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Defending champ UNB continues perfect season, will face UQTR in U Sports men’s hockey final

Colton Kammerer and the New Brunswick Reds will have a shot at defending their Canadian university men’s hockey title and completing an unbeaten season.

Kammerer had a goal and two assists to lead the top-seeded Reds to a 7-0 semifinal win over the Toronto Metropolitan University Bold on Saturday in Toronto. UNB will face the second-ranked Université du Québec a Trois-Rivières Patriotes in Sunday’s final.

Watch live coverage of the men’s and women’s finals on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem.

The Patriotes defeated the sixth-seeded McGill Redbirds 5-4 Saturday night.

“I’ve been waiting for three years for this, so coming into the tournament I was super excited,” Kammerer said. “We were very fortunate to get that win, and we’re excited [for Sundays final].”

Samuel Richard stopped 22 shots to register the shutout, his second of the tournament, for New Brunswick, which led 3-0 after the first period and 5-0 entering the third.

“We kept our foot on the pedal,” said New Brunswick’s Brady Gilmour, who had four assists in the contest. “We knew they could come back.”

WATCH l Full replay of UNB-TMU semifinal:

U Sports Men’s Hockey National Championship: Semifinal #1

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Duration 2:46:34

Watch the TMU Bold take on the UNB Reds in the semifinals of the U Sports men’s hockey national championship from Toronto.

Austen Keating and Jason Willms both had a goal and an assist for New Brunswick. Sean McGurn, Kale McCallum, Kade Landry and Camaryn Baber also scored for the winners.

Toronto goaltender Kai Edmonds stopped 41 shots.

New Brunswick is looking to cap an undefeated season with another U Sports crown. The Reds posted a perfect 30-0-0 regular-season record and haven’t lost a game this year — including exhibition contests — and last tasted defeat March 7, 2023.

The Reds also haven’t allowed a goal in the national championship tournament. They opened the University Cup with a 4-0 quarterfinal win over eighth-seeded Brock.

Conor Frenette’s goal at 16:19 of the third period snapped a 4-4 tie and gave the Patriotes the victory.

Simon Lafrance, Edouard Cournoyer, William Dumoulin and Vincent Milot-Ouellet also scored for the Patriotes, who were outshot 29-28.

Alexandre Gagnon scored twice for the Redbirds, while Xavier Fortin and Eric Uba netted singles.

The Patriotes led 2-1 after the first period and the teams were tied 4-4 heading into the third.

WATCH l UNB ready to complete historic season:

UNB men’s hockey team ready to complete historic season

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Duration 0:56

Undefeated all season, the University of New Brunswick men’s hockey team has a chance to be the first in U Sports hockey history to win nationals without a single loss.

Concordia advances to women’s hockey final

The Concordia Stingers of Montreal will be playing for a U Sports national women’s hockey championship after defeating the Waterloo Warriors 3-1 on Saturday in Saskatoon.

Zoe Thibault, Courtney Rice and Jessymaude Drapeau scored for the top-seeded Stingers, who outshot the Warriors 40-20.

Tatum James scored a third-period power-play goal for the fourth-seeded Warriors, who trailed 2-1 until Drapeau scored a short-handed goal at 18:40 of the final frame to seal the deal.

Netminder Jordyn Verbeek stopped 19 of 20 shots for the Stingers, while Mikayla Schnarr stopped 37 of 40 shots for the Warriors.

The Stingers will face the winner of Saturday night’s other semifinal — between the Montreal Carabins and Toronto Varsity Blues — in Sunday’s championship final.

WATCH l Full replay of Concordia-Waterloo semifinal:

U Sports Women’s Hockey National Championship: Semifinal #1

4 hours ago

Duration 2:21:00

Watch the Waterloo Warriors take on the Concordia Stingers in the semifinals of the U Sports women’s hockey national championship from Saskatoon.

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