https://www.smuhuskies.ca en-us https://www.smuhuskies.ca/general/2025-26/releases/20260401jrosnc Saint Mary's Department of Athletics and Recreation is proud to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of Huskies student-athletes and teams during the 2025-26 season. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/general/2025-26/releases/20260401jrosnc https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26c/releases/20260322ot365n UQTR forward Félix Lafrance scored the championship-winning goal, 14:23 into overtime, lifting the UQTR Patriotes to a 3-2 victory over the Saint Mary’s Huskies in the championship game of the 2026 U SPORTS University Cup at Scotiabank Centre. Sun, 22 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26c/releases/20260322ot365n https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26c/releases/20260321nadk79 Ben Boyd scored twice and the host Saint Mary’s Huskies erupted for three first-period goals en route to a 4-1 victory over the Windsor Lancers in the first semifinal of the 2026 U SPORTS University Cup on Saturday at the Scotiabank Centre. Sat, 21 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26c/releases/20260321nadk79 https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26c/releases/20260319xsep8t Ethan Ritchie scored the winner as the host Saint Mary’s Huskies stunned the top-seeded Saskatchewan Huskies 4-3 (OT) in a thrilling contest Thursday night in the second quarterfinal of the 2026 University Cup, presented by Steele Mazda, at the Scotiabank Centre. Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26c/releases/20260319xsep8t https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260316l367ye The 2025-26 U SPORTS men's hockey awards were announced on Wednesday, with Saint Mary's Huskies forward Reid Valade named a Second Team All-Canadian. Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260316l367ye https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260315lc3cp1 The Saint Mary's Huskies will host the 2026 U SPORTS Men's Hockey National Championship as the #8 seed, taking on the #1 seed Saskatchewan Huskies in the quarterfinal on Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m. ADT at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. Sun, 15 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260315lc3cp1 https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260226pve4wp The 2025-26 Atlantic University Sport men's hockey awards were announced on Friday, with several members of the Saint Mary's Huskies being honoured among the league's best. Huskies forward Charlie Da Fonseca was awarded the Student-Athlete Community Service Award, forward Reid Valade was named a First Team AUS All-Star, forward Ben Allison was named a Second Team AUS All-Star, and goaltender Marcus Vandenberg was named to the AUS All-Rookie Team. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260226pve4wp https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260215ehas6b The #4 seed Saint Mary's Huskies will take on the #5 seed UPEI Panthers in the Atlantic University Sport Men's Hockey Quarterfinal, with Game One scheduled to be played Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Dauphinee Centre. Sun, 15 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260215ehas6b https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260215f1dvhd Saint Mary's Huskies men's hockey forwards Ben Allison and Reid Valade have finished the 2025-26 regular season as the leading scorers in all of U SPORTS Men's Hockey. Sun, 15 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260215f1dvhd https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260214v0ec80 Saint Mary’s forward Ben Allison scored two goals and an assist on his senior night, helping the Huskies clinch home ice advantage in the Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey quarterfinal with a 8-1 win over the Dalhousie Tigers on Saturday night at the Dauphinee Centre in Halifax. Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260214v0ec80 https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260214paty4s The STFX X-Men closed out their regular season home campaign with a bang, winning a come from behind 3-2 shootout thriller over the Saint Mary's Huskies on Friday night at the Charles V Keating Centre. Fri, 13 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260214paty4s https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260207wh5maj Saint Mary's captain Charlie Da Fonseca scored two goals in 31 seconds, leading the Huskies to a come-from-behind 4-3 win over the UPEI Panthers in Atlantic University Sport men's hockey action on Saturday night in Charlottetown, PEI. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260207wh5maj https://www.smuhuskies.ca/general/2025-26/releases/20260202lu9dok Men's hockey goaltender Marcus Vandenberg and women's hockey forward Jillian Duggan have been named Huskies Athletes of the Week, sponsored by Freeman's Little New York Halifax, for the week ending February 1, 2026. Mon, 02 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/general/2025-26/releases/20260202lu9dok https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260130z4upn9 Saint Mary's forward Ben Allison scored two goals, leading the Huskies to a 5-3 win over the league-leading Moncton Aigles Bleus in Atlantic University Sport men's hockey action on Friday night in Moncton, N.B. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260130z4upn9 https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260128vbg27e Saint Mary’s defenceman Ryan Hopkins scored a goal and added an assist in the third period, lifting the Huskies to a 3-2 win over the Acadia Axemen in Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey action on Wednesday night at the Dauphinee Centre in Halifax. Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260128vbg27e https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260124vdedlg Moncton forwards Charles-Edouard Drouin and Mika Cyr each scored a pair of goals, leading the Aigles Bleus to a 4-2 win over the the Saint Mary’s Huskies in Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey action on Saturday night at the Dauphinee Centre in Halifax. Sat, 24 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260124vdedlg https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260120g8mqu3 Saint Mary's Huskies men's hockey alumnus Dylan Di Perna (BComm'20) will represent the host nation of Italy at the 2026 Olympics Winter Games. Tue, 20 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260120g8mqu3 https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260117w0vmtk The UNB REDS scored three unanswered goals in the third period, defeating the Saint Mary’s Huskies 6-3 in Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey action on Saturday night at the Dauphinee Centre in Halifax. Sat, 17 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260117w0vmtk https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260116vvsny4 UPEI forward Brett Bressette scored the overtime winning goal, lifting the Panthers to 4-3 overtime win over the Saint Mary’s Huskies in Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey action on Friday night at the Dauphinee Centre in Halifax. Fri, 16 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260116vvsny4 https://www.smuhuskies.ca/general/2025-26/releases/20260112ga8q4e Men's hockey forward Ben Allison and women's basketball wing Angong Jacob have been named Huskies Athletes of the Week, sponsored by Freeman's Little New York Halifax, for the week ending January 11, 2026. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/general/2025-26/releases/20260112ga8q4e https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260110ytauqg Saint Mary's forward Reid Valade scored two goals and two assists, leading the Huskies to a 9-5 win over the Dalhousie Tigers in Atlantic University Sport men's hockey action on Saturday night at the Halifax Forum. Sat, 10 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260110ytauqg https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260107v9y4nb Saint Mary’s forward Ben Allison scored the shootout winning goal, and goaltender Marcus Vandenberg stopped 28 shots, leading the Huskies to a 3-2 win over the STFX X-Men in Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey action on Wednesday night at the Dauphinee Centre in Halifax. Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260107v9y4nb https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260103pm516z Saint Mary’s forward Reid Valade – the U SPORTS leading goal scorer – kicked off 2026 with a bang, scoring a hat-trick in the Huskies 7-5 win over the Dalhousie Tigers in Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey action on Saturday at the Dauphinee Centre in Halifax. Sat, 03 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20260103pm516z https://www.smuhuskies.ca/general/2025-26/releases/20251129uvh1wj Men's hockey forward Reid Valade and women's basketball forward Emily Dikdan have been named Huskies Athletes of the Week, sponsored by Freeman's Little New York Halifax, for the week ending November 30, 2025. Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/general/2025-26/releases/20251129uvh1wj https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20251129v3zz5z Despite another two goals from the country’s leading scorer Reid Valade, the Huskies were defeated 4-3 in a shootout by the Moncton Aigles Bleus in Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey action on Saturday night at the Dauphinee Centre in Halifax. Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20251129v3zz5z https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20251126vlbewj Saint Mary’s forward Reid Valade scored a natural hat-trick in the third period and added two assists, leading the Huskies to a convincing 7-3 win over the Acadia Axemen in Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey action on Wednesday night at the Dauphinee Centre in Halifax. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20251126vlbewj https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20251122whb222 Saint Mary’s forward Dylan Andrews scored a goal and added an assist, lifting the Huskies to a 4-3 win over the Dalhousie Tigers in Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey action on Saturday afternoon at the Dauphinee Centre in Halifax. Sat, 22 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20251122whb222 https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20251121yv4j9e STFX forward Lucas Canning scored the shootout winner, as the X-Men came from behind to defeat the Saint Mary's Huskies 4-3 in a shootout in Atlantic University Sport men's hockey action on Friday night at the Charles V Keating Centre. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/mice/2025-26/releases/20251121yv4j9e https://www.smuhuskies.ca/general/2025-26/releases/20251119ijqy71 Saint Mary's University has a deep connection with the Red Tape movement - an anti-bullying campaign that was started in 2019 by SMU student Logan Prosper of We'koqma'q First Nation - and we are proud to be hosting our fifth annual Huskies Red Tape games this Saturday, Nov. 22. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/general/2025-26/releases/20251119ijqy71 https://www.smuhuskies.ca/general/2025-26/releases/20251118jo5pie The Saint Mary's University Huskies Department of Athletics celebrated the academic success of their student-athletes on Tuesday morning with the annual Huskies Academic All-Canadian breakfast ceremony. A new Saint Mary's record of 138 student-athletes were awarded the standing of U SPORTS Academic All Canadian. U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian distinction is one of the highest recognitions a university varsity athlete may receive. To earn U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian distinction, a varsity student-athlete must be enrolled full-time and achieve an average of 80% or higher in the academic year. Tue, 18 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.smuhuskies.ca/general/2025-26/releases/20251118jo5pie