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Heelis scores second hat-trick in three games

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Leo Jenner has opportunity to score in the second

story courtesy of acadiau.ca 30/10/2013 11:32 pm

WOLFVILLE, N.S. – Acadia captain Liam Heelis has had the hot stick of late, scoring eight goals in his last three games including a trio tonight against the Dalhousie Tigers.

A third year forward, Heelis did something rare in modern hockey, scoring three straight beginning in the second period, for a natural hat trick. His dominating play led the Axemen to a convincing 5-0 victory over the winless Dalhousie Tigers and was given the game’s first star on a unusual Wednesday night match up.

Rookie goaltender Brandon Glover recorded his first win of the season in fashion, stopping all 27 shots he faced including numerous acrobatic saves. He was awarded the third star for his brilliant performance.Read more »

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Axemen hand UPEI first loss, with a 2-1 win

photo_2015046_resize_articleThe Acadia Axemen made it a perfect road trip, as they followed up a road win Friday night at St Thomas, with a 2-1 road win at UPEI.

The Axemen improved their record to 3-1 on the season, handing UPEI, also 3-1, their first loss of the season.

Acadia opened up the scoring midway through the first period, with the red hot Liam Heelis, scoring his 4th goal of the weekend, with Alex Beaton adding an assist on the goal.

UPEI tied things up early in the second on a goal by Dana Fraser; Jordan Mayer picked up the helper.

That score held through two periods, until 7:58 of the third when Joe Gaynor scored a shorthanded marker to cap the scoring.Read more »

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Axemen Down St Thomas 7-2 for First Road Win in Young Season

HockeyAxemanwithnewAchangedcopyThe Acadia Axemen had their first road test Friday night, hitting the road

to take on the St Thomas Tommies in Fredericton, NB, and skated away with a 7-2 victory.

STU took the early lead in the first periodl on a goal from Brendan Childerley, but Liam Heelis replied before the end of the first with a shorthanded marker.

The second period was a deadlock until 13:48 when Michael Clarke put the Axemen up 2-1, but the lead didn’t last long as STU scored on the powerplay on a goal by Colin Martin.

With the teams squared up at two going into the third, it was all Acadia from there as they went on to score five unanswered goals, including three on the powerplay.Read more »

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Axemen split opening weekend of AUS season

story courtesy of acadiau.ca on 20/10/2013 10:53 pm

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The raising of Connie MacNeil’s jersey

WOLFVILLE, N.S – The second Homecoming game of 2013 saw the UPEI Panthers squaring off against the Acadia Axemen in a rare Sunday afternoon matchup.

The game started off with a jersey retirement ceremony for #6 Connie MacNeil – only the second jersey to be put in the rafters beside #22 Powell. MacNeil played from 1949 to 1953 and was a great ambassador for the Axemen throughout his years in the local community.

Chris Owens scored two power play goals and was named the games second star in the losing effort, as the UPEI Panthers defeated the Acadia Axemen with a final score of 4-2.

Today’s game, like the previous, saw domination by the visiting team in the opening frame. Colin Beck opened the scoring early, putting a weak snap shot through the legs of rookie goalie Brandon Glover on the games first shot.

Reginaldo Traccitto would make it 2-0 in the first at 4:25, scoring on a creative passing play on the power play. The Panthers lead would grow to 3-0 just five and a half minutes later, when Alex Wall beat Glover on a wrap around goal traveling high on the short side.Read more »

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Capacity crowd celebrates 25th Anniversary of the Acadia Arena

STU-ACA13story courtesy of acadiau.ca 19/10/2013 12:50 am

WOLFVILLE, N.S. – Homecoming is always one of the most anticipated games of the year, and this year was no different as the Acadia Axemen squared off against the St. Thomas Tommies in the regular season opener.

Celebrating the Acadia Arena’s 25th anniversary, a sold out crowd of 2100 enjoyed the opening ceremony that delivered the return of those who were most influential in bringing the university and surrounding community one of the provinces premiere rinks.

The Axemen came into this season eager to prove that the success they had in the 2012-13 regular season was no fluke.

They proved just that erasing a 1-0 St. Thomas third period lead, scoring 3 unanswered goals to take the home opener on the 25th anniversary of the Acadia Arena. Twenty five years ago to the day, the Axemen were dropped by the Tommies but this time around Acadia was triumphant.Read more »

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Acadia at Quinnipiac
at Hamden, Conn.
10/4/2014 at 7:00 PM
Acadia
4		 Quinnipiac
1

 

Scoring Summary
— 1st —
Quinnipiac 02:05 Clifton, Tim ( Tiefenwerth, K.J. & Smith, Derek )
— 2nd —
Acadia 07:56 SH – Liam Heelis ( unassisted)
Acadia 09:30 PP – Boston Leier ( Mike Cazzola & Liam Heelis )
Acadia 13:55 PP – Zachary Franko ( Matthew Pufahl & Mike Cazzola )
— 3rd —
Acadia 14:24 Mike Cazzola ( Boston Leier & Zachary Franko )
Three Stars
Mike Cazzola – Acadia
Boston Leier – Acadia
Zachary Franko – Acadia

