Women’s Hockey Tigers beat X-Women 3-2

The Dalhousie Tigers women’s hockey team won their second game in a row beating the St.FX X-women 3-2 on Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Keating Centre in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

St.FX scored thirty-six seconds into the game. Kara Power skated down to the left of Tigers’ goaltender Jessica Severeyns and fired the puck past her and into the net. Daley Oddy and Heather Tillsley got the assists.

The Tigers’ tied the game four at the 5:09 mark of the first period. Tigers’ forward Joleen MacInnis skated into the X-woman zone and passed the puck to teammate Taylor Reicheld. Reicheld shot the puck passed X-Women goaltender Pascale Daigle to score her second goal of the year.

A minute and twenty seconds later the Tigers’ scored again. Sarah MacNeil got on a breakaway and put the puck past Daigle on a backhand shot to give the Tigers’ the lead. Rachel Carr and Jessie Rietveld got the assists.

In the second period St.FX out shot Dalhousie 13-2 but were unable to solve Severeyns. The score remained 2-1.

In the third period the X-woman pulled their goalie for an extra attacker. However, Tiger forward Lisa Maclean stole the puck and shot it into the open net to give the Tigers’ a two-goal lead with forty-five seconds left in the game.

With six seconds left in the game St.FX defender Jenna Pitts scored to make the score 3-2. Unfortunately for the X-Woman it was to late to start a comeback, and the Tigers’ won.

Tigers’ goaltender Jessica Severeyns was fantastic in the hockey game. She was the second star of the game and stopped thirty out of the thirty-two shots she faced. While X-women goaltender Pascale Daigle stopped twelve of the fifteen shots she faced.

The win improves the Tigers’ record to 3-4. Their next game is at home on Sunday, Nov. 15, against Mount Allison.