Tigers strike late to top Axemen

In AUS men's hockey action between Dalhousie and Acadia on Friday night, the Tigers emerged victorious with a narrow 2-1 win.
The scoring began in the second period with Acadia's Adam McMaster (Beamsville, ON) scoring 9:51 into the second period, where the score stayed until the third period.

Dalhousie's Alec Belanger (Quebec, QC) found the back of the net just 21 seconds into the period to even the game 1-1.

The Tigers stole the game with a late goal from Joseph Serpa (Cambridge, ON), assisted by Jared Cosman (Grand Bay Westfield, NB) with just 1:04 remaining in regulation.

Dalhousie accumulated 14 penalty minutes on 7 infractions, while Acadia had 18 penalty minutes on 5 infractions.

The three stars of the game were awarded to Alexander MacDonald (Truro, NS) and Serpa from Dalhousie, and McMaster from Acadia. MacDonald stood out as the winning goalie for Dalhousie, making 41 saves on 42 shots.

Thomas Couture (Levis, QC) made 25 saves in the loss for the Axemen.

Dalhousie improves to a 1-3-0 record while Acadia fell to 2-2-0.

Acadia will now host UNB and Moncton next Friday and Saturday as part of Homecoming weekend, while Dalhousie heads to Antigonish on Wednesday to face STFX before returning home to host UPEI on Saturday.