X-Men Spoil Axemen Home Opener

St. FX with a 3-1 Win over Acadia

WOLFVILLE, N.S. – The StFX X-Men spoiled the party at Acadia’s season opener dropping the Axemen 3-1 despite outshooting the X-Men 36-28.

The X-Men jumped on the scoreboard first seven minutes into the opening period when forward Eric Locke (Toronto, Ont.) scored an unassisted goal from a shallow angle to the side of the net that was deflected high by an Axeman defender.

With a 1-0 StFX lead into the first intermission, the Axemen finally scored after a 16-12 shots on goal advantage in the first period when second year forward Sam Fioretti (Calgary, Alta.) deflected a Daniel Pettersson (Toronto, Ont.) shot from the point to tie the game at one on the man-advantage at 10:44 in the second period.

Seven minutes later, first year forward Holden Cook (Oshawa, Ont.) netted the eventual game winner at the end of a powerplay when Holden sent the puck to the back of the net on a beautiful feed from X-Man Nathan Chialitti (Maple, Ont.).

X-man Kristoff Kontos (Penetanguishene, Ont.) scored the insurance goal 32 seconds into the third period to grab a 3-1 win on the road in Wolfville.

Drew Owsley repelled 35 Acadia shots and was rewarded with the Subway First Star of the Game and Acadia goaltender Brandon Glover posted 25 saves on 28 shots.

The Axemen host the Universite de Moncton next Friday night at 7pm and St. Thomas on Saturday night, while the X-Men travel to UNB and UPEI next weekend.