AUS final begins Sunday

It'll be an all New Brunswick final to determine this year's Atlantic University Sport men's hockey champion.

The UNB Reds and Universite de Moncton Aigles Bleus begin the best-of-three championship series Sunday night in Fredericton. Game 2 will take place Tuesday in Moncton while a Game 3, if needed, would be Thursday in Fredericton.

Both squads have already secured spots in the University Cup national championship tournament, which will be held at TD Place in Ottawa from March 20-23.

It's the second straight year the two teams have met in the AUS final – and it comes as no surprise. UNB and UdeM finished first and second, respectively, in the regular season standings and both had byes through the first round. In the semifinals, UNB swept Acadia 3-0 while UdeM went the distance with Saint Mary's, winning the series 3-2 with a 5-3 victory on Thursday night.

The AUS final will feature five Sea Dogs alumni: UNB's Peter Reynolds, Kale McCallum, Drew Elliott and Nick Blagden along with UdeM's Jeremie Jacob.

Here's a look at how Sea Dogs alumni performed in the AUS regular season.

Player	Team	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Peter Reynolds	UNB	30	21	19	40
Kale McCallum	UNB	27	13	26	39
Brady Burns	ACA	30	13	19	32
Cam MacDonald	ACA	29	13	14	27
Drew Elliott	UNB	26	14	8	22
Charlie DesRoches	ACA	23	0	17	17
Brody Fournier	DAL	27	7	7	14
Connor Trenholm	SMU	27	6	8	14
Will Thompson	SMU	29	2	10	12
Jared Cosman	DAL	30	0	7	7
Jeremie Jacob	UdeM	27	5	1	6
Zach Welsh	DAL	30	1	2	3
Yanic Crete	UPEI	21	0	3	3
Carter McCluskey	UPEI	15	2	0	2
Nick Blagden	UNB	6	0	1	1

Reynolds, in his first season of university hockey, finished in a tie for the U Sports lead in goals with 21 and was fourth in points with 40. He was named a second team AUS all-star.

McCallum, meanwhile, was a U Sports best +41. He was named a first team AUS all-star.

Reynolds and former Sea Dogs forward Cam MacDonald of Acadia were both named to the AUS all-rookie team.

In the OUA, the Concordia Stingers have secured their spot in the Queen's Cup final (and University Cup) where they'll play the winner of the TMU Bold and University of Toronto Varsity Blues semifinal series. The decisive Game 3 of that series takes place Sunday night.

The Stingers feature former Sea Dogs Charles Savoie, Nicholas Girouard, Isiah Campbell and Nikolas Hurtubise. The Bold have Joseph Ianniello and Kevin Gursoy.

The Canada West final features the University of Saskatchewan taking on the Mount Royal Cougars.