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Bowl"},{"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":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Saint Mary's Archelaus Jack ends up as a political football, for shame"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"#ChampSZN now includes lawyerball.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/sports\/1517598-huskies-defeat-x-men-in-aus-semifinal\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESaint Mary's defeated St. Francis Xavier in the AUS football semifinal on Saturday\u003C\/a\u003E. That should be that .sThe statute of limitations on eligibility questions, in any sane universe, should be up well before the start of the playoffs. If no one called a team on it after the first couple games, well, too bad. Yet here we are, since a mountain has been made out of a situation that Saint Mary's surely was aware of since the day the player in question, believed to be wide receiver and former Saskatchewan Roughriders practice squadder \u003Cb\u003EArchelaus Jack\u003C\/b\u003E, took his talents to the south end of Halifax.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFrom \u003Cb\u003EJim Mullin\u003C\/b\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EI'm understanding the SMU ineligible player situation has gone \"thermonuclear legal\". Huskies lawyering up while USports is considering vacating SMU season. No end in sight. Ridiculous this is happening during playoffs. Something has to change. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KrownCountdownU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@KrownCountdownU\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UdontknowJack?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#UdontknowJack\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Jim Mullin (@Jim_Mullin) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Mullin\/status\/927314632422731777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 5, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003EDoes anyone really believe there is the will to overturn a playoff game and send St. Francis Xavier to the Loney Bowl against Acadia, thus erasing the game that was played?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EAnyone with a passing familiarity with university football knows about the Aug. 15 cut-off date for players on practice squads. By rule, an athlete who played university ball the season prior must be released in order to be eligible to play the upcoming season. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIs that applicable to Archelaus Jack? The CTV Atlantic article published on the eve of the game purports it is: \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/atlantic.ctvnews.ca\/smu-football-season-may-be-in-jeopardy-due-to-possible-ineligible-player-1.3662956\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAccording to U Sports eligibility rules, a player with CFL opportunities can return to the university level if they are no longer listed on the player roster after Aug. 15. Otherwise, they can't play for 365 days.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/atlantic.ctvnews.ca\/smu-football-season-may-be-in-jeopardy-due-to-possible-ineligible-player-1.3662956\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/atlantic.ctvnews.ca\/smu-football-season-may-be-in-jeopardy-due-to-possible-ineligible-player-1.3662956\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"The CFL confirmed with CTV News Friday that Jack was released Oct. 11, 2016, bringing into question his eligibility for the five games he played for SMU between Aug. 25 and Sept. 30 this season\u003C\/a\u003E.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat typically has come into play with student-athletes who were drafted by the CFL after their fourth season, stuck around for the early portion of the regular season and then opted to return to school, for whatever reasons. Regarding Jack, though, he was not a university player in 2016, or '15. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mississauga.com\/sports-story\/7416174-longhorns-have-professional-football-aspirations\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EJack played in the Northern Football Conference with the Oakville Longhorns\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EHow would U Sports have jurisdiction over the decisions of a human being who was playing somewhere else?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe legal interpretations and grey areas within that Aug. 15 rule can be parsed by people at a much, much higher pay grade than I, a hobby blogger who works a straight job. There have been more than a few instances of players coming into the U Sports\/CIS\/CIAU by way of a CFL stint. I cannot quote chapter and verse about whther each one got his walking papers from the pro league by Aug. 15, and that is precisely the point. It was never contestable until last week.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAgain, I don't want to play internet lawyer or take people into the wrong grey areas. There's letter of the law and the spirit of a law. Is it possible that the Aug. 15 cut-off date only applies to \u003Ci\u003Ereturning\u003C\/i\u003E players? Also, based on my limited understanding, if something is a common enough practice, then the courts' wont is to take that as case law.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat's a convoluted way of saying this can only get uglier the longer it is pressed. A flag definitely should be thrown on the well-after-the-fact whistle-blowers. The timing fails the sniff test. And U Sports, ideally, would have the perspective to realize three things:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EIt is bad optics to make any student-athlete a political football. \u003C\/b\u003EThis is a league that has long acknowledged that there is no one, direct from high school to university at age 18, path to becoming a university student-athlete and using that, ideally, to better oneself. And here the person is not being put first.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EA league should not have the limited amount of oxygen it gets in the Canadian media landscape used up on a controversy where no one comes out smelling good.\u003C\/b\u003E It's always bothered me that in the general news judgement of the typical Canadian media outlet, a university team forfeiting games or cancelling a season is newsworthy, but their actual games are not. And here is U Sports\u003Ci\u003E fanning the flames\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAgain, if this is such a problem, have an auditor of football eligibility. \u003C\/b\u003EFor a salary in the mid to high five figures, surely a qualified person can be found, who can make sure the reals are 100-per-cent crystal clear amd make sure every player has the all-clear. This should not be decided by ad hoc committees after someone basically runs up to the teacher to tattle-tale.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAn annual salary and benefits amounting to, ballpark figure, 100 grand a year works out to fewer than four grand per team. No one's going to go broke chipping in to fund that position.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOr in this case, takes their sweet time strolling over in order to time things to have the maximum impact on the AUS playoffs and the media. That seems curious and dubious.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAgain, I'm no lawyer nor am I a fly on the wall of any conference rooms. But I doubt that Acadia is acting like it has to prepare to play either SMU or St. FX.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003EAn athlete who was on a CFL PR in 2016 should not be sidelined while players in 2017 were in camp, CFLX and\/or PR in 2017 and returned to their U Sports teams. In addition, he was not U Sports \u0026quot;property\u0026quot; in 16. Simplify. Play a CFL game \u0026amp; you are out. Easy to track.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026mdash; Jim Mullin (@Jim_Mullin) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Mullin\/status\/927732327576256512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 7, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003EWhat are the good things to be generated out of this? Clean up by-laws. Redefine relationship with CFL. Sanction non-conforming team. Hire a full-time \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@USports\u003C\/a\u003E football person. For me, it\u0026#39;s clear this is a moment which should produce progressive change, \u0026amp; eliminate embarrassment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026mdash; Jim Mullin (@Jim_Mullin) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Mullin\/status\/927733652393418753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 7, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003EWhat are the good things to be generated out of this? Clean up by-laws. Redefine relationship with CFL. Sanction non-conforming team. Hire a full-time \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@USports\u003C\/a\u003E football person. For me, it\u0026#39;s clear this is a moment which should produce progressive change, \u0026amp; eliminate embarrassment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026mdash; Jim Mullin (@Jim_Mullin) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Mullin\/status\/927733652393418753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 7, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003EAgreed. The rule may be out of sync, but it\u0026#39;s there and should be respected as such. Either use your alternative, or if you\u0026#39;ve played a CFL regular season game and you\u0026#39;re a professional. It\u0026#39;s the elemental way to deal with eligibility. Scrap the rest of the bylaw language.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026mdash; Jim Mullin (@Jim_Mullin) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Mullin\/status\/927738267209842688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 7, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother update:\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003EWorking on a developing story.... The situation at SMU continues to get worse. Colzie’s job may be on the line when all is said and done.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026mdash; Mike Still (@mikestill94) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikestill94\/status\/927725461525934080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 7, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003E\u003C\/script\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\/1851485259944615498\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/11\/football-saint-marys-archelaus-jack.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1851485259944615498"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1851485259944615498"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/11\/football-saint-marys-archelaus-jack.html","title":"Football: Saint Mary's Archelaus Jack ends up as a political football, for shame"}],"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":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-7077024032233525250"},"published":{"$t":"2017-07-13T22:47:00.005-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-07-14T11:42:12.858-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bisons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Bears"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"McMaster Marauders"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mustangs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Regina Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Warriors"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Ultimate U Sports all-star team — one player per school for 27 positions"},"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=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Oit2QtTW4T4\/WWD4xR2W5sI\/AAAAAAAADO0\/i0Ufczw22vwMCdqSrJDux0tlvkae2FN9ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/Akiem%2BHicks%252C%2BRams%2Band%2BBears.jpeg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"480\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Oit2QtTW4T4\/WWD4xR2W5sI\/AAAAAAAADO0\/i0Ufczw22vwMCdqSrJDux0tlvkae2FN9ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/Akiem%2BHicks%252C%2BRams%2Band%2BBears.jpeg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EAkiem Hicks with the Regina Rams in 2011 and with the CFL's Chicago Bears in 2016, when he had seven sacks.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003EThere are 27 football-playing universities across our country. There are also, give or take a special teams selection, 27 spots to fill when an all-star team is chosen.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA fun writing exercise — read: it's summer and there's not a lot going on — was hatched from that numerical coincidence. Pick an all-star team drawing from the past 40-some years of the university game while using\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Eonly one player from each team\u003C\/i\u003E. No loading the lines with Lavals (any number of CFL all-star linemen), or stacking the team with 'Stangs (do you pick two-time Hec Crighton Trophy winner\u003Cb\u003E Tim Tindale \u003C\/b\u003Ewho went on to NFL glory with the Buffalo Bills or record-setting receiver \u003Cb\u003EAndy Fantuz\u003C\/b\u003E, who won a receiving title in the CFL?)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETalk about a Sophie's Choice, although this does not purport to be some all-time all-star team. Leaving out defunct programs (or the departed, hey there Simon Fraser) means being unable to select a legit legend such as \u003Cb\u003ETony Proudfoot\u003C\/b\u003E, since he played at the University of New Brunswick.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother controlled variable was confining choices to a loosely defined modern era. A hard-line historian type would say the modern era begins in 1965 with the establishment of the Vanier Cup. Or 1967, the centennial year, when the format went from an invitational to a four-team playoff, 47 years before the U.S. finally got one. As a habitual goalpost-mover, I'll slide the start of the modern era to some point around 1971, when the Old Four (Queen's, Western, McGill and University of Toronto) was phased out and the current four-conference alignment began taking shape in earnest.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EWithout further ado, here's a squad that reflects the best of each and every program from Acadia on the east coast to to UBC on the west coast and all points in between.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESpecial thanks for this post to Jim Mullin, who was great with putting forward some 1970s players.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EDefence\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDefensive end — Leroy Blugh, Bishop's (Edmonton, CFL). \u003C\/b\u003EBlugh was a prototype for the Canadian pass rusher as an all-Canadian at Bishop's when the \u003Cb\u003EIan Breck\u003C\/b\u003E's Gaiters punched above their weight on the regular in the 1980s. Born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, raised in Napanee, Ont., Blugh twice had double-digit sack totals during his Gaiters years. From there, he played 15 seasons in the CFL, 14 with Edmonton, during a Canadian Football Hall of Fame career.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBlugh has \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/sports\/football\/cfl\/herb-zurkowsky-tackling-cancer-diabetes-puts-life-in-perspective-for-cfl-great-leroy-blugh\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Edealt with cancer and diabetes in recent years\u003C\/a\u003E, but still works in football as the defensive line coach for the Ottawa Redblacks. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDefensive tackle — Israel Idonije, Manitoba (Chicago Bears, NFL). \u003C\/b\u003EA true Canadian success story, having gone from playing one high school season on a re-constituted team to making the NFL as an undrafted free agent who had a long-term career at both end and D-tackle. Idonije, fittingly for someone who played in Chicago, was also a Walter Payton Man of the Year Award finalist for his humanitarian work with children in Africa, Manitoba and Chicago.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIdonije, if memory serves, was a defensive end during his U of M days, but he can slide inside for purposes of making an imaginary lineup of football players.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDefensive tackle — Akiem Hicks, Regina (New Orleans Saints, NFL). \u003C\/b\u003EWell, it wouldn't be a complete list without a Californian who found succor in Canada West. Wait, this isn't a basketball article. The great thing about university sport is that the tent is big enough to accommodate Americans who, to put it elegantly, fall off the conveyor belt of the shamateur sports-industrial complex down south and need a Plan B.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHicks, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/sports\/football\/hickss-path-to-the-2012-nfl-draft-has-been-a-long-one\/article4102628\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eafter his plans to play at LSU were thwarted\u003C\/a\u003E, found a home playing at the U of R in 2010 and '11, becoming the first Ram to be taken in the NFL draft.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELong-time Seattle Seahawks punter\u003Cb\u003E Jon Ryan \u003C\/b\u003Elikely also gets the honourable mention from the Rams' alumni roll.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDefensive end — Ricky Foley, York (Argonauts, CFL). \u003C\/b\u003EThe first really tough choice on a school representative, as the pick from the Lions boiled down to either Foley or running back\u003Cb\u003E Andre Durie\u003C\/b\u003E. In the end, the difference in stature between the two long-time Toronto Argonauts mainstays wasn't as big as it was between two other OUA running backs extraordinaire from early aughts (oh, guess which ones) and other possibilities from their respective teams.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThree of the four defensive line picks have small-town roots. Foley came out of Courtice, Ont., to develop at York, before going on to an 11-year CFL career that included contributing to three Grey Cup-winning teams. It's a shame his playing days might have ended so inelegantly — \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sports\/football\/cfl\/ricky-foley-argos-released-by-text-1.4050503\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Egetting cut from the Argos by text message\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;— but what endures is about Foley with the Argonauts is that he \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/ublicly%20stuck%20up%20for%20and%20believed%20wholeheartedly%20in%20his%20hometown%20organization%20when%20others%20wouldn%E2%80%99t.\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epublicly stuck up for and believed wholeheartedly in his hometown organization when others wouldn’t\u003C\/a\u003E.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELinebacker — Michael O'Shea, Guelph (Ticats and Argonauts, CFL).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003EBreaking this team down to distinct defensive and offensive line positions is way too granular, even for this blog. It is safe to say O'Shea is the Mike linebacker.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYou already know the boilery stuff with O'Shea — second player in CFL history to record 1,000 career tackles across 16 seasons on each side of the Argos-Ticats rivalry. One seared memory is of his first go-round in Hamilton in the mid-1990s. The Tiger-Cats were a gong show for pretty much the whole decade, but you couldn't laugh at them as long as the Canadian linebacker from North Bay was out there competing so intensely.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EO'Shea's string of championships include leading Guelph to a Yates Cup in 1992.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELinebacker — Jason Van Geel, Waterloo.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003ERunning back\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EMike Bradley\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003Eis the ultimate Warrior, of course, and could fill the role of \"national player who's third on the depth chart at running back and plays on all special teams,\" since that's what Bradley did for six seasons in the CFL with Edmonton. Bradley's position, though, has competition.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat shifted the Warriors' shortlist over to the dark side, defence, and it came down to same-name stars from Waterloo's first Yates Cup winner in 1997, Van Geel at linebacker and\u003Cb\u003E Jason Tibbits \u003C\/b\u003Eat cornerback. Twenty years ago this fall, Van Geel was the national defensive player of the year after helping Waterloo reach a summit many UW folk probably thought was unattainable in the days when the school set a dubious mark for consecutive football losses.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe first point of reference with those Waterloo teams that won the Yates in '97 and '99 — against Western at J.W. Little Stadium both times, the latter time in the final game there — is probably the offence. Tuffy Knight had the Warriors running the wishbone, with Ryan Wilkinson as the triple-option triggerman. The second point of reference, of course, is that a Waterloo guy got tackled illegally by Ottawa's mascot during the '97 national semifinal.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHowever, the Warriors also had success they had never seen before (or since) because they played some great defence. Van Geel was at the forefront of that, and Tibbits (a five-times OUA all-star, four times at corner and once as a returner) covered things well on the back end.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELinebacker — Frank Balkovec, University of Toronto (Edmonton, CFL). \u003C\/b\u003EHere's your hook for this linebacker selection: Balkovec \u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Ewas the top pick back in 1984 after playing just a single season of football for the Varsity Blues\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBalkovec, at least from a three-decades-removed vantage point, embodies a bygone era before everyone and everything became over-scheduled and multi-sport student-athletes were still easy to find. Everything is more intense now and in some ways we're poorer for it.\u0026nbsp;Balkovec was a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/varsityblues.ca\/hof.aspx?hof=149\u0026amp;path=row\u0026amp;kiosk=\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethree-sport guy at U of T\u003C\/a\u003E who contributed to a Yates-winning team in 1983 and was also a three-time Canadian champion in indoor shot put. After university, he was an eight-year CFLer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDefensive back — Marc-Olivier Brouillette, Montreal (Alouettes, CFL). \u003C\/b\u003EWait, is this based on university feats or pro accomplishments? To quote Abe Simpson, it's a little from Column A, a little from Column B. Brouillette converted from quarterback with the Carabins to a hard-hitting defensive player with the CFL's Als, playing both safety and linebacker.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBrouillette recently retired as a player to pursue a legal career. He was a CFL East all-star in 2016, so he ended on a personal high note.