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Huskies shut down Tommies

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:56:00 +0000

The Tommies lost more than just the game against Saint Mary's this afternoon, falling 4 to 0. The first period saw three Tommies felled by injuries. Dave Crossman left the game with a reported upper body injury, Tyler Dietrich was knocked out with a possible rib injury, and Charles Lavigne had to be helped off the ice after an apparent groin pull late in the frame. No word on the severity of the injuries.

After a scoreless first period SMU took control scoring 2 goals in the second and another 2 goals in the third. The Huskies were 2 for 10 on the PP and STU was 0 for 7. There was no flow to the game but acknowledging the Tommies were out played, the referee Jeff Hopkins was the star attraction calling a total of 24 penalties including a bizarre hit to the head call to Corey Banfield over a minute after the so called infraction took place.

Ben MacFarlane did yeoman like duty replacing Lavigne in net facing 28 shots over 2 periods. Final shots on goal 39 to 21 for SMU. The Tommies remain in 6th spot in the AUS standings, three points up on Dalhousie and Moncton.

Daily Gleaner: Woeful weekend for STU

Tommies cut down by Axemen

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:10:00 +0000

The St. Thomas Tommies, recovering from a flu bug that affected 11 players and forced the postponement of last night's scheduled game against Saint Mary's, dropped a 6-3 decision to the Acadia Axemen tonight at the LBR.

The Axemen opened the scoring at 1:20 of the first period on a big rebound that Zack McMillan batted out of midair and into the open net. STU responded at 8:37 when Kenton Dulle accepted a pass from Mike Reich and powered his way to the front of the net and found a space between the pads of Acadia goaltender Kristofer Westblom. Then at 10:18 Tyler Dietrich carried the puck from the Tommies' blueline and found the five-hole on a shot from the left wing to give STU a 2-1 lead. However, Acadia would tie the game on Scott Tregunna's wraparound goal at 13:38.

The teams played even for most of the second period, until Tyler Whitehead received the puck off a rebound off the "Great Wall" and backhanded it over a sprawling Charles Lavigne to give Acadia a 3-2 lead with the 4-on-4 marker. The Tommies ended the period by taking two penalties at 19:50. Mike Reich was called for roughing and STU received a bench minor for too many men on the ice.

After an amazing early save by Charles Lavigne, Acadia capitalized on the two man advantage as David Lomas scored off a big rebound to give the Axemen a two goal advantage. Acadia trapped their way through the remainder of the third period, until Matt Eagles found the back of the net at 18:24 on the powerplay and with Lavigne out of the net for an extra attacker. But as the Tommies pressed for the equalizer with Lavigne still on the bench, Acadia scored a pair of empty net goals to seal the victory.

Final shots on goal favoured Acadia 26-21. Kenton Dulle was the lone Tommie to notch multiple points, with a goal and an assist, and was named the Tommies Player of the Game.

St. Thomas will host Saint Mary's on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 pm at the LBR, rescheduled from Friday night. Listen Live on 95.7 The Wolf, online at www.957thewolf.ca

One GO vs. SMU, one NO GO vs. SMU

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:14:00 +0000

Bad news first. The Lady Tommies' game this weekend versus the Saint Mary's Huskies has been postponed, not enough bodies to fill out the roster. Nothing has been rescheduled at this time. NO GO.

Good news second. The men's game versus the Saint Mary's Huskies has been rescheduled for Sunday afternoon at 3 PM. It's a GO.

The regularly scheduled game against the Acadia Axemen will still be played Saturday evening at 7 PM. Let's hope everyone has fully recuperated.

Daily Gleaner: STU men back on ice today

Friday Night v. Saint Mary's Postponed?

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Just spotted this on the AUS Schedule page. Waiting on confirmation.

UPDATE: Received confirmation from Coach Eagles that Friday night's men's game vs. Saint Mary's has indeed been postponed.

Daily Gleaner: Flu-riddled Tommies postpone tonight's home game

Main priority is getting healthy

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:50:00 +0000

From today's Daily Gleaner:

The 21-year-old defenceman practiced with his St. Thomas Tommies teammates for about a half hour Wednesday but left early after feeling "a little lightheaded," he said. "I don't know if it's because I've been off the ice for a week and a half, but I decided not to push it."
That means Main is doubtful to return to the Tommies' lineup for their Atlantic University Sport Men's Hockey Conference contests against the Saint Mary's Huskies Friday night and the Acadia Axemen Saturday at the Lady Beaverbrook Rink. Game times are 7 p.m.

and...

