Unfinished Business
Axemen Return to the University Cup for 2nd Straight Year
The Acadia Axemen will take the ice on Friday afternoon at 1pm at Halifaxβs Scotiabank Centre, when they face the UQTR Patriotes. This yearβs University Cup tournament features a new format, with 8 teams, separated into two brackets, in a win and move on, lose and go home format.
The Axemen return to Nationals after an unfulfilling finish to last year, as they went out to Saskatoon as AUS champions, with high hopes of bringing home a CIS title to Wolfville, NS. But the opening game of the tournament all but dashed those hopes, dropping the opener 4-2 to the Windsor Lancers. In the past 6 team format, although it wasnβt a single game knockout, an opening loss would mean a lot would need to go right the rest of the way, with some help from another team to advance. It wasnβt meant to be as Acadia was knocked off by the tournament host University of Saskatchewan Huskies 3-2. Despite the two close games, the Axemen wanted moreβ¦ another chance.Read more »