The University of British Columbia Athletics

MUSCLE MLK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK



Second-year forward Nick Buonassisi scored three times on the weekend to help his UBC Thunderbirds earn three of a possible four points at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre against the Mt. Royal University Cougars, the fifth-ranked men's hockey team in the CIS.
 
The Arts student from Port Coquitlam, B.C., opened the scoring in Friday's game, which ended 5-3 in favour of UBC. It was the first loss of the regular season for MRU.
 
Buonassisi added more heroics on Saturday afternoon, scoring both of UBC's goals in a 3-2 overtime loss. With his team down 2-0 in the second period, Buonassisi scored a shorthanded marker at 14:20 of the middle frame to get the T-Birds back into the game. He found the net again at 2:01 of the third to tie the score at 2-all. That goal allowed UBC to take the game into overtime and earn its third point of the weekend against MRU.
 
He was named the Canada West Third Star of the Week.

The Thunderbirds (2-2-2) remain at home this weekend and will host the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns.