u003E allowed four goals on 31 shots in a losing effort. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe win for Carleton came just one night after another huge win over \u003Cb\u003EMcGill\u003C\/b\u003E, giving the Ravens 23 points so far on the season. They sit in fourth, two points behind McGill for second place but with a game in hand.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor Ottawa, they rebounded the next day with a 4-2 win in Kingston over RMC, to give them a record of 11-6-1. They sit tied with Carleton in points, but due to tiebreakers (Carleton’s game in hand), fall to the fifth spot. While there’s still a lot of hockey to be played, fans in the capital are sure to be dreaming of a potential first-round matchup between these teams once the playoffs roll around.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E---- \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThis weekend’s Game of the Week matchup will keep us in the East, as it will feature #6 McGill on the road to take on #7 Queen’s, in a battle for division supremacy. Queen's will have their hands full this weekend as they try to remain the last OUA team undefeated in regulation: they face Carleton on Friday night ahead of the McGill matchup. Meanwhile the Redmen will travel to Ottawa to face the Gee-Gees on Friday, before making the short trip to Kingston for Saturday's game.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/6539798868228837031\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/01\/mens-hockey-ravens-survive-gee-gees-in.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6539798868228837031"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6539798868228837031"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/01\/mens-hockey-ravens-survive-gee-gees-in.html","title":"Men's Hockey: Ravens Survive Gee-Gees in Capital Battle"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kyle Brown"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100079013344179668072"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-803609518668811884"},"published":{"$t":"2014-01-02T11:44:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-01-02T11:44:39.524-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Patriotes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ryerson Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Blues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Warriors"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: OUA Mid-Season Wrapup"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It’s been thirty years, but the Queen’s Golden Gaels finally find themselves back in the CIS Top 10 with OUA teams set to hit the ice again and enter the second half of the season. As the games begin to mean more and we come out of the turn and into the final stretch of the playoff push, here's five of the biggest storylines from the conference over the first half, and that are worth watching as we begin the second.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EGaels on Top\u003C\/h4\u003EIt took until the eighth week for Queen’s to finally crack the top ten and take the eighth spot. In spite of three other OUA teams placing ahead of them in the voters’ eyes, the Gaels find themselves atop the conference standings with a two-point lead on #5 McGill. More impressively, despite racking up two losses in overtime and three as a result of shootouts, the Gaels remain undefeated in regulation, the only team in the OUA who can claim that (the only other in CIS is the #1 Calgary Dinos). \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHead coach \u003Cb\u003EBrett Gibson\u003C\/b\u003E has found success through a balanced attack, as not one player on the team finds themselves even in the top fifty of CIS scorers. \u003Cb\u003EKelly Jackson\u003C\/b\u003E, who leads the team with eight goals in fourteen games, only comes in tied for fifteenth in the OUA. Netminder \u003Cb\u003EKevin Bailie\u003C\/b\u003E, who previously played with the Oshawa Generals and London Knights, has also played a large part in the Gaels' early success, boasting the third best save percentage in the country at .941, with an impressive 1.78 GAA to boot. It’s not as if Bailie’s had an easy go of things, either, with the team right in the middle of the OUA pack in terms of shots faced, yet second best in the nation in total goals against.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe other factor that was in the Gaels' favour over the first half was a favourable schedule that put them at home nine times in fifteen games. They have a tough month ahead of them waiting in January, when they will play a dreadful seven road games which includes visits to two tough barns; McGill (7-1-0 at home this season) and Carleton (5-1-0). However, with RMC on the schedule twice, as well as games against UOIT, Laurier and Nipissing, and a pair against a lackluster Concordia team, Queen’s should find themselves with home-ice advantage in the first round for just the second time in Gibson’s eight-year term behind the bench.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EUsual Suspects in their Usual Spots\u003C\/h4\u003EWith the exception of Queen’s, whose success, as highlighted above, is unprecedented to anyone born after Canada’s official adoption of the metric system, there really isn’t much difference in who the top contenders coming out of each conference will be. In six of the last seven regular seasons, Western and Lakehead have finished in the top three spots in the West, while McGill and UQTR have done the same in the East (the one year it didn’t happen, Lakehead finished fourth). With hot starts for all four teams this season, they all look poised to repeat the pattern yet again.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the East, McGill and UQTR each have 11 wins going into the break, and with 23 and 22 points, respectively, hold the second and third spots in the division. McGill are being led by American-import offensive defenseman \u003Cb\u003ERyan McKiernan\u003C\/b\u003E, who has notched eight goals and 17 points in 15 games. Meanwhile, UQTR’s success is in part thanks to goaltender \u003Cb\u003EMarc-Antoine Gelinas\u003C\/b\u003E, whose fourth nation-wide with an impressive .940 save percentage.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the West, Lakehead are back at the top of the division with a solid 11-3-0 record heading into the break. \u003Cb\u003EMike Hammond\u003C\/b\u003E leads the Thunderwolves on offense with 18 points already this campaign. Western is also looking good again this year, currently tied for third in the West with 20 points. They’ve relied heavily offensively on \u003Cb\u003EMatt Clarke\u003C\/b\u003E, who’s fourth in points and sixth in goals nationally, and \u003Cb\u003EDaniel Erlich\u003C\/b\u003E, also tied in fourth with 25 points, but third in assists in the country.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAll four teams look poised to take home-ice advantage in the first two rounds of the playoffs and to make deep runs in pursuit of a University Cup appearance.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EWoes in Waterloo\u003C\/h4\u003EComing into the season, the \u003Cb\u003EWaterloo Warriors\u003C\/b\u003E were ranked fifth in the country. The ranking was surprising to some as it came off the heels of a, (truthfully) rather disappointing regular season where the Warriors squeaked into the playoffs with the sixth seed in the OUA West with a 12-11-5 record. They proceeded to have a wonderful playoff run, knocking off the favoured Lakehead Thunderwolves in a two-game sweep, sliding past first-place Western in a third and deciding game, and then taking out Windsor in two before falling to UQTR in the Queen’s Cup finals. The Warriors snuck into the University Cup by virtue of beating Windsor, and eked out \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/2013-university-cup-cinderella-story.html\"\u003Ea 2-1 win over Alberta\u003C\/a\u003E before being blown out by Saint Mary’s.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EApparently, that was deserving of a number five ranking to kick off this season, the second highest ranking in the OUA (UQTR, last year’s OUA champions, were ranked only tenth). The season started out on a shaky foot, as Waterloo squeaked out one-goal wins over UOIT and Queen’s at home, before dropping three straight to divisional foes Windsor, York, and Western. Since then, the Warriors have been streaky, but the bad has outweighed the good, emphasized by an 8-2 thumping at the hand of \u003Cb\u003EToronto\u003C\/b\u003E, and a loss at home to \u003Cb\u003ENipissing\u003C\/b\u003E, in a game they were heavily favoured to win.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey were promptly booted out of the top ten by the fourth week, but still, it’s been a disappointing start for a team with high expectations. The first half ended on a positive note with a 6-2 victory over \u003Cb\u003ECarleton\u003C\/b\u003E (after beating RMC by the same score the night previous), so head coach \u003Cb\u003EBrian Bourque\u003C\/b\u003E better hope his team can pick up where they left off.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EChris Chappell\u003C\/b\u003E has been a bright spot for the Warriors, as the former Saginaw Spirit forward leads the nation in goals, averaging one per game, and is tied for seventh in overall points. The Warriors will need to continue to find success on their top-ranked powerplay, and play better in the “big games” against divisional foes if they can turn this season around. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMeanwhile, players at the other end of University Avenue have had it even worse. The Laurier Golden Hawks, who managed a decent fifth-place finish in the West last year, find themselves in the basement this time around. The G-Hawks lost six of their first seven games, and while they’ve been steadily trying to climb out of the hole, they face a pretty steep climb if they hope to make the playoffs this season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ETwo Tiers in the East?\u003C\/h4\u003EThe Golden Hawks might have an easier time in the other half of the league. It would appear that the East is suffering from a lack of parity this season, after the \u003Cb\u003ELaurentian Voyageurs\u003C\/b\u003E' entrance bumped the Rams and Varsity Blues westward. While the Golden Hawks have a measly 11 points through the first half, that record would be good enough for the seventh spot in the East, not to mention Laurier’s two games in hand over \u003Cb\u003EUOIT\u003C\/b\u003E who sit one point ahead. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOf the 10 teams in the West, only two fall below .500 in terms of points percentage, contrasted with five in the East. However, when it comes to the remaining top teams in the East, the gap is enormous. While the top five teams understandably have an unblemished-in-regulation 14-0-1 record against the bottom five, their records against the West speak volumes. When the West has faced off against the East’s bottom five teams, they also have a commanding 38-8-0 record. However, when the West has faced off against the East’s top five, the record is 29-11-5 in favour of the Queen’s-McGill-UQTR-Ottawa-Carleton coalition.* With respect to the teams at the bottom of the East, especially as many of them are smaller schools still developing their programs, they face a difficult situation in trying to knock off the top five established schools. Further, as proven by the performance of the bottom five teams, it would appear that a top three finish in the East equals a much easier route to the second round than it does in the West.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E*It should be noted here that the West vs. East records include single wins for Queen’s and UOIT over Ryerson, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-rams-take-down-lions-in.html\"\u003Ewho forfeited two games\u003C\/a\u003E due to a suspension handed down by university administration.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EToronto Rivalry Heating Up\u003C\/h4\u003EAfter years of being split up, the three Toronto teams now find themselves battling it out in the West. Currently, the Ryerson Rams, Toronto Varsity Blues, and York Lions all find themselves in playoff contention, sitting in third, fifth, and sixth place, respectively.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOf course, the Varsity Blues and Lions have a long-held hateful rivalry that carries across all varsity sports. The rivalry between the blue \u0026amp; white and red \u0026amp; white is rooted in the historical traditions of both institutions, and their battles for supremacy in the city’s university athletics. However, Ryerson’s recent transformation that accompanied their renovation and move into Maple Leaf Gardens, and rise in success, has helped legitimize their program. It was less than a decade ago that Ryerson ended a five-season stint where they won just 11 games (from 2002-03 to 2006-07), and now that they’re a contender, with a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/10\/hockey-queens-spoil-ryersons-mlg-opener.html\"\u003Ehigh-profile, professional looking hockey program\u003C\/a\u003E, they look poised to take over their intra-city rivals and insert themselves firmly into the rivalry conversation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEach team has faced each other once thus far, and the Varsity Blues currently sit undefeated in those games. Early in the season, the Blues blew out Ryerson in a 7-3 thrashing, before taking down York on the road 4-2 just over a week later. In the remaining first half match-up, the Rams were able to withstand a late York attack and come away with a close 4-3 victory.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the second half of the season, the rivalry continues with York heading to Maple Leaf Gardens to face Ryerson on the road on February 1, and then head to UT the next week. Meanwhile, Toronto make the short trip to Ryerson on Feb. 12 for the second last game of the year, in what should be an especially intense game with playoff implications at stake.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith just four points separating York from Ryerson and Toronto, this three-way rivalry should continue to heat up over the winter months and into the Queen’s Cup playoffs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe OUA Game of the Week will begin again next week, with this weekend's national capital rivalry between the Gee-Gees and Ravens on Saturday night.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/803609518668811884\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/01\/mens-hockey-oua-mid-season-wrapup.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/803609518668811884"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/803609518668811884"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/01\/mens-hockey-oua-mid-season-wrapup.html","title":"Men's Hockey: OUA Mid-Season Wrapup"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kyle Brown"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100079013344179668072"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-622560274445439394"},"published":{"$t":"2013-11-26T00:02:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-26T14:48:15.555-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: Great Goaltending Lifts Gaels Over Windsor in Weekend Sweep"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It probably wasn’t the way that head coach \u003Cb\u003EBrett Gibson\u003C\/b\u003E drew things up, but in the end the Queen’s Golden Gaels walked away from a difficult weekend double-header against the #7 Windsor Lancers with four points.