29 octobre 2018 – Times & Transcript

Aigles Bleus roll past Tigers

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Université de Aigles Bleus’ Robbie Graham has a scoring chance in front of goaltender Reilly Pickard during AUS men’s hockey conference play on Saturday at the J.- Louis-Lévesque Arena. PHOTO: NORMAND A. LÉGER

The Université de won just three games in the Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey conference last season. They’ve already surpassed that this season. Vincent Deslauriers scored twice and the Aigles Bleus rolled past the visiting Dalhousie Tigers 6-2 on Saturday at the J.- Louis-Lévesque Arena. The victory moved Moncton’s record to 4-3-2, good for fourth place in the AUS. Marc-Anthony Therrien added a goal and an assist and Robbie Graham, Alexandre Jacob and Maxim St-Cyr also tallied for the Aigles Bleus, who snapped a two-game slide. Jonathan Cyr and Jackson Playfair each had a goal and an assist for the Tigers (1-8-0), on an eight-game losing streak. Étienne Montpetit stopped 23 shots for Moncton. Reilly Pickard made 28 saves for Dalhousie. “The game went well for us, the score indicates that. We played like we should and the result is there. We limited their 29 octobre 2018 – Times & Transcript number of shots on goal, and that is great,” said Aigles Bleus defenceman Vincent Lanoue. “Following our shootout loss (5-4 to the St. Francis Xavier X- Men) on Friday, it was time for us to reflect on our play and take the positives and bring them to our game. It worked as we won.” Moncton led 2-0 after the first period on goals by Graham, on a power play, and Jacob. Playfair cut Dalhousie’s deficit to one with a power-play marker at 4:04 of the second period, only to see the Aigles Bleus answer with goals from Deslauriers 1:17 later and then Therrien to take a 4-1 lead into the second intermission. Moncton hosts the University of New Brunswick Reds on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the J.-Louis-Lévesque. AUS WOMEN The and Moncton Aigles Bleues both lost games in the AUS women’s hockey conference on Saturday. Mount Allison was blanked 2-0 by UNB at the Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre in Sackville. Ashley Stratton and Julia Spitzig scored for the Reds (2-1-3). Kendra Woodland made 20 saves for the shutout for UNB. Kaitlin Mow-bray turned aside 27 of 29 shots for Mount Allison (2-4-0). Dalhousie goaltender Fabiana Petricca stopped 31 shots in a 5-1 home win over Moncton in Halifax. Bobbi Strople notched a goal and an assist and Lauren Ellerton, Brooklyn Paisley, Elizabeth Klimm and Bianca Canadé also scored for the Tigers (2-3-1). Sarah-Eve Mailhot had the lone goal for the Aigles Bleues (2- 4-0). Audrey Berthiaume made 28 saves in the loss.