Smith and Donoso earn USports accolades

The national championship gets underway Thursday and the Windsor Lancers will kick off the USports tournament against the Mount Royal Cougars.

Today, the league handed out their most prestigious awards. Mika Cyr, a 5th year forward for the Moncton Aigles Bleus was named Player of the Year. Although he caught fire down the stretch and into the playoffs, Colton Smith was nominated but did not win Rookie of The Year. That honour went to Conner Roulette of Saskatchewan who led all rookies this season with 35 points and added 12 points in the playoffs, tied for the scoring lead. Smith was named to the All-Rookie team.

Source: USports/Windsor Lancers

Thomas Couture of Acadia won Goaltender of the Year after posting 14 wins, a 2.49 goals against average and .927 save percentage. Windsor's Max Donoso was a runner up and named a second team All-Canadian.

Windsor enters the championship tournament as the 4-seed while Mount Royal is the 5th seed. The puck drop is Thursday at noon EDT and can be seen on CBC Gem.

Here is the tournament schedule: 2026 U SPORTS University Cup - U SPORTS - English