2022-23 STFX X-Women Hockey News
The hockey journey for a talented former STFX X-Women forward will come full circle later this summer. Lea MacLeod will launch her professional career in Germany, where the 23-year-old first laced up a pair of blades.
It didn't take long for Josie Chisholm to realize she belonged on the ice and not the dance floor.
Like countless young Canadians, the hockey journey for Lauren Dabrowski began in a similar venue.
The White and Blue have only one colour in mind – gold – as they prepare for a return to the women’s hockey national title stage this weekend. The STFX X-Women – seeded seventh – will be one of eight teams vying for the 2023 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship, from Thursday to Sunday, at Aréna CEPSUM in Montreal.
X-Women hockey forward Maggy Burbidge and defense Lauren Dabrowski were both honoured as U SPORTS first team all-Canadians, as announced at the awards gala in conjunction with the national championship.
The X-Women Hockey team are seeded seventh and will face-off against second seeded UBC Friday at 3:00 pm EST in Montreal in the U SPORTS quarterfinal game.
The schedule for the final round of the 2023 Subway AUS Women’s Hockey Championship has been announced and the STFX X-Women will host the UNB Reds in Game 2 on Monday evening, March 6th.
Maggy Burbidge of STFX and Olivier Pouliot of Lakehead have been named the U SPORTS hockey players of the week for the period ending February 26, 2023.
X-Women head coach Ben Berthiaume was named the AUS coach of the year, while five X-Women earned recognition as AUS all-stars and all-rookies.
The second seeded STFX X-Women will play the third seeded Saint Mary's Huskies in a best-of-five AUS semi-final series, beginning on Wednesday, February 22nd.
The U SPORTS No. 7 ranked STFX X-Women wrapped up their regular season with a big 7-1 win over the Mount Allison Mounties on Friday night at the Charles V Keating Centre.
The U SPORTS No. 7 ranked STFX X-Women defeated the Dalhousie Tigers 4-1 on Wednesday night at the Charles V Keating Centre.
The U SPORTS No. 7 ranked STFX X-Women dropped the Moncton Aigles Bleues 9-2 on Sunday afternoon at the Charles V Keating Centre.
Saint Mary’s forward Miranda Hatt scored a goal and an assist, and goaltender Ridleigh Hansen stopped 48 shots as the Huskies edged the U SPORTS #7 ranked STFX X-Women 3-2 on Friday night at the Dauphinee Centre.
The StFX X-Women defeated the UNB Reds 3-1 in a matinee match up on Sunday at the Charles V Keating Centre. It was another tight scoring affair between the U SPORTS No. 5 ranked Reds and ninth ranked X-Women, with both of the previous encounters ending 2-1 in favour of UNB.
The Mount Allison Mounties dropped a 5-0 game to the STFX X-Women Friday evening. The X-Women were with the additions of sharpshooters Lea MacLeod (Dartmouth, NS) and Maggy Burbidge (Falmouth, NS) who recently returned from their gold-medal performance with Team Canada at the Winter FISU World University Games.
