Mark Tremaine and the StFX X-Men will
take on Mike Thomas, Stephen Anderson and the UNB Varsity Reds in the CIS men’s
hockey national championship match tonight at 6:30 p.m. The game can be seen on
Sportsnet 360.
The X-Men advanced to tonight’s final
with a 2-1 triple-overtime victory over the University of Saskatchewan
yesterday. They defeated defending champion Alberta, 6-2, in the quarterfinals.
UNB has been fairly dominant at this
year’s tournament, defeating Western 5-1 on Friday and Saint Mary’s 4-0
yesterday.
Tonight’s game will be a rematch of the
AUS final which saw the X-Men win the best-of-three series 2-0.
Meanwhile, in this afternoon’s bronze
medal game, Stephen MacAulay and the Saint Mary’s Huskies take on the
Saskatchewan Huskies.
Some other notes…
- StFX’s last and only national championship came in 2004 when they defeated UNB 3-2 in double-overtime in Fredericton.
- UNB lost last year’s gold medal game to Alberta. Their last University Cup title came in 2013.
- Mike Thomas’ epic beard, pictured above, is prominently featured in a UNB commercial that has been airing on Sportsnet this weekend.
We host Women's @CIS_Bball at @UNBFredericton this week, while Men's @UNBHockey fights for the @UCupHFX! #WeAreUNB pic.twitter.com/8ocDou4NwR— UNB (@UNB) March 17, 2016
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