Hockey’s Eric Uba named McGill athlete of the week

MONTREAL – Eric Uba of Kitchener, Ont., is the McGill University athlete of the week for the period ending March 3, 2024. A six-foot, 200-pound right-winger with the Redbirds hockey team, Uba scored five points, including four goals, in three OUA East final playoff games last week. The 23-year-old management senior scored once in a 4-2 loss to UQTR in Game 1 of the series last Wednesday. He exploded for a natural hat-trick with one assist as McGill rallied from a 3-0 deficit with five unanswered goals in a 5-3 victory and was then held pointless in Game 3, a...