2018-19 StFX X-Men Hockey News
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2019-20 AUS winter sport schedules announced
May 23, 2019Atlantic 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. -
Marchand signs AHL professional contract with Rockford Ice Hogs
May 03, 2019StFX 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.
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Chase Marchand signs ECHL professional contract
March 25, 2019StFX 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.
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X-Men to face Gaels in U SPORTS quarterfinal Friday evening
March 10, 2019The 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.
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Spears named Subway AUS male athlete of the week
March 05, 2019Regan 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.
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Stevens named AUS most sportsnmanlike player, Tremaine to all-star team
February 21, 2019X-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.
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Marchand honoured as U SPORTS male athlete of the week
February 20, 2019Chase 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.
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Chase Marchand named AUS male athlete of the week
February 19, 2019Chase 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.
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StFX falls 4-1 to UPEI in final regular season game
February 10, 2019The 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.
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X-Men hockey to open AUS quarter-final series Wednesday
February 10, 2019The 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).
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X-Men fall 8-2 to Reds with depleted roster
February 08, 2019The UNB Reds scored early and often as they beat the StFX X-Men 8-2 on Friday night.
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X-Men fall 6-3 to Acadia
February 02, 2019The 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.
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X-Men top Huskies in high scoring affair
February 01, 2019The 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.
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Mann-Dixon named Subway AUS male athlete of the week
January 29, 2019Blade 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.
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Mann-Dixon shines in X-Men's 3-2 victory over Reds
January 26, 2019It 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.
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X-Men deliver 5-1 victory over Panthers
January 25, 2019The 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.
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Four-goal second period propels X-Men to victory over Panthers
January 22, 2019StFX forward Regan Spears sparked a four-goal second period en route to 5-1 win over the UPEI Panthers Tuesday night.
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X-Men shutout by Axemen
January 19, 2019The Acadia Axemen snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-0 win over the StFX X-Men on Friday night. Acadia had nearly three times more shots on net than the X-Men.
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X-Men nipped by Huskies in OT
January 17, 2019In AUS men's hockey action, after giving up a two goal lead, the Saint Mary’s Huskies (14-7-2) recovered and took the win over the StFX X-Men (11-8-2) by a 4-3 margin in overtime, Wednesday night at the Halifax Forum.
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X-Men hand top-seeded Reds first regulation loss of season
January 12, 2019The StFX X-Men handed the U SPORTS No. 1 ranked UNB Reds their first regulation loss of the 2018-19 season Saturday night at the Charles V. Keating Centre, playing to a 4-2 win.
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X-Men top Panthers 6-3
January 11, 2019The StFX X-Men defeated UPEI Panthers by a 6-3 margin Friday evening at the Charles V Keating Centre. The crowd of over 400 people were treated to 60 minutes of physical hockey, with both teams taking advantage of their power play opportunities.
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Late third period goal gives Tigers 1-0 edge over X-Men
January 04, 2019In Friday night AUS hockey action, the Dalhousie Tigers edged the StFX X-Men 1-0 at the Halifax Forum. It took 59 minutes for someone to find the back of the net as Tigers forward Campbell Pickard (Halifax, NS) scored the late third period goal to give them the 1-0 victory.
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Applications now open for Junior X-Men spring development camps
January 03, 2019X-Men hockey head coach Brad Peddle is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the Junior X-Men spring development camps. The six-week camps will be available from April 6 to May 26, 2019 for highly motivated athletes to prepare for advanced hockey programs in novice, atom, pee wee and bantam classifications.
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X-Men hockey add Jean Dupuy and Declan Smith to 2019-20 line-up
January 03, 2019StFX men’s hockey head coach Brad Peddle is pleased to announce the additions of forwards Jean Dupuy and Declan Smith to the line-up for the 2019-20 season.
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Cook wraps up three-game series with U SPORTS all-stars
December 13, 2018StFX X-Men forward Holden Cook, a fourth year business student from Whitby, Ont. wrapped up a three-game stint with the U SPORTS all-star team in their series against the Canadian world junior prospects in Victoria, B.C. It marked the third consecutive year that Cook competed with the all-star squad. This year the U SPORTS all-stars won the series 2-1. X-Men alumnus Patrick Grandmaitre, the current head coach of the Ottawa Gee Gees was also a part of the all-star team as an assistant coach.
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Cook named to U SPORTS hockey all-star roster
December 04, 2018Fourth year X-Men forward Holden Cook was named to the U SPORTS men’s hockey all-star roster for the upcoming two-game series against Hockey Canada’s World Junior prospects in Victoria, B.C.
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Aigles Bleus edge X-Men by 3-2 score
December 01, 2018The Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus edged the StFX X-Men 3-2 in AUS action Saturday night at the J-Louis Levesques Arena.
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X-Men fall to Tigers 5-2
November 28, 2018In their final home game of the first half of the season, the Dalhousie Tigers played host to the StFX X-Men at the Halifax Forum on Wednesday. Special teams made all the difference in this one as the Tigers capitalized to take the 5-2 win.
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Late third period goal lifts X-Men over Aigles Bleus
November 24, 2018Cole MacDonald (Wetaskiwin, AB) scored the game winning goal with just under three minutes to play as the StFX X-Men defeated the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus 5-3 Saturday night at the Charles V. Keating Centre. The crowd was treated to an entertaining 60 minutes of play, as the teams were tied after the first and second periods.
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X-Men defeat Tigers by 4-1 margin
November 23, 2018The StFX X-Men defeated the visiting Dalhousie Tigers 4-1 at the Keating Centre on a snowy Friday evening. The crowd was treated to 60 minutes of fast-paced hockey, featuring a scoring blitz for the X-Men in the second period led by first star and Subway Player of the Game Adam Stevens (Bedford, NS) who scored a hat trick.
