Axemen dropped 5-0 by REDS
WOLFVILLE, N.S. – Make it two straight losses for the Acadia Axemen (3-6-1) as the UNB REDS cruised to their seventh straight win with a 5-0 victory.
WOLFVILLE, N.S. – Make it two straight losses for the Acadia Axemen (3-6-1) as the UNB REDS cruised to their seventh straight win with a 5-0 victory.
This game marks the third of the season that Acadia has been shut out by their opponent. Coming up against the hottest goalie in the AUS, Samuel Richard ((Ste. Catherine, Que.), did not help Acadia either.
UNB started their offensive onslaught early in the first period when Brady Gilmour (Grafton, Ont.) knocked a puck in at the side of the net.
Simon Pinard (Drummondville, Que.) added to UNB's lead shortly after the midway point of the period when he split the Acadia defence and slid a backhand past the Acadia goalie Conor McCollum (Pickering, Ont.) to double his team's lead.
Acadia's best chance in the period came when Liam Kidney (Enfield, N.S.) got a partial breakaway. However, Kidney was unable to solve the UNB goalie.
At the end of the period, the REDS held a 12-9 lead in shots.
The second period saw UNB continue their offensive dominance, putting up another two goals.
Jason Willms (Kitchener, Ont.) potted the first goal of the second for the REDS, 33 seconds into the period while shorthanded.
A turnover by Acadia exiting their zone led to Willms being left alone in front of Acadia's net. Willms deked out McCollum and slid the puck under his pads to extend the UNB lead to 3-0.
Cole MacKay (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) notched the other goal of the period, as he fired a one-timer into the top right corner of the net in the final minutes of the second to give the REDS a 4-0 advantage.
UNB held a 20-15 lead in shots heading into the final frame.
Kade Landry (Gowanstown, Ont.) capped off the scoring for UNB with just under two minutes remaining in the game.
Landry stepped in from the blueline and wired a wrist shot high off the left side post and in to put his team up 5-0.
Together, Acadia and UNB recorded 124 minutes in penalties in the third. Most of the penalties came during a pair of scraps late in the period.
Conor McCollum stopped 22 of 27 shots for the Axemen, while his UNB counterpart Samuel Richard turned aside all 20 shots he faced on the night for his first shutout of the season.
UNB players Austen Keating (Guelph, Ont.) and Michael Petizian (Mississauga, Ont.) were awarded Subway First and Third Stars of the Night, respectively. Matt McKim (St. John's, Nfld.) was named the second star for Acadia.
Acadia now heads out on a four-game road trip that will see them take on UNB, Moncton, UPEI, and Saint Mary's, before returning home on Friday, November 25th to take on UNB again. The REDS host Acadia and Saint Mary's beginning this Friday with the Axemen.
Recap by Joshua Foote, Acadia Athletics Communications