29 janvier 2015 – Times & Transcript Aigles Bleus inch closer to fifth place with win over UPEI Panthers Times & TranscripT sTaff

Université de have moved just two points out of fifth place in the Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey conference.

The Aigles Bleus scored two unanswered goals in the third period and defeated the University of Panthers last night at the J.-Louis-

Lévesque Arena.

The win gives the Aigles a 9-13-2 record for 20 points, with four games remaining in the regular season.

The Panthers occupy fifth place with a 10-12-2 record for 22 points.

The Aigles Bleus host the tomorrow night and the Acadia

Axemen on Saturday night.

The Tigers (6-17-1, 13 points) are in seventh place. The Axemen are 18-4-2.

Last night, defencemen Rémi Blanchard and Samuel Groulx, on the power play, had given the Aigles team a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes.

Another defencemen, Victor Beau-lac, netted the winner on the power play and forward Pier-Antoine Dion scored in the third period to give the Aigles the win.

Reginaldo Traccitto and Tyler Brown replied for the Panthers.

UdeM goaltender Brandon Thibeau faced 30 shots while Mavric Parks faced 32 in defeat.

“We played well in even if we lost the last game (in the last meeting between the clubs),” said UdeM head coach Serge Bourgeois.

“The difference tonight is the puck bounced for us,” he said. “We played with more confidence and we scored.

“We can still claim fifth position, being two points behind the Panthers. It does not matter to me whether it is fifth or sixth, as long as we can finish the season healthy and that we play well.”

Groulx said the Aigles Bleus are looking forward to the playoffs and they want to enter the post-season with some momentum.

In Fredericton last night, the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds beat the

St. Thomas Tommies 6-1 to take over first place in the conference.

Dana Fraser led the Varsity Reds with two goals and two assists.

The Varsity Reds outshot the Tommies 37-15.

The Varsity Reds improved their record to 19-3-2 for 40 points, two ahead of the second-place Axemen.

Three teams from the AUS will advance to the national CIS championship tournament, scheduled for Halifax. St. Francis Xavier X-Men will be the host team.

UPEI Panthers’ Casey Babineau defends agaisnt Universite de Moncton Aigles Bleus’ Danny Chiasson at J-Louis-Levesque Arena during first period Men’s university hockey on Wednesday. PHOTO: VIKTOR PIVOVAROV/TIMES &

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