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2020 2 019 AXEMEN HOCKEY Quick Facts ACADIA AXEMEN HOCKEY 550 Main Street - Acadia University Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6 Name: Acadia University Location: Wolfville, Nova Scotia Founded: 1838 Enrollement: 3400 Nickname: Axemen / Axewomen Colours: Garnet and Blue Stadium: Andrew H. McCain Arena Capacity: 2000 seated, 2200 standing Conference: Atlantic University Sport President: Dr. Peter Ricketts Chancellor: Bruce Galloway Executive Director, Athletics: Kevin Dickie Axemen Football Staff Head Coach: Darren Burns Assistant Coaches: Kris MacDonald, Mike Alcoe, Mark Richards, Daniel Pettersson, Evan Mosher Head Equipment Manager Mark Childerley Managers Peter Sheehan, Nick Brown Head Therapist: Curtis Arsenault Senior Athletic Therapy Assistant: Mitchell Rankin Junior Athletic Therapy Assistant: Emilie Mariläinen, Lucas Fearn, Cameron Pinder Strength & Conditioning Specialist: Elliott Richardson Sport Psychologyist Bryce Tully Hockey Operations/Video & Analytics Rees Giacchetta Hockey Analytics Brett Dickie Team Services Matt Warner Axemen Hockey Social Media/Website Chris Richards Department Office Staff: Director, Varsity Athletics: Kevin Dickie 902-585-1551 Facility / Operations: Richard Johnson 902-585-1614 Communications: Eric Cederberg 902-698-2090 (c) Events: Kim Wallace 902-585-1879 Development / Sponsorship Len Hawley 902-585-1044 Athletic Services: Krista Robertson 902-585-1552 Box Office Manager: Brenda Bigelow 902-585-1628 Cristiano Digiacinto this season was the leading goal scorer for the Axemen during Contact Information: the regular season. Varsity Athletic Office: 902-585-1552 Box Office: 1-800-542-8425 or 902-542-5500 Email: [email protected] AXEMEN HOCKEY 2019-20 Acadia Axemen Front Row (l to r): Logan Flodell, Daniel Pettersson (assistant coach), Mike Alcoe (assistant coach), Garrett McFadden, Alex Lepkowski, Kris MacDonald (assistant coach), Liam Maaskant, Darren Burns (head coach), Stephen Harper, Rodney Southam, Mark Richards (assistant coach), Dawson Carty, Matt Warner. Middle Row (l to r): Emillie Merilainen (therapy staff), Lucas Fern (therapy staff), Curtis Arsenault (head athletic therapist), Cameron Pinder (therapy staff), Conor McCollum, Jordy Stallard, Eric Henderson, Michael Zipp, Jack McClelland, Marc McNulty, Ryan Foss, Tate Olson, Maurizio Colella, Loch Morrison, Mason McCarty, Mitch Rankin (therapy staff), Vince Lucent (S&C), Mark Childerley (equipment manager). Back Row (l to r): Peter Sheehan (manager), Owen MacDonald, Ross MacDougall, Jack Flaman, TJ Fergus, Johnny Corneil, Morgan Nauss, Rees Giacchetta (hockey operations). 2019-20 Season Summary The Acadia Axemen opened the AUS regular season with a loss to Moncton, but quickly rebounded with a 6-4 win against the No. 1 ranked UNB Reds in Wolfville. The Axemen pulled together an eight game winning streak before losing to Moncton again in early November. Despite playing a short bench through most of November with injuries plaguing the team, the Axemen wrapped up the first half of the season with a 14-4 record. Acadia placed sixth in the U SPORTS Top 10 rankings in December after a slide from fourth in early November. The Axemen opened the new year with consecutive wins but quickly plunged into a losing streak of four games while also struggling with a short bench once again created by injuries. Acadia ended the slide with a win at UPEI and went 1-3 in the remaining last four games of the regular season. Finishing with a 19-9-2 record, the Axemen clinched the semifinal bye along with conference leading UNB. Third year forward Cristiano Digiacinto lead the conference with 20 goals, while AUS All-Star goaltender Logan Flodell finished with the highest save percentage of the conference with 0.918. The Axemen faced Saint Mary’s in the semifinal around and won the best of five series in four games and moved on to AUS Championship final best of three series losing to the U SPORTS No. 1 ranked UNB Reds in a best of three games championship series in three games. AXEMEN HOCKEY 2019-20 Axemen Hockey Roster - Alphabetical No. Last name First name Pos. Ht. Yr. Course Hometown Prov. Last Team Pronunciation 30 Carty Dawson G 6-3 3 BBA Burlington ON Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) 7 Colella Maurizio F 6-0 2 BBA Tottenham ON Flint Firebirds (OHL) Coh-lel-lah 23 Corneil Johnny F 5-10 2 BBA Lindsay ON Niagara Icedogs (OHL) Core-neil 67 Digiacinto Cristiano F 5-10 3 BKin Hamilton ON Windsor Spitfires (OHL) Dij-ee-ah-sinto 15 Fergus TJ D 6-0 2 BBA Oakville ON Barrie Colts (OHL) 19 Flaman Jack F 6-0 2 BBA Vibank SK Red Deer Rebels (WHL) Flah-man 50 Flodell Logan G 6-1 2 BBA Regina SK Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) Flow-dell 