GUELPH, Ont. – Throughout the 2021-22 season, the University of Guelph Department of Athletics will be highlighting various members from our Gryphon varsity programs as part of our "BioSteel Gryphon Athletes of the Week" series. This week's edition features
Martina Fedel (women's hockey) and
Max Goodwin (men's rugby) following their impressive performances for the period covering November 22-28, 2021.
Martina Fedel (women's hockey)
Just three games into her OUA career, rookie goalie
Martina Fedel has already made quite the impression in her brief time with the Guelph Gryphons women's hockey team. Fedel, an 18-year-old animal biology major who is currently in her first-year of studies at the University of Guelph, recorded a pair of shutouts this past week to help the Gryphons women's hockey team sweep a home-and-home series with the Brock Badgers.
On Thursday night (Nov. 25) in St. Catharines, Fedel turned away all 28 shots sent her way to help lead the Gryphons to a 1-0 road win over the Badgers.
Two days later, Fedel was once again back in between the pipes for the Gryphons on home ice, this time making 24 saves during regulation and overtime, to help send Saturday's game (Nov. 27) to a shootout with the score tied 0-0. In the shootout, Fedel continued to blank the Badgers, denying all three Brock shooters to help the Gryphons secure a 1-0 shootout win.
On the season, the Gryphons women's hockey team is now 6-1-1 (wins-losses-OT/shootout losses) and are tied with the Waterloo Warriors for the most points (15) in the six-team OUA West Division. For Fedel, who will turn 19-years-old on December 20, the journey to the University of Guelph has been a long one. The native of Trento, Italy, who aspires to one day become a veterinarian, was drawn to the University of Guelph because of the school's academic offerings, with U of G serving as the home of Canada's oldest veterinary school (the University of Guelph's
Ontario Veterinary College is one of just five veterinary schools in the country to offer the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program). After earning a spot out of training camp to be on the Gryphons 2021-22 women's hockey roster, Fedel has been perfect in the first three starts of her OUA career, recording three straight shutouts to begin her collegiate career (Nov. 6 – shutout at Western, Nov. 25 & 27 – shutouts versus Brock). On the season, Fedel is 3-0-0, with a Goals Against Average of 0.00, and 66 saves in 187 minutes of ice time.
Prior to arriving at the University of Guelph, Fedel had
recently represented Italy at the international level (U18 Women's World Championships). With Italy set to host the Winter Olympics in 2026, Fedel is already on the radar as a potential option in net for the Italians for the 2026 Olympic Games.
Max Goodwin (men's rugby)
In his fifth and final year as a member of the Guelph Gryphons men's rugby team,
Max Goodwin helped end his collegiate career on a high note with a trio of standout performances at the 2021 Canadian University Men's Rugby Championships in Kingston. Goodwin, a sociology major from Newmarket, Ontario, helped the Gryphons men's rugby team match their best-ever finish at the national level, with Guelph finishing 4th in an eight-team field at the men's rugby national championship tournament.
In Guelph's quarterfinal matchup versus the Calgary Dinos, Goodwin helped lead the Gryphons to victory, with his 14th minute try part of a dominating 34-5 victory by the Gryphons. In the national semifinals versus the Victoria Vikes, Goodwin was at it again, recording his second try of the tournament, again in the 14th minute of play, to tie the game at 5-5. The Gryphons would ultimately fall short against UVic, falling 29-22 to the Vikes, putting Guelph in the bronze medal match versus Queen's, where the host Gaels would edge Guelph 13-5. In all three matches at the national championship tournament, Goodwin was a key contributor for the Gryphons, ranking among the U of G team leaders in both tackles as well as poaches at the break down. The 22-year-old sociology major, who celebrated his 21st birthday back on November 6 with the Gryphons capturing the 4th OUA title in program history, put together an impressive career with the Gryphons men's rugby team. The Newmarket native was named an OUA All-Star for the second time in his Gryphon career earlier this season when the standout flanker was named to the list of 2021 OUA Men's Rugby (West) All-Stars.
"Gryphon Athletes of the Week" for 2021-22
| Name |
Sport |
Date |
| Martina Fedel |
Women's Hockey |
Nov. 29, 2021 |
| Max Goodwin |
Men's Rugby |
Nov. 29, 2021 |
| Mitchell Ubene |
Men's Cross Country |
Nov. 22, 2021 |
| Kiana Gibson |
Women's Cross Country |
Nov. 22, 2021 |
| Owen McKee |
Men's Soccer |
Nov. 15, 2021 |
| Natalie Armatage |
Women's Rugby |
Nov. 15, 2021 |
| Kiana Gibson |
Women's Cross Country |
Nov. 8, 2021 |
| Alex Williamson |
Men's Rugby |
Nov. 8, 2021 |
| Mark Wilson |
Men's Lacrosse |
Nov. 1, 2021 |
| Kennedy Feasby |
Women's Rugby |
Nov. 1, 2021 |
| Kiana Gibson |
Women's Cross Country |
Oct. 25, 2021 |
| Ian Vidovich |
Men's Soccer |
Oct. 25, 2021 |
| Jacqueline Giles |
Women's Golf |
Oct. 18, 2021 |
| Connor McKinney |
Men's Rugby |
Oct. 18, 2021 |
| Venessa Mazur |
Women's Soccer |
Oct. 11, 2021 |
| Justin Allen |
Men's Golf |
Oct. 11, 2021 |
| Lucas Doros |
Men's Soccer |
Oct. 4, 2021 |
| Hannah Beaumont |
Women's Rugby |
Oct. 4, 2021 |
| Olivia Rizakos |
Women's Soccer |
Sept. 27, 2021 |
| Mitchell Ubene |
Men's Cross Country |
Sept. 27, 2021 |
| Emily Power |
Women's Lacrosse |
Sept. 20, 2021 |
| Cam MacLeod |
Men's Lacrosse |
Sept. 20, 2021 |