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe weekend's game plan ultimately ended up going something like this: allow goaltender \u003Cb\u003EKevin Bailie\u003C\/b\u003E to carry the team, and then capitalize on quick flurries of offense.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003EThat improvisation was certainly in full effect in Friday night’s game at the historic Kingston Memorial Centre.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBailie was tested early, as Queen’s took three penalties in the first period to Windsor’s one. The Lancers managed to fire 14 shots on net, but Bailie was able to withstand the pressure. Not to be outdone, \u003Cb\u003EParker Van Buskirk\u003C\/b\u003E stopped all 10 shots he faced in the Windsor goal.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWindsor, the CIS leaders in team penalty minutes, fell back into their usual undisciplined habits in the second period, but managed to keep the pressure up throughout the second frame. Despite having four power play opportunities, Queen’s managed to put the puck on net just three times. Windsor, on the other hand, tested Bailie eight times, but he was able to stand tall.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the third period, Queen’s came out to a flying start. \u003Cb\u003EJordan Coccimiglio\u003C\/b\u003E netted his first of the season at the 3:28 mark of the final frame, off some nice passing between \u003Cb\u003ECorey Bureau\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EChris Van Laren\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EQueen’s managed to maintain the attack through the better part of the first ten minutes of the period, but Van Buskirk stopped everything the Gaels threw at him. Then it was the Lancers turn to put Bailie against the ropes. No matter what they did, Windsor couldn’t beat Bailie, and with less than three and a half minutes to go, \u003Cb\u003EPatrick McEachen\u003C\/b\u003E added an insurance marker for Queen’s on a hard slap shot from the point.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKelly Jackson\u003C\/b\u003E went on to slot his seventh goal of the season into the empty net, as the Gaels buried the Lancers 3-0, despite being outshot 31-28.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E**\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the second game in as many nights, the Lancers continued to struggle to find a way to beat Bailie. The Gaels, however, didn’t have to wait until the third period to score in the rematch, as \u003Cb\u003EJordan Soquila\u003C\/b\u003E put them ahead just under eight minutes into the first period.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn a power play opportunity just over three minutes later, Windsor finally solved the Queen’s netminder. \u003Cb\u003ESpencer Pommells\u003C\/b\u003E slipped one by Bailie, with assists from \u003Cb\u003EKenny Bradford\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EEvan Stibbard\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDespite the breakthrough, Bailie wouldn’t rattle. Windsor managed to pick up 15 shots in the first period alone, but could only break through the one time.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the second, Queen’s built themselves a lead. \u003Cb\u003ETaylor Clements\u003C\/b\u003E scored his fifth of the year quickly, giving the Gaels the lead at the 4:56 mark. The Gaels went on the power play a couple of minutes later, and \u003Cb\u003EPatrick McGillis\u003C\/b\u003E was able to extend the lead to two on a goal set-up by \u003Cb\u003EPatrick McEachen\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EStephane Chabot\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith just 5:28 remaining in the middle frame, \u003Cb\u003EBraeden Corbeth\u003C\/b\u003E bought the Gaels some insurance with a commanding 4-1 lead.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter some early pressure led to no results, Windsor fell back into their rough style of play. The Lancers picked up 17 penalty minutes in the final frame alone, as well as a \u003Cb\u003EJosh Graves\u003C\/b\u003E game misconduct for checking from behind with just 13 seconds to go. The Gaels picked up 12 shots on the numerous power play opportunities, but were unable to extend their lead further, as the buzzer sounded with a 4-1 Queen’s victory.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOver the course of the weekend, Bailie stopped 64 of 65 shots and improved his goals against average to a commanding 1.67, which is tops in the OUA and fifth in the CIS. His save percentage also moved to .942 which is good enough for third in CIS play.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs a team, the victories moved Queen’s to 8-0-5 and they sit at the top of the conference, as they remain the only team in the OUA to have not lost in regulation. With home games against Ottawa and Laurentian next weekend, Queen’s look poised to take that distinction into the December break.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWindsor, meanwhile, fell to 9-4-0 and, having lost three of their last four, should expect to kiss their Top 10 status goodbye. The Lancers continue their road trip next weekend as they travel to London and St. Catharines to face Western and Brock. They then get two weeks off to prepare for their Hockeytown Winter Festival outdoor game against Western at Comerica Park in Detroit, as one of many undercards to the Leafs-Red Wings Winter Classic.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E---\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EJoin us next week as our OUA Game of the Week will cover Saturday’s afternoon matchup between the OUA West-leading Toronto Varsity Blues and the #6 UQTR Patriotes.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/622560274445439394\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-great-goaltending-lifts.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/622560274445439394"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/622560274445439394"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-great-goaltending-lifts.html","title":"Men's Hockey: Great Goaltending Lifts Gaels Over Windsor in Weekend Sweep"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kyle Brown"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100079013344179668072"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8676668087629633698"},"published":{"$t":"2013-11-19T15:44:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-19T15:44:02.432-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Patriotes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: Lancers and Patriotes Trade Wins Amidst Penalty Parade"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Considering the schools are separated by approximately ten hours of highway, one wouldn’t expect bad blood to exist between \u003Cb\u003EWindsor\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EUQTR\u003C\/b\u003E. However, with the Patriotes visiting the #7 Lancers for back-to-back games, penalties ruled the weekend double feature.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Lancers were coming into the weekend having not lost since opening night, and looking to keep their spot atop the OUA West division. The Patriotes, meanwhile, were on a five-game winning streak of their own, and hungry to capture their first road win of the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe fireworks started early, with three players off to the box just 34 seconds in. Windsor quickly took three straight penalties in the first, managing to kill off all three, before UQTR made three straight trips of their own. It was the Patriotes who jumped out on the offensive, though, as \u003Cb\u003EThomas Martin\u003C\/b\u003E scored his first goal of the season on the penalty kill. The Pats took that 1-0 lead into the first intermission, following a period that saw ten minor penalties and a misconduct.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThings improved in the second – briefly. \u003Cb\u003EKenny Bradford\u003C\/b\u003E scored a powerplay marker for the Lancers to tie things up just 3:12 into the second, before \u003Cb\u003EAnthony Verret\u003C\/b\u003E set up \u003Cb\u003EAntoine Quevillon\u003C\/b\u003E to regain the UQTR lead just seventeen seconds later.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat was the opening of the floodgates. Martin scored his second shorthanded marker of the game just four minutes later, and \u003Cb\u003EJason Rajotte\u003C\/b\u003E extended the lead to 4-1 at the end of the period to give the Pats a comfortable lead heading into the third.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith the game looking pretty well out of reach, things got out of hand quick.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWindsor’s \u003Cb\u003EDerek Lanoue\u003C\/b\u003E picked up a game misconduct just over two minutes into the third, and five ten-minute misconducts followed over the rest of the frame. In total, the teams picked up 114 combined penalties, with Windsor taking 70 of those alone on 15 infractions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMartin completed his hat trick on the powerplay in the final two minutes, while Rajotte added insult to injury, burying his second of the game on the man advantage with 33 seconds left, to give the Pats a whopping 6-1 victory.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMarc-Antoine Gelinas\u003C\/b\u003E stood on his head for UQTR, stopping 37 of 38 shots, while \u003Cb\u003EParker Van Buskirk\u003C\/b\u003E still picked up 40 saves despite giving up six goals. Windsor’s powerplay faltered miserably, converting on just one of nine chances, while the Pats didn’t fare much better, going 2-for-8.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGrudge match exactly that\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe stage was set for an all-out melee as the two teams met again on Saturday night.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKenny Bradford\u003C\/b\u003E launched the Lancers into an early lead though, as he blasted home the first goal of the game just over a minute into the contest.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe two teams fell into old habits at that point, as they traded trips to the penalty box. The Patriotes were able to convert on the man advantage first, as \u003Cb\u003EKevin Robert\u003C\/b\u003E nodded things up.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUnder a minute later, \u003Cb\u003EJulian Luciani\u003C\/b\u003E was fed by defenceman \u003Cb\u003EPaul Bezzo\u003C\/b\u003E to extend the lead back to a goal, which the Lancers took into the first intermission despite being outshot 13-10. Again, penalties ruled the period as the teams combined for eight in the opening frame alone.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWindsor upped the ante in the second period, and \u003Cb\u003ERichard Cameron\u003C\/b\u003E extended the lead to two goals just under five minutes in. Despite an onslaught by the Lancers that saw them outshoot the Pats 16-12 in the frame, it was UQTR’s \u003Cb\u003EFelix Plouffe\u003C\/b\u003E narrowing the lead down to one on an unassisted marker midway through the period. \u003Cb\u003EMatt Beaudoin\u003C\/b\u003E reinstated the two-goal lead with just over two minutes left, though, which was all the Lancers would need. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Pats gained momentum early in the final frame, as \u003Cb\u003EMarc-Olivier Mimar\u003C\/b\u003E scored just 28 seconds in. Unfortunately, Windsor wouldn’t let up and as the third period regressed back into the brawling type of attitude that dominated the previous night, the one-goal lead stood until Bradford notched the Lancers fifth with less than thirty seconds to go.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was a valiant losing effort for Gelinas, who started back-to-back nights, and made 21 saves in the third period, alone. He stopped 43 of 48 shots, while Van Buskirk also started the second game for Windsor, and faced 40 shots, allowing only three goals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis time around it was UQTR’s power play that faltered, converting just one of six opportunities, as the Lancers racked up thirty-six penalty minutes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith the weekend split, UQTR slid into a tie for the third spot in the OUA East with a 7-4-0 record, while Windsor sit tied with Lakehead (who have a game in hand) atop the OUA with 18 points and a 9-2-0 record.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E-----\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETune in again next week, when we follow the Lancers on the road as they travel to Kingston to face the last remaining team to not lose in regulation, the 6-0-5 Queen’s Golden Gaels, in another weekend doubleheader.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/8676668087629633698\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-lancers-and-patriotes-trade.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8676668087629633698"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8676668087629633698"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-lancers-and-patriotes-trade.html","title":"Men's Hockey: Lancers and Patriotes Trade Wins Amidst Penalty Parade"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kyle Brown"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100079013344179668072"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-2705108802432761240"},"published":{"$t":"2013-11-13T14:13:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-14T00:24:19.291-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS men's hockey update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"FISU"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: Team Canada Roster for FISU Winter Universiade"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The CIS has just released the men's hockey roster for the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.universiadetrentino.org\/en\/ice-hockey\"\u003E2013 Universiade\u003C\/a\u003E in Trentino, Italy. It will probably be on their website shortly. 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Ont.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EScience\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EMichael Kirkpatrick\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EStFX\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ENorth Sydney, N.S.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EBusiness Administration\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ENick MacNeil\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EUNB\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ECreignish, N.S.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EBusiness Administration\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ERob Slaney\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EStFX\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EPortugal Cove, Nfld.