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDefensive back — Mark Montreuil, Concordia (San Diego Chargers, NFL). \u003C\/b\u003EBefore Laval, Montréal and Sherbrooke came along to create a truly Quebec conference, Montreuil came up through the North Shore Broncos juniors and the Stingers to make the NFL. The cornerback, who remains the last Stinger chosen in the NFL draft, played three seasons with the San Diego Chargers and also played in NFL Europe with the late and lamented London Monarchs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAn alternate from the Stingers is linebacker \u003Cb\u003ECory Greenwood\u003C\/b\u003E, an undrafted free agent who was a special teams player for Kansas City earlier this decade. Greenwood is the second-most accomplished Kingston, Ont., athlete to wear No. 93.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDefensive back —\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELaurent Deslauriers, UBC.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003EA \u003Cb\u003EJim Mullin \u003C\/b\u003Enomination, Deslauriers was an all-Canadian and Vanier Cup champion for the Thunderbirds and a CFL West all-star and Grey Cup champion as a pro with Edmonton. Deslauriers was primarily a defensive halfback — by the way, isn't that position due for a renaming? — but \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.gothunderbirds.ca\/hof.aspx?hof=40\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewas dominant in all three phases\u003C\/a\u003E. He set still-extant school records as a return man and played slotback when the Thunderbirds won the Vanier in 1982.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDefensive back —\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPaul Bennett, Laurier. \u003C\/b\u003ESomething about Canadian football that's often lost on its detractors is how it still makes room for a certain amount of community spirit and volunteerism. (Some of that is borne from necessity; or as one former player once put it to me, \"everyone knows there's no money in Canadian football.\")\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat was cool, at least to an incorrigible sports nerd, about reading up on Bennett, was a testimonial from \u003Cb\u003EScott Taylor\u003C\/b\u003E about how \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mytoba.ca\/news\/paul-bennett-still-a-manitoba-hero\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehis greatest work might have come after he left the game\u003C\/a\u003E.\" Bennett, a volunteer high school coach in Winnipeg, also came up with the idea of creating community recognition awards for people \"who have devoted their lives to acting without thought of reward for themselves.\" That speaks to the personalities that football developed in the 1960s and '70s, people were about social justice.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUntil last year, Bennett was the only Ontario conference player with five punt return touchdowns in one season.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDefensive back — Richard Karikari, St. Francis Xavier. \u003C\/b\u003EIt was a six-of-one decision with St. FX, since linebacker\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EHenoc Muamba \u003C\/b\u003Eand now-retired defensive back Karikari have each been CFL all-star selections. Muamba was also a league-wide pick whereas Karikari was a East selection.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHowever, Karikari might have been a more impactful university player. In the early aughts, he gave the X-Men that \"offensive defensive back,\" as a pass defender who was also a touchdown threat as a return man. It's relatively rare for a defensive player to be a finalist for the Hec Crighton, but Karikari achieved that in 2002.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt goes without saying that the greatest X-Men footballer remains\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EPaul Brule\u003C\/b\u003E, who scored 45 touchdowns in two seasons — including eight in one game — in the 1960s.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhether it's Karikari or Muamba from St. FX, five of the 12 defensive players were born outside Canada. \u003Ci\u003EBig tent, people!\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ci\u003EOffence\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOffensive line — Miles Gorrell, Ottawa (Stampeders, Concordes, Rough Riders, Ticats and Blue Bombers, CFL). \u003C\/b\u003EThe roster would be incomplete if the Gee-Gees rep was someone who was not part of the all-time dominant 1975 team. Gorrell might be the first person to gently point out he was in his first season on the varsity in '75. However, one can only extrapolate how good he must have been in his final season with the Gees, 1977, in order to rate being named team MVP whilst at a position that generally gets the least attention.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat period where Gorrell \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawasun.com\/2013\/10\/02\/ottawa-redblacks-scout-miles-gorrell-entering-canadian-football-hall-of-fame\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Egrew up in Ottawa\u003C\/a\u003E\" sowed the seeds for an association with the CFL that's gone on almost 40 years. As a scout, Gorrell had a vital role in helping the CFL's Redblacks win the Grey Cup as a third-year team in 2016.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI wasn't alive in 1975, but those Gee-Gees \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/sports\/football\/fast-football-friends-1975-gee-gees-walk-in-glory-together\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Estill have a hold on the city's sports imagination, especially among sportswriters of a particular vintage\u003C\/a\u003E. They are the only football team ever inducted into the city's sports hall of fame.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOffensive line — Mike Schad, Queen's (Philadelphia Eagles, NFL).\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;A personal reason for getting emotionally invested in university football as an adolescent around 1989 was the discovery that Schad, who blocked for my first favourite football player, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback \u003Cb\u003ERandall Cunningham\u003C\/b\u003E, had grown up 30 minutes down the 401 in Belleville, Ont, and had played at Queen's, not one of those U.S. football factories featured on ABC and CBS on Friday afternoons. \u003Ci\u003EWow, he made it from here to the NFL\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGranted, there were other reasons for becoming a hardcore football fan around that point in my miseducation (one, my mother went back to school and that created a bond to Queen's and two, I kept getting cut from rep teams in hockey and fast-pitch softball and was too short for basketball, so football became the refuge for my sports fantasies). But enough about me.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchad remains the lone Canadian university player ever selected in the first round of the NFL draft, going No. 23 overall to the L.A. Rams in 1986. His NFL years were spent mostly in Philly, where he played guard on some teams that were playoff regulars. Going in the first round is a singular achievement unlikely to ever be matched. Every year around NFL draft time when my Twitter timeline fills with updates on Canadian players who might get picked up in the seventh round or get a mini-camp invite I can't help but have a haughty internal response (poor character, I know): \u003Ci\u003EYeah, but my alma mater produced a NFL first-round pick.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOffensive line — Pierre Lavertu, Laval (Stampeders, CFL). \u003C\/b\u003EProof positive that the upper crust of university football has pro-ready graduates. Lavertu has yet to dress out for Calgary this season due to injuries, but as interior lineman who can play centre or guard, he has been part of a Stampeders offensive line that has arguably has the most sustained success of any position group in the CFL since 2014.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELavertu was an RSEQ all-star in all four of his seasons with the Rouge et Or from 2010-13 and since he was at Laval, you know all four of those seasons involved making it to the last game of the season. It seems fitting that the power program of the past two decades is represented by an offensive lineman. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOffensive line — Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, McGill (Kansas City Chiefs, NFL). \u003C\/b\u003EStarting guard on a playoff team, while also working toward becoming a doctor. Duvernay-Tardif and his ghostwriter at \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theplayerstribune.com\/le-docteur-laurent-duvernay-tardif-kansas-city-chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe Players' Tribune can explain that better than I can\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe McGill \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/sports\/football\/j-p-darche-and-laurent-duvernay-tardif-tread-remarkably-similar-paths\/article33888922\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ealternate is also a doctor who played in the NFL with Kansas City\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Cb\u003EJean-Philippe Darche\u003C\/b\u003E. A linebacker at the university level, Darche was a long snapper in the NFL and played in Super Bowl 40 with the Seahawks.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOffensive line —\u0026nbsp;Scott Flory, Saskatchewan (Alouettes, CFL).\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;It could be either Flory or Gene Makowsky repping Huskie Pride.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFlory: 15 seasons with the same CFL team, nine-time all-star, two-time Outstanding Offensive Lineman recipient, president of the CFL Players' Association, now helping coach the Huskies\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMakowsky, 17 seasons with the same CFL team, five-time all-star, now a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Saskatchewan, deadpan \u003Ci\u003ECorner Gas \u003C\/i\u003Eguest spot.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ETheir teams went head-to-head in the 2009 and '10 Grey Cup games. Flory's team won both. So, totally arbitrarily, Flory \u0026gt; Makowsky, although the latter played more offensive tackle.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf positional integrity is a must, there are Laval and Saskatchewan alumni who currently start at right tackle in the CFL — \u003Cb\u003EJason Lauzon-Séguin\u003C\/b\u003E with Ottawa and\u003Cb\u003E Patrick Neufeld \u003C\/b\u003Ewith Winnipeg.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn to the GLORY BOYS:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EReceiver — Andy Fantuz, Western (Roughriders, CFL).\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;Granted, offensive stats accumulated in the '00s-era OUA have to be taken with the same grain of salt as scoring stats from the 1980s NHL, but it's wild to revisit just how far ahead of everyone Fantuz is on the career lists for yards and receiving touchdowns. His tally of 4,123 in the former is almost 1,000 ahead of \u0026nbsp;the next most prolific pass receiver and his 41 TD catches (remember, regular season only) is eight more than the next guy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo put the second one in perspective: \u003Cb\u003EDanny Vandervoort\u003C\/b\u003E, who is getting his feet wet at slotback with the B.C. Lions, averaged almost one touchdown per game across four seasons with McMaster. He finished 12 TDs shy of Fantuz' mark.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFantuz delivered on his potential over 11 seasons in the CFL, with the high point coming in 2010 when his league-most 1,380 yards made him the first Canadian to win a receiving title since another 'Stang, \u003Cb\u003EDave Sapunjis\u003C\/b\u003E, back in 1995.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EReceiver — Brian Fryer, Alberta (Washington, NFL; Edmonton, CFL). \u003C\/b\u003EA \"first\" guy — the first Canadian university receiver to gain 1,000 yards in a season and the first player, full stop, to be drafted by a NFL team and go directly into the league, as he played for the Washington NFL team during the American bicentennial year of 1976. Out of context, that's impressive enough, but in context it stands out even more since that was during the\u003Cb\u003E George Allen \u003C\/b\u003Eera in D.C. and Allen was known to over-emphasize playing veterans.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter calling it a career on the field — with a Vanier Cup title with the Golden Bears and a role in the five-in-a-row Edmonton CFL dynasty —\u0026nbsp;he made a successful move into a second career as executive director of Football Alberta.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EReceiver — Don Blair, Calgary (Lions, CFL).\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;The first non-lineman to represent Canada in the East-West Shrine Game showcase! The Dinos have had their share of superlative offences and individual talents over the last four decades. It will take something ludicrous to bump out the seared image of the 1995 Vanier Cup, when Blair scored four touchdowns (three receiving, one by recovering a blocked punt) when Calgary dropped 54 points on Western. Fun fact, unless you're from London: the Dinos did most of the damage with their backup quarterback after the starter was knocked out of the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBlair was a No. 1 overall choice who had a stellar CFL career. Like Fantuz and Fryer, he set a national receiving record and won the Hec Crighton. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EReceiver — Samuel Giguère, Sherbrooke (Ticats and Alouettes, CFL). \u003C\/b\u003EThe second-newest program manages to sneak a player in at a deep position. While Sherbrooke has generally been the Partick Thistle to Laval and Montréal's Celtics and Rangers in the Quebec conference, the small school has helped a few individual talents blossom over their 14 seasons.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGiguère was one of the first bona fide prospects to emerged at Sherbrooke, possessing enough specs to earn a couple NFL trials before returning north to fulfill the role of national wide-side receiver. Now 33 years old, he's playing for the Alouettes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother Vert et Or receiver who's in the CFL, \u003Cb\u003ESimon Charbonneau\u003C\/b\u003E, could have also been the pick. Charbonneau was borderline unstoppable in the 2010 Dunsmore Cup when Sherbrooke nearly upset Laval. (That day, we were just a couple plays away from an Ottawa-Sherbrooke Uteck Bowl instead of a been-there-done-that Western-Laval matchup.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERunning back — Daryl Stephenson, Windsor (Blue Bombers, CFL). \u003C\/b\u003EIn 2006, there was some discord when Stephenson won the Hec Crighton, but it wasn't about him. It was more about having seven winners in a row from the OUA. To some extent, and I didn't articulate this well enough at that time, it was also about the virtues and drawbacks of the \"career award bias,\" so-called. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELikewise, for reasons having nothing to do with Stephenson, the only rusher to ever top 5,000 career yards, this was the hardest piece of the puzzle. First it involved whether to have a fifth pass receiver to reflect the Canadian game of 2017 instead of a second running back. There was also a thought that the choice should reflect that this fictional team would actually play against fictional juggernaut, like the Monstars with Laval's and UBC's combined budget. That would mean giving some weight to receiving skills.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUltimately, though, better to have a second running back. That brought it down to, as hinted in the preamble, the three star rushers from the early-aughts: Stephenson of Windsor, Durie of York and, you guessed it, \u003Cb\u003EJesse Lumsden\u003C\/b\u003E of McMaster. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUltimately, the (ir-)rationale was that Stephenson exemplifies the best of Windsor so much more than anyone else. He was a dogged competitor and gave everything to make Windsor, for a time, a playoff team. As a pro, he also made a great adjustment to being a depth player with the Blue Bombers, which surely must be tough for university players who are used to being the focal point as a feature back.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo that's how it turned out: Stephenson in, Lumsden over to the bobsleigh track.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERunning back \u0026nbsp;— Éric Lapointe, Mount Allison (Alouettes, CFL). \u003C\/b\u003ELapointe is in the Hall of Fame as an amateur player, but it could just as easily be as builder. I'll just do a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/neatesager.blogspot.ca\/2007\/02\/ric-lapointes-lasting-impact-just-ask.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emini-oral history from some people who were around him every day at Mount A\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMathieu Gauthier, defensive end:\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ci\u003E\"Éric was one of the first French football players to make it into the mainstream pop culture in Quebec ... One quick example of his influence is in a recent recruiting event at a Montreal CEGEP. While the MTA recruiters had qualified only 5-6 guys who seamed like a right fit for MTA (only these kids got an invitation to the event), 34 kids showed up for the presentation when they learned that Éric Lapointe was going to be there.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\"He certainly had an influence on a generation of kids, who chose football instead of hockey and other sports.\"\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJorge Barrera, a Mounties rookie in 1995 who is now an investigative reporter with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network:\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ci\u003E\"Éric Lapointe had the aura of a star the moment he walked into the Mount Allison football locker room in his rookie year. While other rookies were subjected to the humiliating rituals of initiation, Lapointe moved above it all, his hair long and safe from the clippers.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\"On the field he made things simple for his coaches. The offensive co-ordinator once remarked that running the Mt. A. offence with Lapointe was like playing Nintendo football: Sweep right, sweep left and Lapointe outran them all.\"\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJulian Dickinson, receiver: \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\"If you never saw him play at Mount Allison, you have no idea how good he really was. There was one play that probably best illustrates what he could do on the football field and what he could do for a team. It was 1996, Eric's second year. We were playing St. FX in the AUAA finals in Antigonish and we got absolutely pummelled in the first half. We must have been down at least three touchdowns and I'm sure most people in the locker room thought that game was over.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\"But Eric came out in the second half and ripped off a 99-yard run that snaked all over the field, left about 10 defenders rolling on their bellies in the mud and ended with Eric in the end zone. It was the best individual play I've ever seen in a football game. He went on to rush for about 300 yards that game and brought us within a few points of winning that game. And this wasn't a cupcake defence. There were All-Canadians on the X defence, which would eventually play in the Vanier Cup.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\"It was an amazing feat. At the end of the game he was bloody, bruised, covered in mud and his jersey was torn like he'd been through a war. I remember he did a TV interview after the game with his helmet on because he was so busted up about losing, he couldn't show his face.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwenty-three spots down. By process of elimination, you should know who is QB1.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EQuarterback — Chris Flynn, Saint Mary's (Montreal Machine, World League; Rough Riders, CFL). \u003C\/b\u003ENo. Words. Necessary.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"YOUTUBE-iframe-video\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/S4P12kfxMNk\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S4P12kfxMNk?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Flynn legend only grows with time, perhaps in part since it was an unfinished symphony-type thing since there was no second act in the CFL.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESpecialists\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKicker \u0026nbsp;— Al Charuk, Acadia (Lions, Argonauts).\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;Total Calvinball cop-out with choosing the \u003Ci\u003Ebotteur\u003C\/i\u003E, since it's more about picking a definitive Acadia player whose feats included using his foot. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn a four-season span in the 1970s, Acadia had three Hec Crighton winners — Charuk in '74, followed by The Bobs back-to-back with receiver\u003Cb\u003E Bob Stracina \u003C\/b\u003Eand quarterback \u003Cb\u003EBob Cameron \u003C\/b\u003Ein '76 and '77. \u0026nbsp;In 2014, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/usports\/top-50-cis-football-players-of-vanier-cup-era\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESportsnet\u003C\/a\u003E ranked Cameron the 28th-best player of the Vanier Cup era with Charuk 35th and Stracina 37th. The former, of course, punted in the CFL for nigh on a quarter-century. Charuk and Stracina, between scoring touchdowns and placekicker, each scored more than 100 points in a season for Acadia.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe default selection was Cameron, due in perhaps to a stronger association since he had the longest pro career. On second thought, Charuk was a two-way player who won the Hec as a defensive back — where he once had a 10-interception season — and fashioned a CFL career as a receiver.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERush cover — Jason Arakgi, McMaster (Lions).\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;As the man himself put it, \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/vancouversun.com\/sports\/football\/cfl\/bc-lions\/jason-arakgi-qa-on-the-art-of-the-tackle-anthropology-and-furniture-building\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eyou're only as good as the bottom guy\u003C\/a\u003E\" and well, Arakgi is the CFL's career leader in special teams tackles and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3downnation.com\/2016\/08\/18\/life-outside-spotlight-fine-arakgi\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eplayed on all special teams even in his final season, 2016\u003C\/a\u003E. One could also hold up his career arc — \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bclions.com\/2017\/06\/19\/jason-arakgi-story-quiet-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Espend nine seasons all with one team, perform a significant function very well and then leave the game on one's own terms to step into a second career\u003C\/a\u003E — as a good example for young athletes to emulate. Only a very, very few get to play forever, but there are other entry points to parlaying athletic aptitude into a good life.