SYDNEY, NS- The hometown #1 seed Cape Breton University CAPERS pleased the home crowd by beating the 4th seeded Acadia Axemen 5-0. Charlie Waters (Lancashire, UK) and captain Stuart Heath (Belfast, IE) each scored a pair and Cory Bent (Preston, UK) added a single for the undefeated CAPERS. Axemen goalie Pietro Nottegar (Dartmouth, NS) made 4 saves on 9 shots.
Turning point – Captain Stuart Heath scored in the 24th minute that put the game out of reach midway through the 1st half. The CAPERS were able to keep the Axemen from any serious attacks the rest of the game.
Individual Leaders
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CAPERS Charlie Waters led with 5 points in the game.
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Waters and Heath each scored 2 goals
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Waters led with 3 assists
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Waters led with 4 shots on goal.
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Acadia keeper Nottegar led with 4 save.
News & Notes
Subway Player of the Game (Cape Breton): Charlie Waters
Subway Player of the Game (Acadia): Cooper Coats (Halifax, NS)
The CAPERs remain undefeated on the season at 12-0-1
The CAPERS outshot the Axemen 15 - 3
Up Next
The CAPERS advance to the finals and will play the winner of the UNB vs STFX game . They will play at 2 pm on Sunday afternoon.