Overtime Loss to Saint Mary's Huskies Pushes Aigles Bleus Back to Fifth
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23 nov. 2015 – Times & Transcript (D3) Overtime loss to Saint Mary’s Huskies pushes Aigles Bleus back to fifth place TIMES & TRANSCRIPT The Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus put up a strong battle, but came out on the wrong side of the score again. A goal by Alex Cord at 2:03 of overtime lifted the visiting Saint Mary’s Huskies to a 3-2 win over the Aigles Bleus in an Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey conference game Saturday at the J.-Louis-Lévesque Arena. Moncton gained a point for the overtime setback, but has lost three straight games and five of its last six. The Aigles Bleus (6-5-2) find themselves in fifth place with two games remaining in the first semester. “We did exercise a much better effort tonight compared to the third period of Friday, but we are in the business of winning games,”said Moncton defenceman Pierre Durepos, whose club was coming off blowing a two-goal, third-period lead in a 4-3 loss to the Acadia Axemen on home ice on Friday. “Losing is not interesting. The game was physical with intensity, but that is not a surprise against the Huskies.” Kyle Pereira and Michael Curtis also scored for the fourth-place Huskies (7-4-2), who received two assists from former Moncton Wildcat Taylor Burke. Alex Noël and Durepos answered for the Aigles Bleus. Cole Cheveldave stopped 23 shots for Saint Mary’s. Adrien Lemay made 26 saves for Moncton. In overtime, Cord intercepted a pass in the neutral zone and went in on a breakaway against Lemay and slid the puck in for the winner. The teams exchanged first-period goals, with Noël striking for the Aigles Bleus and Pereira responding for the Huskies on a power-play. Saint Mary’s took a 2-1 lead on Curtis’ marker at 13:54 of the middle frame, but a short-handed goal by Durepos on an end-to-end rush at 10:48 of the third period tied the game and forced overtime. “The Huskies have an aggressive team with lots of intensity. They are fast and I thought we played them well tonight,especially in the third period,” said Aigles Bleus head coach Serge Bourgeois. “They played us well defensively by keeping us on the outside. I am happy with the way we played, much better than on Friday evening. We are going through a slump right now and we sometimes lose our confidence.” Moncton completes the first-semester schedule with a pair of games this week against the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds. The teams meet on Wednesday at the J.-Louis-Lévesque and Friday in Fredericton. In other games on Saturday, No. 2 nationally-ranked UNB downed the Dalhousie Tigers 5-1, No. 5 Acadia thumped the St. Thomas Tommies 12-2 and University of Prince Edward Island Panthers edged the No. 6 St. Francis Xavier X-Men 2-1. Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus defenceman Pierre Durepos scores a shorthanded goal against Saint Mary’s Huskies goaltender Cole Cheveldave during Saturday’s AUS men’s hockey game at the J.-Louis-Lévesque Arena. PHOTO: NORMAND A. LEGER .