Sea Dogs connections win University Games gold medals

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While no former Saint John Sea Dogs players participated in this year's FISU World University Games, there are a couple Sea Dogs connections coming home with gold medals.

Head coach Gardiner MacDougall of the UNB Reds, who guided the Sea Dogs to a Memorial Cup championship in June, led the Canadian men's hockey squad to a gold medal.

Canada defeated the United States 7-2 in the championship game on Sunday, which was held at the historic Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, NY.

Hear from Gardiner MacDougall, Canada’s gold medal winning coach in men’s hockey.

In the late 1980s, he visited Lake Placid just to see this arena and where Herb Brooks coached USA to gold.

Today, he won a gold medal in the same rink. pic.twitter.com/I8F4VkieRM

— Ben Steiner (@BenSteiner00) January 23, 2023

As 49-Sports notes, MacDougall has now won "an AUS championship, Memorial Cup and FISU gold medal all within the last 10 months."

The Canadian women's team is also coming home with gold. Canada defeated Japan 5-0 in Saturday's gold medal contest.

Canada’s 3-0 goal on the five on three advantage from Maggy Burbidge.

The U SPORTS top scorer doing it on the biggest stage in university hockey.

pic.twitter.com/wHAwiKUfIq

— Ben Steiner (@BenSteiner00) January 22, 2023

A key contributor for the Canadians was Maggy Burbidge of the StFX X-Women, the sister of Sea Dogs forward Cole Burbidge. She scored in the championship game - the same night her brother netted his first career QMJHL hat trick.