"I'm still going to chase for that puck," he said. "You're not going to quit on your job because something like this happens. You just take it in stride and learn from it. But you can't lose your edge. Otherwise, there's no point in even coming back."

Tommies Highlights

randycorey@gmail.com (Randy Corey) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:30:00 +0000

Playing catchup... here's all the available highlights and interviews from the broadcasts on 95.7 The Wolf up to October 31. Enjoy.

Oct. 23/09 STFX 7 STU 6 Highlights
Oct. 23/09 Charles Lavigne Interview
Oct. 23/09 Matt Eagles Interview
Oct. 24/09 Peter Murphy Interview Pt. 1
Oct. 24/09 Peter Murphy Interview Pt. 2
Oct. 28/09 Bill Hunt Interview
Oct. 28/09 Doc Feeney Interview
Oct. 30/09 STFX 4 STU 3 Highlights
Oct. 30/09 Dave Crossman Interview
Oct. 30/09 Max Chamberland Interview
Oct. 31/09 STU 4 DAL 3 Highlights (including video of Lavigne save and Banfield winner)
Oct. 31/09 Gary Smith Interview Pt. 1
Oct. 31/09 Gary Smith Interview Pt. 2

Tombits

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:59:00 +0000

Thank You BOB: After more than a decade of providing scores, updates, and more Bob Adams has retired from active service. Bob has volunteered his time and resources over at the Bob Adam's CIS Webpage for many years and we want to sincerely thank him for his tireless efforts. As far as men's hockey is concerned, it was the best place (and sometimes the only place) to get all the CIS scores.

Bob will be enjoying his time in Halifax with his 9 grandchildren and we are sure he will still make it out to the odd CIS event. THANKS AGAIN!!

Hockey sweeps weekly honours: Corey Banfield and Amy Kelbaugh are this week's STU male and female athletes of the week.

Amy played a strong game vs. StFX, scoring one goal and setting up another as the Tommies downed the X Women 3-1. Amy is a first-year Arts student from Springside, Saskatchewan.

Corey had a goal in the 4-3 loss to X on Friday the 30th. He also scored a goal in regulation and had the shoot-out winner in the 4-3 win vs. DAL on Saturday. Corey is a third-year student from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. STU Release

Video Highlights: The men's hockey site has been updated with video of this past weekend's shoot-out at Dalhousie. Check out Charles Lavigne's larcenous save on Kenzie Sheppard and Corey Banfield's shoot-out winner. CLICK HERE We look forward to Randy Corey's update this week for the audio highlights.

Game 7 Live Blog STU 4 DAL 3 FINAL

randycorey@gmail.com (Randy Corey) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:08:00 +0000

The Tommies have defeated the Tigers 4-3 in a shootout here in
Halifax. STU took a 3-1 lead with Max Chamberland's goal at 1:34 but
DAL responded with goals at 9:46 and 16:56 to even the score. Overtime
solved nothing even though both teams had powerplays in the extra
period.

In the shootout, Charles Lavigne made a remarkable save on Kenzie
Sheppard who looked like he had the goal but Lavigne, not giving up on
the play, brought his left arm around and stopped the shot along the
ice with his glove. Chamberland scored for STU but Trevor Mackenzie
scored for the Tigers to keep things squared. The Tommies fifth
shooter, Corey Banfield beat Bobby Nadeau to give STU the victory.
With the win the Tommies improve to 3-3-1 for 7 points. Next up on the
weekend are Saint Mary's and Acadia on Friday and Saturday nights,
respectively.

Thanks for tuning in and reading along.

HCH Men's & Women's roundup: Tommies edge Tigers in shootout

Game 7 Live Blog STU 2 DAL 1: 2nd Intermission

randycorey@gmail.com (Randy Corey) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:31:00 +0000

Sorry, I got caught up listening to Gary Smith in the first
intermission and ran out of time to blog. STU carried the play in the
first and could well have been up by 3-0. Corey Banfield did score for
the Tommies at 9:43 from Estey and Lavigne. In the second, the Tommies
started out strong and the 4th line capitalized again with Andrew
Estey poked his own rebound home with assists to Gallant and Banfield
at 8:19. Credit to Andrew Andricopoulos for good work deep in the zone
to get the play started.
The Tommies got into some penalty trouble and paid for it with Jacob
Johnston's powerplay goal at 12:43.