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EHuman Kinetics\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ECory Tanaka\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ESaint Mary’s\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EStouffville, 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\/\u003EEquipment Manager: Serge LeBlanc (Moncton)\u003Cbr \/\u003ETherapist: Joe Glenn (UNB)\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/2705108802432761240\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-team-canada-roster-for-fisu.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2705108802432761240"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2705108802432761240"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-team-canada-roster-for-fisu.html","title":"Men's Hockey: Team Canada Roster for FISU Winter Universiade"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David Kilfoil"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16821812362923440575"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"22","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZSfv79uXrWQ\/SmbzQBQU15I\/AAAAAAAAAAM\/-NRmEHNVB7o\/S220\/David.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-166423406663270395"},"published":{"$t":"2013-11-10T21:05:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-10T21:05:43.172-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mustangs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: Shootout in Montreal - Redmen Down Mustangs in Penalty-Filled Affair"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It was a cold, brisk evening in the city of Montréal on Saturday night, but inside McConnell Arena things better resembled the Wild West, as \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mice\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20131109_82kf.xml\"\u003Ean all-out barnburner took place between the #5 \u003Cb\u003EMcGill Redmen\u003C\/b\u003E and #7 \u003Cb\u003EWestern Mustangs.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWestern was entering the game coming off of a tough loss in Ottawa against the \u003Cb\u003EGee-Gees\u003C\/b\u003E the night before where they were held off of the scoresheet until over midway through the second. In this one, they got started quickly to try to remedy that as \u003Cb\u003ESteven Reese\u003C\/b\u003E scored just three and a half minutes in to get the Mustangs out in front early.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFollowing the goal, both teams started a long and lengthy parade to the penalty box that endured throughout the entire game, as special teams became a crucial part of both sides’ strategies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003EAnd just under seven minutes after Reese gave Western the lead, McGill’s \u003Cb\u003ENeal Prokop\u003C\/b\u003E scored on the powerplay to even things up. The goal came after \u003Cb\u003EJulian Cimadamore\u003C\/b\u003E took a cross-checking penalty, the first of three straight calls against Western.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs the period began to draw to a close, it was McGill making two straight trips to the sin bin, giving Western’s \u003Cb\u003EZach Harnden\u003C\/b\u003E the opportunity to deflect a \u003Cb\u003EMatt Clarke\u003C\/b\u003E point shot past \u003Cb\u003EAndrew Flemming\u003C\/b\u003E and into the McGill cage, giving the Mustangs a 2-1 lead.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt looked like Western scored again just seconds later, but the goal was called back for a hand pass, much to the ire of the Mustangs bench. With that, the period came to an end with Western ahead 2-1, but not before some extracurricular activity saw \u003Cb\u003EShaun Furlong\u003C\/b\u003E head to the box for a roughing minor.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat late penalty turned out to be a big advantage for McGill, as they came out on the offensive to start the second. The post came to the rescue early as \u003Cb\u003EDavid McKiernan\u003C\/b\u003E rocked a slapshot off the iron and over the glass, but shortly afterwards, \u003Cb\u003EDavid Rose\u003C\/b\u003E was able to bang home the rebound off a \u003Cb\u003EHugo Laporte\u003C\/b\u003E point shot to tie things up at two.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELess than three minutes later, McKiernan got some redemption, as he floated in a knucklepuck from the point that handcuffed Western’s \u003Cb\u003EJosh Unice\u003C\/b\u003E and found twine, putting the Redmen up 3-2.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe period began as a disaster for Western, not only because of the two goals but just sloppy play in general. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA mad goalmouth scramble at the other end finally gave Western some momentum, as \u003Cb\u003EDaniel Erlich\u003C\/b\u003E had Flemming sprawling on the ice trying to stack his pads, and was able to get the puck over Flemming and into the net, tying the game up at 3-3.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill kept the pressure up, but Unice was able to keep Western in the game, making save after save, and stopping 15 of 17 shots in the period.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHis play resulted in late momentum for the Stangs, and on the powerplay Clarke was able to tee up another blast from the point and put it just under the crossbar, giving Western a 4-3 lead with just eight seconds remaining.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey’d take that score into the intermission, but again the period ended with some rough stuff. All ten players on the ice got involved in pushing and shoving, with a few gloves-on punches thrown. By all accounts, it was the CIS version of a line brawl, and ended with two minors and a ten-minute misconduct to each team as they prepared for the third.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEntering the third, McGill pulled Flemming from the game, and \u003Cb\u003EJacob Gervais-Chouinard\u003C\/b\u003E came into hold down the Redmen net for the final twenty minutes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAgain, penalties played a key part of the game, and McGill capitalized on an early powerplay. \u003Cb\u003ECarl Gelinas\u003C\/b\u003E tapped the puck home on a goalmouth scramble, and just like that things were tied up.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill were then able to kill off a big penalty kill midway through the period, and just thirty-five seconds after the penalty expired, \u003Cb\u003ECedric McNicoll\u003C\/b\u003E scored the go-ahead marker, putting the Redmen ahead 5-4.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe game took an ugly turn from there, with McGill’s \u003Cb\u003EPatrick Delisle-Houde\u003C\/b\u003E sent to the dressing room with a checking to the head misconduct. McGill were able to kill off the minor penalty that accompanied it, and then Western took some undisciplined penalties as they scrambled to get back into the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKyle de Coste\u003C\/b\u003E took an interference penalty, but Clarke was able to speed in on a shorthanded breakaway with a great chance to tie things up. He was hooked lightly, causing a weak shot, and Western became enraged that there was no call. Cimadamore took matters into his own hands, as he ran Laporte into the boards from behind, and received a minor and ten-minute misconduct of his own.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith that, McGill looked poised to simply walk away with a win, as they held a brief two-man advantage and then a powerplay to end the game. However, after the first penalty expired, some bizarre action took place on the ice. \u003Cb\u003EMax le Sieur\u003C\/b\u003E made contact with Unice during play, and after the whistle Unice gave le Sieur a bit of a face wash. After the ensuing scrum was broken up, le Sieur chased Unice into the corner, sharing some words, and was called for a potentially-disastrous unsportsmanlike misconduct penalty, giving Western a 5-on-4 advantage with the net empty and 35 seconds to go.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUltimately, though, Western was unable to put together any type of challenging attack, and McGill were able to survive and escape with a 5-4 victory, in a wild game that saw 84 total penalty minutes, and the Redmen outshooting the Mustangs 49-38.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith the win, McGill moves to 7-1-1 on the season and sit atop the top of the OUA East, and Western fall to 8-3-0, and after the two losses on the road trip now find themselves in the middle of the pack of the OUA West.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E----\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EJoin us for next week’s matchup as the 6-3-0 UQTR Patriotes travel to Windsor to face the OUA-leading 8-1-0 Lancers.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/166423406663270395\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-shootout-in-montreal-redmen.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/166423406663270395"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/166423406663270395"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-shootout-in-montreal-redmen.html","title":"Men's Hockey: Shootout in Montreal - Redmen Down Mustangs in Penalty-Filled Affair"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kyle Brown"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100079013344179668072"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-357956988830602976"},"published":{"$t":"2013-11-06T23:27:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-06T23:27:29.850-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's hockey: No lack of excitement in first UNB-UPEI matchup of regular season"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"In a top-10 matchup that did not disappoint, the Varsity Reds kept their season-opening winning streak alive with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mice\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20131106_avap.xml\"\u003Ea 3-2 shootout win\u003C\/a\u003E over rival UPEI.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUNB has been known to field a competitive team year in and year out and 2013-14 appears to be no different. \u003Cb\u003EGardiner MacDougall\u003C\/b\u003E’s boys have already established themselves as front runners to repeat as CIS champions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMeanwhile on the island, the Panthers are enjoying early-season success and were ranked 4th in the national rankings going into Wednesday night’s game in Charlottetown.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe home squad started off the contest with loads of pressure and peppered goalie \u003Cb\u003ECharlie Lavigne\u003C\/b\u003E with shots.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHowever, it would be the Varsity Reds who opened the scoring. \u003Cb\u003EMatt Petgrave\u003C\/b\u003E broke out of his zone with \u003Cb\u003EDylan Willick\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EAntoine Houde-Caron\u003C\/b\u003E on an odd man rush. Petgrave fanned on his shot but it beat goaltender \u003Cb\u003EWayne Savage\u003C\/b\u003E 5-hole. Savage will no doubt want that one back.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEven after the goal, UPEI kept the hammer down and it nearly paid off. Defenseman \u003Cb\u003EMatthew Mainone\u003C\/b\u003E made a P.K. Subban-like spin-o-rama at the red line and sprung \u003Cb\u003EJordan Mayer\u003C\/b\u003E all alone on a breakaway. Unfortunately for the rowdy crowd of 1050 at MacLauchlan Arena, Mayer was just a step too quick and was offside. He took the shot anyway, much to the disdain of his opponents, and some pushing and shoving ensued. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Varsity Reds headed to the dressing room with a 1-0 lead.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETheir lead would not stand for long, as the Panthers had many golden opportunities on the power play and \u003Cb\u003ETyler Brown\u003C\/b\u003E finally broke through with his fifth of the season. Mayer and \u003Cb\u003EDana Fraser\u003C\/b\u003E were credited with assists.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt appeared as though the game was going to tighten up but then the Varsity Reds showed why they were the three-time defending AUS champions. Petgrave cut into the slot and backhanded home his second of the game over the blocker of Savage.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Panthers would respond before the period was out, though. Mayer and \u003Cb\u003EMason Wilgosh\u003C\/b\u003E were on a two-on-one and Mayer attempted to step inside to his backhand, but lost control of the puck and it somehow ended up in the back of net. It was ugly, but it counted and that’s how the second period would end.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe third frame began with more chances for the Varsity Reds and Savage had to be called on to make some spectacular saves. It seemed as though it would only be a matter of time before the number two team in Canada broke through.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Panthers were determined not to let that happen. They let fire a good five shots in the span of about ten seconds. Lavigne turned away all of them however, including going post-to-post to stone Mayer with what was the save of the night, hands down.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBack and forth hockey followed. In the final minute, Brown dangled around Lavigne and tried to flip the puck over him. Lavigne managed somehow to get his blocker on it and Petgrave carried it right back down the ice. He saucered the puck in front of the net and it was whacked towards goal. Savage was sliding the wrong way in his crease but threw out the pad to toe-poke it wide and send this contest to overtime \u0026mdash; the first time this year an AUS team has taken a point against UNB.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile the overtime period did yield some great chances for both sides, it would not break the dead-lock and a shootout was required. UNB got up 2-1 and \u003Cb\u003ECody McNaughton\u003C\/b\u003E needed to score to extend it, but couldn’t get it past Lavigne and the Reds were victorious.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe game lived up to its billing and the fans probably went home happy to have seen such a great display of hockey, despite the result.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUp next for the UPEI Panthers (now 4-1-1 and 3rd in the AUS with 9 points) they will be visiting Saint Mary’s on November 15th while the Varsity Reds (7-0-0, 1st in the AUS with 14 points) will be welcoming Acadia on the same night.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/357956988830602976\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-no-lack-of-excitement-in.