It’s a rink made famous by 1980’s Miracle on Ice. Falmouth’s Maggy Burbidge said it’s like you can hear the crowd counting down the seconds before the ...
Falmouth's Maggy Burbidge of the St. Francis Xavier X-Women leads all U Sports scorers with 20 goals and 37 points in 17 games. She will play for Team Canada at the FISU Winter World University Games, which open this week in upstate New York. - BRYAN KENNEDY / ST. F.X.
“When you step into the rink, you get lost in all of the pictures and posters everywhere about 1980. It’s really cool. As someone that loves hockey and loved Miracle, you can just feel the history. It’s a really cool experience. I’m excited to get back there.” While the opening ceremonies will be held Thursday at Herb Brooks Arena, the first Canadian competition comes Wednesday when the women’s hockey team faces Slovakia in Potsdam, about 110 kilometres northwest of Lake Placid.
Saint Mary's goalie Matthew Welsh is on Canada's men's hockey team for the FISU Games in upstate New York. - NICK PEARCE / SMU ATHLETICSShe left home before her Grade 7 year to pursue both hockey and academics. Her first foray away was down Highway 101 to attend Newbridge Academy in Lower Sackville. The following year, she moved to Rothesay Netherwood School in New Brunswick and spent three seasons at the prep school.
Maggy Burbidge had other offers to play at U.S. schools after Robert Morris University axed its hockey program. But a month later, the forward from Falmouth joined the St. F.X. X-Women. - BRYAN KENNEDY / ST. F.X. ATHLETICS“When the program was dropped, it was really sad. I was like, ‘OK, what next?’ We just won a championship, went to NCAA top eight and then it was all gone.
The X-Men top line of Burbidge, MacLeod and Chloe Vukosa are first, second and fourth respectively in the conference scoring race.The St. F.X. top line of Maggy Burbidge , Lea MacLeod and Chloe Vukosa are first, tied for second and fourth respectively in the AUS conference scoring race. - BRYAN KENNEDY / ST. F.X. ATHLETICS
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