Hockey’s Amaya Giraudier and Liam Hawel named St. FX Athletes of the Week

Nov 6, 2023 | Sports

X-Women Hockey goaltender Amaya Giraudier is the STFX Female Athlete of the Week. Giraudier, a third year Science student from Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, backstopped the X-Women to two weekend wins in helping the team improve to 7-0-2-0 on the season, tied for first place in the AUS with 16 points. On Friday night, she had 19 saves as she earned the shutout victory in a 2-0 win over Saint Mary’s. She followed up with 16 saves as the U SPORTS No. 8 ranked X-Women defeated UPEI 3-1 Sunday afternoon.

Amaya Giraudier (St. FX Athletics photo)

X-Men Hockey forward Liam Hawel is the STFX Male Athlete of the Week. Hawel, a third year Business student from Arnprior, Ontario scored four goals and was named the player of the game and first star in both games this weekend as the X-Men earned two wins.

Liam Hawel (St. FX Athletics photo)

In Friday’s 4-1 victory at Acadia, he scored a shorthanded goal in the first period and a power play goal in the second. In Saturday’s 4-3 win over SMU at home he scored another two goals, both in the first period, and one on the man-advantage.

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When Howard, a radio veteran and one of the original Broadcast News anchors, founded Broadcast Dialogue in 1992, he saw a need for both timely delivery of Canadian broadcast industry news, but also recognized the importance of creating a sense of community.

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