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003EReturner — Tunde Adeleke, Carleton (Stampeders).\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;Special teams touchdowns are supposed to be a rare treat, but Adeleke made them a staple in Carleton's offensive diet over his four seasons. In 2016, he became the first player since\u003Cb\u003E Paul Bennett \u003C\/b\u003Ewith five punt return touchdowns in one season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"YOUTUBE-iframe-video\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/LWAfpV3myPU\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LWAfpV3myPU?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was just wild how people around the Ravens just came to expect the brilliant breakaway runs. Like no one before him (at least in my time), Adeleke combined with psychic peripheral vision with high-class wheels, since he also had the fastest 40-yard dash at the 2017 CFL combine.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFeel free to disagree with the selections, or the process. But please remember that any substitutions either have to be at the same position or require a two-position switch.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\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\/7077024032233525250\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/07\/football-ultimate-all-star-team-one.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7077024032233525250"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7077024032233525250"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/07\/football-ultimate-all-star-team-one.html","title":"Football: Ultimate U Sports all-star team — one player per school for 27 positions"}],"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$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Oit2QtTW4T4\/WWD4xR2W5sI\/AAAAAAAADO0\/i0Ufczw22vwMCdqSrJDux0tlvkae2FN9ACLcBGAs\/s72-c\/Akiem%2BHicks%252C%2BRams%2Band%2BBears.jpeg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-6705475687334968863"},"published":{"$t":"2016-08-30T16:02:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-08-31T10:21:29.178-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bisons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Carabins"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gryphons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marauders"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mustangs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rouge et Or"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Stingers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Top 10"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"#Top10VoterProblems: UBC opens the season No. 1, by slim margin over Montréal"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"A buzzsaw named \u003Cb\u003EDeezar \u003C\/b\u003Ecame through B.C. last weekend, but that was not enough to change voters' minds for the first football Top 10 of the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EVoters in the poll have free reign to decide how much stock to give to exhibition results, such as Manitoba's 50-7 win against defending national champion UBC last Friday at Westhills Stadium on Vancouver. Those games aren't played at full intensity, and the road team is often coming with a lean travel squad whereas the hosts will carry extra players.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe first poll of the season is always as the hardest; an invisible hand -- thank you, \u003Cb\u003EAdam Smith\u003C\/b\u003E -- tends to help a consensus develop. Six teams got at least one No. 1 vote, and there seems to be strong consensus around eight teams. That's really all that should be ranked, but for marketing purposes, you need 10 teams. A novel total would break the haters' brains.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUBC Thunderbirds (266, 20):\u003C\/b\u003E Never been a fan of the 'they are champs until proven otherwise' argument, since it defeats the purpose of having an opinion about who is the best. The 'Birds are young, but they showed last season that the early stages of a season aren't a be-all.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMontreal (261, five):\u003C\/b\u003E The line out of the Carabins' camp: \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.tvasports.ca\/2016\/08\/29\/la-carte-cachee-des-carabins\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EEven the pope is replaceable\u003C\/a\u003E.\" New quarterback\u003Cb\u003E Samuel Caron\u003C\/b\u003E has been in the system for a few seasons, and aged-out\u003Cb\u003E Gabriel Cousineau \u003C\/b\u003Ehas stayed on as an assistant coach. Time will tell how U de M manages the transition.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELaval (218):\u003C\/b\u003E For the first time in memory, Laval comes out of the chute without someone thinking they are No. 1. They are rebuilding, relatively, and perhaps the age cap finally is starting to have an effect.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWestern (188, two):\u003C\/b\u003E As a greater mind put it, good to see the blowout issue has been addressed in Ontario! The Mustangs beat Windsor by 72 points in the opener. Last season, they met in Week 1 and Western won by 69. Defensive lineman \u003Cb\u003EJohn Biewald\u003C\/b\u003E, who was in camp with the Ottawa RedBlacks, returns to #The613 for Sunday's game against Carleton. As if he won't find motivation intrinsically.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EManitoba (182, one): \u003C\/b\u003ESomeone put stock in the wipeout at Westshore, judging from the first-place vote. \u003Cb\u003ETheo Deezar\u003C\/b\u003E had three touchdown passes. The Bisons welcome in Calgary on Thursday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGuelph (177): \u003C\/b\u003EAll three rotational tailbacks got exactly 11 totes against U of T, with aptly named \u003Cb\u003EMack Jones \u003C\/b\u003Ecounting 92 yards and two TDs. Outside linebacker \u003Cb\u003ERiley Baines\u003C\/b\u003E, who missed the Yates Cup season while upgrading some courses, made his return with a sack last week.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECalgary (147, two):\u003C\/b\u003E Lose the Hardy Cup two seasons in a row and everyone forgets you have been pretty damn good for a long time. I put Calgary in my top 5, and not just because new QB1 \u003Cb\u003EJimmy Underdahl\u003C\/b\u003E is a left-hander, which is rare in three-down football for reasons no one has ever been able to explain.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMcMaster (146, one): Asher Hastings\u003C\/b\u003E,\u003Cb\u003E Dan Vandervoort \u003C\/b\u003Eand the whole Maroon and Grey gang averaged 9.8 yards per play in the 40-10 win against Carleton. Mac's September slate is Toronto-Waterloo-Ottawa-bye, so there might be some opportunity to be a little experimental before that circled date on the calendar, Oct. 1 vs. Guelph. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn little more than a hunch, I had Mac at No. 4 with Montréal, Western, Calgary as the top three and Laval at No. 5.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECarleton (37):\u003C\/b\u003E The Ravens certainly were caught off-guard against McMaster, and it doesn't get much easier with Western coming to the nation's capital on Sunday. It is a pivotal season for CU, since underachieving is going to slow the momentum the program had at the launch phase. A greater concern than the 30-point loss is that key defender\u003Cb\u003E D'Sean Thelwell \u003C\/b\u003Egot banged up last Sunday. Still a good chance of being a 6-2 team.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELaurier (37):\u003C\/b\u003E Since the other two big-boy conferences have yet to play, having a fourth OUA team as a placeholder at No. 10 makes sense. There's some evidence on them, compared to Concordia or Saskatchewan. Laurier's Onyekas were outstanding against Queen's: \u003Cb\u003ENakus Onyeka \u003C\/b\u003Ehad nine tackles and two sacks, whereas \u003Cb\u003EGodfrey Onyeka \u003C\/b\u003Ehoused an interception return for the ahead-for-good TD.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003EAlso receiving votes: Concordia (18), Saskatchewan (13), St. Francis Xavier (6), Mount Allison (5), Sherbrooke (2).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;3½\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\/6705475687334968863\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/08\/top10voterproblems-ubc-opens-season-no.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6705475687334968863"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6705475687334968863"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/08\/top10voterproblems-ubc-opens-season-no.html","title":"#Top10VoterProblems: UBC opens the season No. 1, by slim margin over Montréal"}],"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":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-3370888370791047337"},"published":{"$t":"2016-08-02T16:45:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-08-02T23:33:19.905-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eligibility"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gaiters"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marauders"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vanier Cup"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Warriors"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Vanier Cup games that time did not forget, since they never happened "},"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=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FZpS6odQhOE\/V6D9-HOSuII\/AAAAAAAADLQ\/uG13KKKuOisk6VeiQb2zK3S0K-ZLuu66wCLcB\/s1600\/20031115%2BMitchell%2BBowl%2B278-XL.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FZpS6odQhOE\/V6D9-HOSuII\/AAAAAAAADLQ\/uG13KKKuOisk6VeiQb2zK3S0K-ZLuu66wCLcB\/s640\/20031115%2BMitchell%2BBowl%2B278-XL.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EWhat might have been: Mathieu Bertrand shattered McMaster's Vanier Cup ambitions in 2003 with a game-winning TD run.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003EVictors write the history, and CIS football obsessives with too much time on their hands rewrite it to tide them over until the start of the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPerhaps this post idea sprang as a rearguard action against the prospect of another football season where the road to the Vanier Cup will go through the Laval\/Montreal\/\u003Cb\u003EBlake Nill\u003C\/b\u003E axis of awesomeness. The endless loop will involve some riveting conference playoff games that might be available only via webcast, the OUA being three-tiered (powerhouses, the pretty goods, the perpetually mediocre), and the AUS champion getting the obligatory pat on the head after travelling a few thousand kilometres to get \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitchell_Bowl\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eblown out in the Mitchell Bowl\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo much depends on the bowl rotation when it comes to having a memorable final four. I am the guiltiest of trolling sundry Londoners when the team with the biggest football budget in Ontario, non-\u003Cb\u003EStu Lang\u003C\/b\u003E division, has their Vanier Cup drought extended for another year. In fairness, three of the four Yates Cup-winning teams\u003Cb\u003E Greg Marshall \u003C\/b\u003Ehas produced since 2007 were on the road for their semifinal bowl.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnyway, today's twist on fantasy football is imagining Vanier Cup matchups that could, would, should have happened. The parameters: maximum of two different outcomes in the conference finals or the bowls.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1986\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat happened: UBC 25, Western 23\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat might have been: Bishop's-Western\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELike their 1982, '97 and 2015 teams, the '86 Thunderbirds ventured down east for the semifinal, won it, and stuck around to win the Vanier too. That championship game was the first to match two undefeated teams, and it was one of the most dramatic, as \u003Cb\u003EEric Pututo \u003C\/b\u003Ecame off the bench to march UBC down a muddy field before connecting with \u003Cb\u003ERob Ros\u003C\/b\u003E on the winning touchdown in the final seconds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHowever, the Bishop's Gaiters of coach\u003Cb\u003E Ian Breck \u003C\/b\u003Ecertainly rated an opportunity to play for all the marbles at least once. The small school reached the Dunsmore Cup nine times in 11 seasons from 1984 through '94, winning four times. In '86, they won the O-QIFC (aka the Nontario conference) for the first time and hosted the semifinal on campus. Alas for BU, UBC pulled out a 32-30 win.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBishop's vs. Western would have been the small Quebec school against the large Ontario school, with both wearing purple and silver. (They did meet in the 1994 semifinal, and in an interlocking regular-season game in '99, and yes, it looked weird.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"YOUTUBE-iframe-video\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/3cAMLfMwlrY\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3cAMLfMwlrY?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI am in no position to say whether '86 was Bishop's best shot at a national title during Breck's 24-season tenure. To nine-year-old me, football was boring and violent, and then-Gaiters star\u003Cb\u003E Leroy Blugh \u003C\/b\u003Ewas a member of the North Fredericksburgh Kings junior men's fastpitch team, which won the first of back-to-back Canadian titles that summer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlso, in 1992 the Gaiters were ranked No. 2 heading into conference championship week, with a high-octane O led by QB \u003Cb\u003EJim Murphy \u003C\/b\u003Eand a speedy D bolstered by future long-time CFL deep back \u003Cb\u003ETom Europe\u003C\/b\u003E. Queen's stunned Bishop's 32-6. That day had two defining moments - a Queen's goal-line stand that maintained a halftime lead, and \u003Cb\u003EBrad Elberg \u003C\/b\u003Ehousing the second-half kickoff, going 86 yards through the muck and mire. They played on grass back then, you know.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOdd note about UBC: all four of their Vanier Cup winning teams have had to go east for the semifinal. In 1987, UBC defeated Laurier at home, then got on the plane and lost the Vanier to McGill.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1997\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat happened: UBC 39, Ottawa 23\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat might have been: Mount Allison-Waterloo\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EKids, back in the '90s, you needed a landline to get on the Internet. Waterloo being good and the Atlantic conference having relative parity with the rest of the country were also whole things.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the actual game, UBC, with QB \u003Cb\u003EShawn Olson \u003C\/b\u003Eand the tailback tag-team of \u003Cb\u003EMark Nohra \u003C\/b\u003Eand \u003Cb\u003EAkbal Singh \u003C\/b\u003Eworking behind a stacked offensive line, beat Ottawa decisively. It was a bad game in front of a bad crowd of only 8,000 at Skydome. The small gathering might or might not have included an undergrad from another eastern Ontario university who relished the Gee-Gees getting their comeuppance, who would go on to become uOttawa's play-by-play commentator.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBoth semis were high-scoring games, with UBC outlasting Mount Allison 34-29 in the Atlantic Bowl while Ottawa defeated Waterloo 44-37 to get the unification belt in Ontario. Since this is fantasy, one can assume the Mounties would have a healthy\u003Cb\u003E Éric Lapointe \u003C\/b\u003Einstead of having to carry on without the two-time Hec Crighton Trophy winner, who was out with a broken arm. Lapointe might have helped the Mount A defence get more rest, which would have helped defensive end\u003Cb\u003E Mathieu Gauthier \u003C\/b\u003Eand his mates keep up the fight. \u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Churchill matchup is mostly remembered for the infamous \"illegal interference by an unauthorized person\" penalty on Ottawa that was called when the Gee-Gees mascot took down a Waterloo receiver. The fallout from that, apart from enduring infamy, was that the officials penalized Ottawa half the distance to the goal. Waterloo 'dive back'\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EEddie Kim \u003C\/b\u003Ebroke a 17-yard touchdown run on an inside dive on the next play.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOttawa's speed won the day, as\u003Cb\u003E Chris Evraire \u003C\/b\u003Eaccounted for two of their\u0026nbsp;three punt return TDs. That said, it would have been something to have the engineering school which had never won a Yates Cup before 1997 against the small school from the Maritimes, who probably would have had more support at Skydome despite Waterloo's proximity to the GTA.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWarriors coach \u003Cb\u003ETuffy Knight \u003C\/b\u003Ehad his wishbone running on all eight cylinders that season with option QB\u003Cb\u003E Ryan Wilkinson \u003C\/b\u003Eand 'pitch back' \u003Cb\u003EJarrett Smith\u003C\/b\u003E. The Mounties had a good offence built around Lapointe, who's now in the Hall of Fame as a university player. With all that running, they might have finished that game in 2½ hours, even with extra TV timeouts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2000\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat happened: Ottawa 42, Regina 39\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat might have been: Ottawa-Saint Mary's\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOttawa was dominant in the final seasons of the old O-Q (four conference titles and two Vanier berths from 1995-2000), while the\u003Cb\u003E Blake Nill \u003C\/b\u003EHuskies repped the Atlantic every November from '99 till 2004.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBoth teams were at a peak in 2000. The tectonic shifts in the university game factored into Ottawa an SMU never getting together for a game that would have included teams that with explosion-play capability in all three phases, and swarming defences.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENill also had some experience with the Gee-Gees, since he was defensive coordinator at St. FX when they shut down Ottawa 13-5 in the '96 Atlantic Bowl.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe prologue was 1999, when Laval beat an 8-0 Ottawa team in the playoffs on the way to their first national title, and Regina imported their junior program into Canada West. (Ottawa was on CIAU probation, so 6-2 Laval hosted that Dunsmore Cup.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaval's ascendancy led to Ottawa and Queen's shifting their football teams back to the OUA, which diminished the bilingual university's ability to fish in the deepening Quebec recruiting pool. Regina, with 27-year-old QB\u003Cb\u003E Darryl Leason\u003C\/b\u003E, also made one of the great road runs in 2000, upsetting Saint Mary's 40-36 in Atlantic Bowl in Halifax. That game probably started the conversation about an age cap in university football.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe way that Atlantic Bowl got away from the Huskies is unforgettable. Saint Mary's opened a two-score lead. A poorly directed kickoff created a wide field for\u003Cb\u003E Neal Hughes \u003C\/b\u003Eto house a kickoff with an 89-yard return, saving Regina the trouble of the need to run a one-minute drill for a touchdown and try to recover the ensuing short kickoff.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA quick exchange of possession followed Hughes' touchdown, and Saint Mary's gave a safety that cut the lead to a field goal. Of course, that meant kicking off again, which was a trigger for fatalists. Hughes broke a 67-yard return into the red zone, and Regina capitalized for the TD.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe tightening of the age rules certainly set back Saint Mary's. So have tighter budgets and OUA's introduction of \u003Cstrike\u003Escholarships\u003C\/strike\u003E athlete financial awards keeping more players at home. They were great in their time.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor those who don't recall, or don't care, 42-39 was a misleading score. The Rams scored a window-dressing touchdown and two-point convert with zeroes on the clock.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2003\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat happened: Laval 14, Saint Mary's 7\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat might have been: McMaster-Saint Mary's\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs alluded to up top, the bowl rotation has been less than serendipitous for\u003Cb\u003E Greg Marshall \u003C\/b\u003Eas a head coach. The four-in-a-row Marauders got to host a national semifinal thrice from 2000 till '03. By the last one in 2003, the \"if not now, when?\" desperation had traction beyond just the Marauders and their following, since OUA's Vanier Cup absence stood at seven seasons.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaval got by McMaster 36-32 in the Mitchell Bowl on the margin of \u003Cb\u003EMathieu Bertrand\u003C\/b\u003E's long touchdown run late in the fourth quarter. Memories are hazy, and the game isn't on YouTube, but the way it's recalled is the Marauders were blitzing, so Bertrand coolly called his own number and scored on a quarterback draw. The Marauders had time to respond, but a pass just sailed past a receiver's hands inside the 10-yard line in the final seconds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWho knows how Mac would have fared against SMU. We know that Laval eighty-sixed a great storyline. Mac would have been in its first Vanier since the event's infancy, while SMU was going for a three-peat. That's the contrast in team histories broadcasters love. Mac and SMU also had a familiarity after playing in the 2002 semifinal. Then you have the whole Maritimer resentment of Upper Canada.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEverything happens for a reason, though. McMaster would eventually get another chance against Laval.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2010\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat happened: Laval 29, Calgary 2\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat might have been: Calgary vs. Ottawa\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECalgary and\u003Cb\u003E Erik Glavic\u003C\/b\u003E, two-time Hec Crighton winner, against Ottawa and \u003Cb\u003EBrad Sinopoli\u003C\/b\u003E, the 2010 Hec honouree. Now that is a quarterback matchup that would play in Peoria: two dual threats who often extended plays beyond all logical limits.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOttawa got home-field advantage throughout the Yates Cup playoffs on the margin of a one-point home win against Western in the season opener. The Mustangs avenged that with a two-point win in the Yates Cup, prevailing on\u003Cb\u003E Lirim Hajrallahu\u003C\/b\u003E's late field goal. That probably seemed just to the Mustangs, who in the regular-season game had a potential game-icing TD taken off the board after being penalized for a pick play.