Game 7 Live Blog STU @ DAL: Warmups

randycorey@gmail.com (Randy Corey) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:35:00 +0000

Warmups are underway at the Dalhousie Arena for this afternoon's 2pm game between the Tommies and Tigers. Dalhousie is sporting a nice new set of home jerseys, I'll try to get a picture uploaded shortly.

The Tigers beat Moncton 6-4 last night while STU fell 4-3 to St. FX. Charles Lavigne gets the start for the Tommies. Bobby Nadeau will be in goal for Dalhousie.

STU Scratches:
Mitch Price
Bryan Main
Guillaume Miszczak
Jordan Scott

DAL Scratches:
Devrin Stonehouse
Chris Wall
Gabriel Lundin
Jordan Berk

Tune in on 95.7 The Wolf or http://www.957thewolf.ca/

Tommies win home opener 3 to 1

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:26:00 +0000

The Lady Tommies got the best of St. FX getting their second win of the season 3 to 1. X controlled the play in the first but Amy Kelbaugh went five hole on a nifty pass from Charity Walls to get STU on the board first. Shots on goal were 15-9 for the X-Women.

The 2nd period saw St. Thomas come out better than the first but penalty trouble limited their time in the offensive zone. Time for the penalty killers to step up and they were able to keep X off the board. Caroline Hammerheim would get the eventual game winner when she jumped on a rebound off a shot by Kelly Matthews with the 2nd assist to Jssica Holt. X lead had the advantage in shots at 17 - 7 but STU had the advantage where it mattered 2 to 0 at the end of the 2nd frame.

In the third period Coach Murphy tinkered with the lines and put Rossignol, Kelbaugh, and Coughlin together. First shift for the new combination worked out immediately with Coughlin scoring on a pretty feed from Kelbaugh. Second assist to Lyse Rossignol. X would score shortly after but that was it.

Julia Sharun got the win making a few highlight reel type saves on 40 shots while STU countered the other way with 21. A good crowd made it out to see this game and loved every minute of it.

According to the AUS site tomorrows game against Dalhousie has been cancelled. We will confirm this as soon as possible.

Tommies 3 - X-Men 4 FINAL

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:10:00 +0000

Thanks to Randy Corey for the live blog tonight. A slight technical issue came up after the game so here is the final info. from the third period.

Bryce Swan from Mangan and Undershute scored on the PP at 1:30 of the third as X went ahead to stay. The Tommies pressed the entire period but one slip late cost them at 18:06 as Kevin Undershute scored from Mangan and Bragg on a 3 on 1. With time ticking away and Charles Lavigne on the bench, Devan Praught scored at 19:22 from Andricopoulos and Chamberland but the Tommies couldn't muster the equalizer. Final shots on goal favoured St-FX 41 - 37.

AUS roundup from the Daily Gleaner

Game 6 Live Blog STU 2 St FX 2 2nd Intermission

randycorey@gmail.com (Randy Corey) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:21:00 +0000

After two periods of play in Antigonish the Tommies and X-Men are tied at 2-2. The X-Men carried the balance of play with a couple of odd man rushes and Charles Lavigne had to make a big save on a Brett Robertson breakaway and ensuing rebound chance from Matthew Bragg. However, STU would score first in the second with a two man advantage as Kenton Dulle wired a one time from the blueline to make it 2-1 at 17:31. But St. FX tied it up on a powerplay of their own on a goal by Brennan Wray. The X-Men outshot the Tommies 14-9 in the second period and hold a 31-23 advantage so far. The Tommies got a bit sloppy in the second period, and need to tighten it up in the third period.

Game 6 Live Blog STU 1 St FX 1 1st Intermission

randycorey@gmail.com (Randy Corey) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:33:00 +0000

A solid period by the Tommies. STU failed to convert on an extended 5 on 3 early in the game, but at 16:05 with Joey Perricone behind his goal playing the puck, Corey Banfield got back there and applied pressure to dig it loose. With a few bodies in the crease area, Perricone couldn't get back around before Banfield put the wraparound home to give the Tommies a 1-0 lead. However, at 18:37 with a delayed penalty against STU and Perricone on the bench for a sixth skater, Brett Robertson sent it across to the top of the crease area and Brett Morrison made contact enough to put it by Charles Lavigne, who immediately pleaded his case for apparent goaltender interference to the referee, but the goal stood to make it 1-1. STU and St FX both put 14 shots on goal in the first period.