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/357956988830602976"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/357956988830602976"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-no-lack-of-excitement-in.html","title":"Men's hockey: No lack of excitement in first UNB-UPEI matchup of regular season"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Graham Neysmith"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18087411272443037026"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8611514722383403829"},"published":{"$t":"2013-11-06T16:00:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-07T08:05:58.172-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS men's hockey update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"FISU"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: AUS Update"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I've kind of dragged out writing this post waiting for more details to firm up (such as rosters) for Friday's AUS Men's Hockey All-Star game, but enough with the procrastination.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe were short one game this past weekend, as high winds closed the Confederation Bridge and prevented UPEI from traveling to Moncton Friday night. I go back long enough to remember travelers being marooned on ferries back in the day (but fortunately not me), so not the worst outcome. Despite that, the Panthers managed to maintain their hold on third place in the AUS and #4 ranking in the CIS. Will Wednesday night be the night they hand UNB their first loss? Certainly the game of the week to watch.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E \u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cb\u003EV-Reds continue to win despite their power play power outage\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUNB had an unusually hot power play going into the weekend (albeit based on a small sample size of four games), and the more expected reality returned; hot is usually followed by cold. The V-Reds were 0-for-the-weekend with the man advantage, and it prevented them from pulling away from St. Thomas on Friday (that and three crossbar clangs) and it allowed Moncton to get back into the game on Saturday. Fortunately for UNB the other half of the special teams, the penalty kill, was flawless on the weekend and snuffed out a potential momentum shift for their opponents. We all know the hockey maxim: special teams and goaltending win you championships. UNB has most of that working so far, but not all of it. If and when they do, look out. Oh, and we also learned that d-men \u003Cb\u003EBen Shutron\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EAdrian Robertson\u003C\/b\u003E are both equally able at stopping pucks that get by their acrobatic goalie.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Ci\u003EFriday: UNB 3 @ STU 2\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday: UdeM 1 @ UNB 4\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAxemen are 2nd hottest team in AUS, and in 2nd place. Coincidence?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile some may focus on UNB's 6-game win streak, Acadia has won their last four straight. On Wednesday the cruised to a win at home against Dalhousie, with \u003Cb\u003ELiam Heelis\u003C\/b\u003E scoring two more goals (he now has 7 goals in 6 games) and rookie netminder \u003Cb\u003EBrandon Glover\u003C\/b\u003E picked up his first shutout. Saturday was a closer affair, with \u003Cb\u003EJoe Gaynor\u003C\/b\u003E scoring in the 1st and 2nd period before SMU put on a push in the 3rd period but only creating one goal.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EWednesday: Dal 0 @ Acadia 5\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday: SMU 1 @ Acadia 2\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPanthers make the most of their single game\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUPEI scored two games worth of goals in their game against STU. The well rested Panthers, unable to get off the Island Friday night, made short work of the Tommies, scoring four times in the first period and five times in the second period. Rookie \u003Cb\u003ECody McNaughton\u003C\/b\u003E had a hat trick during that onslaught. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday: UPEI @ UdeM (postponed)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday: STU 2 @ UPEI 10\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cb\u003EAigles Bleus didn't respond as well to night off\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUdeM was supposed to be the fresher team Saturday night, but whether it was bus legs or rust the V-Reds jumped all over the them and were up 3-0 just past the 12 minute mark. UNB's roving goalie \u003Cb\u003ECharles Lavigne\u003C\/b\u003E (what trapezoid?) gifted Eric Faille a goal very early in the second period, but was solid outside of that in frustrating any potential Moncton comeback.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday: UPEI @ UdeM (postponed)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday: UdeM 1 @ UNB 4\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWelcome back Huskies\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the log jam for fourth place you will also find Saint Mary's. They still don't have \u003Cb\u003EAnthony Peters \u003C\/b\u003Eback in nets, but \u003Cb\u003ECurtis Black\u003C\/b\u003E didn't cost them the game against Acadia and got the win against StFX. The SMU power play has been shockingly bad all season (worst in the AUS) and didn't disappoint on the weekend. Fortunately for them, their equally bad penalty kill turned around, as least for the weekend. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Ci\u003EFriday: SMU 1 @ Acadia 2\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday: SMU 4 @ StFX 1\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat's up with the X-Men?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EConsistency is not StFX's strong suit right now. It seems like every game they have good periods and no-so-good periods. After spotting Dal the first goal Friday night, they score three of their own before the end of the first period, and yet found themselves having to win in overtime. Saturday they scored first, but SMU replied with four unanswered goals. Sure it is early in the season, but you would want to sort this out before too long. Kudos should go to the X-Men for staging a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/atlanticuniversitysport.com\/about\/BecAUSeWeCare\/StFX_Salutes_Armed_Forces\"\u003EMilitary Appreciation Game\u003C\/a\u003E Saturday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday: Dal 4 @ StFX 5 (OT)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday: SMU 4 @ StFX 1 \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETommies in the mix\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI would have never imagined that the three \"Saints\" would all have the same number of wins, two, after three weekends of play. To STU's credit, they played a disciplined, structured game against UNB on Friday, and they made it a one goal game after the V-Reds scored two early goals. They also refused to play into the V-Reds hands and open it up in the third period. Rookie netminder \u003Cb\u003EAlex St. Arnaud\u003C\/b\u003E made 45 saves to keep his team in the game, but still the V-Reds ran their win streak to 36 games in the Battle of the Hill. After that bruising, give-everything game, it was not a surprise that the short-staffed Tommies got beat on the Island by the rested Panthers who avoided their normal grudge match with Moncton. However, the margin of victory did look more like last season than this season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Ci\u003EFriday: UNB 3 @ STU 2\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday: STU 2 @ UPEI 10\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cb\u003EOne point is better than no points\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile Dal has yet to win this season, they did recover from a blanking at the hands of the Axemen to force a comeback tie with the X-Men, before eventually losing in overtime. The Tigers offence has really suffered this season without the injured \u003Cb\u003EPierre-Alexandre Vandall\u003C\/b\u003E, and \u003Cb\u003EBen Breault\u003C\/b\u003E opting to turn pro.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Ci\u003EWednesday: Dal 0 @ Acadia 5\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday: Dal 4 @ StFX 5 (OT)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThis week\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt is a condensed schedule in conference play as each team gets one mid-week game before Friday's All-Star \"break\". Wednesday UNB is at UPEI to renew acquaintances for the first time since their chippy playoff series in late February. A much anticipated game that could be a sell-out. Moncton is at STU for the first time, and both are looking for a win after last weekend. StFX is at the Halifax Forum to play Dal on Wednesday, while Thursday SMU hosts Acadia at the Forum.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFriday is the previously mentioned all-star game, which will serve as the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticuniversitysport.com\/sports\/mice\/2013-14\/releases\/20131106rrzsdj\"\u003Efinal audition\u003C\/a\u003E for \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticuniversitysport.com\/sports\/mice\/2013-14\/releases\/20131105zlioif\"\u003Eplayers hoping\u003C\/a\u003E to make the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticuniversitysport.com\/sports\/mice\/2013-14\/releases\/201310280ucb1n\"\u003EAUS version of Team Canada for the World University Games in December\u003C\/a\u003E. It won't be easy for the coaching trio of UNB's \u003Cb\u003EGardiner MacDougall\u003C\/b\u003E, StFX's \u003Cb\u003EBrad Peddle\u003C\/b\u003E and UPEI's \u003Cb\u003EForbie MacPherson\u003C\/b\u003E to decide on their squad; AUS rules mandate that the eight teams must have at least one representative each on the 22 man squad, and no team shall have more than four reps.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaturday morning everyone will check out of the hotel, and those who make the cut will check into a different hotel together and begin two days of practices and team-building on the Olympic ice surface at the Grant*Harvey Centre. It should be fun for fans, but it is competing for attention with UNB's hosting of the CIS men's soccer championship from Thursday through Sunday. Not to mention many students and Frederictonians will be bailing out of town for the long weekend.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/8611514722383403829\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-aus-update.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8611514722383403829"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8611514722383403829"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-aus-update.html","title":"Men's Hockey: AUS Update"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David Kilfoil"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16821812362923440575"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"22","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZSfv79uXrWQ\/SmbzQBQU15I\/AAAAAAAAAAM\/-NRmEHNVB7o\/S220\/David.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-1746792453546548331"},"published":{"$t":"2013-11-04T23:34:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-06T19:14:09.670-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ryerson Rams"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's hockey: Rams Take Down Lions in Cross-City Clash"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The #9 \u003Cb\u003EYork Lions\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003ERyerson Rams\u003C\/b\u003E kicked off their cross-town rivalry on Halloween last week, in what looked to be a closely contested matchup with both teams entering the game at just one-loss apiece. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStrangely, the single loss for each team came courtesy the other team in the Toronto equation, the Varsity Blues.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBefore the puck even dropped, there was a sense that this would be a heated game, as each team fought to catch #10 Lakehead at the top of the OUA’s West Division.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt didn’t take long for the scoring to get started, either. York’s \u003Cb\u003EMike Lombardi\u003C\/b\u003E scored just twenty-nine seconds into the contest, on a beautiful pass from Lions captain \u003Cb\u003EJesse Messier.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe teams traded shots for the period, keeping both Ryerson’s \u003Cb\u003EAdam Courchaine\u003C\/b\u003E and York’s \u003Cb\u003EAndrew Perugini\u003C\/b\u003E busy throughout the frame.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERyerson was able to tie things up not too long after the midway point of the first, as \u003Cb\u003EMitch Gallant\u003C\/b\u003E banged home the rebound off a \u003Cb\u003EJason McDonough\u003C\/b\u003E shot.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003EHowever, the tie didn’t last long. Messier was able to slide the puck through Courchaine’s five-hole and regain the one-goal lead for the Lions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Lions were able to take that lead into the first intermission, largely thanks to the strong play of Perugini who made eleven saves in the frame.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUnfortunately for York, that luck ran out in the second period, which started out sloppy for both teams. There were several avoidable turnovers, poor shot attempts on net, and just a general slow, sluggish feel to the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHowever, that all ended when Ryerson’s \u003Cb\u003EDustin Alcock\u003C\/b\u003E scored off a nice turnaround wrist-shot from the sideboards, picking up a big rebound following \u003Cb\u003EPeter Hermenegildo\u003C\/b\u003E’s shot, seven minutes into the period. That’s when the floodgates temporarily opened.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EVictor Terreri\u003C\/b\u003E scored a powerplay goal four and a half minutes later, on a controversial goalmouth scramble that put the Rams ahead. York was upset, as it appeared Perugini’s helmet came off, which should have resulted in play being whistled dead, but the referees came to the decision that the puck had already crossed the line when the helmet came off. As part of the arguments following the goal, York’s \u003Cb\u003ETroy Barss\u003C\/b\u003E received a ten-minute misconduct, creating a big swing in the Rams' favour.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERyerson took advantage of the momentum, with \u003Cb\u003EDomenic Alberga\u003C\/b\u003E quickly scoring his sixth of the season a mere thirty-five seconds later. The Rams would take that 4-2 lead into the second intermission, following another high-offense period where the Rams outshot the Lions 16-12.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the final frame, momentum swung back in York’s favour. Lombardi broke in on a breakaway off the opening faceoff but rung it off the post, and the Lions kept momentum as they peppered Courchaine with shots and the home crowd began to buzz.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELombardi worked hard and was able to bury his second of the game with six and a half minutes to go, closing the lead to 4-3.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYork put a lot of pressure on the Ryerson defenseman for most of the remaining time, before their second too-many-men penalty of the game came with less than two minutes left to seal their fate. With a man-advantage and a one-goal lead, Ryerson merely controlled the puck and escaped with their one-goal lead still intact, moving to 5-1-0 on the season. Ryerson outshot York 36-35 in the game that saw both goalies stand out.