Four powerplay goals lead to 5-2 UNB win

Axemen sit in 2nd in AUS at Holiday Break

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(FREDERICTON, NB) The UNB Varsity Reds scored four power-play goals in a 5-2 win over the visiting AcadiaΒ Axemen, in the 25thΒ edition of UNB’s Mark Jeffrey Memorial Game.

PhilippeΒ Maillet(Terrebonne, QC)Β scored twice and assisted on two other goals to lead UNB.

In a pre-game ceremony,Β MailletΒ was named the recipient of the annual Mark Jeffrey Scholarship.

JordanΒ Murray(Riverview, NB) also had a four-point night for the Varsity Reds, recording four assists.

“They’re a tough team to play against,” said Murray, of theΒ Axemen. “They have big “D”, they play physical, they want to take our skill away, make us take stupid penalties, but we came out on top tonight.”

MattΒ Murphy(Fredericton, NB), RobΒ Mignardi(Richmond Hill, ON), and ChrisΒ Clapperton(CapΒ Espoir, QC) also scored for the home team.

GeoffΒ Schemitsch(Thornhill, ON) scored both goals for theΒ Axemen.

Acadia opened the scoring at 2:09 of the first period, whenΒ SchemitschΒ beat AlexΒ Dubeau(Mascouche, QC).

Murphy evened the score, with his first goal of the season and first as a Varsity Red, at 10:05.Β 

SchemitschΒ struck again in the second, as Acadia took its second lead of the night, but it was short-lived.

MignardiΒ pulled UNB even a little more than a minute later, the first of UNB’s four goals with the man advantage.

Maillet’sΒ first of the evening came three minutes later, and the Varsity Reds never looked back.

MailletΒ scored his second of the game just 48 seconds into the third period, andΒ Clapperton’sΒ goal rounded out the scoring.

DubeauΒ stopped 17 of the 19 shots he faced, earning his second win in as many nights.

DevinΒ Williams(Saginaw, MICH) gave up 5 goals on 33 UNB shots.

It was an intense game, with both team combining for 147 minutes in penalties.

“The intensity is high in this league and teams have to keep their penalties down, and that’sΒ up to us as coaches to do that,” said Acadia head coach Darren Burns.

“I thought we had a lot of guys dig deep. I didn’t think we had a lot in the tank. I thought we worked hard for two, and fatigue set in a little bit, and obviously,Β these guys can fire it around and theyΒ scored some nice goals,” he said.

MailletΒ earned Subway Player of the GameΒ honoursΒ for the second night in a row.

TheΒ AxemenΒ finish the first half of the season with an 11-6-1 record, good for second place in the Atlantic University Sport standings.

The Varsity Reds sit atop the league with a 14-2-2 record.

Both teams resume regular season play in January.

 

RECAP AND PHOTOS BY: Andy Campbell/UNB AthleticsΒ