Four former Gold Wings were recently named to the 2015-16 Canada West Universities Athletic Association All-Stars teams.
From Weyburn, Alexis Larson, a defenceman with the University of Regina Cougars, was named to the second All-Star team.
Larson, who finished fifth in the conference in scoring among defencemen, hit career highs in goals and assists.
Her five goals tied for the most among Canada West blueliners and her nine assists provided an offensive punch from the University of Regina Cougars back line.
Former Gold Wings goaltender Toni Ross was named to the first All-Star team. Ross was one of the nation’s top netminders for the Cougars, leading the CIS with 17 wins over the conference schedule.
Her .929 save percentage was the second highest in Canada West and her 1.93 goals-against average ranked her third in the conference. Her impressive campaign, in which she hit career highs in save percentage, GAA, shutouts and wins, also saw her overtake the University of Regina’s record for career wins with 36.
Also named to the first All-Star team was forward Kylie Gavelin.
The Gold Wing alumni led the Cougars in scoring for the second-straight season, notching 11 goals and a team-high 16 assists in 26 regular season games. Kylie finished second in the conference with four game-winning goals.
Also named to the second All-Star team was forward Rebecca Unrau.
The Gold Wings alumni, who is a fifth-year standout, finished as UBC’s leading scorer in 2015-16, ending the campaign with 12 goals and 12 assists for 24 points, enough to place her seventh in the Canada West scoring race. The All-Star nod, her first, is a terrific individual end to Unrau’s career, one which saw her post over 100 points as a Thunderbird.
The teams will compete at the 2016 CIS (Canada Interuniversity Sport) Women’s Hockey Championship in Calgary beginning Thursday, March 17
All told, seven Canada West teams landed a player on one of the three teams, which were voted on by the conference’s eight coaches, who voted on the women’s hockey major awards on March 2.