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESurprisingly considering their strong starts, both teams dropped their second weekend matchups. Ryerson fell to Western by a 6-4 tally on Saturday night, while Windsor had an easy time defeating York 4-1, giving the Lions their third straight loss that will certainly see them booted from the CIS Top Ten.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYork will play Carleton and RMC this week, whereas \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ryersonrams.ca\/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=109726\u0026SPID=13614\u0026DB_LANG=C\u0026DB_OEM_ID=22300\u0026ATCLID=209298664\"\u003ERyerson won't play at all\u003C\/a\u003E. They must forfeit their next two games after some players apparently broke the school's code of conduct by drinking alcohol on their road trip to play Princeton University on Oct. 18 and 19. The infraction was severe enough for the school to suspend head coach \u003Cb\u003EGraham Wise\u003C\/b\u003E for four games as well, though all four games happen to be against teams in the East division.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E**\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EJoin us Saturday for the next rendition of the OUA Hockey Game of the Week, when the 5-1-0 Western Mustangs visit Montréal to face the 5-1-1 McGill Redmen.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/1746792453546548331\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-rams-take-down-lions-in.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1746792453546548331"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1746792453546548331"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-rams-take-down-lions-in.html","title":"Men's hockey: Rams Take Down Lions in Cross-City Clash"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kyle Brown"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100079013344179668072"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-829852763120035049"},"published":{"$t":"2013-10-28T16:06:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-06T19:17:10.770-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS men's hockey update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: AUS Update - Week 2 a lot like Week 1"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The second week of the AUS men's hockey conference saw the same match-ups as the first weekend, but in the other teams' barns. UNB remains the only undefeated team, Dalhousie the only winless team, and everyone else is evenly divided in groups of two in the middle.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENew-look V-Reds are a lot like the old V-Reds\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDespite returning only a dozen players from their national championship team, including University Cup MVP \u003Cb\u003ETyler Carroll\u003C\/b\u003E who is out indefinitely with an upper body injury and hasn't played since the preseason, the Varsity Reds are cruising along pretty well so far. Friday night UNB inserted another recruit into the line-up, \u003Cb\u003EPhillipe Maillet\u003C\/b\u003E, and he picked up an assist on a \u003Cb\u003EChris Culligan\u003C\/b\u003E goal on his first shift in the first minute of his first game. In case you're keeping count, and I'm sure the rest of the AUS is, that is skater #20 for the V-Reds so far this season. Under the new AUS roster cap they've now got a spot left for Carroll plus just one additional skater this season. Saturday night Maillet picked up his third assist of the weekend on \u003Cb\u003ECam Critchlow\u003C\/b\u003E's game winner to cap a UNB comeback over the opportunistic X-Men.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday - UNB 4 @ SMU 2\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday - UNB 4 @ StFX 2 \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAxemen can win on road with fewer shots on goal\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETrust me, I'm not the only one who questions the high shot counts at the Acadia Arena. Two weekends ago the Axemen recorded a combined 111 shots on goal against STU and UPEI. This past weekend Acadia was on the road against the same two teams and recorded a combined 58 shots on goal. Is the Olympic-sized ice in Wolfville the only difference? Acadia exploded in the third period against the Tommies just like the previous week, and then were able to squeak out a win on the Island the following night thanks to two goals from \u003Cb\u003ELiam Heelis\u003C\/b\u003E, including a shorty in the third period. Heelis now leads the AUS scoring race with 6 goals and 2 assists after four games.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday - Acadia 7 @ STU 2\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday - Acadia 2 @ UPEI 1\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPanthers have the early goaltending edge\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile fans often comment on UPEI's quick transitional play, their goaltending tandem of \u003Cb\u003EWayne Savage\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EMavric Parks\u003C\/b\u003E should not be discounted. Granted it is early in the season (and they've played a game in Wolfville), but the duo have a combined goals against average of 1.50 and a save percentage of .949. Friday the Panthers had a 2-to-1 shot margin in a 2-1 home opener win, while Saturday they were on the wrong side of a close 2-1 game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday - Dal 1 @ UPEI 2\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday - Acadia 2 @ UPEI 1\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoncton not as good on the road\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESuddenly the high-flying and national ranked Aigles Bleus are a .500 team. The high and lows of the early season. Friday night they were down by two when they pulled their goalie, but could only manage one goal with 8 seconds left on the clock. Saturday they had a 3-1 lead early in the second period, but the Huskies woke up and rang off four unanswered goals. A bright spot for UdeM are the hot hands of 2nd-year forward \u003Cb\u003EPier-Antoine Dion\u003C\/b\u003E, who had two goals and an assist in the loss to SMU and has at least one point in every game so far, for a total of 7 points. Dion had 9 points last season. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday - UdeM 2 @ StFX 3\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday - UdeM 3 @ SMU 5\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETommies still in the .500 club\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESTU had 3 wins in a forgettable season last year. They've got two already in the first two weeks of this season, both times against Dal. On the flip side they've come undone against the Acadia in the third period in both of their games. On the plus side rookie \u003Cb\u003EBrendan Childerly\u003C\/b\u003E is tied in the scoring race with UNB star \u003Cb\u003EChris Culligan\u003C\/b\u003E, each with 4 goals and 2 assists. On the negative side, frustrated Tommies goalie \u003Cb\u003EJon Groenheyde\u003C\/b\u003E made contact with an official in the third period and earned a match penalty and ejection, and is suspended \"indefinitely\". The good news on Saturday was that STU rookie goaltender \u003Cb\u003EAlex St-Arnaud\u003C\/b\u003E earned his first career win in the annual Lou Chabot Memorial game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFriday - Acadia 7 @ STU 2\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaturday - Dal 2 @ STU 5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHuskies find their missing power play\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESMU was 0-for-3-games with the man advantage to start the season. Saturday they get their first power play goal and they earn their first win. Coincidence? More importantly perhaps, \u003Cb\u003ECurtis Black\u003C\/b\u003E got his first win in the Huskies net. Black only had one start last season, the last game of the regular season, which the Huskies lost 4-3 to StFX in overtime. With all-star workhorse \u003Cb\u003EAnthony Peters\u003C\/b\u003E on the shelf since the start of the season, all the weight is on Black's shoulders now. Friday night SMU was completely outplayed by UNB in the first period, down 3-0, and made a game of it in the last two periods. Saturday they dug a shallower hole against Moncton before managing a successful comeback, helped by \u003Cb\u003ELucas Bloodoff\u003C\/b\u003E's two second-period goals. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFriday - UNB 4 @ SMU 2\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaturday - UdeM 3 @ SMU 5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EYes, the X-Men are still better than their record\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe first time StFX played UdeM they came up a goal short. This time they came away with the one goal win. On Saturday UNB dominated the territorial play and shot clock in the first period, but it was the X-Men with the intermission lead. UNB tied it up in the second, only to see \u003Cb\u003ERobert Slaney\u003C\/b\u003E, with his third goal of the weekend, retake the lead for the home side in the third period. The V-Reds continued their customary push and were rewarded with two goals in a 30 second span, plus a late empty netter to seal the win. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday - UdeM 2 @ StFX 3\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday - UNB 4 @ StFX 2\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETigers in early trouble\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFour games in and Dal has yet to win a game. They've lost both of their games against STU, which are must-wins. They managed to keep the score close against UPEI on Saturday only because goaltender \u003Cb\u003EWendel Vye\u003C\/b\u003E stood on his head. Without injured offensive leader \u003Cb\u003EPierre-Alexandre Vandall \u003C\/b\u003Ein the lineup so far this season Dal's scoring has pretty much disappeared. Great time for some players to step up and make a mark.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFriday - Dal 1 @ UPEI 2\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaturday - Dal 2 @ STU 5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUpcoming in Week 3\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDal is at Acadia for our first Wednesday match of the season. On Friday, SMU takes their turn at the Axemen. Also, STU hosts cross-campus rival UNB and will try to end their long losing streak (35 games) in the Battle of the Hill, UPEI crosses the Fixed Link to renew their rivalry with Moncton, and the Tigers are at the X-Men.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn Saturday UNB hosts UdeM in another battle of rivals, SMU is at StFX and the Tommies visit the Panthers.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/829852763120035049\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/mens-hockey-aus-update-week-2-lot-like.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/829852763120035049"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/829852763120035049"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/mens-hockey-aus-update-week-2-lot-like.html","title":"Men's Hockey: AUS Update - Week 2 a lot like Week 1"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David Kilfoil"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16821812362923440575"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"22","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZSfv79uXrWQ\/SmbzQBQU15I\/AAAAAAAAAAM\/-NRmEHNVB7o\/S220\/David.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-6549588981592014212"},"published":{"$t":"2013-10-26T14:22:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-04T23:35:56.432-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's hockey: Rivalry Renewed; Ravens Spoil Redmen Record Bid"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"OTTAWA — Eleven minutes and nineteen seconds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat’s how long No. 5 McGill needed to keep No. 9 Carleton scoreless in Friday night's game to set a new OUA record for longest shutout sequence. If they made it to the end of the second period without allowing a goal, they’d overtake Alberta’s CIS record, set last season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECarleton had other plans.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill looked poised to continue their three-game winning streak, which had propelled them to fifth in the national rankings after previously being unranked, when \u003Cb\u003ECedric McNicoll\u003C\/b\u003E opened the scoring on an early powerplay goal just two and a half minutes in.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlaying in front of a near-capacity crowd, the Ravens took over from there.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA quick even-up call put the Ravens on the powerplay, and \u003Cb\u003EMitch Porowski\u003C\/b\u003E quickly tied things up. Carleton kept the pressure up, and just over a minute later \u003Cb\u003EDamian Cross\u003C\/b\u003E’ shot deflected off a defenseman’s stick and into the net to extend the lead.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBy that point, Carleton had triple the shots of McGill, outshooting the Redmen 9-3. Once the no-longer historic 11:19 mark passed, Carleton had extended that shot count lead to 15-3.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJeff Hayes\u003C\/b\u003E added to the Ravens scoring, tapping the puck into the open net following a gorgeous cross-crease pass from \u003Cb\u003EJordan Deagle\u003C\/b\u003E. Just like that, the Redmen had allowed more goals in this game than they had in regulation in all four combined regular season games.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUnsurprisingly, head coach \u003Cb\u003EKelly Nobes\u003C\/b\u003E took a timeout to try to regroup. Out of the break, McGill was successful in stopping the bleeding.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe game became noticeably physical, with both teams looking for — and succeeding in landing — big hits all over the ice. McGill managed to get the puck on net, closing down the shooting disparity (somewhat), and were rewarded with a late goal in the last minute as \u003Cb\u003EAlexis Millette\u003C\/b\u003E banged at the puck twice from the top of the crease to close the gap to a goal heading into the first intermission.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESpecial teams remained a key story in the second period, as Porowski netted his second of the game on a powerplay opportunity to extend the lead to 4-2. That marked the end of \u003Cb\u003EAndrew Flemming\u003C\/b\u003E’s night, as he was replaced by \u003Cb\u003EJacob Chouinard\u003C\/b\u003E between the Redmen pipes after giving up four goals on 19 shots.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe two teams continued trading penalties, with each able to finally succeed in killing a penalty, before Carleton took their second trip to the box of the period on a close too many men on the ice call that made Carleton’s head coach \u003Cb\u003EMarty Johnson\u003C\/b\u003E livid.