UPEI beats out 5th place UQTR Athletics Main Site University of Prince Edward Island
UPEI beats out 5th place UQTR Athletics Main Site University of Prince Edward Island UPEI Home Future Students Current Students Alumni & Friends Parents & Family Staff & Faculty Contacts SuckerfishHome Campus Recreation & Club Sports Athletics Facilities Schedule & Scores Athlete of the Week Contact Us Partnerships Box Office Recruitment Panther Sport TeamsMens Soccer Womens Soccer Womens Rugby Field Hockey Mens Basketball Womens Basketball Mens Hockey Womens Hockey Swimming UPEI beats out 5th place UQTRUPEI Mens HockeyHeadlines Roster Coaching Staff Schedule & Scores Standings & Stats History & Awards Former Panther Pro Players UPEI Mens HockeySunday September 20 200941 WThe UPEI Panthers reduced to using 12 players due to a pair of game misconducts and a suspension scored an impressive 41 win over the Canadian Interuniversity Sport fifthranked UQTR Patriotes in exhibition play Sunday at the MacLauchlan ArenaPanthers forward Connor Cameron received a game misconduct for checking from behind in the first period with forward Chad Locke receiving the same penalty in the second Defenceman James Cooley was serving a onegame suspension for fighting at the end of the previous game against the St Thomas Tommies Friday night and combined with a number of scratches the Panthers were working with a short bench for the game Panthers head coach Dylan Taylor said the team impressed him with its effort in the face of adversity by being down so many playersThe determination they showed the team worked very hard to play the way they didPanthers forward Tyson Gimblett got what proved to be the winning goal with a wrist shot just under the crossbar on a power play at 1301 of the second periodAlso scoring for the Panthers were Dylan Quaile Kyle Chagnon and Jared Gomes Responding for the Patriotes was Philippe BronsardLauziere Wayne Savage got the win while JeanChristophe Blanchard took the lossThe game started with the Panthers getting the better of the play for most of the opening period but allowed the Patriotes to shift the momentum by getting into penalty trouble With defenceman Tomas Stryncle already in the box Cameron got a minor and a game misconduct for checking from behind to put the Panthers down two men for almost a full two minutes but they managed to kill the disadvantage The second period was dominated by the strong play of Savage in goal and Quaile on the rest of the ice The defenceman was everywhere and scored the games opening goal at 612 with a wrist shot from the right faceoff circle Gimblett made the score 20 Panthers on the power play about seven minutes laterThe third period started with a Patriotes goalie change with Mathieu Levesque replacing starter Blanchard but he didnt fare much better allowing two more goals by Chagnon on a point shot on the power play at 246 and Gomes also on ...