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the reg-season game, Ottawa took the lead with 35 seconds left. In the Yates, there was 1:45 left when Ottawa kicked a sure go-ahead field goal on a third-and-1. That left Western just enough time to reply. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow, how can one say Ottawa should have been in the Vanier after failing to get it done on their home field in the Yates? Well, the Yates was close, and the spoils of winning was a Uteck Bowl against a banged-up Laval team with a first-year starting quarterback. The Rouge et Or just slipped by Sherbrooke 19-18 to get out of Quebec.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWestern went toe-to-toe with Laval, but the Rouge et Or took down four interceptions and eked by 13-11 at a blustery PEPS. Ottawa was the more advanced team in the passing phase, and was capable of challenging Laval's back eight. Both the 2009 Queen's and 2011 McMaster teams beat Laval by taking vertical shots, along with doing a lot of other good stuff.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAny other matchup would have been more watchable than Laval plowing over Calgary in a snow bowl. \u0026nbsp;Or maybe it would not have been.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat's the point; we'll never know, but it's fun to imagine.\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\/3370888370791047337\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/08\/vanier-cup-games-that-time-did-not.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3370888370791047337"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3370888370791047337"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/08\/vanier-cup-games-that-time-did-not.html","title":"Vanier Cup games that time did not forget, since they never happened "}],"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$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FZpS6odQhOE\/V6D9-HOSuII\/AAAAAAAADLQ\/uG13KKKuOisk6VeiQb2zK3S0K-ZLuu66wCLcB\/s72-c\/20031115%2BMitchell%2BBowl%2B278-XL.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$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":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-5461241445492508830"},"published":{"$t":"2013-11-16T09:42:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-16T09:42:16.650-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mitchell Bowl"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mustangs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rouge et Or"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Uteck Bowl"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Mitchell and Uteck Bowl point spreads"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I am less confident in these than I am in the usual spreads due to little interconference play in one case, and none at all in the other.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaval at Mount Allison (+20.5)\u003Cbr \/\u003EWestern at Calgary (+13.5)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis is the third-straight playoff game where I have called the Mounties at least seven-point underdogs, twice making me look stupid, though something tells me they won't win this time. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs always, check out friend of the blog \u003Cb\u003EJim Mullin\u003C\/b\u003E and the crew on Countdown U:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gz0Lp8rnNwo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E**\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo recap \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/football-conference-championship-point.html\"\u003Elast week\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMount Allison at Saint Mary's (-9.5) - did not cover, MtA won\u003Cbr \/\u003EMontreal at Laval (-11.5) - did not cover, Laval by 3\u003Cbr \/\u003EQueen's at Western (-18) - covered, Western by 29\u003Cbr \/\u003EManitoba at Calgary (-14) - covered, Calgary by 15\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\/5461241445492508830\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/football-mitchell-and-uteck-bowl-point.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5461241445492508830"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5461241445492508830"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/football-mitchell-and-uteck-bowl-point.html","title":"Football: Mitchell and Uteck Bowl point spreads"}],"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":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-2905477546746186688"},"published":{"$t":"2013-11-07T09:00:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-09T19:32:07.614-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bisons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Carabins"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dunsmore Cup"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hardy Cup"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Loney Bowl"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mustangs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rouge et Or"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Yates Cup"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Conference championship point spreads"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Mount Allison at Saint Mary's (-9.5)\u003Cbr \/\u003EMontreal at Laval (-11.5)\u003Cbr \/\u003EQueen's at Western (-18)\u003Cbr \/\u003EManitoba at Calgary (-14)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENot a terribly close set of games by the look of it, but there are always deviations from the predictions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAt 26:54 of Countdown U (video below), the members of the panel choose their Games of the Week. All games but the Hardy get one vote.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_YFCPZSyRu4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs for last week, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/football-quick-recaps-of-seven.html\"\u003Efive of the seven conference semifinals were within a touchdown of their predicted spread\u003C\/a\u003E, with two big misses in the Montreal blowout win and Mount A's win despite only 154 yards of offence.\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\/2905477546746186688\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/football-conference-championship-point.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2905477546746186688"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2905477546746186688"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/football-conference-championship-point.html","title":"Football: Conference championship point spreads"}],"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":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-290932968206975192"},"published":{"$t":"2013-11-02T20:36:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-02T21:25:01.175-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bisons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Carabins"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gaiters"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gryphons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marauders"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mustangs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rouge et Or"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vert et Or"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Quick recaps of the seven semifinals"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003ETo review this weekend's seven playoff games, we'll look at them in order of how much the outcome differed from our point spreads, from most expected to least expected.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/fball\/2013\/postseason-boxscores\/20131102_d0u1.xml\"\u003EUBC 28 at Calgary 42\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPredicted spread\u003C\/b\u003E: Calgary by 15.5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOff by\u003C\/b\u003E: 1.5 points\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI respect what friend of the blog \u003Cb\u003EJim Mullin\u003C\/b\u003E said near the end of this game, about how UBC represented their school today after \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theprovince.com\/sports\/university\/Gallagher+getting+ready+slash+varsity+football+hockey\/9049366\/story.html\"\u003Erumours leaked out surrounding the football team and the school's athletic review\u003C\/a\u003E (though, those are hardly rumours). And yes they did take a 17-0 lead after beating up on Alberta previously. But in the end they lost this one by 14. Though the T-Birds can take some solace in the fact that, while \u003Cb\u003EMercer Timmis\u003C\/b\u003E had another Mercer Timmis game (32 carries, 164 yards, two TDs), he wasn't the leading rusher in the game, either by total yards or yards-per-carry \u0026mdash; that honour going to \u003Cb\u003EBrandon Deschamps\u003C\/b\u003E (184 on 22, 1 TD).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/fball\/2013\/postseason-boxscores\/20131101_s059.xml\"\u003ESaskatchewan 36 at Manitoba 37\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPredicted spread\u003C\/b\u003E: Manitoba by 3.5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOff by\u003C\/b\u003E: 2.5 points\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt'll be an offseason of replaying this game in their minds for the Huskies, now losers of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.huskies.usask.ca\/news\/2013\/November\/2013-11-01-fb\/index.php\"\u003Eeight of their last ten playoff games\u003C\/a\u003E after \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thestarphoenix.com\/sports\/amateur\/university\/Huskies+season+ends+last+second\/9116453\/story.html\"\u003Ea crazy, fantastic night in Winnipeg\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026mdash; and another one-point playoff loss on a missed field goal at the end. Like the people who point to close elections and say, \"See, each vote \u003Ci\u003Edoes\u003C\/i\u003E matter!\", I find it tempting to say that every point does, too, but that's fairly self-evident after a game like this.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHalf the points came in the fourth quarter; Saskatchewan had a five-point lead after three and kept the Bisons off the board for nearly a 20-minute period. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/fball\/2014\/postseason-boxscores\/20131102_sps4.xml\"\u003ESherbrooke 11 at Laval 32\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPredicted spread\u003C\/b\u003E: Laval by 18\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOff by\u003C\/b\u003E: 3 points\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe latest in a long line of Laval games where they dominate the second half. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.rougeetor.ulaval.ca\/les_clubs\/nouvelle\/article\/\/p-classsurtitredemi-finale-rseq-de-football-universitairepp-classtitrele-rouge-et-or-en\/\"\u003E11th Dunsmore in a row\u003C\/a\u003E for the Rouge et Or and of course they've won all of the last 10 \u0026mdash; by three touchdowns on average, no less.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/fball\/2013\/postseason-boxscores\/20131102_aoh9.xml\"\u003EGuelph 17 at Queen's 34\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPredicted spread\u003C\/b\u003E: Queen's by 13\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOff by\u003C\/b\u003E: 4 points\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENo surprises here (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/11\/football-twice-in-lifetime-guelph-comes.html\"\u003Ethis time\u003C\/a\u003E...). Guelph ends the year 2-2 against OUA playoff teams, but with a 2-point win and a 1-point win followed by last week's 14-point loss and this 13-point one, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/ca.sports.yahoo.com\/blogs\/eh-game\/queen-golden-gaels-mistake-free-billy-mcphee-shake-002832996.html\"\u003Ewhich they lost to Queen's and \"mistake-free \u003Cb\u003EBilly McPhee\u003C\/b\u003E\"\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/fball\/2013\/postseason-boxscores\/20131102_f0wv.xml\"\u003EMcMaster 3 at Western 32\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPredicted spread\u003C\/b\u003E: Western by 22\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOff by\u003C\/b\u003E: 7 points\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI'd have to check the numbers on this, but I think this was the first Western game this year where they didn't score 50 points in the fourth quarter. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAside from that this game was a foregone conclusion; I think we all knew the Mustangs were going to win the 1 vs. 4 game by 20+ points before they were halfway towards clinching the No. 1 seed. Mac's hearts of champions or inspired chemistry or whatever helped them win more games in the second half of the year \u0026mdash; the relatively weaker schedule? I think it was the relatively weaker schedule \u0026mdash; can only go so far against the best non-Laval team in the country.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/fball\/2013\/postseason-boxscores\/20131102_lxau.xml\"\u003EAcadia 10 at Mount Allison 19\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPredicted spread\u003C\/b\u003E: Acadia by 7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOff by\u003C\/b\u003E: 16 points\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis one didn't finish as we thought. The Mounties gave up almost 100 more points during the season than Acadia did, and they weren't the ones who played Laval, so you'd think the Axemen could overcome the home advantage, even one enjoyed by a team that plays on a field some high school programs wouldn't touch. But the turnovers went 4 to 1 in Mount A's favour, in fact scoring their only touchdown on a pick-six with three and a half minutes left in the game. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/fball\/2014\/postseason-boxscores\/20131102_061c.xml\"\u003EMontreal 51 at Bishop's 8\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPredicted spread\u003C\/b\u003E: Montreal by 7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOff by\u003C\/b\u003E: 36 points\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe same logic that made Montreal road favourites also made Acadia road favourites. Neither game actually ended up close to the 7-point spread, but for very different reasons. While this was more lopsided than most probably expected, I still do feel a little better now about never putting Bishop's on my ballot this year. In any event, it seems the Gaiters \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/cis\/cis-week-9-rankings-let-the-playoffs-begin\/\"\u003Ewon't have a chance to beat Laval\u003C\/a\u003E after all.\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\/290932968206975192\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/football-quick-recaps-of-seven.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/290932968206975192"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/290932968206975192"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/football-quick-recaps-of-seven.html","title":"Football: Quick recaps of the seven semifinals"}],"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":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-7904403902747025219"},"published":{"$t":"2013-10-07T18:53:00.002-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-10-07T18:53:18.656-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS men's soccer update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Capers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sea-Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Soccer"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"AUS men's soccer recap: Week Five"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Now, usually I just throw on the scores \u0026mdash; and of course the names that go with them \u0026mdash; but before I do that, I want to say one thing ...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAt this level of play there isn’t much of an excuse to have no goals scored for your team. It’s the CIS level and that should end with at least one goal in your favour, regardless of the game result. Twice this week, a team did not score, and in most cases, two goals would have been enough to win the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow, I know it’s easy to sit here and say ‘come on, score!’ all comfy on the sidelines, but I’ve played soccer and I cover soccer, and I can tell you, you really should be getting goals. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow that my rant is over ... here are the highlights of this past week for AUS men’s soccer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWednesday\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUPEI 2 at Moncton 1\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA 2-0 lead after goals by \u003Cb\u003ECole MacMillan\u003C\/b\u003E (16:50) and \u003Cb\u003EMark Ashley\u003C\/b\u003E (49:41) wasn't something Moncton could come back from in this one. They got one of their own from \u003Cb\u003EAhmed Abdul-Rahman\u003C\/b\u003E in the 63rd minute and three shots on goal in the last five minutes but it ended 2-1.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFriday\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStFX 2 at Saint Mary’s 2\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERandy Ribeiro \u003C\/b\u003Escored for StFX in minute 38. They wouldn’t score again until minute 70, when \u003Cb\u003EMax Maund\u003C\/b\u003E scored. The Huskies came back to tie it up, with \u003Cb\u003EDanny Bachar\u003C\/b\u003E scoring two minutes after that, bringing the score to 2-1.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPawel Gorski\u003C\/b\u003E scored the tying goal in minute 78.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoncton 4 at Mount Allison 1\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMoncton’s \u003Cb\u003EAhmed Abdul-Rahman\u003C\/b\u003E scored an unassisted goal in minute seven, giving them an early lead. \u003Cb\u003EAdrian Crace\u003C\/b\u003E headed the ball into the net off a throw-in, tying the game at 28:30, but the tie wouldn’t last long. \u003Cb\u003EChristian Yapi\u003C\/b\u003E scored at 38:00, followed by \u003Cb\u003EMaxime Daigle\u003C\/b\u003E at 74:38 and another header off a corner kick at 89:18 by \u003Cb\u003EAbdul-Rahman\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaturday\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUNB 3 at Cape Breton 4\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMost of this game was dominated by the Capers, with \u003Cb\u003EZak Riley\u003C\/b\u003E scoring in minute 21, followed by \u003Cb\u003EKwabe Boateng\u003C\/b\u003E at 47. Three minutes into the second half \u003Cb\u003EBoateng\u003C\/b\u003E scored his second goal of the game, and \u003Cb\u003ETrey Durham\u003C\/b\u003E scored the fourth goal for CBU at 71:00 after a UNB goal in the 61st by \u003Cb\u003EDiego Padhilha\u003C\/b\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUNB came back strong with two goals after the 80th minute with \u003Cb\u003EYassin Shehab El Din\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EPatrick Cormier\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMemorial 1 at UPEI 2\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EScoring early at 5:31, \u003Cb\u003EAaron Anstey\u003C\/b\u003E gave the Seahawks hope. But \u003Cb\u003EBrett Hogan\u003C\/b\u003E scored for the Panthers at 14:14, tying the game, then \u003Cb\u003ECole MacMillan\u003C\/b\u003E scored what would be the game-winning goal at 50:30.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaturday\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMemorial 0 at UPEI 4\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECole Macmillan\u003C\/b\u003E scored the first three goals for the Panthers at 23:32, 53:25 and 61:14. Hogan scored again a minute later, the fourth and final goal of the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoncton 0 at Cape Breton 5\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother big lead and eventual win for CBU. Within 10 minutes they were up 2-0 on goals by \u003Cb\u003EBruno Mota\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EMark Stewart\u003C\/b\u003E. \u003Cb\u003ESandro Rajkovic\u003C\/b\u003E scored in the 44th, followed by \u003Cb\u003EJordan Evison\u003C\/b\u003E in the 49th, and the final goal by \u003Cb\u003EIan Greedy\u003C\/b\u003E in the 73rd.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie 2 at StFX 1\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAaron Hoyle\u003C\/b\u003E scored for DAL in the first minute of the second half. StFX didn’t score until 88:22 by \u003Cb\u003EJamie Tibbo\u003C\/b\u003E, but DAL’s \u003Cb\u003EWilliam Kafeero\u003C\/b\u003E scored 22 seconds later, giving DAL the win.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUNB 2 at Mount Allison 1\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJason Rouse\u003C\/b\u003E at 18:33 and \u003Cb\u003EYousuf Mohammad\u003C\/b\u003E at 39:02 shared UNB’s two goals, and Mount Allison’s lone goal was scored by \u003Cb\u003EAdrian Crace\u003C\/b\u003E late in the first half at 36:37.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAcadia 1 at Saint Mary’s 1\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAcadia and Saint Mary’s tied their only matchup of the year, \u003Cb\u003EIshraq Hassan\u003C\/b\u003E scoring at 10:37 for SMU, followed by \u003Cb\u003EErik Merchant’s\u003C\/b\u003E lone goal for Acadia at 20:04.\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\/7904403902747025219\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/aus-mens-soccer-recap-week-five.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7904403902747025219"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7904403902747025219"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/aus-mens-soccer-recap-week-five.html","title":"AUS men's soccer recap: Week Five"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Bronté James"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106742509156511623904"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Oz-jrukc3VY\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAACY\/wcJUcKUv9eY\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-6729188626065935177"},"published":{"$t":"2013-09-23T20:54:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-09-23T20:55:34.342-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS women's soccer recap"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axewomen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Capers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"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":"Soccer"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Soccer: AUS women's weekly recap"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cb\u003EWEDNESDAY\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStFX at Dalhousie\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe DAL Tigers defeated the X-Women 3-0 in their game Saturday. \u003Cb\u003EKristy McGregor-Bale\u003C\/b\u003E scored the first goal at 23:39, \u003Cb\u003EElise Bilodeau\u003C\/b\u003E scored in the 73rd minute, and \u003Cb\u003EJoanna Blodgett\u003C\/b\u003E scored the third and final goal at 85:18, sealing their victory.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFRIDAY\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMemorial at UNB\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUNB took a 2-1 victory over the Seahawks in their Friday game. Memorial scored early with a goal at 3:57 by \u003Cb\u003EMaria Oliver\u003C\/b\u003E, but \u003Cb\u003EBriana Ford\u003C\/b\u003E connected twice for UNB at 39:50 and 47:23.