Badgers earn all-Canadian honours in men’s hockey
Jonah Boria, a Grimsby native and an Ontario junior-B Sutherland Cup champion with the St. Catharines Falcons in 2021-22, is one of three members of the Brock University men’s hockey team to earn all-Canadian honours.
The six-foot-two, 185-pound, left-shooting defenceman was named to the all-rookie team along with Badgers goaltender Connor Ungar, who also made the second all-star team and won the Clare Drake Trophy as the U Sports men’s hockey rookie of the year.
Brock forward Jacob Roach, the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West Division’s most valuable player in each of the past two seasons, also made the second all-star team.
Boria finished fifth in team scoring with three goals and 17 assists in his first season playing hockey at the post-secondary level.
Before setting a Brock program record for wins by a goaltender with 20 and placing fifth in the country in save percentage (.932), Ungar saw action in the Western Hockey League with the Brandon Wheat Kings, Red Deer Rebels and Moose Jaw Warriors.
Roach, who spent one season with the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League after playing junior-B in St. Catharines, had 16 goals and 24 assists in 26 games in his third season with the Badgers.
U Sports awards and all-star selections were announced Wednesday at the U Sports championship at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto.
Brock (21-7, regular season; 3-3, playoffs) — the lowest seed at the eight-team tournament — was scheduled to face No. 1 seed New Brunswick (30-5, 5-0), also the defending national champions, in the quarterfinals.
The Badgers are competing at nationals for the fourth time and the first time since 2021-22. They are hoping to win a medal for the first time.