Saint Mary's Huskies

Saint Mary's Huskies
University	Saint Mary's University
Association	Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Conference	Atlantic University Sport
Athletic director	Dr. David Murphy[1]
Location	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Varsity teams	Basketball, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, Hockey, Rugby, Soccer, Volleyball, Track & Field
Football stadium	Huskies Stadium
Arena	Alumni Arena
Other arenas	Halifax Forum
Other Facilities	The Tower
Mascot	The Husky
Nickname	Huskies
Colours	Maroon       White
Website	www.smuhuskies.ca

The Saint Mary's Huskies are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Their primary home turf is Huskies Stadium located in the centre of the University's campus.

In September 2007, Saint Mary's announced the plans to build the new Homburg Centre for Health & Wellness that will comprise the current gymnasium (The Tower), the new Dauphinee Arena, and a new building to connect the two. The centre is to be named after Dr. Richard Homburg, who provided a $5 million gift to the project, the largest gift the university had received in its 205-year history. The Dauphinee Arena will be built in the current place of the aging Alumni Arena and will have a NHL-sized ice surface and a seating capacity for 1200. The arena is to be named for the late Mr. Bob Dauphinee who was a strong supporter of the Huskies hockey team for over 50 years. Upon his death in 2001, Mr. Dauphinee had left an estate gift to the university of $2.1 million.^[2]

Huskies Basketball

Men's Basketball

The Huskies have the second-most Atlantic Conference Championships (14), their last being the 2013-14 season.^[3] Of the AUS conference teams, the Huskies have the most CIS Championships winning the W. P. McGee Trophy four times in 1973, 1978, 1979 and most recently in 1999.

Saint Mary's University was the host venue for the championship tournament four times in 1965, 1976, 1977 and 1978. The tournament was hosted in Halifax again for 24 consecutive years; first at Dalhousie University from 1984–1987 and then at the Halifax Metro Centre from 1988-2007. The tournament returned to the Metro Centre for the 2011 and 2012 Championships.

Women's Basketball

The women's team have the sixth-most Atlantic Conference Championships (4), and they are the current champions (2014-15 season).^[4] The women competed in their first CIS Women's Basketball Championship in 2014 and their second in 2015.

Huskies Football

Saint Mary's Huskies
First season	1956
Athletic director	Dr. David Murphy
Head coach	Perry Marchese
	3rd year, 8–16–0  (.333)
Home stadium	Huskies Stadium
Year built	1970
Stadium capacity	6000+
Stadium surface	FieldTurf
Location	Halifax, Nova Scotia
League	CIS
Conference	AUS (1999 - present)
Past associations	AUAA (1974-1998)
All-time record	229–127 (.643)
Postseason record	–
Vanier Cups	3 1973, 2001, 2002
Uteck Bowl Championships	2 2003, 2007
Churchill Bowl Championships	1 2002
Atlantic Bowl Championships	7 1964, 1973, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2001
Jewett Trophies	24 1964, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Hec Crighton winners	4 Chris Flynn (3), Erik Glavic
Current uniform
Colours	Maroon and White and Black
Outfitter	Adidas
Website	smu.ca

The Huskies football team, in the past twenty years, have become one of the stronger teams in Canadian University football by reaching the Vanier Cup eight times: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2001 (won), 2002 (won), 2003 & 2007. During this streak they would become the third university to win back-to-back championships (2001 & 2002) and the first of two universities to appear in three consecutive championship tournaments (2001–2003). The second being the Saskatchewan Huskies (2004–2006) who finished runner up all three times.

Steve Sumarah was the most recent head coach of the Huskies and had his teams achieve four first-place finishes in his seven seasons as head coach, along with one Vanier Cup appearance in 2007. He was fired on Dec. 5, 2011.^[5] Perry Marchese was hired as his replacement on February 17, 2012.^[6]

Regular Season Results

Recent Playoff Results

• 2001 Defeated Acadia Axemen in Loney Bowl 38-7
  Defeated Laval Rouge et Or in Atlantic Bowl 48-8
  Defeated Manitoba Bisons in 37th Vanier Cup 42-16
• 2002 Defeated St. Francis Xavier X-Men in Loney Bowl 63-14
  Defeated Simon Fraser Clan in Churchill Bowl 36-25
  Defeated Saskatchewan Huskies in 38th Vanier Cup 33-21
• 2003 Defeated St. Francis Xavier X-Men in Loney Bowl 36-12
  Defeated Simon Fraser Clan in Uteck Bowl 60-9
  Lost to Laval Rouge et Or in 39th Vanier Cup 14-7
• 2004 Defeated Acadia Axemen in Loney Bowl 24-7
  Lost to Saskatchewan Huskies in Mitchell Bowl 31-16
• 2005 Lost to St. Francis Xavier X-Men in semi-final 47-29
• 2006 Defeated St. Francis Xavier X-Men in semi-final 24-6
  Lost to Acadia Axemen in Loney Bowl 32-24
• 2007 Defeated St. Francis Xavier X-Men in Loney Bowl 25-24
  Defeated Laval Rouge et Or in Uteck Bowl 24-2
  Lost to Manitoba Bisons in 43rd Vanier Cup
• 2008 Defeated St. Francis Xavier X-Men in Loney Bowl 29-27
  Lost to Western Ontario Mustangs in Mitchell Bowl 28-12
• 2009 Defeated St. Francis Xavier X-Men in Loney Bowl 31-22
  Lost to Calgary Dinos in Uteck Bowl 38-14
• 2010 Defeated Acadia Axemen in Loney Bowl 37-8
  Lost to Calgary Dinos in Mitchell Bowl 35-8
• 2011 Defeated St. Francis Xavier X-Men in semi-final 25-2
  Lost to Acadia Axemen in Loney Bowl 39-20
• 2012 Defeated Mount Allison Mounties in semi-final 49-11
  Lost to Acadia Axemen in Loney Bowl 17-9
• 2013 Lost to Mount Allison Mounties in Loney Bowl 20-17
• 2014 Out of playoffs