Game 6 Live Blog: STU @ St. FX Warmups

randycorey@gmail.com (Randy Corey) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:32:00 +0000

Warmups are underway at the Keating Millennium Centre in Antigonish.

Charles Lavigne (2-3, 3.93, 0.899) will start for STU. Joey Perricone (1-2, 3.24 0.915) gets the nod for the X-Men.

STU Scratches:

Bryan Main (did not make the trip)

Guillaume Miszczak

Brad Gallant (sore shoulder)

Jordan Scott

StFX Scratches

Ryan Sparling

Kurt Jerrett

Robbie Lawrance

Ryan White

Game 6 Live Blog: STU @ St. FX Pregame

randycorey@gmail.com (Randy Corey) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:01:00 +0000

Before we jump into tonight's live blog, let me apologize. I promised highlights before the road trip, but it was a busy week that ran short of time. I'll work feverishly next week playing catchup on your Tommies Audio Highlights.

We're in Antigonish awaiting the start of tonight's rematch between the Tommies and the St. FX X-Men. It was a week ago tonight at the LBR that STU held a 6-2 lead in the 2nd period only to fall 7-6. To their credit, the Tommies have played extremely well since that 3rd period letdown and they are well aware that X will be gunning for them tonight, so expect them to come out prepared.

Listen Live tonight on 95.7 The Wolf or online at www.957thewolf.ca (click the logo to the left). David Crossman (1st) and Maxim Chamberland (2nd) will be Mike Marshall's intermission guests tonight. I'll be back once warmups are underway with tonight's scratches and starting goalies.

By the way, tune in early tonight. We've got a brand new show on the air called The 4th Period Radio Show, talking NHL Hockey. It's on now, check it out.

St-FX in town for Tommies Home Opener

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:36:00 +0000

After two weekends on the road the Lady Tommies return to the friendly confines of the LBR to play their home opener. Game time is 7 PM and admission is FREE if you bring a non-perishable food item to the game.

Today's Gleaner has a nice feature on 5th year student athlete Caroline Hammerheim. She reflects on her time spent at St. Thomas.

Wherever she ends up, she’ll have fond memories of STU. “I really like this campus,” she said. “It’s small, so you meet more people. I feel more comfortable at St. Thomas than I might have felt at a bigger school.” Daily Gleaner Article: How Swede it’s been for Hammerheim at STU

The Tommies are hoping for a good crowd tonight so grab a can of soup, feel good for helping a good cause, and check out your team in action.

Tommies push Squirrels to Overtime

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:02:00 +0000

It was a valiant effort put forth by the St. Thomas Tommies this evening but the talented Squirrels attack proved one bounce too many as STU fell 2 to 1 in overtime.

Charles Lavigne was stellar on this night as he turned aside 39 shots and stood on his head by times proving true his advanced billing as an AUS star in the making. Unfortunately the winning goal at :44 seconds of O/T was an unstoppable deflection.

After skating even with the Squirrels in a scoreless first period, the Tommies opened the scoring at 9:19 of the second period. Jason Cassidy notched his team leading fifth goal, firing home the rebound off a Devan Praught shot. Max Chamberland picked up the second assist.

The Tommies got into penalty trouble late in the second frame and UNB capitalized with the tying goal in the final minute. Credit has to be given to the strong penalty killing unit as STU killed 5 of 6 powerplays including a 47 second five on three, as well as a double minor in the first.

St. Thomas withstood UNB's relentless attack in the third period and gained a point by forcing overtime. In the tight AUS this may be an extremely valuable point when assessing the playoff picture.

Next up for the Tommies is St-FX on Friday night in Antigonish. Game time is 7 PM. The weekend will wrap up with a Halloween matinee at 2 PM Saturday in Halifax against the Dalhousie Tigers. Both games can be heard on 95.7 The Wolf. Daily Gleaner Story

Squirrels vs. Tommies, Game 1 tonight

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:55:00 +0000

Are we ready to rumble? Our beloved, modest, and humble friends from UNB will be at the LBR tonight looking to protect their 4 and 0 record, while the good guys in Green and Gold will look for an important two points against a tough opponent.

