Axemen drop Panthers 4-0
Couture with 25 saves for shutout
WOLFVILLE, N.S. β Acadia shut out UPEI 4-0 in AUS men’s hockey action Saturday at Acadia University.
Brendan TomilsonΒ opened the scoring for the Axemen at 13:01 of the first period, with assists fromΒ Corson HopwoΒ andΒ Cole Nagy.Β Liam KidneyΒ added a power-play goal at 15:23, assisted byΒ Adam McMasterΒ andΒ Ethan Ernst, to give Acadia a 2-0 lead heading into the first intermission.
After a scoreless second period marked by penalties and missed opportunities,Β Tyler DelineΒ extended the Axemen’s lead with a goal at 8:06 of the third, set up byΒ Bailey PeachΒ and McMaster. Nagy sealed the victory with an empty-net goal at 17:52, assisted by Hopwo.
GoaltenderΒ Thomas CoutureΒ made 25 saves for the shutout.
UPEI’s Keiran Gallant and Elias Cohen had strong performances in the faceoff circle, with 11 and 10 wins, respectively. Kaleb Pearson led the Panthers with six shots on goal, but they couldn’t solve Couture.
The Axemen hit the road next weekend for games against the UniversitΓ© de Moncton and the University of New Brunswick.