2018-19 StFX X-Men Hockey News
Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2019-20 regular season sport schedules for basketball, hockey, volleyball and swimming, as well as the hosts for the 2019 AUS winter championships.
StFX X-Men hockey goaltender Chase Marchand has signed a professional contract for the 2019-20 season with the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs. Based out of Rockford, Illinois, they are the affiliate team to the Chicago Blackhawks.
StFX X-Men hockey goaltender Chase Marchand has signed a professional contract with the Indy Fuel of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). The Fuel play out of the Central Division in the ECHL’s Western Conference and are based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are the affiliate team to the Chicago Blackhawks and AHL’s Rockford IceHogs.
The StFX X-Men are seeded No. 6 heading into the U SPORTS national championship in Lethbridge, Alta. March 14-17. They will face the No. 3 seeded Queens Gaels on Friday evening at 7:00 pm PT in quarterfinal action.
Regan Spears of the StFX X-Men hockey team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport male athlete of the week for the week ending March 3, 2019.
X-Men forward Adam Stevens was honoured as the winner of the AUS most sportsmanlike player award, while forward Mark Tremaine was named an AUS second team all-star.
Chase Marchand of the StFX X-Men men’s hockey team and Mary Fay from the Queen’s Gaels women’s curling squad are the U SPORTS Male and Female Athletes of the Week for the period ending Feb. 17, 2019.
Chase Marchand from the StFX X-Men hockey team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport male athlete of the week for the week ending Feb. 17, 2019.
The StFX X-Men fell 4-1 to the UPEI Panthers Saturday night in the final regular season game of the AUS season. With the win the Panthers (15-12-3) captured fourth place and home ice advantage in the opening quarter-final round of the playoffs, upcoming next week.
The 2019 Subway AUS Men’s Hockey Playoffs quarter-final round schedules have been announced. StFX (3) will face Acadia (6) and UPEI (4) will play Moncton (5).
The UNB Reds scored early and often as they beat the StFX X-Men 8-2 on Friday night.
The Acadia Axemen (9-16-3) won a 6-3 game against the StFX X-Men (15-10-3) in what could be a first-round match-up in the AUS playoffs.
The StFX X-Men overcame the visiting Saint Mary’s Huskies by a 6-5 score line in a high scoring affair Saturday night at the Charles V. Keating Centre. With the win the X-Men kept the U SPORTS No. 4 ranked Huskies at bay from clinching an AUS first round bye.
Blade Mann-Dixon from the St. Francis Xavier X-Men hockey team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport male athlete of the week for the week ending Jan. 27, 2019.
It appears the StFX X-Men may have found the secret to beating the U SPORTS No. 1 ranked UNB Reds – score early and score often. The X-Men defeated the Reds 3-2 on Saturday night in front of over 1300 fans at the Charles V. Keating Centre. All three goals came early in the first period.
The StFX X-Men defeated the UPEI Panthers 5-1 Friday evening at the Charles V. Keating Centre. The game marked the second consecutive win over the same Panthers squad, and by the same 5-1 score as the X-Men also won in Charlottetown Tuesday evening.
