Action gets underway at 7:30 p.m. March 18 with Acadia playing Holland College. UNB and CBU will then meet in the final game of the evening at 9:15.
March 19, Acadia will play UNB at 3:45 p.m. Holland College and CBU will play at 5:30, CBU and Acadia at 7:45 and Holland College and UNB at 9:15.
The consolation and championship games are set for March 20, with the consolation game (for third place) at noon and the championship game at 2 p.m.
According to Acadia head coach Dave Ettinger, the main strength of the Axewomen is “balance through the lines.” Due to graduations and student transfers, Acadia “ended up with 11 new players this season.”
All the new players “have a good hockey background and have played at the rep level, which gives us good solid players at each position and allows us to roll three lines without hesitation.”
Both goalies from last year’s championship team graduated, but luckily “the defence core, anchored by first-team all-star Maddie MacKenzie, remains largely intact.”
Leading the forwards are league all-stars Alex Johnson and Kendyl Wilson who unfortunately missed last year’s championship due to injury.
Ettinger believes Acadia “has a good mix of veteran players, with the first 11 players combining to give us good depth throughout the lineup.”
Acadia finished the regular season in second place with a 6-4-2 record. “The season had its ups-and-downs, withy many new players getting used to new roles and systems,” as well as the other concerns of student-athletes.
“It’s taken us a while to jell, but I believe we’re starting to peak at the right time,” Ettinger said. As for this weekend’s tournament, given the parity of the league this season, “the championship is very much up for grabs.”
Action gets underway at 7:30 p.m. March 18 with Acadia playing Holland College. UNB and CBU will then meet in the final game of the evening at 9:15.
March 19, Acadia will play UNB at 3:45 p.m. Holland College and CBU will play at 5:30, CBU and Acadia at 7:45 and Holland College and UNB at 9:15.
The consolation and championship games are set for March 20, with the consolation game (for third place) at noon and the championship game at 2 p.m.
According to Acadia head coach Dave Ettinger, the main strength of the Axewomen is “balance through the lines.” Due to graduations and student transfers, Acadia “ended up with 11 new players this season.”
All the new players “have a good hockey background and have played at the rep level, which gives us good solid players at each position and allows us to roll three lines without hesitation.”
Both goalies from last year’s championship team graduated, but luckily “the defence core, anchored by first-team all-star Maddie MacKenzie, remains largely intact.”
Leading the forwards are league all-stars Alex Johnson and Kendyl Wilson who unfortunately missed last year’s championship due to injury.
Ettinger believes Acadia “has a good mix of veteran players, with the first 11 players combining to give us good depth throughout the lineup.”
Acadia finished the regular season in second place with a 6-4-2 record. “The season had its ups-and-downs, withy many new players getting used to new roles and systems,” as well as the other concerns of student-athletes.
“It’s taken us a while to jell, but I believe we’re starting to peak at the right time,” Ettinger said. As for this weekend’s tournament, given the parity of the league this season, “the championship is very much up for grabs.”