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1983 UPEI Mens Soccer Panthers Athletics Main Site University of Prince Edward Island UPEI Home Future Students Current Students Alumni & Friends Parents & Family Staff & Faculty Contacts SuckerfishHome Campus Recreation & Club Sports Athletics Facilities Schedule & Scores Athlete of the Week Contact Us Partnerships Box Office Recruitment Panther Sport TeamsMens Soccer Womens Soccer Womens Rugby Field Hockey Mens Basketball Womens Basketball Mens Hockey Womens Hockey Swimming 1983 UPEI Mens Soccer PanthersMain NavigationAthletics Headlines UPEI Athletes Only Sports Centre Programs Sports Centre Hours Fitness and Wellness UPEI Sports Hall of Fame Summer Camps Student Athletic Council 2005Inductee The UPEI Mens Soccer Panthers were beginning to cause a stir in the AUAA On September 16 1983 rookie coach Gordie Wilson was quoted in The Guardian Our number one goal is to finish 1st in the west division and win the AUAA Championship right here at UPEI That year he went on to fulfill his promise to Islanders For the first time ever UPEI won the AUAA championship going undefeated in regular season play with a 902 record Only seven goals were scored against them in their 11 league games UPEI hosted the AUAA Championship on the last weekend in October On the eve of the finals it snowed heavily But with the help of over 50 volunteers including Athletic Director Ed Hilton they laboured for about four hours to shovel and scrape off the snow The game was delayed for only a halfhour That Sunday afternoon the Panthers capped off a truly amazing season by blanking the defending champion UNB Red Shirts 20 to claim the Canon W J Clarke Trophy emblematic of AUAA soccer supremacy The Panthers were anchored by Steve Polenz who was AUAA MVP and MVP Defensive Player Other AUAA AllStars were J F Painchaud (goal) Glen Smiley (midfielder) Frank Strohemier (fullback) and Richard PierreGilles (forward) Polenz Painchaud and Smiley were selected to the CIAU AllCanadian team UPEI Hall Of Fame Inductees2008Dick Tingley Dr William Bill Stanish Janet Rogers UPEI Mens Basketball 19851986 2006Dr Frank Garrity Dr Kathie McNally Richard Little 20051983 UPEI Mens Soccer Panthers Brian Chandler Dave Shellington Libby OBrien (Baldwin) Mike Lyriotokis 20041952 SDU Rugby Team Debbie WhiteLamont Ed Hilton Gil Collins Wilfred MacDonald 20034346 Prince of Wales College Hockey Line 196465 SDU Hockey Team Dave Hermie MacNeill Glenn Smiley Tracy MacEachern 2002198889 Womens Basketball Team AJ MacAdam Alan Spink Dr Vincent Grant Jim Foley Mike Kelly 2001194647 Hockey Team Maritime Champions Jack Reardon Mac Beck Paula Edwards (Kovinksy) Peter Gordon Panther TV Follow us on Twitter Department of AthleticsChiWan Young Sports Centre tel 90256606...