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESATURDAY\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMemorial at Moncton\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter losing 2-1 to UNB, the Seahawks came back to take a 1-0 victory over the Aigles Bleus. Jane Pope scored the only goal of the game at 64:19.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESMU at Cape Breton\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was a big loss for the Huskies: 9-0 at the hands of Capers. Two goals came in the first seven minutes, then \u003Cb\u003EKarolyn Blain\u003C\/b\u003E scored the next three goals all before the half. \u003Cb\u003EStacey Elliot\u003C\/b\u003E scored in minute 55, followed six minutes later by \u003Cb\u003ETiffany Johnson\u003C\/b\u003E, 13 more by \u003Cb\u003EAllie MacIntyre\u003C\/b\u003E, and finally \u003Cb\u003EJessica Furtado\u003C\/b\u003E in the 75th.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Huskies have now allowed twice as many goals (24) as the next-highest team (MtA with 12).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMount Allison at StFX\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Mounties and X-Women came out of their game with a 0-0 score, presumably to help keep the AUS scoring average down after that last game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie at Acadia\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Tigers scraped by with a 1-0 win against the Axewomen, with \u003Cb\u003EVictoria Parkinson\u003C\/b\u003E scoring late into the game in minute 88.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMemorial at Mount Allison\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Seahawks took their second victory of the weekend against the Mount Allison Mounties, 2-1. The game was scoreless until 55:48 when \u003Cb\u003EJana Gordon\u003C\/b\u003E scored with an assist from \u003Cb\u003ENoelle Stanford\u003C\/b\u003E. Mount Allison scored at 63:33 with a goal by Megan Entwistle, assisted by Cassie Suche. And then Memorial sealed their victory with a goal in minute 90 by \u003Cb\u003EJane Pope\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary’s at StFX\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was a 2-1 victory for the X-Women vs. the Huskies. StFX’s \u003Cb\u003EBrittany Parks\u003C\/b\u003E scored less than two minutes into the game, a lead that would last less than 10 minutes until \u003Cb\u003EKara Slawter\u003C\/b\u003E tied the game at 11:38. The Huskies were almost able to keep it there until StFX’s Melanie Sunada scored the game-winning goal at 89:36.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUNB at Acadia\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe final game of the weekend took place at Acadia where the Axewomen were able to take a 4-0 victory over the Varsity Reds. \u003Cb\u003EMeghan Earle\u003C\/b\u003E scored at 26:00, followed by \u003Cb\u003EKathleen Ross\u003C\/b\u003E in minute 32, \u003Cb\u003EAlana Fairfax\u003C\/b\u003E in the 60th, and \u003Cb\u003EKathleen Ross\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\/6729188626065935177\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/09\/soccer-aus-womens-weekly-recap.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6729188626065935177"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6729188626065935177"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/09\/soccer-aus-womens-weekly-recap.html","title":"Soccer: AUS women's weekly recap"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Bronté James"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106742509156511623904"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Oz-jrukc3VY\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAACY\/wcJUcKUv9eY\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-9129992451016328090"},"published":{"$t":"2013-09-23T18:19:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-09-23T18:19:10.404-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS men's soccer update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Capers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Soccer"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Soccer: AUS men's weekly recap"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EOur latest update on the happenings in AUS men's soccer...\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWEDNESDAY\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStFX at Dalhousie\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Tigers defeated the X-Men 2-0. DAL’s \u003Cb\u003EBezick Evraire \u003C\/b\u003Escored two seconds into the game, giving them a 1-0 lead, which they'd expand at 67:07 when \u003Cb\u003ENathan Rogers\u003C\/b\u003E scored the second. The game saw 25 fouls and six yellow cards.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFRIDAY\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMemorial at UNB\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Varsity Reds took a 2-0 victory over the Seahawks on Friday. \u003Cb\u003EMarcus Lees\u003C\/b\u003E scored at 13:10, followed by a second and final goal scored by \u003Cb\u003EDiego Padhilha \u003C\/b\u003Eat 69:30.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESATURDAY\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMemorial at Moncton\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMemorial took a second loss in the second game of their three-game weekend. It was a promising start for the Seahawks, with \u003Cb\u003EStefan Slaney\u003C\/b\u003E scoring first at 36:13, but they were unable to hold the lead and Moncton’s \u003Cb\u003EKouame Ouattara\u003C\/b\u003E scored at 82:38 and his teammate \u003Cb\u003EAmadou Fall\u003C\/b\u003E scored in stoppage time, taking a 2-1 victory.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary’s at Cape Breton\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe SMU Huskies and CBU Capers tied 1-1 on Saturday. CBU’s \u003Cb\u003EIan Greedy\u003C\/b\u003E scored off a penalty shot in the 34th minute, \u003Cb\u003ERodrigo Faria De Carvalho\u003C\/b\u003E scored off a free-kick a minute later.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie at Acadia\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Acadia Axemen took a 2-0 victory over the DAL Tigers. \u003Cb\u003EErik Merchant\u003C\/b\u003E scored 56 minutes into the game, and 11 minutes later teammate \u003Cb\u003EMatthew Berrigan\u003C\/b\u003E scored, giving the Tigers their second victory.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMount Allison at StFX\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Mounties took a 4-1 loss to the X-Men. \u003Cb\u003ENatneal Tecle\u003C\/b\u003E scored nine minutes in for StFX and another goal wasn’t scored until the second half, 45:54, by Jordan Roberts. MtA’s \u003Cb\u003EFederico Mara\u003C\/b\u003E scored at 63:44, but it would be their only goal.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJames Fitzpatrick\u003C\/b\u003E scored at 63:52, and \u003Cb\u003EMitchell George\u003C\/b\u003E scored StFX’s fourth and final goal in the 83rd minute. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESUNDAY\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMemorial at Mount Allison\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Seahawks and Mounties tied 2-2. Mount Allison’s \u003Cb\u003EConnor McCumber\u003C\/b\u003E scored at 1:20, followed by Memorial’s \u003Cb\u003EJordi Slaney\u003C\/b\u003E scoring at 44:55 off a penalty kick. In the second half\u003Cb\u003E Stefan Slaney\u003C\/b\u003E scored at 71:57 with a direct freekick, and ten minutes later \u003Cb\u003EKevin Seely\u003C\/b\u003E scored for Mount Allison with a looping shot over the goalie. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary’s at StFX\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStFX took a 1-0 victory over the SMU Huskies. \u003Cb\u003ENatneal Tecle\u003C\/b\u003E scored the only goal of the game at 64:30.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUNB at Acadia \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Varsity Reds and Axemen tied 1-1 on Sunday. UNB’s \u003Cb\u003EOliver Jones\u003C\/b\u003E scored their only goal 17 minutes into the game. The Reds kept the lead until minute 74 when \u003Cb\u003ECochrane Noseworthy-Smith\u003C\/b\u003E scored, tying the game.\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\/9129992451016328090\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/09\/soccer-aus-mens-weekly-recap.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/9129992451016328090"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/9129992451016328090"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/09\/soccer-aus-mens-weekly-recap.html","title":"Soccer: AUS men's weekly recap"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Bronté James"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106742509156511623904"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Oz-jrukc3VY\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAACY\/wcJUcKUv9eY\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-2193477393611981623"},"published":{"$t":"2013-09-16T20:41:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-09-16T20:41:07.610-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS men's soccer update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Capers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"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":"Soccer"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"AUS men's soccer kick-off second weekend of games"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The Atlantic University Sport men’s soccer teams \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticuniversitysport.com\/sports\/msoc\/2013-14\/schedule?confonly=1\"\u003Ehad a double-header weekend\u003C\/a\u003E with teams travelling across the Maritimes, playing with the end-goal of reaching the top four spots in the conference. Let’s see how the men did …\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFriday\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoncton at Saint Mary’s\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMaxime Daigle\u003C\/b\u003E scored the only goal of the game at 29:00 as Moncton won 1-0. He and two teammates were also carded in the second half.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaturday\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAcadia at StFX\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Axemen took on the X-Men on Saturday, coming out of the game with a 1-0 loss. X-Man \u003Cb\u003EMark Harpur\u003C\/b\u003E scored an unassisted goal at 62:43, giving the men a 1-0 victory. It was a somewhat heated game as eight yellow cards were handed out, balanced at 4 for each team.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie at Saint Mary’s\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was a 2-0 victory for Saint Mary’s with \u003Cb\u003EThierno Diop\u003C\/b\u003E scoring in the 24th minute and \u003Cb\u003EDanny Bachar\u003C\/b\u003E in the 90th, solidifying their victory. Both SMU goal-scorers were also carded. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAdam Miller\u003C\/b\u003E picked up the shutout in this one, a category in which he was second in the league last season, beat out for top spot the last game by UNB's \u003Cb\u003EAaron McMurray\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMount Allison at UNB\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe V-Reds defeated the Mounties 3-0. \u003Cb\u003EMarcus Lees\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thebruns.ca\/mens-soccer-rookie-making-name\/\"\u003Eone of UNB's rookies\u003C\/a\u003E, scored two of the goals for the Reds at 13:09 off a penalty kick and 79:22 with an unassisted goal. The third was by \u003Cb\u003EBenjamin Law\u003C\/b\u003E – the tenth of his career with the Reds – off a corner kick.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUPEI at CBU\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere were no goals scored in this game, and only one card to speak of: a yellow to UPEI's \u003Cb\u003EEric Da Silva\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESunday\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAcadia at Cape Breton\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Axemen were unable to secure a victory this time and lost 3-0. All three goals for the Capers were unassisted, with \u003Cb\u003EMark Steward\u003C\/b\u003E scoring in the 28th minute, followed four minutes later by \u003Cb\u003EIan Greedy\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECBU didn’t score again until the 77th minute with Greedy's second of the game by. Acadia picked up two more yellow cards on the weekend, given to \u003Cb\u003ECory Cadeau\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EJereme Shabani\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie at Mount Allison\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was a 2-1 victory for the Tigers after \u003Cb\u003ENathan Rogers\u003C\/b\u003E scored at 2:37 and \u003Cb\u003EWill Wright\u003C\/b\u003E followed nine minutes later. Mount A looked to be making a comeback with Federico Mora’s goal at 13:27, but they were unable to put the ball in the back of the net again. Only one yellow card was given out during the game, to Rodgers in the 77th minute.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoncton at UNB\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Aigles Bleus defeated the Reds 1-0 after \u003Cb\u003EPhilippe DeGrave\u003C\/b\u003E scored 38 seconds into the game, an early lead which they held for the rest of the game. DeGrave scored after \u003Cb\u003EAmadou Bamba\u003C\/b\u003E brought the ball up the field and passed it to \u003Cb\u003EChristian Yapi\u003C\/b\u003E, who in turn crossed an easy ball through the UNB defence allowing DeGrace to tap it into the corner of the net past McMurray.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThree yellow cards were handed to UdeM, including \u003Cb\u003EAmandou Fall\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Cb\u003EMehyar Zekaroui\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EChristian Yapi\u003C\/b\u003E. One went to UNB’s \u003Cb\u003EVictor Karosan\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith the win, Moncton remains the only undefeated team in AUS play, and one of two teams to allow just one goal in their first four games. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUPEI vs. StFX\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe X-Men came out strong and took a 3-0 victory over the UPEI Panthers. Although a 0-0 game through the first 35 minutes, \u003Cb\u003ERyan Aashlee\u003C\/b\u003E kicked it into the back of UPEI’s net at 35:11 with an assist from \u003Cb\u003ERandy Ribiero\u003C\/b\u003E. Another goal wasn’t scored until 62:55 by \u003Cb\u003EMichael Tait\u003C\/b\u003E and then near the end of the game \u003Cb\u003EPieter Heerschop\u003C\/b\u003E picked up the final StFX goal.\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\/2193477393611981623\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/09\/aus-mens-soccer-kick-off-second-weekend.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2193477393611981623"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2193477393611981623"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/09\/aus-mens-soccer-kick-off-second-weekend.html","title":"AUS men's soccer kick-off second weekend of games"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Bronté James"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106742509156511623904"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Oz-jrukc3VY\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAACY\/wcJUcKUv9eY\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8675444734051846779"},"published":{"$t":"2013-09-04T15:43:00.003-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-09-04T15:43:34.816-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS Countdown 2013"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"previews"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"CIS Countdown 2013: Mount Allison Mounties"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EOur AUS previews begin today. First up, \u003Cb\u003EKevin Garbuio\u003C\/b\u003E looks at Mount A.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast year\u003C\/b\u003E: 3-5 season, 3-6 overall, -25.3 SRS\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EExtra AUS opponent\u003C\/b\u003E: St. F-X\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EInterlock opponent\u003C\/b\u003E: McGill\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMount Allison returns plenty of starters on both sides of the ball and that certainly is a reason for optimism. The Mounties should be excited about this season due to their soft schedule. While Acadia and Saint Mary's potentially will start the season 0-2, there is a legitimate reason to believe the Mounties will be 2-0 going into week three. They have played X extremely tough the last few seasons and face a beat up McGill team in week 2. The magic number for making the playoffs in the AUS is usually three wins so a 2-0 start will obviously help.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Mounties return 11 starters on offence, the most impressive of which is standout tailback \u003Cb\u003EJordan Botel\u003C\/b\u003E who averaged 110 yards per game last year. If the Mounties hope to be successful in 2013, Botel needs to be equal to what he was in his rookie season (he was a rookie in the CIS but due to his time in the CJFL he was not eligible for any rookie of the year awards). Starting QB \u003Cb\u003EBrandon Leyh\u003C\/b\u003E needs to step up his production this year; he had 878 yards passing with only three touchdowns. While he had just three interceptions he needs to be able to produce points. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn defence the team returns nine starters. \u003Cb\u003EJacob LeBlanc\u003C\/b\u003E, the defensive tackle, has really emerged as the face of the program since the graduation of \u003Cb\u003EGary Ross\u003C\/b\u003E. The team needs to be stronger this year on defence especially against the stronger opponents if they hope to be successful. Mount Allison had issues in coverage last year. \u003Cb\u003EDonovan Saunders\u003C\/b\u003E will have to translate his athleticism from returner to defensive back. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe issue for the Mounties is that they don’t have the athleticism to keep up with the top teams in the conference. Head coach \u003Cb\u003EKelly Jeffrey\u003C\/b\u003E is one of the most innovative coaches in the conference and always manages to get his skill players the ball, but can only do so much. Even with a large number of returning players it would be stretch to think the Mounties would be in the Loney Bowl but stranger things have happened. At the very least a winning season could stick it to those who think the program should fold.\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\/8675444734051846779\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/09\/cis-countdown-2013-mount-allison.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8675444734051846779"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8675444734051846779"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/09\/cis-countdown-2013-mount-allison.html","title":"CIS Countdown 2013: Mount Allison Mounties"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"The CIS Blog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04279535209746489243"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8984837158400338738"},"published":{"$t":"2013-06-27T09:00:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-06-27T09:00:01.514-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS women's hockey update"},{"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":"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":"X-Women"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"2013-14 AUS Women's Hockey Schedule Released"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The schedule for the next AUS season \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticuniversitysport.com\/sports\/wice\/2013-14\/schedule?confonly=1\"\u003Ecame out earlier this week\u003C\/a\u003E, with the puck set to drop on October 19. The X-Women will be looking to repeat their success from the 2012-13 year that saw them capture the AUS championship and a bronze medal at the CIS level.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe big change to note right off the bat is the adoption of a new playoff format this year. The format, changed from the previous 'Final 6' setup, will see a best-of-three series between the third- and sixth-, and fourth- and fifth-seeded teams. The top two seeds will earn a bye to the semifinals where they will play the winner of each matchup. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith the schedule now set, let's take a look at each team and how their season could play out.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Francis Xavier X-Women\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast season:\u003C\/b\u003E 23-1-0 (AUS champions)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow we'll remember 2012-13: \u003C\/b\u003EThere are many avenues to choose from. 80 goals in 24 games, an 18-game regular season win streak. Their one loss came to Saint Mary's but that was the only blemish on their season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEarly test: \u003C\/b\u003EEven for a fresh team, playing games on back-to-back days can be rough. The X-Women will have to do that when they face Saint Mary's on a Saturday afternoon before making the long trip to Moncton for an afternoon game on Sunday early in the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnalysis: \u003C\/b\u003EThings will be pretty easy for the X-Women in the first half. Their furthest trip, to Fredericton, will happen for the first time on November 9 before they return to face the Mounties in Sackville the following day. They open the season with two games at home and won't have to make any long trips until the second weekend of the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary's Huskies\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast season:\u003C\/b\u003E 12-8-4 (AUS runner-ups)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow we'll remember 2012-13: \u003C\/b\u003EOn the play of several strong rookies, a good core of veterans including \u003Cb\u003ERebecca Mosher\u003C\/b\u003E, and new head coach \u003Cb\u003EChris Larade\u003C\/b\u003E, the Huskies surprised everyone and managed to\u0026nbsp;finish third in the regular season standings before making it to the championship game.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEarly test: \u003C\/b\u003EThe Huskies players will have October 26 circled on their calendars. That date will mark the first meeting between the Huskies and the X-Women since both teams met in the conference championship back in February. The match will also serve as the Huskies' home opener, adding extra incentive to both teams to bring their best effort to this game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnalysis: \u003C\/b\u003EThe first two months of their season will be critical to the team, determining if they can build upon their magical run last year to the final. The team only has three sets of back-to-back games in the first half of the season including two sets of them on the road so those quick turnarounds will provide some insight into the team's progress from last year.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Thomas\u0026nbsp;Tommies\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast season: \u003C\/b\u003E16-7-1 (second in regular season)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow we'll remember 2012-13: \u003C\/b\u003ESt. Thomas started fast out of the gate. The Tommies only lost two games before November 17 \u0026mdash; both to the X-Women. They took the regular season series against the Huskies but couldn't solve \u003Cb\u003ESienna Cooke \u003C\/b\u003Ein the playoffs. \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEarly test: \u003C\/b\u003EThe first two weekends of the season will be tough for the Tommies. They face a pair of back-to-back games in the first two weekends of the season. They'll also have a quick turnaround in their first two games of the season playing on a Saturday evening in Halifax before travelling to Antigonish for a Sunday afternoon matchup.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnalysis: \u003C\/b\u003EThe Tommies play fourteen games in the first half of the season. This comes in the form of seven sets of back-to-back games. They'll have a rough go of it to start but will enjoy a second half that only features one set of games on back-to-back days, in early January. They will also represent the AUS as hosts of the CIS women's hockey championship so the team will have that to look forward to come March, as well as having a berth in their back pockets should they stumble.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUPEI\u0026nbsp;Panthers\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast season: \u003C\/b\u003E13-10-1 (fourth in regular season standings)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow we'll remember 2012-13: \u003C\/b\u003EUPEI won the Meh Award of the Year. They hovered around the middle of the standings, losing some weeks, winning the next. They finished with a record over .500 but that was about it.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEarly test: \u003C\/b\u003EThe Panthers' early test will come towards the end of November when they play four games in nine days. Facing St. Thomas twice, Moncton once and Saint Mary's a single time, it will be a good test for a team that came off as average last season to show that they can handle playing that number of important games within a short time-frame.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnalysis: \u003C\/b\u003EThe team's efforts in net were done by committee last season so it'll be interesting to see if the teams hands the full-time duties over to second-year \u003Cb\u003EMarie-Soleil Deschenes \u003C\/b\u003Eor continues a revolving door.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoncton Aigles Bleues\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast season\u003C\/b\u003E: 11-11-2 (fifth in regular season)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow we'll remember 2012-13: \u003C\/b\u003ETheir captain being ejected \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/2013-aus-womens-hockey-championship-day_23.html\"\u003Ein their final game of the playoffs\u003C\/a\u003E, along with several other players. Other than that black-eye on their season, Moncton continued to enjoy success posting a record of .500 or better for the seventh straight year \u0026mdash; or longer, as the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticuniversitysport.com\/sports\/wice\/archive\"\u003EAUS\u003C\/a\u003E\/\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wice\/2012-13\/standings-conf\"\u003Erecords only go back to the 2006-07 season\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEarly test: \u003C\/b\u003EMoncton will play seven games at home, including three in October, to start the season. They'll need to take advantage of these home dates early on to ensure a favourable playoff matchup at the end of the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnalysis: \u003C\/b\u003EMoncton doesn't have to leave New Brunswick until the start of November and only have to travel as far away as Sackville in October.\u0026nbsp;The first month should provide the team with some time to adapt themselves to the rest of the league without having to leave their comfort zone.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMt. Allison\u0026nbsp;Mounties\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast season:\u003C\/b\u003E 7-13-4 (sixth in regular season)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow we'll remember 2012-13: \u003C\/b\u003EA highly-touted team from 2011-12 having the wheels off, and avoiding last place only due to the Dalhousie Tigers losing half a season. They were also quickly dismantled by the X-Women in the opening game of the AUS Women's Hockey Championships, an event they hosted.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEarly test: \u003C\/b\u003EThe Mounties will only play once at home in October but will also enjoy a four-game home stand to begin November. It'll be important for the team to balance both of these different experiences in order to gauge their success for the rest of the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnalysis: \u003C\/b\u003E2012-13 was a wreck that I'm sure most in Sackville would like to forget. The team only really won six games thanks to Dalhousie's suspension. \u003Cb\u003EZach Ball \u003C\/b\u003Eand the Mounties will have a tall task ahead of them this coming year.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie Tigers\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast season: \u003C\/b\u003E2-20-2 (last place, with the second half of the season forfeited)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow we'll remember 2012-13: \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/cis\/story\/?id=412726\"\u003EThis.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEarly test:\u003C\/b\u003E Dalhousie will open the season on the road against the X-Women and follow that up by hosting the Tommies the day after. It will be early in the season at that point but last year's top two contenders in the league will be a prime test regardless of the players lost due to graduation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnalysis: \u003C\/b\u003EBefore their season was wiped out, the Tigers actually had something going. Okay, sure, they were 2-10 before the holiday break but a few of those games were in overtime and of those twelve games, six were decided by a single goal.\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\/8984837158400338738\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/06\/2013-14-aus-womens-hockey-schedule.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8984837158400338738"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8984837158400338738"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/06\/2013-14-aus-womens-hockey-schedule.html","title":"2013-14 AUS Women's Hockey Schedule Released"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Robert Murray"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110011940316269854794"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-QxYDs5UgePg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAAvA\/-mtmX56njRg\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-5763898741270832461"},"published":{"$t":"2013-02-23T12:14:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-02-23T12:14:23.529-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"2013 AUS women's hockey championship"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"2013 AUS Women's Hockey Championship: Day 2"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"SACKVILLE, N.B. — Friday's results put an end to Moncton's and Mount Allison's seasons, Moncton's not so nicely.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUgly end for Eagles\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EComing into their match with the Saint Mary's Huskies, the Moncton Aigles Bleues needed a big win to remain in contention. They held on for two periods but things unravelled for them in the third, leading to an ugly end to a disappointing season, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticuniversitysport.com\/sports\/wice\/2012-13\/releases\/201302229xw7wj\"\u003Eand a 4-1 loss\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn her final AUS playoff game, Moncton captain \u003Cb\u003EGenevieve David\u003C\/b\u003E was kicked out along with teammates \u003Cb\u003EMarie-Pier Arsenault\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003ENatacha Bergeron\u003C\/b\u003E. At the 11:25 mark of the third period, \u003Cb\u003EMonika Cormier\u003C\/b\u003E was called for a double minor for contact to the head which led to the final Huskies goal from \u003Cb\u003ESarah Maynard\u003C\/b\u003E, at 14:17. It was at that point when David shot the puck in the direction of the referee. That led to her being handed a ten minute misconduct and leaving the ice angrily. \u003Cb\u003EDenis Ross\u003C\/b\u003E was absolutely irate on the bench and Moncton's crowd were hurling insults at the referee.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the final 5:43 of the third period, Moncton took three ten-minute misconducts and two additional minor penalties.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMeanwhile, during the game that preceded that, it appeared as though a goaltending battle was brewing between the Huskies' \u003Cb\u003ESienna Cooke\u003C\/b\u003E and Moncton's \u003Cb\u003EJenna Van Belois\u003C\/b\u003E, with scoreless first periods on both sides. Moncton fell behind 2-0 in the second early, though, after goals 28 seconds apart from \u003Cb\u003EKaitlyn Abbass \u003C\/b\u003Eand \u003Cb\u003EBrianna Soper\u003C\/b\u003E. Moncton attempted a comeback of sorts as Arsenault scored an incredible shorthanded goal, bringing the puck out front and snuck it past Cooke short side to pull Moncton within one.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Huskies restored the two-goal lead before the end of the period as Soper scored her second of the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMoncton is now officially eliminated while the Saint Mary's Huskies will move on to face the St. Thomas Tommies in the semi-final with a championship game berth on the line.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMounties win, but season ends\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Mounties got the victory over UPEI that they were looking for on Friday night, in front of a supportive home crowd. However their offence came up short and they didn't win by enough goals to stave off elimination, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticuniversitysport.com\/sports\/wice\/2012-13\/releases\/20130222o0vs9t\"\u003Ewinning just 2-1\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMount Allison's \u003Cb\u003EAshlyn Somers\u003C\/b\u003E took a feed in the first period from \u003Cb\u003EKara Anthony\u003C\/b\u003E and drove it home past \u003Cb\u003EMarie Deschenes\u003C\/b\u003E to give Mt. A a 1-0 lead after one period of play. In the second frame, \u003Cb\u003EKierstin Visser\u003C\/b\u003E fired a shot past \u003Cb\u003EMegan Corley-Byrne \u003C\/b\u003Eto tie the game up. To her credit, Corley-Byrne played the game of her life, making 42 saves on 43 shots.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EComing into the third period, the Mounties needed at least two goals to stay in contention due to the goal-differential tiebreaker. Captain \u003Cb\u003ELauren Oickle\u003C\/b\u003E took matters into her own hand in what would be her final game as a Mountie firing a laser over Deschenes' glove hand to put the Mounties up 2-1 early. The Mounties continued to press for the rest of the period but the Panthers stifled their chances to enter the zone. Eventually, pressed for time, the Panthers pulled Deschenes with 1:48 left for the extra attacker. The Mounties had a golden opportunity to get the goal they needed but UPEI held the puck in Mount Allison's zone until the final buzzer went.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Mounties season is now over while the Panthers will play the St. Francis Xavier X-Women in a rematch of last year's semi-final. The situation is very clear for the Panthers: if they win by two or more goals, they will face the winner of Saint Mary's and St. Thomas in the final on Sunday.\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\/5763898741270832461\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/2013-aus-womens-hockey-championship-day_23.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5763898741270832461"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5763898741270832461"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/2013-aus-womens-hockey-championship-day_23.html","title":"2013 AUS Women's Hockey Championship: Day 2"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Robert Murray"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110011940316269854794"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-QxYDs5UgePg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAAvA\/-mtmX56njRg\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-6919568269937811616"},"published":{"$t":"2013-02-22T00:53:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-02-22T00:54:41.378-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"2013 AUS women's hockey championship"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleues"},{"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":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Women"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"2013 AUS Women's Hockey Championship: Day 1"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"SACKVILLE, N.B. \u0026mdash; The AUS women's hockey championship began Thursday without any upsets, but it would be difficult to ask for a pair of closer games to open the tournament. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETommies survive close one\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt couldn't have been drawn up better. In the first game of her final AUS championships, St. Thomas Tommies captain \u003Cb\u003EKayla Blackmore\u003C\/b\u003E scored the game winning goal with just under two minutes left in the second period. The Tommies then shut down Moncton the rest of the way to take \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticuniversitysport.com\/sports\/wice\/2012-13\/releases\/20130221s17ud3\"\u003Ethe 3-2 victory\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter the Tommies built a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes, Moncton came roaring back in the second. \u003Cb\u003EElisa Savoie\u003C\/b\u003E banged the puck home past a scrambling \u003Cb\u003EJulia Sharun \u003C\/b\u003Earound seven minutes into the second period. Despite the raucous Moncton players and bench following the game-tying goal, St. Thomas took over from there. The Tommies capitalized just over ten minutes later with Blackmore firing a shot from the slot that beat \u003Cb\u003EJenna Van Belois\u003C\/b\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor their part, the Tommies' defence took over after Blackmore's goal. They forced action to the outside and gave their veteran goaltender the clear lanes she needed to easily stop the shots from the point. While the game was tied, Moncton was applying pressure attempting to seize momentum but came up flat, unable to penetrate the St. Thomas zone, managing only six shots on goal in the third (and only 14 all game). \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDuring the third period, Moncton had an opportunity to tie the game up on a 64-second five-on-three power play with \u003Cb\u003ECaley Steinert\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003ECassidy McTaggart\u003C\/b\u003E both in the box. The Tommies were the more dangerous team during that time, however, as Blackmore and Kelty Apperson each got quality chances to force pressure back on Moncton. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMoncton will now face Saint Mary's on Friday at 3:00pm AT while St. Thomas will have a day off. The Tommies then play the Huskies Saturday, in what figures to be a de facto conference semifinal.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EX marks the shots, but not that many goals\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt wasn't pretty but it still counts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJenna Pitts\u003C\/b\u003E scored two goals, the game-winner and an empty-netter, as the St. Francis Xavier X-Women escaped an opening night scare with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticuniversitysport.com\/sports\/wice\/2012-13\/aus-championship\/boxscores\/20130221_30em.xml\"\u003Ea 3-1 win\u003C\/a\u003E over Mount Allison. X won only by two despite outshooting the host Mounties 37 to 12 and scoring at least five goals against them in every regular-season game. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe first period saw the X-Women flexing their muscles as the early favourites in the tournament. The X-Women came out flying applying pressure to goaltender \u003Cb\u003EMegan Corley-Byrne\u003C\/b\u003E and the Mounties. \u003Cb\u003ESchyler Campbell\u003C\/b\u003E broke through for the X-Women just past the half-way make of the first period, firing the puck home off a face-off in the Mount Allison zone.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAt the end of the first, Mt. A rookie \u003Cb\u003ESarah Hubble\u003C\/b\u003E was tossed into the boards, hard. Although it was initially thought that she might have a concussion from the hit, she returned for the start of the second period and managed a +1 in the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Mounties turned the tide in the second period. Not to be denied, the X-Women still maintained a strong presence on the ice, however Mt. A did not allow the X-Women to enter their zone easily. The momentum reached a climax at the start of the third when \u003Cb\u003ELindsay James\u003C\/b\u003E found herself in the slot and fired the puck home to tie the game. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Mounties and X-Women continued to battle all over the ice but an incident in the neutral zone ended up costing the Mounties. On what looked like a normal play, Mount Allison's \u003Cb\u003ELauren Oickle\u003C\/b\u003E was called for interference after fighting for the puck along the benches. The play appeared to be harmless with one of the linesmen falling down as well but at the end of the scrum, Oickle was the only one in the box.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFourteen seconds into the power play, \u003Cb\u003EJenna Pitts\u003C\/b\u003E fired home a shot from the point past Corley-Byrne to put the X-Women up 2-1. The Mounties continued to work tirelessly on defence, blocking shots (in addition to the 37 SOG they allowed) and forechecking well to keep the X-Women out of their zone. However, time was not on the Mounties' side. Corley-Byrne was pulled late in the third period; then, with a clear shot at her second goal of the night, Pitts fired the puck into the empty net to end it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Mounties fight for their playoff lives Friday against UPEI. Anything less than a regulation win would officially eliminate Mount A, who finished second-last in the conference in the regular season. The X-Women will have a day off before returning to the ice on Saturday to face the Panthers, also at 6:00pm.\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\/6919568269937811616\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/2013-aus-womens-hockey-championship-day.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6919568269937811616"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6919568269937811616"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/2013-aus-womens-hockey-championship-day.html","title":"2013 AUS Women's Hockey Championship: Day 1"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Robert Murray"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110011940316269854794"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-QxYDs5UgePg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAAvA\/-mtmX56njRg\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-5939443845125696861"},"published":{"$t":"2013-02-19T17:00:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-02-19T17:00:37.087-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"2013 AUS women's hockey championship"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS women's hockey update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Women"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's Hockey: AUS Update for Feb. 19"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EAnother in our regular series, checking in with AUS women's hockey.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPlayoff Upsets\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESport would be nothing without the classic playoff upset. Mount Allison will be in tough against the X-Women on Thursday but defeated them in the playoffs last year so anything is possible. Hosting the tournament on home ice, the Mounties could get a boost from the expected crowds, and it might be what the team needs to succeed. Moncton was in a heated battle with mediocrity all season that featured both high and low points. While they have yet to prove it, they should never be taken lightly and could provide a shock to the Tommies or Huskies. UPEI is hungry to atone for last year's showing at nationals but will need to get their scoring going and consistent goaltending to make it happen.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMounties edge Huskies in home finale\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt wasn't pretty but the Mounties put the finishing touches on a regular season that most would like to forget. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=686S-gJ40d4\u0026amp;list=UUIDONwCPR6gaCmzf1QRHpTg\u0026amp;index=1\"\u003EThe Mounties held their ceremony for graduating players\u003C\/a\u003E, featuring standout players such as team captain \u003Cb\u003ELauren Oickle\u003C\/b\u003E and goaltender \u003Cb\u003EMegan Corley-Byrne\u003C\/b\u003E. The impact of losing these players next year has yet to be seen but they will still face a number of questions in the off-season. \u003Cb\u003EKate O'Brien\u003C\/b\u003E looked confident in net against a potent Tommies offence last Wednesday while the Mounties will look to veterans such as \u003Cb\u003ELindsay James\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EMegan Cameron\u003C\/b\u003E to pick up the slack on offence.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESeason reflection\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/10\/2012-13-aus-womens-hockey-preview.html\"\u003EAt the beginning of the year\u003C\/a\u003E I predicted where each team would finish in the AUS standings. Let's see how I did.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESt. Francis Xavier (predicted finish: 1) \u0026mdash; The X-Women were an easy pick after taking first place in the standings the past two years.\u003C\/li\u003E \u003Cli\u003ESt. Thomas (5) \u0026mdash; Powered by their veterans, the Tommies made me eat my words week after week ever since the beginning of the season.\u003C\/li\u003E \u003Cli\u003ESaint Mary's (7) \u0026mdash; Two words to explain my error of putting the Huskies seventh: \u003Cb\u003ESienna Cooke.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E \u003Cli\u003EUPEI (3) \u0026mdash; This pick was hit or miss. I assumed that the Panthers would experience some sort of championship hangover but they finished in the same spot as they did last year.