MONTREAL – Six members of the McGill Redbirds have earned all-star status in the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association.
In voting conducted by the league's 14 head coaches, McGill led all institutions with six honourees, followed by Western (5), Guelph (4), Trent (3), Queen's (2), Brock (2), Carleton (1), Ottawa (1), Laurier (1), Nipissing (1).
The Redbirds selected to the CUFLA East squad include attackman
Zach Bye, midfielder
John Miraglia, defender
Logan Glick, long-stick midfielder
Preston Norris, short-stick defensive midfielder
Benjamin Buzby and faceoff specialist
Samuel MacDonald.
Among the other all-stars named was former McGill sniper
Dylan James, who graduated last spring (BA '24) after winning the CUFLA attackman of the year award and transferred to Trent University this year for a master's degree in psychology.
Bye is a 21-year-old Arts freshman from Greenwich, Conn. The 6-foot-1, 197-pound marksman led the league in goals and was second in points with a 30-16-46 record in 10 games. A measure of explosive consistency, he had a league-leading seven hat-tricks. Including non-conference and playoffs, he added another hat-trick and set a single-season school record with 68 points, including 41 goals, in 13 games overall, breaking the eight-year old mark of 61 points set in 15 contests by
Spencer Bromley in 2016. .
Miraglia is a 21-year-old political science junior from Memphis, Tenn. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound middie was third on the team in scoring with 12 goals and 16 points in 10 games. Three of his markers were scored on the power-play.
Glick, 23, is a fifth-year economics senior from Southampton, N.Y. The 6-foot-1, 191-pound rearguard played all 10 regular season contests and was held pointless. His role was as a shutdown player and he helped McGill significantly in that area as the team allowed only 66 goals in 10 regular season games, which led the six-team CUFLA East Division and ranked second of the league's 14 teams overall.
Norris, 20, is an economics sophomore from Westport, Conn. He scored three goals in 10 contests.
Buzby, 20, is a management junior, majoring in finance, from Mountain Lakes, N.J. The 5-foot-11, 165-pound defenceman played all 10 matches and had one assist.
MacDonald, 21, who hails from Guelph, Ont., is a science senior with honours in kinesiology. The 5-foot-11, 173-pound midfielder dominated in the faceoff circle this season, winning 75 per cent of his draws. He tallied two goals and one assist in 10 outings.
2024 CUFLA ALL-STARS
| EAST DIVISION |
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| POSITION |
NAME |
SCHOOL |
| GOALTENDER: |
Thomas Kiazyk |
Carleton |
| DEFENDER: |
Logan Glick |
McGill |
| DEFENDER: |
Curtis Conley |
Trent |
| DEFENDER: |
Ty Wheatley |
Queen's |
| MIDFIELDER: |
Noah Millsap |
Queen's |
| MIDFIELDER: |
Adam Hawrelak |
Trent |
| MIDFIELDER: |
John Miraglia |
McGill |
| LONG-STICK MID.: |
Preston Norris |
McGill |
| SHORT-STICK DEF. MID.: |
Ben Buzby |
McGill |
| FACEOFF SPECIALIST: |
Sam MacDonald |
McGill |
| ATTACKMAN: |
Zach Bye |
McGill |
| ATTACKMAN: |
Julien Belair |
Ottawa |
| ATTACKMAN: |
Dylan James |
Trent |
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| WEST DIVISION |
|
|
| POSITION |
NAME |
SCHOOL |
| GOALTENDER: |
Dante Mancini |
Laurier |
| DEFENDER: |
Nathan Fehr |
Brock |
| DEFENDER: |
Kaz Nizielski |
Western |
| DEFENDER: |
Nolan Schott |
Guelph |
| MIDFIELDER: |
Zach Tarr |
Nipissing |
| MIDFIELDER: |
Jacob Hickey |
Western |
| MIDFIELDER: |
Chris da Silva |
Western |
| LONG-STICK MID.: |
Brendon Hoeschmann |
Guelph |
| SHORT-STICK DEF. MID.: |
Sam Van de Zalm |
Western |
| FACEOFF SPECIALIST: |
Joe Columbus |
Guelph |
| ATTACKMAN: |
Connor Murphy |
Western |
| ATTACKMAN: |
Liam Aston |
Guelph |
| ATTACKMAN: |
Jaden Patterson |
Brock |
SOURCE
Earl Zukerman
Sports Information Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
514-983-7012 (cell.)
www.mcgillathletics.ca
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca
