Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2017-18 regular season sport schedules for men’s and women’s basketball, hockey and volleyball, as well as the hosts for the 2018 AUS winter championships.
At a special presentation during the StFX Athletics Awards Gala held Monday evening in Antigonish, N.S., Atlantic University Sport announced X-Men hockey forward Eric Locke as the 2017 recipient of the 31st annual James Bayer Memorial Scholarship Award presented by PepsiCo Beverages Canada.
Acadia forward Michael Clarke (Halifax, NS) had two goals in the first period, and Daniel Pettersson (Toronto, ON) added two in the second to lead the Axemen to a 7-3 win over StFX, in the bronze medal game at the 2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup Sunday morning.
The No. 6 Saskatchewan Huskies stunned the No. 2 StFX X-Men with an 8-0 shutout victory in the second semifinal game of the 2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup to advance to the national final on Sunday. Seven different players scored for the Huskies, who avenged last year’s 2-1 triple overtime semifinal loss to StFX.
The StFX X-Men used a balanced attack to defeat the McGill Redmen, 4-1, in the final quarter-final game of the 2017 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup men’s hockey championship on Thursday evening.
The UNB Varsity Reds will have home ice on their side in pursuit of their second straight University Cup while the UBC Thunderbirds look to become the ninth U SPORTS women's hockey team to lift the Golden Path Trophy in Napanee, Ont.
The StFX X-Men have been seeded in the No. 2 position for the upcoming U SPORTS championship in Fredericton, NB and will play the McGill Redmen Friday night at 7:00 pm in the quarter-finals.
The StFX X-Men are in a familiar position. The X-Men are up 1-0 in the Subway Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey final, and headed home for game two, after a 2-1 victory over the UNB Varsity Reds on Monday night.
The X-Men hockey team will open their Subway AUS Championship best-of-three final series on March 6th at UNB. Game 2 will be hosted at StFX on March 8th at 7:00 pm.
The StFX X-Men overcame a three-goal third period deficit to defeat the Acadia Axemen 5-4 in overtime in Game 3 of the Subway AUS semifinals in front of over 1400 fans at the Charles V. Keating Centre.
X-Men hockey forward Eric Locke has been honored as the AUS Student-Athlete Community Service award winner and as an AUS second team all-star. Chase Marchand was named AUS 1st team all-star and all rookie, Jagger Dirk is a second team all-star and Cole MacDonald an AUS all-rookie.
The StFX X-Men spoiled the Acadia Axemen’s first playoff game of the season, defeating the Axemen 4-3 in double overtime to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-5 Subway AUS semifinal series.
The StFX X-Men won their Subway AUS quarter-final series 2-0 over the Moncton Aigles Bleus with a 4-3 victory on the road Friday night. With the win the X-Men advance to the best-of-five semifinals against second place Acadia.
The StFX X-Men, off the strength of a three-goal third period, earned a 6-2 victory over the Moncton Aigles Bleus Wednesday evening at the Charles V. Keating Centre in Game 1 Subway AUS quarter-final action.
The U SPORTS No. 5 ranked Acadia Axemen (20-8-2) ended their regular season on a high note, erasing a two-goal deficit in the second period to knock off the StFX X-Men (16-12-2) by an 8-5 score.
The 2017 Subway AUS Men's Hockey Playoffs quarter-final round schedule has been announced. The X-Men will host Moncton in Game 1 of their series on Wednesday, Feb. 15th.
The StFX X-Men (16-11-2) locked up third place in the AUS standings with a 3-2 victory over the Saint Mary’s Huskies (14-14-1) Friday night at the Charles V. Keating Centre.