Tigers lose first game of the season against St. Thomas
The Dalhousie Tigers women’s hockey team lost their first game of the season 2-0 to the St. Thomas Tommies on Saturday, Oct. 17 in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Neither team scored in the first period. The Tommies outshot the Tigers 13 to eight in the period.
Early in the second period Teah Anderson scored for St. Thomas to break open the scoring. Myfanwy Thomson and Marina Serina got the assists.
The Tommies scored again when Lauren Henman scored to give the Tommies a 2-0 lead. Jessica McCann got the assist.
The Tigers fought hard to tie the game out shooting St. Thomas 10-5 in the third period but were unable to score.
St. Thomas goaltender Abby Clarke got the shutout; she stopped all twenty-five shots she faced. Dalhousie’s goalie Mati Barrett stopped twenty-three out of the twenty-five shots she faced.
Tigers fall 6-1 to Moncton
The Dalhousie Tigers women’s hockey team lost 6-1 to L’université de Moncton Aigles Bleus on Sunday, Oct. 18 in Moncton, New Brunswick.
After a scoreless first period Moncton scored 41 seconds into the second period on a goal from Katryne Villeneuve to give the team a 1-0 lead.
Moncton was not done there as they scored three more goals in the second period to give them a 4-0 lead. Katherine Dubuc, Kaitlyn Gallaway, and Cassandra Labrie were the goal scorers.
Early in the third period Gallaway scored again for Moncton to make the score 5-1.
With six minutes left in the third period Marita Alfieri scored a power play goal for Dalhousie to make the score 5-1. Victoria MacIntosh got the assist.
With two and a half minutes left in the third period Moncton scored a power play goal to give them a 6-1 lead. Jodie Dupéré scored the goal.
Dalhousie scored on one out of three of their power play chances. Moncton scored on three out of their eight power plays.
Moncton outshot Dalhousie 31 to 21 on the game.
Theses two games drop the Tigers’ record to 0-2-0. Their next game is at Saint Mary’s on Wednesday, October 21st.
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