Alumni at University Cup this weekend

The national championship for university men's hockey is coming up this weekend in Charlottetown, PEI. There will be a few Halifax Mooseheads alumni participating, however there was only one team with former Herd on it to win their regional championship. 

For the second year in a row, Jordan Lepage, Alexis Gravel and the UQTR Patriotes came away as OUA champions on Saturday night. The almost 23-year-old Gravel made 54 saves to help his team win a 3-2 overtime game to get the Queen's Cup against the Windsor Lancers. The first four goals were scored in the first period but then neither team could get the puck past the goaltenders and the match went to a third overtime period. Congratulations to Alex and Jordan on going back-to-back. 

Photo - Patriotes Twitter

Below are the rankings of the teams participating in the 2023 University Cup from March 16-19

1. Calgary Dinos (Canada West champion)
2. UQTR Patriotes (OUA champion)
3. UNB Reds (AUS champion)
4. Windsor Lancers (OUA finalist)
5. Alberta Golden Bears (Canada West finalist)
6. Concordia Stingers (OUA bronze)
7. Saint Mary's Huskies (AUS finalist)
8. UPEI Panthers (Hosts)

Across the eight teams participating in the tournament this year, there will be a total of ten former Mooseheads players. The AUS runner-up Saint Mary's Huskies have the most alum on their team with 4 in defenceman Walter Flower and forwards Keith Getson, Ben Higgins and Joel Bishop. Other guys who played in Moose Country in the past but are now in university whose season has continued are Jordan Maher and Zac Beauregard from the host Panthers, Barrett Dachyshyn with Windsor and Concordia's Maxim Trepanier. 

Good luck to all the players and teams this weekend in Charlottetown.