BIG NEWS! A big
#AcadiaU
welcome to Garrett McFadden, who will suit up for the Axemen in September. Garrett played 5 years with the
#OHL
Guelph Storm. The 2-way defenceman was also named 2018 TVA Sports Humanitarian of the Year for the CHL! Welcome
@gmcfadden27
!
A big congratulations to our
@AcadiaAthletics
Axemen assistant coach Kris MacDonald & his bride Heidi on tying the knot today in Wolfville! Congrats
@Kris_Killer68
!
🅰️ The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome Kings County's own Cole Rafuse to the Acadia hockey program. 🅰️
Find out more about Cole and hear from Coach Burns by clicking here:
#GoAcadiaGo
A very special moment tonight as Kevin Dickie presented Sask native Matt Pufahl with the Kevin Powell Memorial Award for demonstrating character, leadership, community involvement. Dickie coached both Powell & Pufahl, all 3 products of Sask hockey
#prayforhumbolt
Welcome to our new
@AcadiaAthletics
Axemen players! A great sight to see you all with the Acadia jerseys on! Welcome to
#AcadiaU
, hockey matters here!
Congratulations to Nathan Casey of the
@monctonwildcats
who will make his
#QMJHL
debut tonight. Nathan is the son of
@AcadiaAthletics
Axemen Hockey Honour Roll member & CIAU National Champion Brian Casey!
🅰️ Congratulations to Acadia Axemen alumnus Brian Casey as his hometown of Grand Falls-Windsor in Newfoundland retired his number 27.
Read more on Casey’s career highlights & other players numbers the town retired here:
#ForeverAnAxemen
#AcadiaPride
🅰️
BIG NEWS! A big
#AcadiaU
&
#Wolfville
welcome to netminder Logan Flodell! The Regina, Saskatchewan native &
#WHL
alumnus will join the Axemen in September and we couldn't be happier to welcome him to our program! Check out his stat line here:
🅰️📢 The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome defenceman Charlie Desroches to the hockey program.
Charlie played his junior career with the
@SJSeaDogs
, winning a MEM Cup in ‘21-‘22!
Learn more about Desroches & hear from Coach Burns:
#GoAcadiaGo
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📢🅰️The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome defenceman Merrick Rippon to the hockey program! Merrick played junior in the OHL, mostly with
@Ottawa67sHockey
. Welcome to Wolfville Merrick! 🅰️📢
Learn more about the recruit & hear from Coach Burns here:
Welcome to
#AcadiaU
Cristiano DiGiacinto! A 6th round pick of
@TBLightning
in 2014, &
#memcup2017
champ, he heads to Acadia after suiting up with
@JaxIcemen
(
#ECHL
) this fal. Cristiano will join the Axemen for 2nd semester!
🅰️ The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome forward Matt McKim to the hockey program this fall.
Learn more about McKim & why he chose Acadia and hear from Axemen head coach Darren Burns here:
#GoAcadiaGo
🅰️
Congratulations Drake! The entire Valley will be cheering you on again this season! Congratulations to you on this great achievement & to your family!
#ValleyPride
#AcadiaPride
👏🚨
🅰️ The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome Falmouth, Nova Scotia's Bailey Peach to the program in the Fall of 2022.
Read more on his commitment, and hear from both Bailey & Axemen Coach Darren Burns:
#GoAcadiaGo
#AcadiaPride
#ValleyPride
🅰️
Our deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the senseless acts in Nova Scotia over the past 24 hours, including the loss of a
@RCMPNS
officer. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. 🙏
🚨New Episode🚨
This week we are joined by Rangers prospect
@cdigiacinto66
! Cristiano just wrapped up his first season in the organization playing with Hartford. He tells some great stories about his journey to pro hockey.
Episode Link⬇️
#NYR
#NoQuitInNY
🅰️📢 The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome, the Valley’s own, Brady Burns to the hockey program.
Brady is the QMJHL’s
@SJSeaDogs
all-time franchise leader in goals & points.
Read more about Burns and hear from the Acadia coach here:
#AcadiaPride
📢🅰️
🅰️📣 The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome goaltender Thomas Couture to the hockey program in September 2023.
Couture is currently playing with
@HuskiesRn
after winning the Memorial Cup last season with the
@SJSeaDogs
Hear from Thomas and Coach Burns:
Welcome to our new Equipment Manager for the
@AcadiaAthletics
Axemen, Mark Childerley! Mark is the brother of former Axemen Brendan Childerley,
@chillydipper20
. Happy to have you aboard Mark!
