Men’s Hockey Out-of-Town Scores

Tigers lose to Panthers 4-1

The Dalhousie Tigers men’s hockey team lost 4-1 to the UPEI Panthers on October 16^th in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

The Panthers’ Captain Marcus Wilgosh opened the scoring with three minutes left in the first period to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead.

Almost five minutes into the second period Wilgosh scored again on a shorthanded goal to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead.

Three minutes later, Tigers forward Fabian Walsh scored on the power play to cut the Panthers’ lead in half. Andrew Rieder and Daniel Walsh assisted on the goal.

Halfway through the third period, Wilgosh completed the hat trick to give the Panthers a two-goal lead. A minute later Carter Rigby scored for the Panthers to make the score 4-1. Former Mooseheads Darcy Ashley and Brent Andrews got the assists.

Even with the loss, the Tigers had a strong penalty kill. They killed all seven of the Panthers power plays. The Tigers scored on one out their four-power play opportunities.

Tigers’ goaltender Corbin Boes stopped twenty-nine out of thirty-three shots. Panthers’ goaltender Mavric Parks stopped twenty out of the twenty-one shots he faced.

Tigers lose 3-2 to UNB

The Dalhousie Tigers men’s hockey team lost 3-2 to the UNB Varsity Reds on October 17^th at the Aitken University Center in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

The Tigers scored first on power play. Forward Andrew Wigginton scored the goal with Felix Page and Phil Gadoury getting the assists.

UNB tied the game thirty four seconds into the second period on a goal from Jordan Murray.

Seven minutes later Philippe Maillet scored for UNB to give them a 2-1 lead.

UNB stretched their lead late in the second period when Peter Trainor scored to make the game 3-1.

Seven minutes into the third period, the Tigers’ Phil Gadoury scored his first AUS goal to make the score 3-2. Fabian Walsh and Daniel Walsh got the assists.

Unfortunately for the Tigers, that is as close as they would get, and UNB won the game.

Dalhousie goaltender Corbin Boes played a spectacular game. He stopped thirty-seven out of the forty shots he faced. He was named the game’s first star. UNB goalie Alex Dubeau made thirteen saves on fifteen shots.

These two games drop the Tigers’ record to 0-3-0.