University of Calgary Dinos • 2500 University Drive NW • Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 • Godinos.Com 2017 DINOS GAME DAY • Page 2
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Ben Matchett • Asst. Athletic Director (Communications) • [email protected] • Office (403) 220-8143 • Mobile (403) 863-8143 2017 CALGARY SCHEDULE (9-1) All times local; home games BOLD Sept. 1 @ Alberta W 55-26 Sept. 8 REGINA W 46-26 Sept. 16 @ Manitoba W 76-17 Sept. 23 SASKATCHEWAN W 51-28 Sept. 29 @ UBC W 31-17 Oct. 14 MANITOBA W 36-27 Oct. 21 @ Regina W 42-30 Oct. 28 ALBERTA L 3-53 CALGARY – All the superlatives you can find between a dictionary and a thesaurus aren't Nov. 4 ALBERTA W 39-22 Nov. 11 UBC W 44-43 necessary to do this game justice. 2017 LAVAL SCHEDULE (9-1) To convey the magnitude of the 2017 Mitchell Bowl, which will see the Calgary Dinos host the All times local; home games BOLD Laval Rouge et Or at McMahon Stadium on Saturday (2 p.m. MT, live broadcast on Sportsnet Aug. 26 SHERBROOKE W 40-5 360 and streaming on Sportsnet NOW) for the right to play in the Vanier Cup, one simply needs Sept. 1 @ McGill W 50-14 to state the facts:. Sept. 9 @ Montreal L 16-21 Sept. 24 CONCORDIA W 12-8 Over the last decade and a half, Calgary and Laval have combined for 13 Vanier Cup Oct. 1 McGILL W 34-0 Oct. 7 @ Sherbrooke W 46-15 appearances, including 10 since 2008. At least one of the two teams has appeared in all but Oct. 21 MONTREAL W 22-0 four of the prior 14 Canadian university football championships and three of the previous six Oct. 27 @ Concordia W 46-14 has seen the Dinos and Rouge et Or go head-to-head. Nov. 4 SHERBROOKE W 45-0 Nov. 11 MONTREAL W 25-22 There hasn't been a single U SPORTS Top 10 this season without at least one of them ranked first or second, as five times either the Dinos or Laval held the No. 1 spot, and neither was CANADA WEST STANDINGS ranked lower than fourth. Last Saturday's conference championship results provided the x-clinched playoff spot; y-first place dream Mitchell Bowl matchup, as Calgary dramatically beat UBC thanks to a U SPORTS record 59-yard field goal on the final play of the game, while the Rouge et Or held off Montreal to G W L +/- Pts xy-CALGARY 8 7 1 +116 14 capture the Dunsmore Cup as RSEQ champs. x-UBC 8 6 2 +59 12 x-Regina 8 4 4 -24 8 And though there are plenty more mind-blowing stats testifying to the dominance of the x-Alberta 8 3 5 -1 6 Calgary and Laval football programs, for the sake of time, we'll skip to the hyperbole and call Saskatchewan 8 2 6 -41 4 this what it is: a clash of the titans. Manitoba 8 2 6 -109 4 "It's a tribute to the players that we bring into our programs and the coaches that work with LAST WEEK’S RESULTS – Conference Finals those athletes to develop them and challenge them to reach this type of potential, be Nov. 11 Atlantic: Saint Mary’s @ Acadia, 2 pm AT Ontario: Laurier @ Western, 1 pm ET consistent and focus on the right things that it takes to be successful," Dinos coach Wayne Quebec: Montreal @ Laval, 2 pm ET Harris said. Canada West: UBC @ Calgary, 1 pm MT THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE – National Semifinals "I've been a part of Canada West for many years and it's always been a tough conference to Uteck Bowl: Western @ Acadia, 12:30 pm ET, Wolfville get out of, and if you have success here, you should be able to have success anywhere.” Mitchell Bowl: Laval @ Calgary, 2 pm MT, Calgary From the moment the 2017 season kicked off, fans have anticipated the potential for a Vanier U SPORTS TOP 10 (FINAL) Cup rematch in the national semifinals. Tuesday, November 7, 2017, 2017 This will be Calgary's sixth playoff meeting with Laval in 10 years, and while they've yet to win, 1. Laval (7-1, 1-0) 6. UBC (6-2, 1-0) the Dinos have proven an increasingly tougher opponent for their RSEQ rivals; at last year's 2. Western (8-0, 1-0) 7. Acadia (6-2) Vanier Cup, Calgary held a fourth quarter lead before coming up just short, 31-26, in a title bout befitting its heavyweight participants. Continued on page 7… 3. Montreal (6-1, 1-0) 8. SMU (5-3, 1-0) 4. Calgary (7-1, 1-0) 9. Regina (4-4, 0-1) GAME BROADCAST INFO Sportsnet 360 (EN): Tim Micallef (play-by-play), Mike Morreale (analyst). TVA Sports 2 (FR): Denis Cassavant, C-A Sinotte 5. Laurier (6-2, 1-0) 10. McMaster (6-2, 1-1) University of Calgary Dinos • 2500 University Drive NW • Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 • goDINOS.com 2017 DINOS GAME DAY • Page 2 # Name Pos. Ht. Wt Yr