Acadia
# Skaters POS G A +/- S FO PIM
2 Stephen Woodworth 0 0 0 0 0-0 2
7 Remy Giftopoulos 0 0 0 0 0-0 0
9 Scott Trask 0 0 -1 2 3-10 0
10 Zachary Franko 1 1 +1 4 0-1 0
13 Mike Cazzola * c 1 2 +1 3 7-19 0
14 Daniel Poliziano 0 0 0 2 0-0 0
17 Liam Heelis * rw 1 1 +1 3 2-3 0
19 Joel Ridgeway 0 0 0 2 0-0 4
20 Chris Buonomo 0 0 0 0 0-0 0
23 John Girman 0 0 0 0 0-0 0
24 Alex Beaton * lw 0 0 0 1 0-0 0
25 Sam Forietti 0 0 0 0 2-10 0
26 Boston Leier 1 1 +2 5 0-0 0
27 Geoff Schemitsch 0 0 -1 0 0-0 0
29 Brandon Glover * g 0 0 0 0 0-0 0
32 Tyler Ferry * d 0 0 0 1 0-0 0
37 Taylor Makin 0 0 0 1 1-1 0
44 Matthew Pufahl 0 1 +1 0 0-0 0
45 Travis Gibbons * d 0 0 +1 3 0-0 0
55 Dylan Anderson 0 0 -1 0 5-6 0
61 Travis Randell 0 0 0 1 0-0 0
Totals 4 6 28 20-50 6
# Goalies GA Min SV S PIM
29 Brandon Glover 1 60:00 19 20 0

Quinnipiac
# Skaters POS G A +/- S FO PIM
2 Sherbinin, Brayden 0 0 0 1 0-0 0
3 Fiala, Joe 0 0 0 0 0-0 0
4 Clifton, Connor 0 0 -1 0 0-0 5
6 Toews, Devon 0 0 -1 0 0-0 2
7 Anas, Sam 0 0 -1 2 0-1 0
8 Barron, Alex 0 0 +1 0 0-0 0
10 Pieper, Cannon 0 0 0 2 6-7 0
11 Clifton, Tim 1 0 +1 2 5-11 0
12 Agosta, Justin 0 0 -1 1 0-0 0
13 Renouf, Jonah 0 0 0 0 1-1 2
14 Smith, Derek 0 1 0 2 0-0 0
15 Renouf, Nathan 0 0 0 0 0-0 0
16 Smith, Landon 0 0 -1 2 0-0 0
17 Tiefenwerth, K.J. 0 1 0 1 0-0 0
18 Jonzzon, Soren 0 0 0 0 0-0 0
19 MacMaster, Tanner * rw 0 0 0 1 0-0 0
22 Federico, Danny * d 0 0 0 0 0-0 0
23 Schutt, Tommy 0 0 0 2 3-5 0
24 Pieper, Bo 0 0 0 0 0-0 0
25 Hilbrich, Tom * d 0 0 0 0 1-1 0
26 St. Denis, Travis * c 0 0 -1 2 5-14 0
27 McKernan, Kevin 0 0 0 1 0-0 2
28 Lemire, Matt 0 0 -1 0 7-8 0
29 Lawrence, Sean * g 0 0 0 0 0-0 0
35 Meyers, Jacob 0 0 0 0 0-0 0
39 Taverner, Andrew * lw 0 0 0 1 2-2 0
Totals 1 2 20 30-50 11
# Goalies GA Min SV S PIM
29 Lawrence, Sean 3 40:00 14 17 0
35 Meyers, Jacob 1 20:00 10 11 0
Totals 4 60:00 24 28 0
Penalty Summary
— 1st —
(no penalties)
— 2nd —
Acadia 06:18 Joel Ridgeway: UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT MINOR 2 minutes
Quinnipiac 09:13 Renouf, Jonah: TRIPPING MINOR 2 minutes
Quinnipiac 10:02 Clifton, Connor: INTERFERENCE MAJOR 5 minutes
Quinnipiac 12:09 McKernan, Kevin: TRIPPING MINOR 2 minutes
Acadia 15:31 Stephen Woodworth: BOARDING MINOR 2 minutes
Acadia 17:59 Joel Ridgeway: CROSS-CHECKING MINOR 2 minutes
— 3rd —
Quinnipiac 10:06 Toews, Devon: BOARDING MINOR 2 minutes
Penalty Totals
Acadia: 6 minutes on 3 infraction(s) Quinnipiac: 11 minutes on 4 infraction(s)
Shots 1 2 3 Total
Acadia 7 10 11 28
Quinnipiac 5 8 7 20
Power Plays
Acadia: 2 for 4 ( 0.500 ) Quinnipiac: 0 for 3 ( 0.000 )
Other Information
Game Length: 1:59
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Harrop
Linesman: Mike Baker
Linesman: Glen Cooke
Goal judge: Chad Gouin
Goal judge: Len Mirto
Pen timekeeper: Mike Cusano
Game timekeeper: John Manzi
Scorer: Rueul Belcher
* Starter