Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Alumdate: Ex-Dogs in U Sports


The UNB Varsity Reds easily won the Atlantic University Sport regular season title again this year, edging the second-place Acadia Axemen by 11 points.

The Varsity Reds, who feature four former Sea Dogs, finished the regular season with a 25-2-3 record. They didn't lose a home game all year, going 15-0-0 at the Aitken Centre.

As usual, the Reds have a bye through the first round of the AUS playoffs. Acadia has the other bye while the first round playoff matchups will see the UPEI Panthers take on the Saint Mary's Huskies and the StFX X-Men face the UdeM Aigles Bleus. Both of those best-of-three series start tonight.

UNB's Stephen Anderson led all former Sea Dogs in AUS scoring this season with 25 points. Mark Tremaine also had a strong offensive year at StFX while defenceman Pierre Durepos put up some good numbers in his final year of university hockey at UdeM.
Here's a full breakdown of how Sea Dogs alumni performed in the AUS this season.

AUS
PlayerTeamGPGoalsAssistsPoints
Stephen AndersonUNB2781725
Pierre DureposUdeM3051318
Mark TremaineStFX308816
Matt MurphyUNB3031013
Mike ThomasUNB214812
Kelly BentDAL30347
Marcus CuomoStFX5022
Adam BatemanSMU28022
Noah ZilbertSMU30112
Mitchell DempseyUPEI7101
Oliver CooperUNB7000
In the OUA East, Scott Oke averaged nearly a point-per-game with the Concordia Stingers while Colin Campbell and Brock Morrison finished one-two in Nipissing Lakers team scoring.

One of the best stories in university sports this season has to be the Ottawa Gee-Gees, a team that features former Dogs prospect pick Mathieu Newcomb (pictured). The first-year rebuilt program finished the regular season with a solid 15-8-5 record, good for sixth in the East.

There are some great playoff matchups coming up in the OUA's opening round, which begins tonight. The Canadian University Sports Network has a good preview.

OUA East
PlayerTeamGPGoalsAssistsPoints
Scott OkeCON27131023
Colin CampbellNIP2814721
Brock MorrisonNIP2841317
David WeckworthCAR284711
Jason SeedCAR24044

PlayerTeamGPW-LGAASV%
Sebastien AugerUQTR148-52.47.926
Marc-Antoine TurcotteCON42-12.63.904
Charlie MillenLAT166-83.42.898
In the West, the key matchup for Sea Dogs fans will be the Windsor Lancers taking on the Laurier Golden Hawks.

Andreas Tsogkas, who had been a scratch for much of the year, reportedly left the Ryerson Rams during the second semester. 

OUA West
PlayerTeamGPGoalsAssistsPoints
Justice DundasWIN2010717
Steven AnthonyWIN2641216
Andreas TsogkasRYE6112
Braydon BlightLAR9022

If we forgot to include any former Dogs in the tables above, drop us a line.

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