Axemen Edge Huskies 2-1 to force 5th and deciding game

(Halifax, NS)  Brandon Glover (Victoria, BC) was nearly perfect in between the pipes as the Acadia Axemen defeated the Saint Mary's Huskies 2-1, to tie their AUS best of 5 semifinal series at 2 games apiece, Tuesday night at the Halifax Forum in front of a crowd of 1612. 

Glover's big game earned him Subway player of the game honours.

The Huskies got on the board first, when Matt Tipoff (Toronto, ON) scored on the powerplay at 7:55, with assists from Steven Shipley (Ilderton, ON) and Stephen Johnston (Guelph, ON), to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead.

Acadia answered back when Brett Thompson (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) potted a powerplay marker at 14:24, assisted by Matthew Pufahl (Saskatoon, SK) and Remy Giftopoulos (Ancaster, ON), to tie the game at 1-1 after the first period.

The Axemen took the lead in the second very quickly, when Giftopoulos tallied at 0:09 to put the Axemen up 2-1.  The early Axemen goal was the only goal in the 2^nd.  After 40 mintues of the play it remained 2-1. 

 The third period saw  a flurry of shots on both sides, Acadia 9 SMU 8, but neither team was able to score. 

The Axemen outshot the Huskies 31-25. Glover made 24 saves to get the win in net for the Axemen and Anthony Peters (Blyth, ON) stopped 29 shots in goal for the Huskies.

The fifth and deciding game of the semi-final series will be played Thursday night at 7:00 pm in Wolfville.

Source SMU Communications

Photo Nick Pearce