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe became even less happy when McGill capitalized on the powerplay opportunity, as Millette scored his second of the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELess than a minute later, McGill took a skate to the penalty box – on another call that could be described as controversial – and Cross needed only six seconds on the powerplay to net his second of the game from the hashmarks and restore the two-goal lead.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPorowski completed the hat-trick in the final minute of the second frame, taking Carleton to the intermission with a surprising 6-3 lead.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill came out hungry in the third period, illustrated by the fact that their starting line was set-up for the face-off before Carleton had even left the dressing room.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUnfortunately, it was all for naught, as Carleton managed to withstand the intense pressure put on by the Redmen. As both teams realized the game was out of reach, things took an ugly turn in the final ten minutes as the name of the game became “run the player closest to you as hard as possible.” Tempers began to boil over, peaking when McGill’s \u003Cb\u003EPatrick Delisle-Houde\u003C\/b\u003E had his stick broken on a slash while awaiting the puck to drop on a faceoff, and culminating in a double minor penalty to McGill’s \u003Cb\u003ECarl Gelinas\u003C\/b\u003E for spearing Deagle, who had aggravated the Redmen all day.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERyan McKiernan\u003C\/b\u003E added one for the Redmen in the final four minutes, taking the final score to 6-4 in favour of the Ravens.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe win marks the third time in four games that Carleton has scored at least six goals, the others an 8-1 win over Windsor and a 6-2 victory over Nipissing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECarleton improves to 3-1-0 following the win, while McGill falls to 3-1-1.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUpdated: This week's \"Game of the Week\" will be Thursday's cross-Toronto matchup between 5-1-0 York and 4-1-0 Ryerson.\u003C\/b\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/6549588981592014212\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/rivalry-renewed-ravens-spoil-redmen.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6549588981592014212"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6549588981592014212"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/rivalry-renewed-ravens-spoil-redmen.html","title":"Men's hockey: Rivalry Renewed; Ravens Spoil Redmen Record Bid"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kyle Brown"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100079013344179668072"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-849048224041883316"},"published":{"$t":"2013-10-21T16:05:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-06T19:17:10.775-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS men's hockey update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: What we learned in the first week in the AUS"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"So what did we learn from the first week of AUS men's hockey conference play?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPlus ça change ...\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEven with only a dozen players back from their championship team UNB is still pretty good. Gardiner MacDougall is arguably the best recruiter in the CIS, and his new recruits from across the country were all front and centre this weekend. But most of the talk after the games was the play of two sometimes under-rated veterans: workhorse \u003Cb\u003EAntoine Houde-Caron\u003C\/b\u003E who had success driving the net to spark the the V-Reds offence on Friday and captain \u003Cb\u003EChris Culligan\u003C\/b\u003E on Saturday, minus his two regular wingers, who put the team on his back in the second period in order to erase a two-goal deficit and skate to a hard-fought victory against a bitter rival. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday - StFX 2 @ UNB 5\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday - SMU 3 @ UNB 5\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPanthers on the prowl\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUPEI looked very good in the preseason, and were the only road team to win both their games this past weekend. No one should underestimate this team, who may have flown under the national radar due to being eliminated in the playoffs by UNB the last two years running. While beating Dal is no surprise, taking a three-goal lead in the first ten minutes against Acadia is.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFriday - UPEI 5 @ Dal 1\u003Cbr \/\u003ESunday - UPEI 4 @ Acadia 2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoncton \"Sedin Twins\" delivering as advertised\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat an opening weekend for UdeM rookie twins \u003Cb\u003EAlex\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EAllain Saulnier\u003C\/b\u003E. The Moncton natives were co-captains of their hometown Wildcats last season, and were renowned for their chemistry, particularly on the power play. Alex scored twice on Friday, assisted both times by Allain. On Saturday Alex scored without his brother's assistance, but Allain did assist on two other goals, including one for another Alex, Emond.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday: SMU 1 @ UdeM 5\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday StFX 3 @ UdeM 4\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAxemen still need more finish around the net\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003EAcadia led the AUS in shots on goal last year, although the shot count does seem to get inflated at Acadia Arena. 59 shots on Friday only yielded three goals. On Sunday afternoon they converted two goals out of 52 shots on net. On the other hand rookie Axemen netminder \u003Cb\u003EBrandon Glover\u003C\/b\u003E might be happy if he never gets another Sunday afternoon start; he gave up four goals on 11 shots before getting the hook early in the second period.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday: STU 1 @ Acadia 3\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESunday: UPEI 4 @ Acadia 2\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHope in Tommies Land\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs long as \u003Cb\u003EJon Groenheyde\u003C\/b\u003E can stand on his head, and the team can manufacture some scoring, STU has a chance to win. The Tommies 2nd-year goalie made 43 saves in the first 40 minutes as St. Thomas nursed a one-goal lead into the third period on Friday. Saturday's game was less one-sided and had a better outcome, as the two teams traded goals all night and the hard-working Tommies delivered the first win for their new coach \u003Cb\u003EPat Powers\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday: STU 1 @ Acadia 4\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday: STU 4 @ Dal 3\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETigers drop must-win game\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELike for STU, wins are probably going to be a challenge for Dal against the six teams who finished ahead of them last year. And the year before. And the year before that. You get the idea. So while one might shrug off getting clawed by the Panthers (I know, terrible pun), they have to win those games against the Tommies if they have any hope of making the playoffs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFriday: UPEI 5 @ Dal 1\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaturday: STU 4 @ Dal 3\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe X-Men are better than their record\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHard to believe that StFX didn't earn a point on the weekend. Friday they played a close tight-checking game with UNB that didn't get away from them until the last five minutes or so when X had to open up their play to try to tie the game. On Saturday they spotted les Aigles Bleus a three-goal lead before battling back and coming up one goal short.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday: StFX 2 @ UNB 5\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday StFX 3 @ UdeM 4\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESo how long is this Huskies slump going to last?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf anyone needs a pity party, it is SMU. Seriously. They were winless in the preseason. Assistant coach \u003Cb\u003ETom Lee \u003C\/b\u003Eis battling cancer, again, and so far the bone-marrow transplants seem to be taking, fortunately. Head coach \u003Cb\u003ETrevor Stienburg\u003C\/b\u003E is stepping back temporarily for health reasons. If that is not enough to stress out interim head coach \u003Cb\u003ETyler Naugler\u003C\/b\u003E, Huskies goaltender \u003Cb\u003EAnthony Peters\u003C\/b\u003E (he of 26 starts last season) wasn't available this weekend due to injury so backup \u003Cb\u003ECurtis Black\u003C\/b\u003E was thrown into the fire in New Brunswick.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriday:\u0026nbsp; SMU 1 @ UdeM 5\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESaturday: SMU 3 @ UNB 5\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENext weekend\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe same dance partners swap venues. UNB and UdeM are at SMU and StFX while Acadia and Dal are at STU and UPEI.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/849048224041883316\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/mens-hockey-what-we-learned-in-first.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/849048224041883316"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/849048224041883316"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/mens-hockey-what-we-learned-in-first.html","title":"Men's Hockey: What we learned in the first week in the AUS"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David Kilfoil"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16821812362923440575"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"22","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZSfv79uXrWQ\/SmbzQBQU15I\/AAAAAAAAAAM\/-NRmEHNVB7o\/S220\/David.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-22805335576728573"},"published":{"$t":"2013-10-18T10:39:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-06T19:16:12.972-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"championships"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rouge et Or"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ryerson Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Championships: CIS goes for shiny and new"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The CIS has just released the list of successful bidders to host men's and women's basketball, and men's hockey, for 2015 and 2016.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EWomen’s basketball\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E2015: Laval (Quebec City)\u003Cbr \/\u003E2016: UNB (Fredericton)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EMen’s basketball\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E2015: Ryerson (Toronto)\u003Cbr \/\u003E2016: UBC (Vancouver)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EMen’s hockey\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E2015: StFX \u0026amp; Saint Mary’s (Halifax)\u003Cbr \/\u003E2016: StFX \u0026amp; Saint Mary’s (Halifax)\u003C\/blockquote\u003EFor women's basketball\u0026nbsp; the choices are the shiny new PEPS varsity gymnasium in Quebec City and the shiny and still pretty new Richard J. Currie Center in Fredericton. For the men, the choices are the \"sparkling\" Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens in Toronto and the five year-old Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver, which was used for hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor men's hockey, the University Cup will be held for the first time in Nova Scotia, in the not-new and not-shiny 11,000-seat Halifax Metro Centre. In a novel partnership, StFX will be the official \"host\" in 2015 (and the all-important guaranteed spot at the 6-team tourney) while SMU will be the host in 2016.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/22805335576728573\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/championships-cis-goes-for-shiny-and-new.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/22805335576728573"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/22805335576728573"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/championships-cis-goes-for-shiny-and-new.html","title":"Championships: CIS goes for shiny and new"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David Kilfoil"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16821812362923440575"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"22","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZSfv79uXrWQ\/SmbzQBQU15I\/AAAAAAAAAAM\/-NRmEHNVB7o\/S220\/David.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8873726267984006244"},"published":{"$t":"2013-10-18T00:04:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-10-18T00:07:46.039-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"NHL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Blues"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hockey: Brett Willows' day, or less than a day, as a Maple Leaf"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"We feel duty-bound, when we can, to point out when a CIS goaltender \"appears\" in the NHL, especially since so few of them ever \u003Ci\u003Eactually\u003C\/i\u003E appear in a game after their university days. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThursday night in Toronto, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.varsityblues.ca\/news\/2013\/10\/17\/MHOCKEY_1017132413.aspx\"\u003Eit was \u003Cb\u003EBrett Willows\u003C\/b\u003E' turn\u003C\/a\u003E. This time, the \"quick, find a goaltender\" game was even more rushed, as the Leafs expected \u003Cb\u003EJames Reimer\u003C\/b\u003E to play and Willows was only called after the first-minute injury. Apparently he didn't even get there \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nhl.com\/gamecenter\/en\/recap?id=2013020097\u0026navid=sb:recap\"\u003Euntil the third period\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWillows, currently third among OUA goalies with a .943 save percentage for U of T (after a .930 last year), is probably disappointed he didn't get in the game, but \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mice\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20131016_mc3k.xml\"\u003Eafter stopping 50 of 53 shots the night before in a 7-3 win over Ryerson\u003C\/a\u003E, he might also be relieved that he didn't have to go back-to-back. Even if it was only against Carolina.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInvariably the amateur 'tender who gets signed is not a fan of the team who needs him \u0026mdash; \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/01\/hockey-is-great-white-shark-too-obvious.html\"\u003Esee UBC's \u003Cb\u003EJordan White\u003C\/b\u003E, a Canucks fan, putting on a Sharks jersey for a day\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026mdash; with Willows in this case being a Montreal supporter. