Former Edge School student-athlete Samuel McGinley has committed to the University of New Brunswick for the 2023/24 U SPORTS season.
A fifth round pick by the Regina Pats at the 2017 Western Hockey League (WHL) Draft, McGinley joined Edge School for the 2017/18 U16 Prep season. In 36 games the Calgary, AB product would finish third among all CSSHL defensemen with 40 points. His 33 assists were second on his team, most among defensemen.
The following U18 Prep season McGinley would lead Edge defensemen with 10 goals and 29 points in 29 games. He would play three games for the Pats that season, assisting on one goal.
In 2019/20 he would begin the season with the Pats, playing eight games. He would join the Swift Current Broncos for the remainder of the season, tallying 12 points in 39 games.
McGinley would play his last three full WHL seasons with the Broncos, finishing his WHL career with 77 points in 195 games including a career high 37 points this season.
Located in Fredericton and Saint John, NB, the University of New Brunswick is a U SPORTS program competing in the Atlantic University Sport Conference.