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.

... Le défenseur Pierre Durepos quittera après les séries. @Durepos23 espère ajouter un titre à sa collection... pic.twitter.com/DWkPUXz5Tc

— Francois Le Blanc (@RCFrancois) February 15, 2017

Here's a full breakdown of how Sea Dogs alumni performed in the AUS this season.

AUS

Player	Team	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Stephen Anderson	UNB	27	8	17	25
Pierre Durepos	UdeM	30	5	13	18
Mark Tremaine	StFX	30	8	8	16
Matt Murphy	UNB	30	3	10	13
Mike Thomas	UNB	21	4	8	12
Kelly Bent	DAL	30	3	4	7
Marcus Cuomo	StFX	5	0	2	2
Adam Bateman	SMU	28	0	2	2
Noah Zilbert	SMU	30	1	1	2
Mitchell Dempsey	UPEI	7	1	0	1
Oliver Cooper	UNB	7	0	0	0

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

Player	Team	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Scott Oke	CON	27	13	10	23
Colin Campbell	NIP	28	14	7	21
Brock Morrison	NIP	28	4	13	17
David Weckworth	CAR	28	4	7	11
Jason Seed	CAR	24	0	4	4

Player	Team	GP	W-L	GAA	SV%
Sebastien Auger	UQTR	14	8-5	2.47	.926
Marc-Antoine Turcotte	CON	4	2-1	2.63	.904
Charlie Millen	LAT	16	6-8	3.42	.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

Player	Team	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Justice Dundas	WIN	20	10	7	17
Steven Anthony	WIN	26	4	12	16
Andreas Tsogkas	RYE	6	1	1	2
Braydon Blight	LAR	9	0	2	2

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