The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome Zachary Paputsakis to the program this fall. A goalie from Rockland, Ontario, Zach has spent the past 3 seasons with the
#OHL
@Oshawa_Generals
Find out why Zach chose Acadia & hear from Coach Burns here:
#GoAcadiaGo
📢🅰️ The Acadia Axemen are proud to announce the commitment of goaltender Max Paddock to the program. Welcome to the Axemen family
@paddockmax31
🏒🥅 Learn more about Max and why he chose Acadia, and hear from Coach Burns here:
📢🅰️ Axemen Hockey Recruit Announcement 🅰️📢
The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome forward Keegan Stevenson to the program. Find out more about Keegan and what he says Acadia fans can expect from him this fall:
#AcadiaPride
#HockeyMattersHere
BIG Recruitment news! A big
#AcadiaU
welcome to defenceman Ross MacDougall, he will join the Axemen next season, 2018-19. Ross is currently suiting up with the
@qmjhl
’s
@CBSEHockey
Welcome to the family
@ross_macdougs7
! Read more here:
A huge congratulations to
@AcadiaU
and
@AxewomenSoccer
Alumnus Lana (North) Burns on the recent announcement of her Hall of Fame Induction into the Mount Pearl Sports Hall of Fame. Lana was a Captain on the 1996 AUAA (currently AUS) Atlantic Championship Team!
Check this out, in the last 96 years, the Acadia Axemen hockey program have had only 5 full time head coaches!
#MarchOfChampions
#Road2UCup
#AcadiaPride
Comment if you remember any of these coaches behind the bench, Retweet for 'WOW', Like for 'Cool Fact'
We are proud to welcome Nick Deakin-Poot to the Acadia Axemen hockey family!
Read more about Nick and hear from Coach Burns on what to expect from the new Axemen recruit here:
#GoAcadiaGo
#AcadiaPride
#HockeyMattersHere
#AcadiaU
Axemen hockey fans, are you ready to join the
#ReggyArmy
? Check out Axemen recruit Cole Reginato with a highlight goal last season for the
#QMJHL
's
@SJSeaDogs
! Reggy is a heart and soul player who gives 110% on every shift.
Happy to have our head coach Darren Burns contract renewed as he enters his 18th season at the helm of our program. We’d be lost without you Burnsy!
#AcadiaPride
#ForeverAnAxemen
#PlayersCoach
🅰️The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome Liam Kidney to the hockey program in the Fall of 2022.
Hear from Liam on his commitment, along with Coach Darren Burns on adding the Enfield, NS native to the program, here:
#GoAcadiaGo
#AcadiaPride
🅰️
🅰️ Great day for the Axemen, back on the ice with
@christophpierce
. Pierce is the Axemen’s new skating coach, he’s worked with the Halifax Mooseheads & owns Outside Edge Hockey Development. We’re proud & excited to work with Chris at Acadia! 🅰️
Great having
@AcadiaAthletics
Axemen alumnus Brian Casey & his U18 AAA Newfoundland Central Impact join us last night for our game!
@BrianCa27
is the head coach of the
@ImpactAAA
, & they were in town after playing in the
@EastCoastIceJam
this weekend.
Big News from Wolfville! The
#AcadiaU
Axemen announce the return of Liam Maaskant & Stephen Harper for the upcoming season!
Harper's final status with Acadia is pending the result of attending the NHL
@BuffaloSabres
camp in September
#GoAcadiaGo
Read more
🅰️📣 The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome goalie Tye Austin to the program!
Tye is an alumnus of the OHL’s
@PetesOHLhockey
.
Here from Tye and Coach Darren Burns here:
Welcome to Acadia Tye!
#GoAcadiaGo
📣 The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome defenceman Conor Shortall to the hockey program this fall. 📣
Read more about the St. John’s, Newfoundland native and see what Coach Burns said on the addition of Shortall to the roster here:
🅰️🪓
🅰️ One more celebration pic, as we are so proud of this guy!
@stephenaharper
with the ECHL championship trophy, the Kelly Cup, and the June M. Kelly trophy for being named playoff MVP! 🅰️ 🏆🏆👏🏼🙌🏼
#AcadiaPride
#ForeverAnAxemen
EXCITING 🗞 NEWS
SAVE THE DATE ⬇️
On Monday August 1, 2022 at 4:30- 6:00 pm,
@SJSeaDogs
Brady Burns will be bringing the Memorial Cup Trophy to the Andrew H. McCain Arena in Wolfville.
There will be a free skate open to all who would like to come see the trophy!
