3 nov. 2016 – Times & Transcript Tigers roll to win over Aigles Bleus TIMES & TRANSCRIPT STAFF

• HALIFAX The scored three second-period goals and rolled to a 5-1 win over the Université de Aigles Bleus in Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey conference play last night.

The teams were tied 1-1 after the opening 20 minutes, before Dalhousie tallied three times in the second period to pull away from Moncton.

Andrew Rieder, with a pair, Alex Pawelczyk, Fabian Walsh and Alex Cote scored for the Tigers (4-2-3), who moved into second place in the conference with the win. Phil Gadoury, Myles McGurty and Andrew Wigginton each contributed two assists in the victory.

Robbie Graham had the lone goal for the sixth-place Aigles Bleus (3-6-0), who have dropped two straight games.

Corbin Boes handled 40 of 41 shots for Dalhousie. Brandon Thibeau finished with 26 saves for Moncton.

The Tigers got on the board first on a goal by Walsh at 15:34 of the first period, but the Aigles Bleus answered quickly when Graham found the back of the net just 1:34 later to tie the game.

A strong second period turned the game in Dalhousie’s favour. Pawelczyk provided the Tigers with the go-ahead goal at 4:04 of the middle frame and then

Rieder made it a 3-1 game at 15:39 of the second.

Just 1:05 later, Cote followed with a power-play marker to push Dalhousie’s lead to 4-1.

Forty-three seconds into the third period, Rieder struck with a short-handed goal, his second goal of the evening.

“We played a very good first period, but I think our players were still affected by

Halloween,”said Aigles Bleus head coach Serge Bourgeois.

“The Tigers outworked us in the second and third periods and there was an attitude problem on the bench. I give the credit to the Tigers - they played with intensity and they won the battles along the boards.”

Dalhousie went 1-for-4 on the power play while Moncton was 0-for-7.

The Aigles Bleus host the St.Francis Xavier X-Men on Saturday at 7 p.m.at the

J.-Louis-Lévesque Arena.

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Alex Saulnier of the Université de , left, skates past Andrew Rieder of the Dalhousie Tigers during AUS men’s hockey play on Wednesday in Halifax. PHOTO: COnTribuTed