National Championships

Vanier Cup

• Champions: 1973, 2001, 2002
• Runner Up: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2007

Semi-Final Championships

Uteck Bowl

• Champions: 2003, 2007
• Runner Up: 2009

Mitchell Bowl

• Runner Up: 2004, 2008, 2010

Churchill Bowl

• Champions: 2002

Atlantic Bowl

• Champions: 1964, 1973, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2001
• Runner Up: 1968, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 2000

Conference Championships

Jewett Trophy (Loney Bowl)

The Huskies have also been victorious in the Atlantic Conference Championship a record 24 times with their last being the 2010 season.^[7]

Huskies in the CFL

As of the 2015 CFL season, 12 former Huskies players are on CFL teams' rosters:

• Matthew Albright, Ottawa Redblacks
• Aaron Crawford, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• Carl Fitzgerald, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• Jeff Hecht, Calgary Stampeders
• Ryan King, Edmonton Eskimos
• Neil King, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• Justin Palardy, Toronto Argonauts
• Jonathan Langa, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• Karl McCartney, Calgary Stampeders
• Kyle Norris, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• Nigel Romick, Ottawa Redblacks
• Tim St. Pierre, Calgary Stampeders

Huskies Hockey

Men's Hockey

The Huskies have the third-most Atlantic Conference Championships (13), their last being the 2009-10 season.^[8] In 2010, the Huskies won their first CIS University Cup by defeating the Alberta Golden Bears 3-2 in overtime. This was the Huskies' fifth appearance in the championship final and their first since 1973.

Women's Hockey

The women's team also have the second-most Atlantic Conference Championships (4), their last being the 2009-10 season.^[9] The Huskies have yet to compete in the CIS Women's Ice Hockey Championship final.

Women's Rugby

Since rugby became a fully sanctioned Atlantic University Sport in 2002, the Huskies have finished runner up four times (2002, 2007, 2008 and 2009) to the St. Francis Xavier X-Women.

Huskies Soccer

Men's Soccer

The men's team are tied with the Dalhousie Tigers for the second-most Atlantic Conference Championships (13), with their most recent in the 2011 season.^[10] The men reached the CIS Men's Soccer Championship five times (1979, 1989, 2000, 2003 and 2011) but have yet to win the championship.

Soccer Team Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Adam Miller 2 DF Jacob Che 3 MF Pawel Gorski 4 DF Conor Downie 6 FW Mohamed Abokar 7 MF Jeremy Panchuk 8 MF Andrew Gilligan 9 MF Ryan Hogg 11 MF Alex Assali 12 DF Spencer Hickey 13 MF William Kennedy

No. Position Player 14 MF Ishraq Hassan 15 MF Kevin Milad Madani 16 FW Thierno Diop 17 DF George Lake 18 MF Tyler Sellars 19 FW Ibrahim Shahin 20 DF Ben Napier 21 FW Raymond Crane 30 GK Liam Bitar 31 GK Christian Oxner

Women's Soccer

The women's team are tied with the St. Francis Xavier X-Women for the fourth-most Atlantic Conference Championships (2), their last title being in 2002.^[11]

Women's Volleyball

The Huskies are tied with the Moncton Anges Bleus for the third-most Atlantic Conference Championships (6), their last being the 2011-12 season.^[12]

References

External links

• Saint Mary's Huskies
• Atlantic University Sport

Sports teams based in Nova Scotia Baseball NSSBL: Dartmouth Moosehead Dry Halifax Pelham Canadians Kentville Wildcats Sydney Sooners Truro Bearcats Basketball NBL: Halifax Hurricanes Cape Breton Highlanders Football MFL: Halifax Buccaneers MWFL: Halifax Xplosion Hockey QMJHL: Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Halifax Mooseheads MHL: Amherst Ramblers Bridgewater Lumberjacks Valley Wildcats Truro Bearcats Weeks Crushers Yarmouth Mariners Rugby union RCNJC: Nova Scotia Keltics Canadian Interuniversity Sport Acadia University Axemen Cape Breton University Capers Dalhousie University Tigers St. Francis Xavier X-Men and X-Women Saint Mary's University Huskies