Game 1 & 2 AUS Semi Final Wrap-Up
Acadia Takes 2-0 Series Over Moncton On Home Ice
That seems to be the theme of the 2013-14 AUS playoffs for the Acadia Axemen. The Axemen, after receiving a pass into the AUS conference semi-finals, drew the Aigles Bleus of Moncton University. The Axemen finished the CIS rankings at #3, while Moncton finished at the #10 rank. It was a much anticipated matchup, with the first two games at Acadia Arena in Wolfville. When the dust settled, Acadia had taken a 2-0 series lead in the best of five series with a 5-2 win in Game 1 on February 26, and a 6-5 double overtime win in Game 2 on February 27.
In Game 1, the Aigles Bleus scored less than a minute into the game and took the play to the Axemen in the first period. But they ran into a wall in Axemen goaltender Evan Mosher. In what would be one of his finest games in an Acadia jersey, Mosher held his team in the game, making several acrobatic saves throughout the contest, until his teammates could seize control.
And they did. The Axemen recovered from the early Moncton goal to build a 3-1 lead, and despite Moncton closing the gap to 3-2 late in the second, they couldn’t solve Mosher again, and Acadia rewarded their netminder’s work by building a 5-2 and locking it down in the third. Mosher finished the game with 27 saves, many of them the eye-popping kind, while his counterpart in the Moncton goal, Adrien Lemay, did his part. He stopped 30 shots, but couldn’t stop the Axemen tide all on his own.Read more »