Cable captures most sportsmanlike player
honour
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| Taran Kozun was named the U Sports player of the year. |
On
Wednesday at the men’s hockey awards gala in Halifax, N.S., the third-year
netminder from the University of Saskatchewan Huskies was named the recipient
of the Senator Joseph A. Sullivan Trophy as the U Sports player of the year,
and he took honours as the U Sports goaltender of the year.
Kozun
became the first player in U Sports history to claim both awards in the same
season. On top of those honours, he was named a U Sports first team
all-Canadian all-star.
The
25-year-old had an outstanding campaign for the Huskies appearing in 22 regular
season games posting a 17-3-2 record, a 1.87 goals against average, a .931 save
percentage and five shutouts. He also became the second goalie in the history
of the Canada West Conference to score a goal as well during those regular
season appearances.
The
Nipawin, Sask., product topped the Canada West Conference in wins and save
percentage, while posting the lowest goals against average. His five shutouts
equalled a record for regular season play in Canada West which he set last
season along with U of Alberta Golden Bears goalie Zach Sawchenko.
Thanks to Kozun’s efforts, the Huskies finished second in the Canada West Conference with a 22-4-2 record.
In the
Canada West playoffs, the Huskies swept the University of Calgary Dinos in a
best-of-three semifinal series 2-0 and pulled out the brooms again for the
University of British Columbia Thunderbirds taking the best-of-three Canada
West Championship series 2-0.
Thanks to Kozun’s efforts, the Huskies finished second in the Canada West Conference with a 22-4-2 record.
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| Levi Cable was named the most sportsmanlike player in U Sports. |
Last
season, Kozun was named both the Canada West goaltender of the year and the U
Sports goaltender of the year as well as a U Sports first team all-Canadian
all-star.
Kozun wasn’t
the Huskies only major award winner.
The team’s
ironman in fifth-year right-winger Levi Cable captured the R.W. Pugh Fair Play
Award as the most sportsmanlike player in U Sports.
The
25-year-old appeared in all the Huskies 28 regular season games posting 10
goals, 14 assists, a plus-13 rating in the plus-minus department and didn’t
record a single minute in the penalty box.
The Hudson
Bay, Sask., product has appeared in 175 consecutive games for the Huskies
including the U Sports regular season and post-season. Cable has appeared in
every game he could possibility suit up for with the Huskies.
He is the
third player in the history of the Huskies to play in 140 career regular season
games, and he collected 51 goals, 64 assists and a plus-50 rating in those
outings.
Huskies
centre Jared Dmytriw was up for the Clare Drake Award and the rookie of the
year for U Sports, but that honour went to Saint Mary’s University Huskies
forward Mitchell Balmas.
Dmytriw was named to the U Sports all-rookie team. He led the Huskies in scoring this season appearing in all of the team’s 28 regular season games posting 10 goals, 18 assists and a plus-20 rating.
Dmytriw was named to the U Sports all-rookie team. He led the Huskies in scoring this season appearing in all of the team’s 28 regular season games posting 10 goals, 18 assists and a plus-20 rating.
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| Jared Dmytriw was named to the U Sports all-rookie team. |
The
semifinals of the University Cup will be held on Saturday and the gold and
bronze medal matches are slated for Sunday.
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