9 Foss Ryan F 6-3 3 BCD Oakville ON Guelph Storm (OHL) 34 Harper Stephen F 6-2 4 BBA Burlington ON Niagra Ice Dogs (OHL) 18 Henderson Eric F 6-2 1 BBA Kingsville ON Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) 14 Lepkowski Alexander D 6-4 4 BSc West Seneca NY Oshawa Generals (OHL) Lep-cow-ski 10 Maaskant Liam D 6-4 5 BASc Clinton ON Kitchener Rangers (OHL) Mass-cant 76 MacDonald Owen F 5-9 3 BCD Elora ON London Knights (OHL) 28 MacDougall Ross D 5-10 2 BBA St Stephen NB CB Screaming Eagles (QMJHL) 24 McCarty Mason F 5-10 2 BBA Blackie AB Rapid City Rush (ECHL) 1 McCollum Conor G 6-0 2 BSc Pickering ON South Shore Lumberjacks (MHL) Mic-cull-um 20 McClelland Jack F 6-2 3 BKin St. Johns NL Wichita Jr.Thunder (WSHL) 21 McFadden Garrett D 5-11 2 BBA Kincardine ON Guelph Storm (OHL) Mic-Fad-den 16 McNulty Marc D 6-5 4 BBA Medicine Hat AB Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) 55 Morrison Loch D 6-1 2 BBA Christopher Lake SK Victoria Royals (WHL) 89 Nauss Morgan D 6-0 1 BBA Hammonds Plains NS Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL) 51 Olson Tate D 6-3 2 BBA Saskatoon SK Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) 71 Southam Rodney F 6-0 3 BCD Saskatoon SK Kelowna Rockets (WHL) 79 Stallard Jordy F 6-2 2 BBA Brandon MB Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) 4 Zipp Michael D 6-2 2 BKin Edmonton AB Calgary Hitmen (WHL) Axe Facts: TJ Fergus and Jack McClelland father’s played in the NHL. Third year winger Jack McClelland is the son of Kevin McClelland, who played all of part of 14 seasons with five NHL teams. The elder McClelland spent most of his career as a valuable role player with the Edmonton Oilers, and ended up part of four Stanley Cup champions as a teammate of Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier. Second year Axemen defenseman T.J. Fergus is the son of Tom Fergus, who played all or part of 12 NHL seasons, including multiple years in Boston, Toronto and Vancouver. While he never got his name on the Stanley Cup, Tom Fergus finished his career in 1995 with 235 goals and 581 points in 726 NHL games. He had 28 and 30-goals season with Boston, and scored a season-high 31 goals his first season with Toronto in 1985-1986. AXEMEN HOCKEY 2019-20 Axemen Hockey Roster - Numerical No. First name Last name Pos. Ht. Yr. Course Hometown Prov. Last Team Pronunciation 1 Conor McCollum G 6-0 2 BSc Pickering ON South Shore Lumberjacks (MHL) Mic-cull-um 4 Michael Zipp D 6-2 2 BKin Edmonton AB Calgary Hitmen (WHL) 7 Maurizio Colella F 6-0 2 BBA Tottenham ON Flint Firebirds (OHL) Coh-lel-lah 9 Ryan Foss F 6-3 3 BCD Oakville ON Guelph Storm (OHL) 10 Liam Maaskant D 6-4 5 BASc Clinton ON Kitchener Rangers (OHL) Mass-cant 14 Alexander Lepkowski D 6-4 4 BSc West Seneca NY Oshawa Generals (OHL) Lep-cow-ski 15 TJ Fergus D 6-0 2 BBA Oakville ON Barrie Colts (OHL) 16 Marc McNulty D 6-5 4 BBA Medicine Hat AB Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) 18 Eric Henderson F 6-2 1 BBA Kingsville ON Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) 19 Jack Flaman F 6-0 2 BBA Vibank SK Red Deer Rebels (WHL) Flah-man 20 Jack McClelland F 6-2 3 BKin St. Johns NL Wichita Jr.Thunder (WSHL) 21 Garrett McFadden D 5-11 2 BBA Kincardine ON Guelph Storm (OHL) Mic-Fad-den 23 Johnny Corneil F 5-10 2 BBA Lindsay ON Niagara Icedogs (OHL) Core-neil 24 Mason McCarty F 5-10 2 BBA Blackie AB Rapid City Rush (ECHL) 28 Ross MacDougall D 5-10 2 BBA St Stephen NB CB Screaming Eagles (QMJHL) 30 Dawson Carty G 6-3 3 BBA Burlington ON Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) 34 Stephen Harper F 6-2 4 BBA Burlington ON Niagra Ice Dogs (OHL) 50 Logan Flodell G 6-1 2 BBA Regina SK Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) Flow-dell 51 Tate Olson D 6-3 2 BBA Saskatoon SK Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) 55 Loch Morrison D 6-1 2 BBA Christopher Lake SK Victoria Royals (WHL) 67 Cristiano Digiacinto F 5-10 3 BKin Hamilton ON Windsor Spitfires (OHL) Dij-ee-ah-sinto 71 Rodney Southam F 6-0 3 BCD Saskatoon SK Kelowna Rockets (WHL) 76 Owen MacDonald F 5-9 3 BCD Elora ON London Knights (OHL) 79 Jordy Stallard F 6-2 2 BBA Brandon MB Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) 89 Morgan Nauss D 6-0 1 BBA Hammonds Plains NS Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL) Axe Facts: Former Axeman Liam Heelis is the interim head coach of the McGill University men’s hockey team. Heelis graduated from Acadia in 2014 and played one season with McGill before becoming an assistant coach. Former Axeman Paul McFarland was hired as an assisstant coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs in May of 2019. McFarland spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach with the Panthers.