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf you follow the strange logic expressed by some Leafs followers and media members lately, this now means the team might consider offering Willows for Nail Yakupov.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/8873726267984006244\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/hockey-brett-willowss-day-or-less-than.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8873726267984006244"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8873726267984006244"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/hockey-brett-willowss-day-or-less-than.html","title":"Hockey: Brett Willows' day, or less than a day, as a Maple Leaf"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rob Pettapiece"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-5903876760546142440"},"published":{"$t":"2013-10-17T21:01:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-10-21T08:11:21.186-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS men's hockey update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"FISU"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"previews"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"University Cup"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: 2013-14 AUS Men's Hockey Preview"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ayJil-_vcoo\/UmBPC5gihdI\/AAAAAAAAAIY\/xRFTt9dBGIU\/s1600\/72715_10151456576843880_420886725_n.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ayJil-_vcoo\/UmBPC5gihdI\/AAAAAAAAAIY\/xRFTt9dBGIU\/s400\/72715_10151456576843880_420886725_n.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E2013 CIS University Cup \/ Josh Schaefer Photography\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003EAUS men's hockey kicks off for real tomorrow, while the rest of the CIS has been at it for a couple of weeks now. Saving the best for last! \u003Ci\u003E(Getting my trolling of OUA and Canada West supporters out of the way early\u003C\/i\u003E). The truth is that AUS hockey is considered a pretty big deal in most local media markets out here in the Maritimes, plus the fact that the conference has the best fan attendance in the CIS. And their men's hockey teams do pretty well on the national stage.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe UNB Varsity Reds won their 13th AUS championship last season, followed by their 5th CIS University Cup (and 4th in the last 7 years) by the lowest score ever (2-0) in the national championship game against conference rival Saint Mary's. A good showing for the AUS in Saskatoon to say the least.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOnly one team from the AUS gets a ticket to the 2014 PotashCorp University Cup, putting a lot more emphasis on playoffs this year. The conference schedule makers have responded this season, making both the semi-final rounds and finals best-of-five series. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo who's it gonna be? Hard to argue against the reigning champ Varsity Reds, but they've had another large turnover in players and of course anything can and does happen in AUS playoffs. Not to mention that the other teams have ganged up and trimmed UNB's legendary depth with the new 22-skater roster cap. So maybe they're beatable this season. Saint Mary's, Acadia, and StFX are all legitimate challengers for the AUS crown, and UPEI and Moncton could be in the mix as well (and perhaps not coincidentally the first four names are all bidding to host the 2015 and 2016 University Cups). \u003Ci\u003E[Update: The Halifax Metro is \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/metronews.ca\/news\/halifax\/826914\/halifax-to-play-host-to-cis-mens-hockey-nationals-in-2015-2016-source\/\"\u003Ereporting\u003C\/a\u003E that Friday the joint SMU\/StFX bid will announced as the successful bidders.]\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDalhousie will need someone ahead of them to stumble for them to make the the playoffs. STU's rebuild program got interrupted when coach Troy Ryan left the team in the off-season, so it would be really surprising if they can climb out of the AUS basement.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA new wrinkle this year is that it is the AUS' turn to represent the CIS in men's hockey at the FISU World University Games in December in Trentino, Italy. UNB's \u003Cb\u003EGardiner MacDougall\u003C\/b\u003E plus UPEI's \u003Cb\u003EForbie MacPherson\u003C\/b\u003E and StFX's \u003Cb\u003EBrad Peddle\u003C\/b\u003E will be the coaching brain trust. They have not yet made the cuts for the team roster, so there will be a lot of incentive for players to try to have a career first-half and force their way into a Team Canada jersey. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe AUS has stepped up their marketing and promotions this year, and hockey is getting more attention. Today, Thursday, the AUS has for the first time posted detailed team profiles for each of the teams on their \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/atlanticuniversitysport.com\/sports\/mice\/index\"\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cb\u003EGlenn MacDonald\u003C\/b\u003E of the \u003Ci\u003EHalifax Herald\u003C\/i\u003E has his annual preview of the four Nova Scotia teams in today's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/sports\/1160992-new-man-behind-huskies-bench\"\u003Epaper\u003C\/a\u003E. The bible of AUS previews is still \u003Cb\u003EBruce Hallihan\u003C\/b\u003E's annual opus, which will be in tomorrow's (Friday's) \u003Ci\u003EDaily Gleaner\u003C\/i\u003E in Fredericton.\u0026nbsp; And below, you'll find my much less detailed contribution (but it does have fearless picks!). \u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EACADIA AXEMEN\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2012-13 Regular season record:\u003C\/b\u003E 17-9-2 (3rd place in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPlayoffs:\u003C\/b\u003E 3-4-0. Got by Moncton is first round and lost to SMU in 2nd round.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPower play:\u003C\/b\u003E 18.4% (5th in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPenalty kill:\u003C\/b\u003E 87.4% (1st in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast Season:\u003C\/b\u003E Good first half marred by three-game losing streak to start second half, and then .500 hockey the rest of the way. Hot goaltending almost undid them in the Moncton series (they outshot UdeM 68-39 in game 3 double-OT win) and did bite them in the Saint Mary's series. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Departures:\u003C\/b\u003E F Andrew Clark, F Jonathan Laberge \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Arrivals:\u003C\/b\u003E F Michael Clark, F Scott Trask, F Taylor Makin, F\/D Tyler Ferry, D Chris Buonomo, D Geoffrey Schemitsch, G Brandon Glover.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECoach:\u003C\/b\u003E Darren Burns (13th season)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Player:\u003C\/b\u003E Two-time All-Canadian defenceman Chris Owens is Acadia's version of Erik Karlsson.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2013-14 Outlook:\u003C\/b\u003E While Clark and Laberge are big losses, the Axemen do return 18 players, including AUS rookie of the year Mike Cazzola. This team should have learned a lot from their comparative second half slump last year that cost them a first-round bye. The only AUS team to play on Olympic-sized ice, they could maybe exploit their home rink advantage a bit more. If they can have a little more finish around the net (they led the AUS in shots on goal last year) this year and continue to get solid goaltending they are going to be dangerous.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProjected conference finish:\u003C\/b\u003E 2nd place. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EDALHOUSIE TIGERS\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2012-13 Regular season record:\u003C\/b\u003E 8-17-3 (7th place in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPlayoffs:\u003C\/b\u003E N\/A. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPower play:\u003C\/b\u003E 16.7% (7th in AUS) \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPenalty kill:\u003C\/b\u003E 76.1% (8th in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast Season:\u003C\/b\u003E The Tigers had another tough season. They had the largest roster in the AUS as Coach Donnelly tried different combinations of players to try to find some scoring. Bobby Nadeau had some good games in nets, but was only healthy enough to make 9 starts, while Wendell Vye struggled.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Departures:\u003C\/b\u003E F Ben Breault, F Shea Kewin, F Daniel Bartek, D Jacob Johnston\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Arrivals:\u003C\/b\u003E D Wes Herrett, D Luke Madill, D Tyler Hart, F Andrew Rieder, F Fabian Walsh, F Alex Cote, F Mitch O'Neill \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECoach:\u003C\/b\u003E Chris Donnelly (3rd season).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Player:\u003C\/b\u003E Pierre-Alexandre Vandall will be expected to continue to spark the offence.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2013-14 Outlook: \u003C\/b\u003EThe still-not-released CIS report continues to hang over the Tigers like the Sword of Damocles, except no one is talking about it. While Dal may be better this year, and have had a decent preseason, they still don't look ready yet to make the playoffs unless their goaltenders can steal them a ton of games. Competition can be cruel in the AUS.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProjected conference finish:\u003C\/b\u003E 7th place.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EMONCTON AIGLES BLEUS\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2012-13 Regular season record:\u003C\/b\u003E 12-10-6 (6th place in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPlayoffs:\u003C\/b\u003E 1-1-1. Pushed Acadia to double-OT in game 3 of 1st round. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPower play:\u003C\/b\u003E 16.9% (6th in AUS) \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPenalty kill:\u003C\/b\u003E 83.9% (2nd in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast Season:\u003C\/b\u003E After a good start, including a rare win at UNB, les Aigles Bleus cooled off in mid-November and had a 7-game losing streak that extended into the first week of January. Overtime was not kind to Moncton last year; they lost 6 of 7 that went past regulation time. Despite being badly outshot in their playoff series, Moncton did put a scare into Acadia, taking them to the second overtime in Game 3. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDepartures:\u003C\/b\u003E F Christian Gaudet, D Mathieu Boulduc, F \u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003EMarc-André Côté, F Francis Rochon, G Andre-Michel Guay\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EArrivals: \u003C\/b\u003EF Alex Saulnier, F Allain Saulnier, D Pierre Durepros, F Steve Lebel, F Danny Chiasson\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECoach:\u003C\/b\u003E Serge Bourgeois (5th season). \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Player:\u003C\/b\u003E Éric Faille really stepped up last year and became the team's offensive leader.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2013-14 Outlook:\u003C\/b\u003E 17 players are back. The Moncton power play should be lethal with the Saulnier twins, and the other new forwards should help them improve their overall goal scoring as well. UdeM look to be better, but good enough to pass the teams that finished ahead of them last year? It will be interesting to see where this team finishes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProjected conference finish:\u003C\/b\u003E 6th place.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003ESAINT MARY'S HUSKIES\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2012-13 Regular season record:\u003C\/b\u003E 18-7-3 (2nd place in AUS)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPlayoffs:\u003C\/b\u003E 6-2-3. Beat Acadia in four games in semis and lost to UNB 2-0 in game 3 of AUS finals. Lost to Alberta 4-3 in OT at UCup and beat Waterloo 5-1. Lost 2-0 to UNB in championship game.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPower play:\u003C\/b\u003E 23.1% (1st in AUS) \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPenalty kill:\u003C\/b\u003E 82.1% (5th in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast Season:\u003C\/b\u003E The Huskies had their typical slow start last season before rounding into fine form, including a 7-game winning streak that bridged across the Christmas break. After earning the first-round bye, they dropped the first game to Acadia before winning three straight (with Peters in nets twice named player of the game). They lost first game of AUS finals 1-0 in double-OT vs. UNB, and rebounded with solid 5-2 win at home, only to be shutout by the V-Reds in game 3 in Fredericton. The wildcard entry at the University Cup in Saskatoon, they lost in OT to Alberta while being outshot 2 to 1. Once again they rebounded, beating Waterloo 5-1, and thanks to the tie-breaking formula, advanced out of their pool to play UNB for the Cup. Unfortunately they got shutout by the V-Reds 2-0 for the second time in a row.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Departures:\u003C\/b\u003E F Shawn O'Donnell, D Justin Wallingford, D Paddy O'Keefe\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EArrivals: \u003C\/b\u003ED\u003Cb\u003E \u003C\/b\u003EStephen Gillard, D Alex Cord, D Cam Wind, F Steven Shipley, F Francis Menard, F Steven Beyers, F Mitch Maynard, G Anthony Terenzio,\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECoach:\u003C\/b\u003E Trevor Steinburg (17th season) *. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Player:\u003C\/b\u003E All-star goaltender Anthony Peters started 26 regular season games last season and was often the difference maker for SMU, especially in the AUS playoffs and at the University Cup. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2013-14 Outlook:\u003C\/b\u003E News broke this week that Steinburg would be stepping back from the team and taking a sudden and temporary break from coaching for health reasons, with longtime assistant coach Tyler Naugler taking over behind the bench. This comes on the heels of a winless preseason. But this still a veteran squad that was in a one-goal game with UNB until late in the championship final when they pulled Peters. CIS player of the year Lucas Bloodoff arrived at the University Cup with a broken hand and was pretty much ineffective. He's healthy now, as is Michael Stickland who missed most of last season. While it might be natural to pencil them in at second place again, not having CIS coach of the year Stienburg around for awhile might cost them a spot.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProjected conference finish:\u003C\/b\u003E 3rd place.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EST. THOMAS TOMMIES\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2012-13 Regular season record:\u003C\/b\u003E 3-24-1 (Last place in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPlayoffs:\u003C\/b\u003E N\/A. