Mens Hockey Panthers win home opener over STU Athletics Main Site University of Prince Edward Island
Mens Hockey Panthers win home opener over STU 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 Mens Hockey Panthers win home opener over STUUPEI Mens HockeyHeadlines Roster Coaching Staff Schedule & Scores Standings & Stats History & Awards Former Panther Pro Players UPEI Mens HockeySaturday October 17 2009Final 94 WAfter dropping the first league game the Panthers came home to MacLauchlan Arena and made it clear that they came to play this season The Panthers finished off the Saint Thomas Tommies by a score of 94 The UPEI Panthers coming off a crushing loss Friday took their frustrations out on the St Thomas Tommies in their homeopener Saturday night at MacLauchlan ArenaDylan Quaile and Matthew Carter each scored three times and picked up two assists to lead the Panthers to a dominating 94 win over the Tommies in Atlantic University Sport mens hockey actionThe Panthers were thumped 100 by the UNB Varsity Reds in their seasonopener in Fredericton NBUPEI head coach Dylan Taylor pointing to a whiteboard with the words character responds written on it said it was important for his team to win Saturday after Fridays big lossIts always about your response said Taylor We talked about taking the negative energy and turning it into something positive It shows good things that we responded the way we didAlso scoring for the Panthers were Graham McNabb Chad Locke and Greg Paynter Replying for the Tommies (02) were Tyler Dietrich with a pair Maxim Chamberland and Scott JudsonThe Panthers jumped out to a 30 lead in the first period and led 61 after the secondWayne Savage stopped 27 shots for UPEI while starter Charles Lavigne and backup Ben MacFarlane stopped a combined 29 shots for STUThe game featured some rough play and a couple of incidents resulting in game misconducts for checking from behindThe first came in the second period when Tommies defenceman David Crossman was called for checking from behindAbout four minutes later another Tommies defenceman Andrew Andricopoulos was penalized for the same infraction but this time the Panthers retaliated and the result was 34 minutes in penalties being called against both teamsUPEI forward Greg Paynter was called for checking from behind in the third which sparked another stoppage and 29 minutes in penalties being assessed to both teamsThe Panthers host the Moncton Blue Eagles Wednesday at 7 pm at the MacLauchlan Arena Panthe...