2021-22 StFX X-Men Hockey News
The StFX Athletic Department honored the athletic accomplishments of their varsity athletes this week at the Athletic Awards Gala held Friday evening at the Amelia Saputo Centre. X-Women Rugby fullback Danielle Franada was named the StFX Female Student-Athlete of the Year, while X-Men Hockey forward Liam Hawel received StFX Male Student-Athlete of the Year honors. The StFX Female Community X-Cellence award was co-awarded to Chloe Oleksiuk (X-Women Hockey) and Alyssa Spridgeon (X-Women Soccer), while Bailey Wasdal from X-Men Football was the winner of the StFX Male Community X-Cellence award.

X-Men forward Liam Hawel was honoured as the U SPORTS men's hockey rookie of the year, along with being named as a U SPORTS first team all-Canadian and all-rookie. Forward Matthew Struthers and defenceman Santino Centorame were named second team all-Canadians.

STFX Athletics is encouraging individuals to sign up for the stem cell registry in support of Gail Stewart - STFX alumnus, local hockey mom and wife of our X-Men Hockey assistant coach Dave Stewart. She is currently in a fight against leukemia and needs a matching donor for a stem cell infusion.

Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2021-22 AUS men's hockey major award winners and all-stars as selected by the conference's seven head coaches following regular season play.
The STFX X-Men notched two goals to the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus one in a shootout to take a 3-2 victory in the final AUS regular season game Saturday night at J.-Louis-Lévesque arena.

The U SPORTS No. 1 ranked UNB REDS needed a shootout to beat the third-ranked STFX X-Men 3-2, on Friday night.

The StFX X Men won big in their final home game of the regular season, cruising to a 5-1 victory over the visiting UPEI Panthers in a penalty-filled affair at the Charles V. Keating Centre. The U SPORTS no. 4 ranked X-Men scored twice on the powerplay and added in a shorthanded marker for good measure.

The U SPORTS No. 4 ranked STFX X-Men beat the Dalhousie Tigers 7-3 at the Forum on Wednesday evening.
STFX men’s hockey captain Santino Centorame (Mississauga, ON) had a two goal night in the X Men's 7-4 win over the Saint Mary's Huskies on Sunday. It was the first game back at the Charles V. Keating Centre for the U SPORTS No. 4 ranked X Men since late November.
AUS hockey was back on Wolfville Saturday night for the first time since the end of the November. The home team Axemen were unable to capitalize on their early lead in the game and ended up falling 3-2 to the StFX X-Men.

The X-Men and X-Women hockey games originally scheduled for Friday, February 18th have been rescheduled due to weather conditions.
Liam Hawel of the St. Francis Xavier University men’s hockey team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport male athlete of the week for the week ending December 5, 2021.

Fans of goal scoring were in for a treat at the Dauphinee Centre on Wednesday night as the StFX X-Men defeated the Saint Mary’s Huskies by an 8-6 score.

In the final home game before the Christmas break, the U SPORTS No. 5 ranked StFX X-Men avenged a big loss earlier in the season beating the UPEI Panthers 8-3 at the Charles V. Keating Centre Friday evening.

The Dalhousie Tigers men’s defeated the STFX X-Men 4-2 at the Halifax Forum Wednesday night. The win ended their two-game losing streak, and moved them into a tie for third place in the AUS men’s hockey standings.
The STFX X-Men (10-4-1) took a 3-0 lead and then held on to defeat the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus (4-9-1) by a 4-2 score on Saturday night at the J.-Louis-Lévesque Arena.