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPower play:\u003C\/b\u003E 6.5% (8th in AUS) \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPenalty kill:\u003C\/b\u003E 78.6% (7th in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast Season:\u003C\/b\u003E The Tommies suffered a horrendous start (losing 12 in a row) and never recovered in a rebuild year. Their power play went missing, as did most of their offence. The only real bright spot was the play of rookie goaltender Jonathan Groenheyde, who weathered more rubber than any goalie in the AUS.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Departures:\u003C\/b\u003E F Matt Eagles, F Alex Labonte\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Arrivals:\u003C\/b\u003E F Brendan Childerley, F Derek Froats, D Jordan Moore\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECoach:\u003C\/b\u003E Pat Powers (1st season).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Player:\u003C\/b\u003E If they win games, it will because Jon Groenheyde saved the day in nets.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2013-14 Outlook:\u003C\/b\u003E The departure of coach Troy Ryan caught everyone off guard, and the late hiring of Pat Powers didn't leave him much recruiting time. Powers was head coach of Western last year while Clarke Singer was on sabbatical and did a good job, but he's inheriting a significantly different roster with the Tommies. Powers will make the Tommies a difficult team to play against, but they still look to be offensively challenged. It will probably be a long season for the STU faithful. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProjected conference finish:\u003C\/b\u003E 8th place.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EST. FRANCIS XAVIER X-MEN\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2012-13 Regular season record:\u003C\/b\u003E 16-10-2 (4th place in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPlayoffs:\u003C\/b\u003E 0-1-1. Lost two 1-goal games vs. UPEI in 1st round (2nd in double-OT). \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPower play:\u003C\/b\u003E 22.1% (2nd in AUS) \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPenalty kill:\u003C\/b\u003E 83.1% (3rd in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast Season:\u003C\/b\u003E While StFX wasn't the most consistent team last year, they had improved on the year before, and did finish just two points out of third place and on a three-game winning streak. However they lost two close games in the first round of the playoffs to UPEI and suddenly their season was over. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDepartures:\u003C\/b\u003E D Nick Pageau, G Joey Perricone\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EArrivals:\u003C\/b\u003E F Robert Slaney, F Blake Gal, D Nathan Chiarlitti\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECoach:\u003C\/b\u003E Brad Peddle (8th season).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Player:\u003C\/b\u003E Forward Jason Bast was the CIS Rookie of the Year in 2010-11 and their go-to forward last season.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2013-14 Outlook:\u003C\/b\u003E StFX was fairly young last year, but they've returned 21 players this season and probably lost the least of any of the teams. Gal has been scoring in the preseason and former Leafs farmhand Slaney red-shirted last season and will be an impact player this year. X are a gritty bunch with good special teams and opportunistic scoring, and they never seem to worry about being out-shot in games with Drew Owsley in nets. A very dangerous opponent who could finish as high as second place.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProjected conference finish:\u003C\/b\u003E 5th place.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EUNB VARSITY REDS\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2012-13 Regular season record:\u003C\/b\u003E 23-5-0 (1st place in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPlayoffs:\u003C\/b\u003E 8-2-0. Took four games to knock off UPEI in semis and a deciding 3rd game in finals vs. SMU. At Nationals beat host Saskatchewan 3-1, UQTR 8-3 and then SMU 2-0 in UCup final.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPower play:\u003C\/b\u003E 18.8% (4th in AUS) \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPenalty kill:\u003C\/b\u003E 81.9% (6th in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast Season:\u003C\/b\u003E Only Acadia and SMU were .500 against the V-Reds in the regular season; their only other loss was to Moncton. In nets, Dan LaCosta was 15-1 with a .938 save percentage and 1.92 GAA and not named an All-Star; he then shut-out the Huskies 2-0 in both the AUS and CIS championship games. Other than a propensity to get into penalty trouble, and only average special teams, there were very few flaws with the deep UNB team last year.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Departures:\u003C\/b\u003E F Colby Pridham, F Bryce Swan, F Matt Fillier, D Daine Todd, D Josh Kidd, D Ben Wright, G Travis Fullerton, G Dan LaCosta\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EArrivals:\u003C\/b\u003E F JP Labardo, F Mike Thomas, F Dylan Willick, F Cam Maclise, F Shea Kewin, D Matt Petgrave, D Jordan Murray, D Keevin Cutting, G Joel Vinneau\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECoach:\u003C\/b\u003E Gardiner MacDougall (14th season).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Player:\u003C\/b\u003E Chris Culligan is the best, and perhaps most unselfish, playmaker in the AUS. If he took more shots on goal ...?\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2013-14 Outlook:\u003C\/b\u003E Only a dozen players are back from last year's championship team. Under-rated Travis Fullerton won't be in the UNB nets for the first time in five years, and LaCosta is gone as well. Pridham and Todd will be particularly missed. But MacDougall added a number of new players last season and the team hardly missed a beat, so you might assume similar results this year. There will be a lot of pressure on former STU goalie Charlie Lavigne (who in effect red-shirted last season) to match his predecessor's success as the new number one, but at least he won't be required to steal games as was needed with the Tommies. The new defencemen have all got a lot of minutes in the preseason, and had a few adventures in their own zone, while there has been less pressure, so far, on the new forwards. D-man Matt Petgrave may have the biggest upside of the new recruiting class.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProjected conference finish:\u003C\/b\u003E 1st place.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EUPEI PANTHERS\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2012-13 Regular season record:\u003C\/b\u003E 15-11-2 (5th place in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPlayoffs:\u003C\/b\u003E 3-3-0. Squeezed by StFX in 1st round but could only manage one win against UNB in semis. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPower play:\u003C\/b\u003E 19.0% (3rd in AUS) \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPenalty kill:\u003C\/b\u003E 82.9% (4th in AUS)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast Season:\u003C\/b\u003E The Panthers has a poor first half and were much, much improved in the second half, reeling off a 5-game win streak after the Christmas break. Over the last two seasons they have become a much quicker team, which still maintaining their Island hockey edginess. After getting by StFX in the first round of the playoffs, they then had the misfortune to run into UNB for the second year in a row, and it didn't go well.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Departures:\u003C\/b\u003E F Jordan Knox, F Mike MacIsaac, D Dylan Quaile, D Matt Boyle\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Arrivals:\u003C\/b\u003E F Cody McNaughton, D Brock Beukeboom, D Derek Ryckman, D Casey Babineau\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECoach:\u003C\/b\u003E Forbes “Forbie” MacPherson (5th season).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Player:\u003C\/b\u003E Chris Desousa is their top forward and key man in all situations.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2013-14 Outlook:\u003C\/b\u003E UPEI is returning 18 players, all with a burning desire to get past UNB. They have solid goaltending, led by 1st Team All-Star Wayne Savage. Their new defenceman have all looked good in the preseason, where UPEI went 5-1. The Panthers are hard to play against and very good on transition and should only be better this season. Finishing in second place is not out of reach.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProjected conference finish:\u003C\/b\u003E 4th place.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/5903876760546142440\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/mens-hockey-2013-14-aus-mens-hockey.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5903876760546142440"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5903876760546142440"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/mens-hockey-2013-14-aus-mens-hockey.html","title":"Men's Hockey: 2013-14 AUS Men's Hockey Preview"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David Kilfoil"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16821812362923440575"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"22","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZSfv79uXrWQ\/SmbzQBQU15I\/AAAAAAAAAAM\/-NRmEHNVB7o\/S220\/David.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ayJil-_vcoo\/UmBPC5gihdI\/AAAAAAAAAIY\/xRFTt9dBGIU\/s72-c\/72715_10151456576843880_420886725_n.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-631058407053569264"},"published":{"$t":"2013-10-16T11:19:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-06T19:17:10.729-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS men's hockey update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: AUS Weekly Update - Preseason is over and a coach is on the sidelines"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The fourth and final week of preseason play in AUS men's hockey was a light schedule: Acadia hosted Dalhousie in Berwick, NS on Friday and Saint Mary's played StFX in Truro in what has become an annual charity game for minor hockey. Saturday night St. Thomas travelled up the St. John River to Grand Falls to play Moncton on Saturday night.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003EThe Axemen cruised to a 5-1 win over the Tigers, while \u003Cb\u003EDrew Owsley\u003C\/b\u003E made 27 saves in a 2-0 X-Men shutout of the Huskies. SMU are notoriously slow starters, but in six exhibition games they've had four losses in regulation, one in over-time, and an OT tie (when a game against Acadia was halted due to a player injury). Sure they've got a lot of injuries, but still.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe teething pains continue for the rebuilding Tommies under Pat Powers. Les Aigles Bleus blew out a close game in the second period and skated to a 6-2 win.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOff the ice, the big news in the AUS this week comes from Chris Cochrane's column in Tuesday's Herald: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/sports\/1160764-cochrane-stienburg-taking-break-from-smu-coaching-duties\"\u003EStienburg taking break from SMU coaching duties\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cb\u003ETrevor Stienburg\u003C\/b\u003E is a passionate coach who guided his team all the way to last season's University Cup championship game against UNB. I certainly didn't see this coming, just days before the regular season starts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003EIt’s because he questions how he’s handled the coach’s responsibility to create the best environment for his players and to set a strong leadership example that he has decided to take a break from the Huskies. \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003EStienburg will retain his head coach position but will step away from the day-to-day operation for now. With a new AUS season opening Friday, assistant coach Tyler Naugler will direct the Huskies until Stienburg decides to return.\u003C\/blockquote\u003EWho says AUS (all CIS?) hockey coaches aren't under a lot of stress to win and get the most from their players. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E“I’m just taking a little bit of time, whatever is needed,” said Steinburg, who has plenty of praise for his veteran coaching staff and the potential of the team he’s assembled.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E“I need that balance, I don’t know if I’ve ever had it. I don’t like myself the way I am (with his players) right now. I feel like I want to launch my stick in the stands every time a guy makes a mistake. I love every guy in the room; I recruited every guy in the room. I need to make it more enjoyable for them.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E“I need to be a better friend to develop these players, first as people, then as hockey players.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E“And I’ve got two kids. I don’t want to take this crap home to them. So I just want to step away and get my head straight.”\u003C\/blockquote\u003EHopefully Stienburg finds that balance quickly, not the least for the selfish reason in this corner that he is an emotional coach that makes every game, and post-game, more interesting (much like Torts in the NHL).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBack to the ice. All eyes will be on Fredericton opening night when UNB raises their two championship banners Friday while hosting StFX (who really should be ranked at least #10). Saturday the Huskies are in town for their first meeting with the V-Reds since that fateful game in March. Moncton hosts the same two visitors on the alternate nights.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAcadia hosts St. Thomas on Friday while Dalhousie hosts UPEI. The teams trade dance partners for Saturday night.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBruce Hallihan\u003C\/b\u003E's annual AUS hockey preview, a must read every year, will be in Friday's \u003Ci\u003EDaily Gleaner\u003C\/i\u003E. The Gleaner is unfortunately behind a paywall, so make sure yourself get a copy of the paper. I will try to have my much less detailed season preview effort posted before the puck-drop on Friday, so that everyone can have fun second-guessing my predictions.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/631058407053569264\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/mens-hockey-aus-weekly-update-preseaon.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/631058407053569264"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/631058407053569264"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/mens-hockey-aus-weekly-update-preseaon.html","title":"Men's Hockey: AUS Weekly Update - Preseason is over and a coach is on the sidelines"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David Kilfoil"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16821812362923440575"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"22","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZSfv79uXrWQ\/SmbzQBQU15I\/AAAAAAAAAAM\/-NRmEHNVB7o\/S220\/David.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});