Faculty Hometown Previous Team (High School) Pronunciation 1 Josiah Joseph QB 6-3 205 2 Arts Peachland, BC Okanagan Sun (Mount Boucherie) 2 Deane Leonard DB 6-2 175 1 Business Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 3 Adam Laurensse DB 6-1 185 5 Arts Sherwood Park, AB Edmonton Wildcats (Bev Facey) lore-ENZE 6 Kevon John-Clarke R 6-3 180 1 Arts Calgary, AB (St. Mary's) KEE-von 7 Cyril Iwanegbe DB 5-9 190 5 Open Studies Brooks, AB (Brooks) SEE-rill ee-WANN-uh-bee 8 Nick Statz DB 5-9 175 3 Kinesiology Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 9 Aaron Statz DB 5-10 173 4 Business Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 10 Jack McDonald R 6-1 210 3 Business South Delta, BC (South Delta) 12 Adam Sinagra QB 6-1 190 3 Arts Pointe Claire, QC John Abbott College sin-AGG-ruh 13 Michael Schmidt DB 6-0 195 5 Business / Arts Calgary, AB (Western Canada) 14 Abdraman Abdel-Rahim R 6-3 187 1 Open Studies Pierrefonds, QC (Vanier College) ABB-druh-men 15 Jackson Penner R 6-0 206 2 Engineering Kenora, ON (Beaver Brae) 18 Evan Dutton R 6-1 188 1 Business / Kinesiology Calgary, AB (Centennial) 19 Michael Klukas R 6-1 193 5 Arts Calgary, AB (St. Mary's) KLOO-cuss 20 Alessandro Molnar RB 5-9 195 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Rundle College) 21 Jeshrun Antwi RB 6-0 205 3 Arts / Education Calgary, AB (Father Lacombe) JESH-runn ANT-wee 22 Treshaun Abrahams-Webster DB 5-11 185 2 Arts Pickering, ON Canada Prep (Pickering) truh-SHAWN 23 Nathan Mitchell DB 5-10 190 5 Arts St. Albert, AB (Paul Kane) 24 Boston Rowe LB 6-0 210 4 Business Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 25 Beko Wande DB 5-11 158 1 Open Studies Red Deer, AB (Notre Dame) BAY-koh WAN-day 26 Matthew Lucyshyn DB 6-0 175 1 Engineering Calgary, AB (Bishop Grandin) loo-SIH-shin 27 Jordan Fasano RB 6-0 200 1 Business Calgary, AB (Bowness) fuss-SAN-noh 28 Jack Burns DB 5-10 185 1 Business Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 30 Robert Stewart RB 6-0 207 2 Arts Calgary, AB (Centennial) 31 Trey Dube DB 6-0 185 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 32 Cole Kussmann RB 5-10 188 2 Arts London, ON (Mother Teresa) 34 Alex Groshak R 6-0 190 1 Arts Calgary, AB (St. Francis) GROW-shack 35 Ross DeLauw LB 5-11 225 3 Arts Lethbridge, AB (Sir Winston Churchill) de-LAW 37 Caleb Bymak HB 6-1 225 1 Kinesiology Yorkton, SK (Yorkton) BYE-makk 39 Devin Derouin LB 6-0 195 1 Engineering Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) DERR-oh-winn 40 Joe Cant DB 6-0 180 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 41 Brayden Laurie DB 5-9 160 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 42 Micah Teitz LB 6-2 225 4 Arts Calgary, AB (Springbank) MIKE-uh TIGHTS 45 Niko DiFonte K/P 6-0 170 2 Arts Winnipeg, MB (Oak Park) dif-FON-tay 50 Charlie Moore LB 6-3 215 1 Business South Delta, BC (South Delta) 51 Blake Gau LB 6-1 205 3 Business South Delta, BC (South Delta) 52 Brett Wade DL 6-2 285 5 Arts / Education Regina, SK Regina Thunder (Miller) 53 Jakub Jakoubek LB 5-11 225 3 Arts Calgary, AB Calgary Colts (Bowness) JAY-cubb YAH-koo-beck 56 Spencer Roy OL 6-4 330 2 Arts Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 57 Daniel Teitz LB 6-0 205 1 Business Calgary, AB (Springbank) TIGHTS 58 Ryan Sceviour OL 6-4 305 4 Arts Calgary, AB (Bowness) SEVV-ee-or 59 George Hutchings OL 6-2 300 1 Business Calgary, AB (St. Andrew's College) 60 Kenan Dedic OL 6-6 285 1 Arts Edmonton, AB (Harry Ainlay) DED-ick 61 Curtis Krahn OL 6-3 295 5 Arts Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg Rifles (College Louis-Riel) 63 Darius Ciraco OL 6-4 295 4 Business Burlington, ON (Assumption) 64 Dawson Drewniak OL 6-3 260 2 Arts Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) DREW-nee-ack 65 Peter Nicastro OL 6-2 295 1 Arts Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 66 Tyler Packer OL 6-6 305 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 67 Jordan Filippelli OL 6-6 325 5 Arts Sherwood Park, AB (Salisbury) 68 Liam Hinch OL 6-3 280 1 Science Mountain View, AB (Cardston) 69 Logan Bandy OL 6-5 270 1 Kinesiology Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 70 Tristan Rice OL 6-4 267 1 Open Studies Calgary, AB (Centennial) 77 Cory Robinson DL 6-3 260 5 Arts Airdrie, AB (George McDougall) 78 Daniel Townsend OL 6-6 300 1 Open Studies Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 79 Josh Hyer DL 6-3 230 1 Arts Vernon, BC (Vernon Secondary) 80 Jacob Izquierdo R 6-3 200 1 Business Calgary, AB (St.