Matt Eagles and the Tommies are ready to play the mighty Squirrels. "When you're a team that's going up against guys with a little bit more talent, you've got to stick together," said Eagles. "He [Danny Flynn] always used to say that if your fist is smaller than the other team's fist, you've got to squeeze it even tighter," he said. "You've got to be a tight knit group, and that's the way we've got to play." Daily Gleaner: Eagles not about to concede anything

Tickets can be purchased today at MacTavish's Source for Sports at 228 Queen St, JB O'Keefe Fitness Centre, or at the LBR starting at 5:30.

Tommies Highlights

randycorey@gmail.com (Randy Corey) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:04:00 +0000

It's taken a little longer than I would have liked to get these uploaded, but here they are.... highlights and interviews for the Oct. 17th game at UPEI, a 9-4 loss. Unfortunately, we lost our connection and didn't get the call on the Tommies' first goal, but the other 3 are there, as well as Part 2 of Mike Marshall's interviews with both Bruce Hallihan and Mike Eagles. Apologies for the quality. We didn't have a phone line, so had to connect via cellphone. Enjoy.

Oct. 17/09 UPEI 9 STU 4 Highlights

Oct. 17/09 Mike Eagles Interview Pt 2

Oct. 17/09 Bruce Hallihan Interview Pt 2

Currently editing the audio of the Oct. 23rd St. FX game, I'll have that up before this weekend's road trip. Unfortunately, I don't have suitable audio of the Oct. 24th Dalhousie win.

Thanks for tuning in to the broadcasts. Remember, if you can't be at the LBR tomorrow night, tune in to 95.7 The Wolf or online at www.957thewolf.ca

Tombits

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:08:00 +0000

Lady Tommies home opener: After 2 weeks on the road the Tommies finally get to play their home opener on Friday night. It isn't going to be easy as 3 and 1 St-FX come in to do battle. The Tommies have a little pay back on their minds as the X-Women defeated STU 5 to 1 in their home opener on October 16th.

Sweden gets the nod: Sweet Caroline Hammerheim is the female athlete of the week at St. Thomas.

The female athlete of the week is Caroline Hammerheim of the Women's Hockey programme. Caroline played two very strong games for us on the weekend scoring 2 goals on 11 shots, one in our 4-2 win over MTA and one in our 3-1 loss to UPEI. Caroline is a fifth year player from Bromma Sweden. STU Release

Short benched: The Tommies were a little short staffed this past weekend with only five defensemen and nine forwards dressed. Kathleen Boyle is still out with an injury, Alexis Laird is in the very demanding Social Work program and had work to do that couldn't wait. This is the price you pay for having 10 Academic All Canadians on the team. Rumour has it the Ladies are convinced they will have more AAC's this year. Good luck Ladies, you can do it!!

It's Squirrel season: No I'm not talking about hunting, although the thought.....no no no. UNB comes down the hill Wednesday night for the first regular season meeting of the two teams. With recent history being soundly against us, we have our fingers crossed for a positive outcome. With the probable loss of two defensemen for this game the Tommies will be in tough against a loaded opponent. It's just fact people, they are 4 and 0 so far this season and have one of the deepest rosters (if not the deepest) in the CIS. We aren't going soft, we still have our habitual hate-on for our rodent neighbours, but you have to be realistic.

If the score ends up unflattering like the exhibition game at Willie O'Ree Place (We hope it doesn't and are looking for a win from STU just like everyone else) its OK. This time we won't be alone. UPEI, U deM, SMU, Brock, and McGill have all felt the Squirrel bite but perhaps this time we BITE BACK. YEAH!

Lady Tommies fall to Panthers

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:59:00 +0000

Sometimes things don't go your way. The Tommies lost a tough game to UPEI this afternoon 3 to 1.

Julia Sharun got the start in net and played well but penalties were the Tommies undoing on this day. STU dominated the first outshooting UPEI 11-7 according to the score keeper. A couple of goal posts and some heavy pressure did not result in anything for the Green and Gold. UPEI scored on a broken play as the puck sat at the top of the crease and took the 1-0 lead into intermission.

UPEI outshot STU 9-6 in the second thanks to a couple of power plays and were able to capitalized on both of them. The only time the Panthers had extended pressure was on PP.

The Tommies got on the board as Caroline Hammerheim got in 2 on 1 with Andrea Fischer and blew a slap shot past the UPEI goaltender but that would be it. The third saw both teams get PP time but neither could convert. The Tommies did everything but score and the final was 3 to 1. STU outshot the Panthers 33 - 24.