\u003C\/li\u003E \u003Cli\u003EMoncton (4) \u0026mdash; Moncton was hard to read and ended up slipping a position from my predicted finish. They can still compete with the best of the teams in the AUS but need to find consistency against the lower tier teams.\u003C\/li\u003E \u003Cli\u003EMount Allison (2) \u0026mdash; A shoulder injury to returning captain \u003Cb\u003ELauren Oickle\u003C\/b\u003E was hard to predict. A 46 goal drop in offensive production was even harder to imagine.\u003C\/li\u003E \u003Cli\u003EDalhousie (6) \u0026mdash; It's hard to predict a program getting suspended but I still wasn't that far off as the Tigers were 2-8-2 before having their season cut short.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPower Rankings\u003C\/b\u003E (Our rankings \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-feb-14.html\"\u003Eas of Feb. 14\u003C\/a\u003E in parentheses)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Francis Xavier\u003C\/b\u003E (1) — Sunday's game was close but Kristy Garrow stopped everything she saw for the X-Women's third shutout of this season.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary's\u003C\/b\u003E (2) — Two goals in three games isn't the best way to end the season but the Huskies will be a threat against St. Thomas and Moncton in Pool B play.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Thomas\u003C\/b\u003E (3) — The Tommies closed out their season at home with a strong win over Moncton. Graduating players \u003Cb\u003EKayla Blackmore\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Cb\u003ECourtney Fox\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EJulia Sharun \u003C\/b\u003Ewill be looking to earn the Tommies' first ever AUS Womens' Hockey Championship.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoncton\u003C\/b\u003E(4) — A horrendous January (1-4-2) was followed by a so-so February in which they lost to the lowly Mounties on home ice. It gets worse: 2 of their 3 wins in February came as a result of forfeits to the suspended Dalhousie Tigers.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUPEI\u003C\/b\u003E(5) — The Panthers were on the losing end of two shutouts but on the winning end of another. \u003Cb\u003EKristy Dobson \u003C\/b\u003Ewas in net for the win and the 1-0 loss to the X-Women. She'll be looking to regain her form in the AUS Championships.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMount Allison\u003C\/b\u003E (6) — The Mounties ended their season on a winning note in the shootout thanks to \u003Cb\u003EMegan Cameron\u003C\/b\u003E but will need much more if they are to get past the X-Women in the championship. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie\u003C\/b\u003E (7) — Technically they tied Moncton for goals against. That's one positive to take away from this season.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\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\/5939443845125696861\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-feb-19.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5939443845125696861"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5939443845125696861"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-feb-19.html","title":"Women's Hockey: AUS Update for Feb. 19"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Robert Murray"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110011940316269854794"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-QxYDs5UgePg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAAvA\/-mtmX56njRg\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-1351673367972354978"},"published":{"$t":"2013-02-14T15:29:00.005-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-02-18T13:28:59.070-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS women's hockey update"},{"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":"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":"X-Women"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's Hockey: AUS Update for Feb. 14"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EAnother in our regular series, checking in with AUS women's hockey.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFinding Nemo\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe playoff race was about as clear as Atlantic Canada was this past weekend, as winter storm Nemo wrecked havoc on AUS Women's hockey and university sport across Atlantic Canada. After three makeup games were played on Wednesday, the standings are a little clearer. St. Thomas' last minute goal by \u003Cb\u003EKenya Marcelline\u003C\/b\u003E against Mt. A gave them the clinching victory for second place. The Saint Mary's Huskies' 2-1 loss in OT to the X-Women gave the Huskies a valuable point, but not the two they were looking for; they remain in third place. On the island, UPEI had a chance to end Moncton's hopes of finishing in fourth place or better but fell 4-0. Moncton will occupy the fifth spot permanently if they do not beat St. Thomas this weekend. \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EO'Brien makes debut for Mt. A\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith nothing to play for until the playoffs except pride, the Mounties started second-year goaltender \u003Cb\u003EKate O'Brien\u003C\/b\u003E against the second-place St. Thomas Tommies on Wednesday night. The result was not that bad for a goaltender making her debut against the league's second ranked offence. 21 saves on 22 shots with the only goal coming in the final ninety seconds during a mad scramble in front of the net. For her efforts, she was named second star of the game by Argosy Sports ahead of opposing goaltender \u003Cb\u003EKristin Wolfe\u003C\/b\u003E. Mt. A Athletics staff member \u003Cb\u003EWray Perkin\u003C\/b\u003E noted that it was the first debut for a goaltender in Mt. A uniform since Nov. 9, 2009 when current Mounties back up \u003Cb\u003EJenelle Hulan\u003C\/b\u003E made her debut. The future for the Mounties in net looks solidified for now with Corley-Byrne graduating in May.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWho could challenge for the AUS title?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAll eyes will be on \u003Cb\u003EAlex Normore \u003C\/b\u003Eand the St. Francis Xavier X-Women next Thursday when the AUS Women's Hockey championship kicks off in Sackville, NB. There are five other teams who could make a run at the title. Saint Mary's has the edge of being the only team to beat the X-Women this season, and Sienna Cooke has proved that if needed, she can steal a game in net for them. St. Thomas has cooled off recently, but with goaltending depth and scoring coming from all angles, they can't be taken lightly. Last year's championship game finalists, UPEI and Mount Allison faltered early this year and subsequently recovered to different degrees of success. Both teams will be hungry to get back to the title game. Moncton has had an up and down season. On the upside, they beat St. Thomas and held the X-Women to two goals in a game. On the downside, they've been beat by Mount Allison twice and also suffered large defeats by the X-Women and Tommies. They'll be a threat, but it's just a question of which team will show up.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPower Rankings\u003C\/b\u003E (Our rankings \u003Cspan style=\"color: #4d99e6;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-feb-5.html\"\u003Eas of Feb. 5\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/span\u003Ein parentheses)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Francis Xavier\u003C\/b\u003E (1) — They were pushed to overtime by the Huskies on Wednesday night but still found a way to win. That's 16 wins in a row for those of you counting.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary's\u003C\/b\u003E (2) — \u003Cb\u003ESienna Cooke\u003C\/b\u003E has been rock solid in net this year but the team's success will rely on their ability to give Cooke some help on the scoreboard. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Thomas\u003C\/b\u003E (4) — Big wins this week against UPEI and Mt. A allowed the Tommies to clinch second place.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoncton\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;(5) — A big win on the Island kept their hopes for fourth place alive.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUPEI\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;(3) — A tough loss at home to Moncton\u0026nbsp;and on the road against St. Thomas didn't help the Pathers but they are still in the thick of things.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMount Allison\u003C\/b\u003E (6) — A big win on the road in Moncton was what the doctor ordered for the Mounties. The team played well against the second place Tommies Wednesday night but lost on a late goal.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie\u003C\/b\u003E (7) — Stay the course.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\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\/1351673367972354978\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-feb-14.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1351673367972354978"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1351673367972354978"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-feb-14.html","title":"Women's Hockey: AUS Update for Feb. 14"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Robert Murray"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110011940316269854794"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-QxYDs5UgePg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAAvA\/-mtmX56njRg\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8916378555659933488"},"published":{"$t":"2013-02-05T10:18:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-02-05T10:18:02.862-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS women's hockey update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Women"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's Hockey: AUS Update for Feb. 5 "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EAnother in our regular series, checking in with AUS women's hockey.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPlayoff race heating up\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe already know that the X-Women will finish first and the Mounties will finish sixth but second through fifth are still wide open. What looked like a sure lock on second place for the Tommies at the beginning of 2013 for the Tommies has evaporated going into the final two weekends of regular season play. The Tommies still sit second with 27 points but identical 8-2 runs by the Huskies (26 points) and Panthers (25 points) have them both breathing down the Tommies' neck. Moncton is sitting not too far behind with 22 points but Saturday's games (St. Thomas at Mount Allison and Moncton at UPEI) should mathematically take them out of the running for second place. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDisappointing end of sorts for Mt. A\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter a somewhat surprising 4-0 blanking of Moncton just a week earlier, many in Sackville were hopeful that the Mounties might climb into fifth and salvage some pride before hosting the conference playoffs. Despite battling hard against Saint Mary's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wice\/2012-13\/boxscores\/20130202_s7pr.xml\"\u003Elast Saturday\u003C\/a\u003E, that dream died with a controversial goal allowed by \u003Cb\u003EMeghan Corley-Byrne\u003C\/b\u003E. Early in the third, both a Mounties player and Huskies player collided into Corley-Byrne who was holding the puck on the goal line and subsequently got pushed into the goal. Despite her obvious objection to the call, the score stood and \u003Cb\u003ESienna Cooke\u003C\/b\u003E stonewalled each chance Mt. A got after that. Note: It didn't show on the scoresheet but Mounties forward \u003Cb\u003EAshlyn Somers\u003C\/b\u003E was a workhorse, constantly applying pressure in the neutral and defensive zone. She'll be a treat for Mt. A in the playoffs. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe key to beating the X-Women?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's hard to predict how to stop a team that is riding a 15-game winning streak but it's at least fun to try to form an educated guess. Like any team, home ice advantage is huge and the X-Women have showed this, building a perfect home record at 12-0. Away from Antigonish, they are only 8-1 \u0026mdash; worse, but not appreciably so. In their first of two games in Sackville against Mount Allison this season the X-Women made themselves comfy to the tune of a 6-0 win, with only 14 shots allowed all game. If it counts as bad news, AUS leading scorer \u003Cb\u003EAlex Normore\u003C\/b\u003E is only slightly above a point-per-game player (8 points in seven games) on the road, compared to 19 in 11 at home. In net, \u003Cb\u003EKristy Garrow\u003C\/b\u003E's goals against average more than doubles when playing away from Antigonish (rising from a 0.65 to 1.35) and her save percentage is only .926 on the road compared to .959 at home. However, both of these \"increased\" totals would still be among the best in the league. It's hard to find cracks in a team that has only allowed more than two goals in a game \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wice\/2012-13\/teams\/stfx?view=gamelog\"\u003Eonce all season\u003C\/a\u003E -- and that was a last-minute powerplay goal.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPower Rankings\u003C\/b\u003E (Our rankings \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/01\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-jan-23.html\"\u003Eas of Jan. 23\u003C\/a\u003E in parentheses)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Francis Xavier\u003C\/b\u003E (1) — The only challenge the team might face is which goalie to start in the playoffs. Back-up \u003Cb\u003EKatie Greenway\u003C\/b\u003E has a 1.45 GAA and .925 save percentage to compliment her 7-1 record.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary's\u003C\/b\u003E (4) — Sienna Cooke looked solid on Saturday against a hungry and offensively minded Mounties team desperate for a win. She's only allowed four goals on her last seventy-six shots against.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUPEI\u003C\/b\u003E (3) — 8-2 in their last ten, the Panthers are ready to pounce and try to be the first team to repeat as champions since the 05-06 X-Women. Consecutive wins by the Panthers this coming weekend could see them jump from fourth to second place.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Thomas\u003C\/b\u003E (2) — The Tommies play two of their final three regular season games this weekend. They are also clinging onto second place by a single point so every game from here on out is a must-win. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoncton\u003C\/b\u003E (5) — Same situation as the Tommies, playing two of their final three regular season games this coming weekend. Playoffs are already guaranteed for the Eagles but the math is against their best intentions to move into third or fourth.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMount Allison\u003C\/b\u003E (7) — A weekend that featured a huge shutout over Moncton was followed by a weekend with two crushing road losses to Saint Mary's and St. Francis Xavier.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie\u003C\/b\u003E (6) — Stay the course.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\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\/8916378555659933488\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-feb-5.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8916378555659933488"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8916378555659933488"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-feb-5.html","title":"Women's Hockey: AUS Update for Feb. 5 "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Robert Murray"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110011940316269854794"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-QxYDs5UgePg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAAvA\/-mtmX56njRg\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-3830292718623825587"},"published":{"$t":"2013-01-23T14:09:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-01-23T19:30:45.817-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS women's hockey update"},{"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":"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":"X-Women"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's Hockey: AUS Update for Jan. 23"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EAnother in our regular series, checking in with AUS women's hockey.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPanthers rolling at the right time\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter getting out to a slow start, the Panthers have been clicking for the start of 2013. Last Saturday's game against Mount Allison marked the first power play goals given up by the Panthers since their game on Nov. 18, which was against the Mounties as well. Since that game in November, UPEI has gone 6-1 after starting the season out 1-3. Finally, the Panthers have tackled questions of offensive output through scoring by committee. They are currently averaging 1.45 assists per goal and all but one Panther player has factored in on a goal this season. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETommies cooling off\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter only recording three losses in their first two months of play, the Tommies have lost 4 of their last 6. The road to the AUS playoffs doesn't get any easier for the Tommies as they make a trip to face UPEI in their only match this coming weekend. This game will be crucial for the Tommies given their recent woes as they won't play again for two weeks, until Feb. 9 at Mount Allison, after Saturday's upcoming game. \u003Cb\u003EJulia Sharun\u003C\/b\u003E continues to have a solid season with four shutouts, including two in her last four games. She has had some rough outings against the X-Women allowing six goals twice and four goals once. The playoff atmosphere may yield a different result come late February.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHuskies rebounding well\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor the first half of the season, the Huskies were holding their ground. A 6-5-2 record was a large improvement over the 1-8-1 record they had at the same point during the 2011-2012 campaign. After last season's debacle (over five goals allowed per game in a league that averaged three), a youth movement has taken over in the south end of Halifax. Rookie forward \u003Cb\u003EBrianna Soper\u003C\/b\u003E is tied for the team lead in points and fellow first-year \u003Cb\u003EBillee Canning\u003C\/b\u003E (despite playing defence) is tied for the team lead in goals with senior \u003Cb\u003EKaitlyn Abbass\u003C\/b\u003E. The Huskies' youth movement is also extended between the pipes where \u003Cb\u003ESienna Cooke\u003C\/b\u003E has a 9-6-1 record, 1.79 goals against-average and .938 save percentage in her first season of AUS hockey. The core going forward in future years could be the foundation for the Huskies winning their first AUS championship since 2010. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPower Rankings\u003C\/b\u003E (Our rankings \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/01\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-jan-11.html\"\u003Eas of Jan. 11\u003C\/a\u003E in parentheses)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Francis Xavier\u003C\/b\u003E (1) — A win over the second-place Tommies and fifth-place Moncton padded the X-Women's lead to 9 points.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Thomas\u003C\/b\u003E (2) — A tough loss to the X-Women at home sealed them off from first place (9 points back with 4 games to play). Now they must focus on finishing ahead of the next three teams on this list.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUPEI\u003C\/b\u003E (5) — The victory over the Mounties was their sixth straight with their last loss in overtime against the Huskies on Nov. 30.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary's\u003C\/b\u003E (3) — Technically a winless weekend since their one win was a forfeited game by Dalhousie.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoncton\u003C\/b\u003E (4) — The only solace after weekend losses to the Huskies and X-Women is that a match-up with the 4-9-4 Mounties is their only one this weekend.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie\u003C\/b\u003E (7) — Their case to not be in last here is that they offer some hope that they'll be determined to compete hard next season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMount Allison\u003C\/b\u003E (6) — They have yet to win a game on the ice in 2013.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\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\/3830292718623825587\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/01\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-jan-23.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3830292718623825587"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3830292718623825587"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/01\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-jan-23.html","title":"Women's Hockey: AUS Update for Jan. 23"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Robert Murray"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110011940316269854794"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-QxYDs5UgePg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAAvA\/-mtmX56njRg\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8604497980656401790"},"published":{"$t":"2013-01-11T07:00:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-01-11T07:00:15.698-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS women's hockey update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Women"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's Hockey: AUS Update for Jan. 11"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EAnother in our regular series, checking in with AUS women's hockey.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETigers season tamed by university\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith their 2012-2013 season officially done, the Dalhousie Women's hockey team has one battle left before they can head into the off season: the survival of their program. Of the 24 players on the roster, only the rookies were spared by the university from suspension. Without enough players left to play, the Tigers forfeited all their games in the second half of the season. Members of the women's team and university administration \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/dalgazette.com\/sports\/dal-hockey-player-speaks-out-on-hazing-penalty\/\"\u003Econtinue to play\u003C\/a\u003E a confusing game of 'he said, she said' that will only hurt the women's hockey team in the end. It will be interesting to see whether players from the team jump ship or stick with the program. If the program does survive, it's worthwhile keeping an eye on the level of support they receive from the Athletic department. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPlayoff teams set but nothing else certain ahead of postseason\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith the early end to the Tigers' season, the playoff teams have been confirmed for the AUS Championships which will take place February 21-24 in Sackville. Mount Allison, comprised of a huge influx of rookies this season, were saved twice by Dalhousie's early departure. As host, the Mounties automatically qualified for the playoffs. Their 4-6-4 record has been aided by two straight wins against the Tigers: one at the beginning of December and one match forfeited by the Tigers on January 20. With the recent surge by the X-Women the Mounties will be in tough if the standings remain the same for the playoffs. Facing off against the current CIS 6th-ranked X-Women followed by a match up against Saint Mary's or Moncton could mean an early exit for the Mounties in the playoffs on home ice in February.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EX-Women pull away from AUS competition\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA run of 7 straight wins (not counting three victories against Dalhousie at a later date) have the X-Women pulling away as the first-place team in the AUS. With \u003Cb\u003EAlex Normore\u003C\/b\u003E scoring at a clip of almost one-and-a-half points per game and \u003Cb\u003EKristy Garrow\u003C\/b\u003E stifling AUS opponents between the pipes, things are rolling along for X. They are facing their strongest opponents to ring in the 2013 portion of the regular season schedule but will eventually finish off the season facing the league's worst teams a total of four times in the final month of play. The X-Women have consistently had strong regular seasons but post-season success has come inconsistently over the past few years. Last year, their run ended in the semi-finals against eventual champions UPEI but when the teams travel to Sackville on the last weekend of February the X-Women will be hungry for their second AUS title in three years. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPower Rankings\u003C\/b\u003E (Our rankings \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/11\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-nov-22.html\"\u003Eas of Nov. 22\u003C\/a\u003E in parentheses)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESt. Francis Xavier (1) \u0026mdash; Expanding their lead in the AUS and a CIS ranking are just the latest accolades for this team.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESt. Thomas (2) \u0026mdash; For a team currently 6-1 at home, playing 4 out of their 7 final games in Fredericton is nothing to complain about.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESaint Mary's (6) \u0026mdash; Up some weeks and down in others, the Huskies need to find consistency but fortunately for them this is a good week. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMoncton (4) \u0026mdash; Despite 2nd and 6th place being separated by 11 points, Moncton finds some way to always remain in 4th. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUPEI (3) \u0026mdash; The Panthers' playoff drive will start early as their final five games consist of two against the X-Women and one against each of the Tommies, Huskies and Aigles Bleues. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMount Allison (5) \u0026mdash; Scoring 20 goals in 14 games isn't good enough at any level.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDalhousie (7) \u0026mdash; Looking to the future and to a supportive fan base for when they return to the ice. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\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\/8604497980656401790\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/01\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-jan-11.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8604497980656401790"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8604497980656401790"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/01\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-jan-11.html","title":"Women's Hockey: AUS Update for Jan. 11"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Robert Murray"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110011940316269854794"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-QxYDs5UgePg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAAvA\/-mtmX56njRg\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-2969783603970356283"},"published":{"$t":"2012-11-22T15:05:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-11-22T15:10:53.242-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS women's hockey update"},{"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":"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":"X-Women"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's Hockey: AUS Update for Nov. 22"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EAnother in our regular series, checking in with AUS women's hockey.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMounties get on the board\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt would figure that on the Mounties' busiest weekend of the year that they finally break their goose egg in the win column. Not only did the Mounties pick up wins against Dalhousie and UPEI but they went undefeated in regulation, dropping a Sunday evening shootout in Charlottetown to the Panthers. Earning five out of a possible six points, the Mounties climbed out of the basement and made ample room for the Tigers whose loss in Sackville Friday night was their only game of the weekend. With the AUS women's hockey schedule entering the second-to-last weekend of play in 2012, the Mounties will have just a single contest to worry about: facing a 4-5-1 Saint Mary's team that has lost three straight, the Mounties (2-5-3) will be able to draw even on points with the Huskies heading toward the stretch run.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EYear of the Back-up\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith all credit to each respective starting goaltender around the league, many teams are having the the enviable issue of having two good options in net. When X-Women goaltender \u003Cb\u003EKristy Garrow\u003C\/b\u003E isn't in net maintaining her 5-0-0 record, .949 save percentage and 0.80 GAA, she hands duty between the pipes to \u003Cb\u003EKatie Greenway\u003C\/b\u003E who has impressive stats of her own (3-1 record, .925 SV% and a 1.41 GAA). One province over, the Tommies' backup \u003Cb\u003EKristin Wolfe\u003C\/b\u003E is doing her best to put some pressure on starter \u003Cb\u003EJulia Sharun\u003C\/b\u003E. Sporting a 3-1 record, 1.20 GAA and .945 Save %, Wolfe's perfect season came to an end with Wednesday night's 3-2 loss in a shootout to the Panthers on the road. Even though both teams are already in a class of their own this season, having their backup goaltenders play well consistently gives both teams a trump card for the AUS and potentially CIS championships.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStatistical Domination\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe AUS is home to absolute domination in the plus-minus category. In fact, it doesn't happen anywhere else in the country for women's hockey. Eight of the top ten plus\/minus leaders in the conference, and all of the top seven, represent the blue and white out of Antigonish. In addition to that, the X-Women, who have allowed only six even-strength goals in 10 games, control the top five in plus\/minus for forwards and top three in the same category on the blue line. St. Thomas teammates \u003Cb\u003EDanielle Miller\u003C\/b\u003E (+9) and \u003Cb\u003EAmanda Burns\u003C\/b\u003E (+8) are the only top-10 representatives from another team in the AUS. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf any team comes close to equalling that task, it's the defending CIS champion Calgary Dinos. The Dinos control the top four plus\/minus spots in Canada West (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wice\/2012-13\/players?sort=plusminus\u0026view=\u0026pos=\u0026r=0\"\u003Eand the country\u003C\/a\u003E), and one of those four is someone with the last name Wickenheiser.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAUS Power Rankings, with a tweet to describe each team's play\u003C\/b\u003E (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/11\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-nov-7.html\"\u003Eour ranking as of Nov. 7\u003C\/a\u003E in parentheses):\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Francis Xavier \u003C\/b\u003E(3) \u0026mdash;An offensive juggernaut at one end of the ice and a brick wall in net. It's full steam ahead to the top of the AUS #goalieparadise #watchout\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Thomas\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp; (1) \u0026mdash; The X-Women game the Tommies only their first loss at home, and the Tommies still hold the second best home record in the AUS #theresnoplacelikehome\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E UPEI\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;(5) \u0026mdash; Beating the Tommies should allow them to regain their form for 2013. Next? A trip to Halifax to face 2\/3rds of the AUS basement. #mustwins\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoncton\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;(4) \u0026mdash; Moncton is the second-least penalized team in the AUS (behind Mt. A). Doesn't hurt that they possess a 94% penalty kill. #sinbinredemption\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMount Allison\u003C\/b\u003E (7) \u0026mdash; The first two wins of the season are always the best. To get them at home is even better. Mt. A is still fighting an uphill battle #justwin\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary's\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;(2) and 7. \u003Cb\u003EDalhousie\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;(6) \u0026mdash; Both Halifax teams sit in the bottom three of the AUS with no rest in sight. #Dalhousielosesfourinarow #SMUlosesthreeinarow\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\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\/2969783603970356283\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/11\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-nov-22.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2969783603970356283"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2969783603970356283"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/11\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-nov-22.html","title":"Women's Hockey: AUS Update for Nov. 22"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Robert Murray"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110011940316269854794"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-QxYDs5UgePg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAAvA\/-mtmX56njRg\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-1114769329473316747"},"published":{"$t":"2012-11-07T17:52:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-11-08T15:29:49.835-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS women's hockey update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Women"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's hockey: AUS update for Nov. 7"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EWhat's making news around the AUS\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow the mighty have fallen\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter an impressive end to last season, the Mount Allison Mounties haven't just gotten off on the wrong foot: they haven't even left the starting line. Last in the league standings, but also last in goals for and goals against. Losses over the weekend to Moncton and St. Thomas didn't help, although at least the Mounties didn't lose to the Tommies via a 5-0 shutout as they did last time. For those expecting things to get easier for the Mounties, think again: the Mounties travel to Antigonish on Sunday to face the perennial contender X-Women. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWho are these Huskies?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe two-time AUS Champion Saint Mary's Huskies (1997-98, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2009-10) are establishing themselves early on as the Cinderella team this year. Sitting in third place with 9 points, it took a late third period goal and an extra frame for the first-place Tommies to beat the Huskies two weekends ago. The second-place X-Women weren't as lucky as the Tommies as \u003Cb\u003ESienna Cooke\u003C\/b\u003E made 32 saves to down the X-Women in Halifax by a score of 2-1. The Huskies will travel to Prince Edward Island for a date with the Panthers on Sunday before renewing pleasantries with the Tommies in Fredericton on November 17. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETommies a contender early\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Tommies' perfect season was ruined by the team right below them in the standings, the X-Women, but things remain the same for St. Thomas. In six victories this year, the Tommies have only allowed two or more goals once, and that was at the start of the season. With three shutouts already in the book this year, the STU goaltending is delivering for the Tommies and making \u003Cb\u003EPeter Murphy\u003C\/b\u003E's job relatively easy these days when it comes to picking someone to guard the net. The Tommies were rewarded early for their efforts this season with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/top_10_releases\/2012-13\/20121106-top10-10\"\u003Ethe tenth place ranking in the CIS Top Ten\u003C\/a\u003E, behind the X-Women who hold down the number 7 spot. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAUS Power Rankings\u003C\/b\u003E (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/10\/womens-hockey-aus-update-and-power.html\"\u003Eour ranking as of Oct. 25\u003C\/a\u003E in parentheses):\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Thomas\u003C\/b\u003E (2): A CIS Top Ten ranking, great goaltending and the offence isn't too shabby either averaging three goals per game (2nd in the AUS). \u003Cb\u003EKayla Blackmore\u003C\/b\u003E has 5 goals and 9 points in just 7 games.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary's\u003C\/b\u003E (4): \u003Cb\u003EBrianna Soper\u003C\/b\u003E's two goals against the then-5th ranked X-Women were huge and the Huskies have received some hot goaltending on the road from Cooke, who has a ridiculous 0.91 GAA away from Saint Mary's along with three wins.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Francis Xavier\u003C\/b\u003E (1): Their high scoring offence and solid goaltending aside, the loss to the upstarts Huskies shows that the X-Women can be beat on any given day.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoncton\u003C\/b\u003E (3): Goaltender \u003Cb\u003EJenna Van Belois\u003C\/b\u003E is 3-0 for the Aigles Bleues who sit at the middle of the AUS with not just their record (at 4-3) but also goals allowed (4th) and goals for (3rd).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUPEI\u003C\/b\u003E (7): Their second win of the season, a shutout over Moncton, may be the kick the Panthers need to get in the right direction. The Panthers have yet to score more than two goals in a game so one has to suspect an offensive outburst is coming soon.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie\u003C\/b\u003E (5): The Tigers have had their last three games go into OT, losing two of them. Being shutout on two other occasions doesn't help either. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMount Allison\u003C\/b\u003E (6): Granted the team is young, but the Mounties have to start winning some games sometime soon to have a good season.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\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\/1114769329473316747\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/11\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-nov-7.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1114769329473316747"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1114769329473316747"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/11\/womens-hockey-aus-update-for-nov-7.html","title":"Women's hockey: AUS update for Nov. 7"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Robert Murray"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110011940316269854794"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-QxYDs5UgePg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAAvA\/-mtmX56njRg\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8853998100404244951"},"published":{"$t":"2012-11-01T12:00:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-11-14T23:32:08.641-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bisons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gryphons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marauders"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mustangs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"previews"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Regina Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rouge et Or"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"The CIS Blog Podcast"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Podcast #2: Previewing this weekend's football playoff games"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"In the second episode of The CIS Blog Podcast, \u003Cb\u003EAndrew Bucholtz\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003ERob Pettapiece\u003C\/b\u003E discuss the 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Blog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04279535209746489243"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-4346718252635595725"},"published":{"$t":"2012-10-25T13:24:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-10-25T13:24:47.590-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS women's hockey update"},{"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":"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":"X-Women"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's hockey: AUS update and power rankings"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EOnce again, here's a guest post from \u003Cb\u003ERobert Murray\u003C\/b\u003E, taking stock of the teams and storylines over the first two weeks of AUS play.\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003EHere are the top three stories at this point of the season:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPanthers and Mounties are hoping things get better\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt seems like with any league, the teams reaching the pinnacle of success have the worst championship hangovers at the beginning of the season. Nothing could be truer for last year's AUS finalists, the UPEI Panthers and Mount Allison Mounties. Combined, both teams have scored a total of 3 goals while giving up 25 (12 for UPEI and 13 for the Mounties). What's worse is that both teams have lost by embarrassing scores to league rivals: Mt. A dropped a 6-0 decision to the X-Women and the Aigles Bleues converted a touchdown against the Panthers. Both teams currently sit at the bottom of the AUS standings, and the only point between them came when Mt. A lost in OT to Saint Mary's last Friday night. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESTU tied for first\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe St. Thomas Tommies hope the adage about the best defence being a good offence holds true. (Though they aren't so bad defensively either.) Last year the Tommies didn't score their tenth goal until their fifth game, on Nov. 5, which was also just the second win of the season for the Tommies. Fast-forward a year and around the same point in the season the Tommies are riding high. Thirteen goals in three games already put them in a tie for first with St. FX (also at 13 in 4). The Tommies also sit tied for first with those same X-Women with 6 points and a perfect 3-0-0 record.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETurning a corner for SMU\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was a year's worth of work accomplished in just one weekend for the Saint Mary's Huskies. A 2-1 OT win over the Mounties on Friday night followed by a 3-1 victory over the Panthers less than 24 hours later cemented a successful weekend for the red and white from the south end of Halifax\u0026mdash;but also more wins than they had all of last year. (And, of course, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/03\/hockey-smu-womens-hockey-saved.html\"\u003Eshortly after they nearly lost their team entirely\u003C\/a\u003E.) Goaltender \u003Cb\u003ESienna Cooke\u003C\/b\u003E stood tall in net for the Huskies, recording both wins with a .953 save percentage and 1.27 GAA. The Huskies will get two chances for their first home win in over a year when they welcome the Aigles Bleues (Friday night) and Tommies (Saturday afternoon) to Halifax this weekend. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E**\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAUS Power Rankings\u003C\/b\u003E (with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/10\/2012-13-aus-womens-hockey-preview.html\"\u003Epre-season predicted finish\u003C\/a\u003E in brackets)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. FX\u003C\/b\u003E (1): When your goaltending has let in one goal over three games, your team doesn't need to score thirteen goals to win. The X-Women did both. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Thomas\u003C\/b\u003E (5): What's better than having your starting goalie sport a .952 save percentage? Having your backup \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wice\/2012-13\/boxscores\/20121014_6put.xml\"\u003Eshutout last year's AUS finalists 5-0\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E \u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoncton\u003C\/b\u003E (4): Rookie \u003Cb\u003ECatherine Dumas\u003C\/b\u003E has five goals in her first three CIS games, including \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wice\/2012-13\/boxscores\/20121014_jhpr.xml\"\u003Ea four-goal performance against UPEI\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary's\u003C\/b\u003E (7): The Huskies and Aigles Bleues are tied for power-play goals this season with three apiece, and they play in Halifax on Friday night. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie\u003C\/b\u003E (6): If the Tigers want to increase their goal total this season (only three through four games) they will have to put more pucks on net. They currently rank last in the AUS with less than 20 shots per game. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMount Allison\u003C\/b\u003E (2): One goal through three games doesn't get you much these days, especially against opponents who are a combined 8-1-0 so far. A 1.7% shooting percentage and an 0-for-9 power-play doesn't help. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUPEI\u003C\/b\u003E (3): The Panthers must stay out of the sin bin to record some wins. They have given up three power-play goals against on just 8 opportunities so far this season. Even with the advantage, though, they've also allowed a short-handed marker this year\u0026mdash;the only team in the AUS to do so. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\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\/4346718252635595725\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/10\/womens-hockey-aus-update-and-power.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/4346718252635595725"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/4346718252635595725"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/10\/womens-hockey-aus-update-and-power.html","title":"Women's hockey: AUS update and power rankings"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"The CIS Blog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04279535209746489243"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});