Sunday 29 March 2009
Congratulations $quirrels
#2 Player Of The Past 4 Years
Justin to my recollection was the most highly touted prospect that STU ever got. Justin used all of the ice he had and was good at getting to open ice to score many of the goals and ending up being on the top line pretty much since Game #1. I had a feeling that JB was like another highly touted Junior A forward by the name of Brent Varty. Varty lit the lamp with the Wellington Dukes of the OHA and JB lit it up with Woodstock. But I could not have been more wrong since Justin was a dominant force offensively and was responsible at his own end. It is great to see Justin playing well for Quad City of the AHL and we could have another Darryl Boyce of a player jumping from the AUS to the NHL. JB's stats are 29 goals, 39 assists, 68 points and 56 pim in 2 seasons.
Saturday 28 March 2009
#4 and #3 Players!
Thursday 26 March 2009
Top 10 Players Continued
#6- #9 Nick Theriault
Wednesday 25 March 2009
End of Season THANK YOU's
First and foremost thank you to our two great hockey teams, who without them, we would have no one to cheer for. Thanks to Coach Eagles and Coach Murphy for all the hard work they put in behind the bench and behind the scenes. Most of what they do goes unaccounted for but we know. Thanks to all the volunteers and coaching staff that help make the day to day stuff possible. Great work. And thank you so much to our student athletes of St. Thomas University for putting your blood, sweat, and tears on the ice game in and game out. We appreciate it.
Thank you goes out to the media who covers University hockey here in Freddy Beach. Thanks to Randy Corey, the DeCourcey boys, and CKTP for covering our Tommies. What a step up it has been since the days of having to listen to UNB fan #1 doing interviews of STU players. Thank you to Bruce Hallihan, Bill Hunt, Mike Power, and Dave Ritchie at the Daily Gleaner for all of their hard work. What would this site be without you? From the regular articles and features to commentary that gets people talking, thanks.
A big round of thanks to our special guest posters this year. Randy Corey, Jason Cassidy, and Fraser MacAlpine. Thanks for supporting us with great content and interesting pieces. Honestly, we can't gush enough praise on these three gentlemen because their contributions were GREAT. Thank you. Steak and a beer, our treat.
I want to deviate a little from the "norm" and thank our Squirrel friends. We love to hate them but the truth is, it wouldn't be any fun without them. They have a great new site at unbhockeyfans.com that complements us here at stutommies.com and we look forward to some interesting rivalry fun in the future. Fredericton fans love their CIS hockey and our passion shows. Another surprising thank you (coming from us that is) has to go out to vredshockey.com. While we would love to grab all the accolades of being the first CIS "fan site" out there, it wouldn't be true. vredshockey.com was bringing game recaps and information to the CIS hockey fan before the majority of us knew what the Internet was. They are the motivation behind our site and we aspire to your level. Of course in typical Tommies fashion we wanted to beat you "dirty Squirrels" or by God, die trying. Thanks.
To all of you fans, Tommie, Squirrel or otherwise thanks for reading. We do have a little surprise for you die hard Green and Gold supporters in the next couple of weeks. Plus the new recruits will be coming in the next several months, so stay tuned.
Saturday 21 March 2009
Top ten continues
#8- #30 Emily Hobbs- STU Lady Tommies
I only saw Emily play a handful of games, but she was dynamite. Especially 2 years ago at Atlantic's when STU was only 60 minutes away from making a Nationals Appearance. Hobber split time with Lindsay Coughlin and Liette Arsenault throughout the season, but near the end of the season, she took the #1 job going into the Atlantic's. She defeated Dalhousie in round 1 and in the greatest playoff performance for a goalie in the past 4 years, she should have been arrested for theft because she stole the game from #1 ranked ST. FX. She made some amazing saves in the game, especially stoning Jessica Boudreau point black with 5 seconds left. The finals versus Moncton was not her fault as she tried to keep the game close but ended up losing in the end. From the way this season went for the ladies, Julia Sharun looks like the next Emily Hobbs as she stole games this season as well.
#7- #51 Anthony Butera
Butera was a rock on defense for STU for 3 seasons and the captain in his last. It must have been hard for him to wear the C after Kyle McAllister graduated, but Butera was awesome in his role to settle the team down. Butera only missed 3 games in 3 years and gained 9 goals, 46 assists and 55 points with 145 pim. Butera played very well on the power play with his regular partner Paul Giallonardo and they worked like a well oiled machine. Butera has a great introduction to the Battle of the Hill as he got into a fight with Stacy Smallman from UNB. Butera was a great defensemen and was greatly missed this season.
So that brings the list to
#7- Anthony Butera
#8- Emily Hobbs
#9- Miguel Delilse
#10- Jean Bourbeau
Enjoy!
Thursday 19 March 2009
When a career reaches a crossroads
Between 400 and 450 players finish their Canadian Hockey League junior careers every year, and all but the elite few — those who do not go on to the NHL immediately — reach the same crossroads as Boyce. Do they continue to play wherever they can find a paycheque as a pro, or shift focus and head to college or university?Read more...The CHL's scholarship program has made that choice more difficult. Over the past 20 years, scholarships have evolved from small, inconsistent financial awards from individual teams to standardized, league-sponsored packages.
Sunday 15 March 2009
Bowers doing well in AHL
Way to go Justin! Entire Quad City Flames release.The Flames moved in front again when a Justin Bowers shot snuck up Nolan Schaefer’s shoulder and into the back of the Houston net. It was Bowers’ third
AHL goal of the season and put the Flames ahead 4-3 after two periods.
Justin Bowers insured the Flames win with a pair of third period goal for
his first hat trick as a Flame. Bowers scored on a power-play chance after
slipping past the Houston defense for a breakaway at 13:31 of the period. He
added an empty netter with 36 seconds left to set the final at 6-3 in favor of
Quad City.
