Burnaby’s Joey LaLeggia took home two National Collegiate conference hockey awards.
The junior blueliner was named both defenceman of the year and offensive D-man of the year at the conference awards celebration on March 20.
LaLeggia led the University of Denver’s defensive unit in scoring with 12 goals and 13 assists and was a plus-7 despite missing five games to injury this season. He tallied five times on the power play. LaLeggia also had 54 blocked shots.
SFU grad gets top job
Interim women’s basketball coach Courtney Gerwing got the stamp of approval from Douglas College.
The former Simon Fraser University varsity forward was named head coach of the women’s basketball team following the team’s playoff run to a silver medal at the PacWest provincial championships earlier this season.
“It’s such a great opportunity to do what I love and have an impact on the future of the program and, even more importantly, the amazing student athletes involved currently, as well as those to come,” said Gerwing in a Douglas online release. “We have a great foundation on which to build a prominent PacWest program, and I can’t wait to get started.”
Gerwing took over the program in January and coached the fifth-place-finishing Royals to second place at the provincial championships, the program’s highest playoff finish since 1997. Last year, the Douglas women finished with the bronze medal.
