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Hockey Horns earn awards

trevor.kenney — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:25:35 +0000

Shelby Ballendine secured a little piece of history and may have also saved the season for the Pronghorns women's hockey team.

Both she and Cass Mappin, of the Horns men's hockey team, were named Subway Pronghorn Athletes of the Week after their teams picked up weekend splits against ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Regina Cougars.

Ballendine and the Horns were facing a weekend sweep at the hands of the Cougars before she scored Saturday's game-tying goal with just seven seconds to play in the third period. She then netted the game-winning shootout goal that secured a vital two points for the Horns and put them three points clear of ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Manitoba Bisons for the final Canada West playoff spot. The Bisons cap their season this weekend with two games against conference leading ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Calary, needing a sweep to overtake the idle Horns.

Ballendine also made history, moving into a tie atop the Horns' all-time scoring list with 73 points in 118 career Canada West games.

Mappin, a first-year forward, was instrumental in helping the Horns men's team bury the Cougars and near a clinch of their own Canada West playoff berth. He scored and added an assist in Friday night's loss to Regina, then netted a key insurance goal in Saturday's win, keeping the Horns five points ahead of the Cougars for the final playoff spot. Regina plays four games to the Horns' two to close out the regular season.

Mappin is fourth in Canada West rookie scoring with seven goals and nine assists.

Ballendine, Iwanski named Horns Athletes of the Week

trevor.kenney — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:56:16 +0000

Senior forward Shelby Ballendine and assistant captain Dan Iwanski made it a hockey sweep of the Pronghorn Subway Athlete of the Week awards.

Ballendine continues to lead the way offensively for the CIS ninth-ranked Pronghorn women's hockey team and was a key to the 'Horns' road split in Regina.

Ballendine scored the lone goal Friday night in a 3-1 loss to the Cougars. The next night, Ballendine assisted on the 'Horns' first three goals as the club rebounded with a 4-0 victory in the weekend finale.

Through 12 games this season, Ballendine sits fifth in conference scoring with five goals and six assists.

On the men's side, Iwanski recorded four points as the Pronghorn men's hockey team put an end to a losing streak and earned three of a possible four points versus the Regina Cougars.

Friday night, in the 'Horns 5-2 win over the Cougars, Iwanski score once and added two assists and managed a plus-3 rating. Saturday, with the team down 2-0 to start the third period, Iwanski initiated the 'Horns' rally, assisting on Captain Dustin Moore's goal to cut the Cougar lead in half. The 'Horns earned a point in an eventual 3-2 overtime loss.

Both hockey teams are on a bye this weekend.

Courtney, Steacy earn top honours

trevor.kenney — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:40:54 +0000

Pronghorns Athletics celebrated with its annual Blue and Gold Awards Banquet recently, announcing its Male and Female Athletes of the Year, President's Award winner, Team Academic Award, as well as the respective most valuable players for each program.

Male Athlete of the Year
Andrew Courtney (men's hockey)

Over his five seasons with the Pronghorns, Andrew Courtney not only excelled on the ice, but he was active in the community, embracing the true spirit of what it means to be a Pronghorns athlete.

He was known throughout the program as the first to support other Horns teams and is actively involved in the local community with the Boys and Girls Club. Courtney also planned and executed the highly successful Movember campaign that raised over $10,000 for prostate cancer research.

On the ice, Courtney returned from a serious knee injury to finish fourth in the conference in goal scoring, leading the Horns with 14 goals. He was also 13th in the Canada West in total scoring with 23 points, despite missing all of the pre-season and the first two weeks of conference action.

Courtney finished his Pronghorn career with 43 goals and 26 assists in 97 conference games.

Female Athlete of the Year
Heather Steacy (women's track)

Throughout her Pronghorns career, Heather Steacy has become synonymous with outstanding performances. This past season she raised her performance to an unprecedented level.

Steacy opened the season by reaching a monumental mark, becoming the first woman in Canadian Interuniversity Sport history to eclipse the 20-metre mark in the weight throw with a toss of 20.28 metres at the Bison Open in Winnipeg. She followed that performance with her fourth Canada West gold medal victory, setting a new conference record of 19.82 metres in the process. Steacy was also recognized with the Outstanding Female Performance of the Meet.

Steacy completed her season by then winning silver at the CIS Championship meet in Sherbrooke, Que., her fourth medal in as many trips to the national meet.

President's Award

Emily Brown of the women's track & field team earned the President's Award, which rewards the student athlete with the highest academic standing at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge. Brown achieved a GPA of 3.92, while balancing her academic and athletic commitments.

Team Academic Award

The Horns women's basketball team received the Team Academic Award for accumulating a combined GPA of 3.32.

Following are team most valuable players, as voted by their fellow team members.

Men's Soccer – Steve Brown
Women's Soccer – Kathy Curtis
Men's Hockey – Winston Day Chief and Andrew Courtney
Women's Hockey – Shelby Ballendine
Men's Basketball – Randy Davis
Women's Basketball – Becky Heninger
Men's Track – Kyle Murray
Women's Track – Heather Steacy
Women's Rugby – Kelsey Willoughby
Men's Swimming – Jeff Nicol
Women's Swimming – Jessica Kelly

This story first appeared in the Legend. For a look at the Legend in a flipbook format, follow this link.