#ValleyPride
🅰️Did you know? The Acadia Axemen are the only USports hockey program with home & away game commercial radio broadcasts! Since the late '80s AVR Radio has provided the coverage with 'the voice' of the Axemen, Len Hawley, providing the iconic calls of the games!🅰️
#MarchOfChampions
A big
#AcadiaU
Axemen welcome to forward Eric Henderson! Eric played 5 seasons in the OHL, with his best offensive season coming in ‘16-‘17 where he had 52pts in 65 games. We’re excited to have you join the Axemen family Eric!
#GoAcadiaGo
#AcadiaFamily
#HockeyMattersHere
📰 𝗙𝗟𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗠 𝗧𝗢𝗠 𝗖𝗢𝗢𝗟𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗦 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛
The Fife Flyers Ice Hockey Club are pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Coolen as Head Coach for the 2023/24 season.
🔗 Read more:
🅰️🪓 As Jordan Dumais today sets the new all time record for career points for the
@HFXMooseheads
, we congratulate Acadia Axemen alumnus Brandon Benedict for holding the record for the past 20 years with the storied
#QMJHL
franchise.
#ValleyPride
#ForeverAnAxemen
🅰️🪓
🅰️📢 The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome Cam Whynot to the hockey program.
Read more about the Annapolis Valley native, & Coach Burns’ thoughts on adding the former Halifax Mooseheads defenceman to the team.
Welcome to the Axemen Cam!
#GoAcadiaGo
🅰️
Congratulations and well done to
@AcadiaAthletics
Axemen assistant captain Jack Flaman, as he raised over $10,000 in support of Multiple Sclerosis research. Jack also ran the Valley Harvest half marathon to raise awareness of MS today!
#WeChallengeMS
#AcadiaPride
Great to have
#AcadiaU
Axemen alumnus Brian Casey & his
@FRedWingsHockey
Jr A team visit the Andrew H. McCain Arena in Wolfville today! Good luck this year Case!
🅰️ The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome WHL alumnus Cole Nagy to the hockey program.
Hear from Coach Burns and Cole, & what Axemen fans can expect to see from Nagy on the ice this fall:
Welcome to the Axemen family Cole! 🅰️
#GoAcadiaGo
#AcadiaPride
Congratulations to Nathan Casey, son of Acadia Axemen alumnus ('98) & Acadia Hockey Honour Roll member Brian Casey, being selected to the
@monctonwildcats
in the
#QMJHLDraft
. Congrats & best of luck to Nathan &
@BrianCa16259401
It's a final in Antigonish! The
@AcadiaAthletics
Axemen with a big road win in game 1 of the best of 3 AUS playoff series, defeating the StFX X-Men 5-3.
Acadia goals from Flaman, Sellan, Nagy, Kidney, & Hoyt!
Conor McCollum with the win in nets stopping 23 shots.
#GoAcadiaGo
🅰️📢 The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome forward Adam McMaster to the hockey program. Adam played his junior career in the
#OHL
with the
@OHLBattalion
&
@AttackOHL
🏒🥅 Read more about Adam & how he describes his game, and hear from Coach Burns:
The
@AcadiaAthletics
Axemen have named their captains for the upcoming 2018-19 season! Wearing the 'C' will be Liam Maaskant, 'A' s will be Alex Lepkowski & Kyle Farrell. Congratulations to three leaders both on and off the ice. Details from Coach Burns:
That will do it! The
@AcadiaAthletics
Axemen have swept the StFX X-Men 2-0 with a 4-1 victory in Wolfville!
Acadia goals from Hopwo, Stevenson, Flaman, & Kidney.
Final shots 33-29 for Acadia. McCollum was stellar for the win in net for the Axemen.
#GoAcadiaGo
🅰️ Sending a big Acadia welcome as many of our Axemen hockey recruits and their families are arriving to Acadia University & Wolfville this weekend. We’re excited for you to experience all that the Annapolis Valley has to offer! 🅰️
Congratulations to Valley native Brady Burns on becoming the
@SJSeaDogs
franchise all-time leader in points! Brady became the team’s all time leader in goals as well earlier in the season.
Way to go
@bradyburns20
#ValleyPride
Today is
#BellLetsTalk
Day! For every tweet & retweet using
#BellLetsTalk
, Bell will donate 5¢ more to Canadian mental health initiatives.
Please retweet this clip from our players as we continue to support the movement to end the stigma around mental health.
#LetsTalkEveryday
Congratulations to
#Axemen
alumni
@RussMoyer
&
@Heeels
on a big comeback win with their
@FifeFlyers
to move on in EIHL action across the pond, check out Russ’ interview below!
Sad to hear of the passing of Rick Daniel's who ran the legendary Market in Wolfville for many years...and was also a major supporter of
@axemenhockey
.. RIP :(