Jacob Wozney of the RDP Kings attemps a wraparound goal. (RDP Athletics)

By RDP Athletics

CHAMPIONSHIP BOUND

RDP Athletes of the Week, plus weekend schedule

Mar 15, 2023 | 10:11 AM

The RDP Athletes of the Week for March 14 are Izzy Palumbo and Jacob Wozney.

Izzy Palumbo
Hometown: Golden, BC
Bachelor of Commerce (2nd year)

After a stellar weekend in goal, goaltender Izzy Palumbo is this week’s Queens Athlete of the Week. She was huge for the Queens Hockey team this past week as she steered aside 48 shots and just let in two goals in the two playoff games against the Lakeland College Rustlers. Palumbo needed to be on her game. Between her and the Rustlers goaltender, she had more work as the Queens were outshot in both games. But it was the stellar performance that made Palumbo stand out from the other goaltender as she backstopped her team to a 2-0 series victory and a chance to win a second consecutive championship trophy. She also came up big when her team committed errors in the defensive zone. The Polytechnic is the defending champions after they swept the Olds College Broncos in last year’s final. In the regular season, the Golden native just allowed six goals in five starts, had a 0.84 goals-against average, a .944 save percentage and three shutouts. Congratulations Izzy and we look forward to cheering you on this weekend as you and the Queens fight for another championship!

Jacob Wozney
Hometown: Richmond, BC
Bachelor of Education – Secondary (4th year)

What an offensive explosion from forward Jacob Wozney this past weekend that helped his team leap into the championship final. It all started on Friday night when the Kings took on the Concordia University Thunder in Game 1 of the semi-finals. Wozney would pick up a goal in a 5-4 triple overtime loss in Red Deer which put the Kings in a do-or-die situation on Saturday night. The Richmond native would pick up another goal to make it two goals in two games. But it was the timing of the goal that made it so special. The Thunder and the Kings managed to go to a third overtime period for the second consecutive night but this time the Polytechnic would come on top after Wozney walked into Concordia’s zone and sniped a beautiful wrist shot over the Thunder goaltender to win it and send Game 3 back to Red Deer. On top of this, he added three assists on Sunday night in the 5-3 series-clinching win to make it a total of five points on the weekend. Heading into the post-season Wozney contributed nine goals and nine assists for a total of 18 points which was good enough for fifth on his team. Congratulations Jacob and we also look forward to cheering you and the Kings on this weekend as you fight for your first championship since the 1993/1994 season.

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Weekend Schedule

Women’s Ice Hockey Finals (Best-of-five-game-series)

Queens (14-4-2) vs NAIT Ooks (15-2-3)

• Friday, March 17 | 7 p.m. in Edmonton
• Saturday, March 18 | 7 p.m. at Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre

The finals will start in Edmonton on Friday at 7 pm with game two in Red Deer at the exact same start time as the Queens look to win the championship for the fifth time in program history.

Men’s Hockey Finals (Best-of-five-game-series)

Kings (17-6-1) vs NAIT Ooks (10-7-7)

• Friday, March 17 | 7 pm at Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre
• Saturday, March 18 | 6 pm in Edmonton

The Kings will look for their ninth ACAC gold medal in program history, the first since 1993/1994. Game one will start at 7 pm in Red Deer with game two in Edmonton the following night at 6 pm

Queens Basketball (CCAA National Championship Week)

Queens (15-6) vs Dawson Blues (10-6)

• Wednesday, March 15 | 4:00 pm MST at Hamilton, ON

The Queens will start their hunt for their first-ever national gold medal this Wednesday at 4 pm MST. The games will be live streamed on YouTube. Stay tuned for a daily recap following the end of each game.

Kings and Queens Indoor Track

March 18-19 hosted at the Butterdome in Edmonton

The championships will start on Saturday and will run until Sunday. Live results from the events can be found here and the races will be live streamed on ACACTV.

Queens National Curling Championship

March 15-19 hosted in Sudbury, ON

The Queens first game will start on Wednesday, March 15 when they take on the Humber College Hawks at 3 pm. They will follow this up with six round-robin games, which will lead right into the playoffs on Sunday, March 19. The Queens will be looking for their fifth medal in program history at the national level which includes two bronze and two gold.

*Summaries are by RDP Athletics