Horns hand out year-end hardware

trevor.kenney — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:55:51 +0000

Male Athlete of the Year
Andrew Courtney (men's hockey)

Over his five seasons with the Pronghorns, Andrew Courtney not only excelled on the ice, but he was active in the community, embracing the true spirit of what it means to be a Pronghorns athlete.

Courtney finished his Pronghorn career with 43 goals and 26 assists in 97 conference games.

Female Athlete of the Year
Heather Steacy (women's track)

Throughout her Pronghorns career, Heather Steacy has become synonymous with outstanding performances. This past season she raised her performance to an unprecedented level.

Steacy completed her season by then winning silver at the CIS Championship meet in Sherbrooke, Que., her fourth medal in as many trips to the national meet.

President's Award

The Horns women's basketball team received the Team Academic Award for accumulating a combined GPA of 3.32.

Following are team most valuable players, as voted by their fellow team members.

For a look at the Legend in a flipbook format, follow this link.

Pottruff, Ballendine earn awards

trevor.kenney — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:16:57 +0000

Ryan Pottruff took care of a little local business before jetting off to China this week.

Pottruff, a second-year defenceman out of Woodstock, Ont., was named Pronghorn Male Athlete of the Week after guiding the Horns men's hockey team to a weekend split with ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Calgary Dinos. His four-point effort, including a power play goal and three assists, was the offensive spark in Saturday's 5-2 victory that clinched a Canada West playoff spot for the Pronghorns.

On the season, Pottruff leads all Canada West defencemen in scoring with five goals and 15 assists. Pottruff, along with Horns' forward Dustin Moore, is now off to Harbin, China, as the duo will represent Canada at the World ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Games. The pair will miss this weekend's final two games of the Canada West regular season (Friday and Saturday home tilts against ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta) but will return for the start of playoffs, Mar. 6.

The Pronghorn Female Athlete of the Week is Horns' hockey forward Shelby Ballendine. The second-year, Quesnel, B.C. native finished off the Canada West season with a pair of excellent games. In the Horns' weekend split with the UBC Thunderbirds, Ballendine scored four times and added two assists.

Saturday afternoon, Ballendine scored once and added an assist in the Horns' 6-4 loss to the T-Birds. In her final game of the season, Ballendine recorded her first career hat trick in a 7-3 win over the T-Birds.

Ballendine led the Horns in scoring this season with 12 goals and five assists.

Horn men clinch playoff berth

trevor.kenney — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:30:56 +0000

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns men's hockey team is headed back to the Canada West playoffs and they'll do so on home ice, beginning Mar. 6.

The Horns clinched not only a playoff spot but also a home playoff series this past weekend when they picked up a split with ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Calgary Dinos. After a lackluster 6-2 loss Friday night at Nicholas Sheran Arena, the Horns rebounded with a solid 5-2 victory over the Dinos on Saturday night. Four power play goals, including a pair from defenceman Ryan Pottruff, paved the way for the Horns, who improved to 14-12-0 on the season.

The U of L, now fourth in the Canada West standings, still has a shot at third place but would need a weekend sweep of ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta Golden Bears to catch the idle ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Manitoba Bisons. At worst, the Horns will finish fourth in the conference and host a playoff series against either Regina, UBC or Calgary. All three of those teams are still battling for the fifth and sixth playoff positions (although Regina has at least clinched one of those spots).

The Horns last made the playoffs in 2006-07 when they hosted UBC Thunderbirds and lost a three-game series 2-1. The club concludes its Canada West regular season this weekend, also at home, when the first place Golden Bears (20-4-2) come calling for games Friday and Saturday nights, 7 p.m., at Nicholas Sheran.

Women's Hockey

The Pronghorns will not be suiting up for playoff action this spring but a weekend split, capped by Sunday's 7-3 rout, was a good way to cap the 2008-09 Canada West regular season.

The Horns got three goals from Shelby Ballendine and a pair from Brittany Kaye to blitz the playoff-bound UBC T-Birds 7-3. The win followed a 6-4 loss on Saturday that saw the Horns nearly erase a 5-1 first period deficit.

U of L finished the season 4-19-1 and graduated a pair of players, Lindsay Peters and Johanna Myers.

Ballendine, Steacy earn awards

trevor.kenney — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:12:09 +0000

Jim Steacy returned to the collegiate track stage and Shelby Ballendine helped the women's hockey team garner a weekend split, thus earning the duo honours as Pronghorn Athletes of the Week.

Steacy spent a year away from Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) competition as he prepared for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and his return to the collegiate stage was as expected — successful. Competing at the Golden Bear Open track meet in Edmonton, Steacy won both the weight throw and shot put events and moved to the top of the CIS rankings with his results.

Ballendine was a key contributor last weekend in the women's hockey team's weekend split with the visiting Regina Cougars. Friday night, she scored the tying goal late in the third period as the Horns went on to secure a 2-1 overtime victory over the Cougars. Ballendine then assisted on the Horns' second goal in their 4-2 loss on Saturday night.

Steacy and the U of L track team are now preparing for the Canada West Conference Championship meet, which will be hosted by the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Regina, Feb. 27-28. Ballendine and the Pronghorns are back in action this weekend when they play host to the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta Pandas, Friday and Saturday nights, 7 p.m. at Nicholas Sheran Arena.

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