Axemen trick the Panthers rather than treat Athletics Main Site University of Prince Edward Island
Axemen trick the Panthers rather than treat 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 Axemen trick the Panthers rather than treatUPEI Mens HockeyHeadlines Roster Coaching Staff Schedule & Scores Standings & Stats History & Awards Former Panther Pro Players UPEI Mens HockeySaturday October 31 2009Final 56 OTSO LThe UPEI Panthers forced to dress only 15 players due to injuries and ineligibility rules pushed the game to a shootout but fell 65 to the Acadia Axemen in Atlantic University Sport mens hockey action Saturday night at the MacLauchlan ArenaThe Panthers were reduced to playing with 13 players for about two periods after Brandon Biggers and Michael MacIsaac were tossed from the game Biggers was given a game misconduct in the first period after an altercation with an Axemen player and MacIsaacs night ended 34 seconds into the second period for checking from behindThe Panthers held a 54 lead until Axemen forward Chris Bruton scored his second of the game with 21 second left and the goaltender pulled to send the game to overtime and then scored the winning goal in the shootout to give the Axemen the winAlso scoring for the Axemen were Andrew Clark Spencer Jezegou and David Lomas Replying for the Panthers were Graham McNabb Chad Locke Jared Gomes Matthew Carter and Thomas WaughKristofer Westblom got the win in goal for the Axemen while Wayne Savage took the lossWith the loss the Panthers drop to 222 and are tied with the Axemen who improve to 330 for fifthPanthers head coach Dylan Taylor said his team played a good game and handled the adversity of being shorthanded to the best of its abilityTheres no more in the tank than what those guys gave tonight they gave it everything theyve got said TaylorThe first period was mostly uneventful until Biggers racked up nine minutes in penalties at 1758 after an altercation with an Axemen player but the game remained scoreless going into the intermissionThe second period was just 34 seconds in when MacIsaac was tossed for checking from behindThe Axemen struck for two goals with Clark scoring at 158 and Jezegou at 241 but the Panthers replied with a pair of their own with McNabb scoring shorthanded at 513 and Locke tying the game at 22 at 1213 Bruton gave the Axemen the lead at 1821 going into the thirdThe Panthers scored three goals in under five minutes in the third period on goals by Gomes at 655 Carter at 759 and Waugh at 1124The Axeme...