Image courtesy of Dalhousie University
Image courtesy of Dalhousie University

Men’s Hockey Tigers Lose to Axemen in Overtime

November 13, 2015 /

The Dalhousie Tigers men’s hockey team lost by a score of 3-2 in overtime to the Acadia Axemen on Wednesday, Nov. 4 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Acadia opened the scoring at 7:23 into the first period. Acadia defensemen Matt Pufahl passed the puck in front of the Tigers’ net to teammate Dylan Anderson who put the puck in the net.

Fifty seconds later Acadia defenseman Stephen Woodworth got a pass in the high slot by teammate Kyle Farrell. Woodworth shot the puck past Tigers goaltender Wendell Vye and into the net to make the score 2-0.

The Tigers did not go away. A little over five minutes into the second period first-year forward Phil Gadoury scored his fifth goal in the past three games to make the score 2-1.

7:33 into the third period Tigers’ forward JP Harvey one-timed a pass from Jackson Playfair behind Axemen goaltender Brandon Glover to tie the game.

Acadia forward Kyle Farrell scored fifteen seconds in to overtime to win the game for the Axemen.

Tigers’ goaltender Wendell Vye made his first start of the season stopping thirty-six out of thirty-nine shots he faced. While Acadia goaltender Brandon Glover stopped nineteen out of the twenty-one shots he faced.

The loss drops the Tigers’ record to 2 wins, 4 losses, and 2 overtime losses (2-4-2).

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Josh Young

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