Cyr scores golden goal in double OT as Reds repeat as AUS champions

In the final game of her AUS career at her home rink, Frederike Cyr has secured another banner for the Aitken Centre’s rafters. With a shorthanded goal 2:53 into the second overtime, Cyr has won the UNB Reds their second consecutive AUS women’s hockey championship. They beat the StFX X-Women — the same team they defeated in the final last year — 3-2 to clinch … Continue reading Cyr scores golden goal in double OT as Reds repeat as AUS champions

Woodland delivers peak performance to force game three in AUS final

With an opportunity to clinch the AUS title at home, the StFX X-Women couldn’t get anything going on Tuesday night against the UNB Reds.  The difference was a mid-second period goal from Alayna Wagstaff and a 34-save performance from AUS MVP Kendra Woodland, as UNB prevailed by a nailbiting 1-0 score in game two of the AUS women’s hockey final. With the win, the Reds … Continue reading Woodland delivers peak performance to force game three in AUS final

StFX find formula for beating Kendra Woodland and take Game One over UNB

Fredericton, N.B. – Maggy Burbidge knows how important it is to solve Kendra Woodland in her team’s AUS final against the UNB Reds. The nation’s leading scorer — the scorer of eight points and 15 points in five playoff games for the StFX X-Women — was not shy about detailing X’s successful formula in their 2-1 victory in game one in Fredericton. Specifically, getting “pucks … Continue reading StFX find formula for beating Kendra Woodland and take Game One over UNB

AUS WHKY FINAL PREVIEW: StFX’s scoring and UNB’s defence clash in star-studded final

Fredericton, N.B. – It’s a clash of the extremes in the 2022-23 AUS women’s hockey final. On one side is the StFX X-Women. They’re the highest-scoring team in U SPORTS — the only one to crack 100 goals this season. In a conference filled with some of the nation’s best offensive talent, X utterly dominated this category.  They’re led by U SPORTS leading scorer Maggy … Continue reading AUS WHKY FINAL PREVIEW: StFX’s scoring and UNB’s defence clash in star-studded final

Known for scoring, X-Women stars keep puck out of net in series-clinching victory

Halifax, N.S. – Game three was frustrating for the StFX X-Women. In a matchup where the team struggled to get consistent scoring going when they needed it (save for Maggy Burbidge’s scoring — but that’s nearly every game), it was StFX’s defence in game four that tore the Saint Mary’s Huskies to pieces. In that order — offence, then defence — is how the X-Women … Continue reading Known for scoring, X-Women stars keep puck out of net in series-clinching victory

AUS HOCKEY PLAYOFFS: Huskies make statement in semifinal opener versus Acadia, while women’s teams play game twos

Halifax, N.S. – Well, we weren’t expecting that on night one of the AUS men’s hockey semifinals. After the Acadia Axemen trounced the StFX X-Men in last week’s conference quarterfinals, they hit an absolute Saint Mary’s Huskies wall in Halifax Thursday night. From wire-to-wire, the home team tore up the ice, glass and net twine in Acadia’s end on the way to a 7-1 victory.  … Continue reading AUS HOCKEY PLAYOFFS: Huskies make statement in semifinal opener versus Acadia, while women’s teams play game twos

AUS WHKY Semifinals Preview: Four teams claw for two spots at nationals

Halifax, N.S. – Four teams. Two spots at the 2023 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship at the Université de Montréal. One time to rock — now. The AUS women’s hockey semifinals get underway in Fredericton and Antigonish tonight. In the New Brunsiwck capital, the defending AUS champion UNB Reds welcome last year’s U SPORTS championship host, the UPEI Panthers. One province east, the StFX X-Women … Continue reading AUS WHKY Semifinals Preview: Four teams claw for two spots at nationals

AUS: Moncton nabs game three of MHKY quarterfinal, while UNB strikes first in WHKY final

The Moncton Aigles Bleus wouldn’t be in the playoffs in a “normal” season.  They finished seventh, dead last, in the AUS men’s hockey standings in a COVID-crippled schedule. They won just once in their final nine regular-season games and were being counted out of a close conference playoff picture. But two weeks, three wins and a couple of Etienne Montpetit clinics later, Moncton is two … Continue reading AUS: Moncton nabs game three of MHKY quarterfinal, while UNB strikes first in WHKY final

AUS: WHKY final set as StFX, UNB sweep semis

On Saturday night, there were the teams that had either Maggy Burbidge or Paige Grenier. And then there were the teams that lost.  With two goals from each of their key forwards, the UNB Reds and StFX X-Women completed sweeps of their respective semifinal series, booking their tickets to the AUS final. The X-Women secured their place in the final with a 4-2 victory at … Continue reading AUS: WHKY final set as StFX, UNB sweep semis