Saturday 7 March 2009
X-Women defeat Tommies 3 to 1
St. FX started the scoring 19:36 of the first on the PP and out shot the Tommies 13 to 6 in the period. Christina Davis was credit with the goal. Just 30 seconds into the second Brayden Ferguson scored and 32 seconds after that Carolyn Campbell scored to give X a 3 goal cushion.
Catherine Bourdeau scored at 15:19 of the second with assists to Nicole Dube and Kelly Matthews but this was as close as STU could get. The X-Women shut the door the rest of the way and will face Moncton in the finals tomorrow afternoon.
Julia Sharun was strong in the St. Thomas net facing 28 shots while the offence could only muster 12 shots the other way.
Many firsts were achieved this year by the Ladies and we look forward to a promising recruiting season and 2009-2010.
Friday 6 March 2009
Tommies moving on to semi-finals
The sixth seeded UPEI team came out hard in this game and really pushed the third seeded Tommies all night. Lyse Rossignol picked up the winning goal at 4:22 of the first period unassisted and that marker held up. St. Thomas out shot the Panthers 29 to 27 overall.
Three goals were called back in the third period because the net had dislodges from the post. Julia Sharun was the player of the game.
In the other quarter final game from this afternoon, the Dalhousie Tigers defeated the St. Mary's Huskies 5 to 4 in overtime. This sets up the semi-final matches tomorrow between Dalhousie (4)and Moncton (1) at 3 PM and the Tommies (3) will face the St. Frances Xavier X-Women (2) at 6 PM. Charlottetown Guardian: Women's hockey Panthers drop heartbreaker
GO TOMMIES GO!!!!!
Tommies' Sharun AUS Rookie of the Year
The Atlantic conference Rookie of the Year is St. Thomas Tommies goalie Julia Sharun.
In just her first year with the St. Thomas program, Julia, a native of Edmonton, AB, appeared in 21 games, posting a 14-7 record and a 1.71 goals against average. Her season included a two shutouts and her 0.935 save percentage was second only to UdeM's Desjardins this season.
Sharun held her opponent to a goal or less on nine occasions and her 534
saves were the most by any goalie in the AUS.
Julia becomes the first St. Thomas women's hockey player ever to be
named the AUS Rookie of the Year and will look to become just the third Atlantic conference player to be selected as the CIS Rookie of the Year.
The Tommies begin the play-offs tonight against host UPEI at 7PM. If you would like to send your Best Wishes to the team, you can do so by leaving a message at the Rodd Royalty Inn and Suites in Charlottetown. Or please feel free to leave a comment below and we will pass it along.
GO TOMMIES!!!
Wednesday 4 March 2009
AUS All-Stars include Tommies
Lucrese Nussbaum was named to the 2nd team All-Stars for defence. The Weinfelden, Switzerland native was a rock on the Tommies blue line all season long. She played major minutes and in all situations. "Lukey" was a +12 on the season and had 8 assists.
As most of you Tommie fans know, this young lady will be playing defence for her native Switzerland in women's Ice Hockey at the 2010 Olympic winter games in Vancouver. She will also be representing St. Thomas University and the Tommies. We are very proud of Lucrese.
Julia Sharun was stellar in the Tommies net this season. The Edmonton, Alberta native set a team record for wins in a season(14) and continued the strong tradition of great goaltending at St. Thomas.
Julia was named a second team AUS All-Star, as well as being named to the All-Rookie team. She lead the league in saves and minutes played. She was second with an impressive .935 save percentage, wins (14) and shut outs (2).
Sharun is a strong competitor and her drive to get better will serve the Green and Gold well in years to come.
Kayla Blackmore had a great rookie season with the Tommies lighting the lamp 10 times this season. This Fredericton High School product stepped up when ever she was needed. She does more than just plays hockey as is demonstrated by this article.
Kayla had a great season and got the nod on the AUS rookie team. Miss Blackmore, and the rest of the Tommies for that matter, are really focused on the AUS championship this weekend at PEI and are looking to get the Tommies to their first CIS Nationals.
Congratulations to all of our Tommies All-Stars.
For the AUS media release please check here.
Sunday 1 March 2009
Tommies take it to Mounties
STU opened the scoring at 5:08 of the first period on a goal by Caroline Hammerheim with the assist to Ashley Duguay. Forty one seconds later Lyse Rossignol padded the lead on an unassisted marker, which turned out to be the eventual game winner. The Tommies controled the play with a 9 to 2 shot edge in the first.
Sackville native Jilian Coughlin did most of the damage in the second period scoring her team leading 11th and 12th goals of the season. She scored her first of the night at 7:37 with assists to Rossignol and Bernier. Her second was scored at 11:16 with Dominique Bernier getting her second assist and Micheel Goguen drawing the other helper. The Tommies finished off their scoring at 17:52 as Bernier scored for her third point of the night. Lyse Rossignol picked up the only assist for her third point.
The Mounties broke up Julia Sharun's shut out bid at 10:56 when Heather Morgan scored on the power play. Final shots on goal favoured St. Thomas 36 to 14. With the win Sharun has 14 wins on the season, a team record.
The Tommies enter the play-offs as the third seed and start their run at an AUS Championship next Friday night at 7PM against the host UPEI Panthers.
With her 3 point night Lyse Rossignol finishes the regular season in 10th spot in league scoring. Dominique Bernier finishes 4th in the AUS for defence scoring. Julia Sharun lead the league in saves and minutes played and finished second in shut outs, wins, and save percentage. Daily Gleaner: STU Tommies down Drover's Mounties 5-1