4-3 Shootout Win for Huskies over X-Men

(Halifax, NS)  In a game that went the distance, #77 Michael Curtis (Georgetown, ON) scored the only goal of a ten round shootout as the Saint Mary's Huskies defeated the Saint Francis Xavier X-Men 4-3 at the Halifax Forum Friday night.

Curtis' winning goal earned him Subway player of the game honours.

To open the game, the X-Men got on the board first, when Michael Kirkpatrick (North Sydney, NS) scored at 14:43 to give the X-Men a 1-0 lead.

The Huskies answered back, when 2nd year forward, Mitchell Maynard (Cole Harbour, NS) notched a powerplay marker at 16:11 to tie the game at 1-1 after the first period.

Saint Mary's took the lead in the 2nd, when Francis Menard (Embrun, ON) tallied at 8:10 to make the score 2-1. The Huskies extended their lead when 3rd year defenseman, Kyle Pereira (Brampton, ON) scored at 11:30 to give Saint Mary's a 3-1 lead to end the second.

In the third, the X-Men got to within one when Cole Grbavac (Calgary, AB) tallied on the powerplay at 3:01 to make it 3-2. The X-Men tied things up at 3 a piece, when Blake Gal (Lethbridge, AB) scored on the powerplay at 13:34 regulation time.

Fans were treated to an exciting overtime period, but both the Huskies and X-Men were unable to score forcing a shootout.

After 10 shooters aside, Michael Curtis scored the winner to give the Huskies a 4-2 win over the X-Men.  

The X-Men outshot the Huskies 39-36 on the night.   Anthony Peters (Blyth, ON) made 36 saves to get the win in net for the Huskies and Drew Owsley (Lethbridge, AB) stopped 33 shots for the X-Men.

Both teams have qualified for the playoffs, but their opponents and dates for their first games are still to be determined.

Source SMU Communications

Photo Nick Pearce