The Tommies head back to Fredericton for their home opener. It should be a good one as St-FX is in town on Friday night October 30th at 7 PM.

Bryan Main Update

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:44:00 +0000

I know a lot of you have been wondering about the condition of Bryan Main so we fired off an email to verify his condition. As Bill Hunt kindly let us know last night in the comments, Bryan had a CT scan that came back negative (negative = good) and was able to walk out of the hospital under his own steam. No time frame has been given for his return to play and really isn't important in the scheme of things. We are just happy to know Bryan is alright.

The situation was eerily similar to what happened to Sebastian Savage of U de M a few years back. The puck was dumped deep into the Tommies end in the final 10 seconds of the first period. Icing was waved off and Ben Van Lare of Dalhousie followed Bryan into the corner of the LBR where the Zamboni comes onto the ice. Through the race to get to the puck Bryan lost his footing and went head long into the end boards. Charles Lavigne immediately summoned for help and fortunately Dr. Graeme Young was close by to render assistance. Bryan was immobilized and taken to the hospital on a back board.

We chalk this one up to good luck and thank God everything is OK with Mr. Main.

Daily Gleaner: Fallen player provides Main motivation for Tommies

Tommies get first win in Sackville

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:59:00 +0000

The Lady Tommies got their first win of the season on Saturday evening in Sackville to the relief of everyone. STU came out hard and pushed for a 4 to 2 victory versus Mt Allison.

The first period was scoreless with the Tommies holding the advantage on the shot clock 17-11. In the second period Caroline Hammerheim would shove the puck, and the goalie into the net for the first goal of the night. Exactly one minute later Charity Walls got the puck behind the Mounties' net and scored on the wrap around with helpers to Lyse Rossignol and Amanda Burns. Mt A. scored one to make things close but the Tommies would not be denied on this night as new recruit Andrea Fischer got it back 40 seconds later with a blast from just below the dot as Kelly Matthews screened the goalie. STU dominated the period outshooting them 23-6.

In the third, the Mounties would not lie down as they scored at 3:02 to make it 3-2. That is as close as it got, as the Tommies responded well with a tighter fore check and better back check to shut things down. With Mt. A's goalie pulled Amy Kelbaugh from Jessica Holt would ice the victory with the empty netter. Final shots in the period were 14-7 and 49-24 overall for STU.

The stars of the game were the Matthews, Hammerhiem, Fischer line who controlled the play physically. Kristin Wolfe got the win in nets for a Tommies team that was shorthanded with only 5 D and 9 forwards dressed for the game. St. Thomas stays on the road and plays UPEI tomorrow afternoon at 3 PM. We hope to have a game update later in the evening. AUS roundup from the Halifax Chronicle Herald

Tommies trounce Tigers

noreply@blogger.com (STUTOMMIES.COM) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:11:00 +0000

After a disappointing turn of events last night against the X-Men, St. Thomas rebounded nicely with a convincing 9 to 3 win versus Dalhousie. Eight Tommies had multiple points tonight and the Welcher, Eagles, Labonte line got on track with an impressive 11 points.

The first period was a tight affair with the score being 2 to 1 at the end. Labonte and Gallant scored for STU. The Tommies and their fans received a big scare when Bryan Main was taken to hospital after being removed from the ice on a stretcher following a heavy collision in the corner with Tiger Ben Van Lare. Reports were positive on his condition at the end of the game and we are all hopeful that Bryan is OK.

STU started off a little hesitant in the second frame as their thoughts must have been with their teammate. It took until 3:11 before Corey Banfield notched his first of the season and the flood gates began to open. The Tommies added a goal from Wes Welcher at 8:02 on the PP that chased Josh Disher from the Tigers net. New recruit Bobby Nadeau came in but would fare no better. Goals by Kenton Dulle and Matt Eagles would give the Tommies a 6 to 1 lead after 2.

After last night's third period collapse everyone waited to see which St. Thomas team would take the ice in the third. It was the good one. Alex Labonte scored his second of the game at 1:10 to keep things rolling. Devan Praught and Jason Cassidy added powerplay markers to cement the victory. Dalhousie scored two late period goals past Charles Lavigne but it was too little too late.

Final shots on goal were 34 to 30 for STU. Labonte, Welcher, Banfield, Tremblay, Praught, Eagles, Dulle, and Gallant all had a multiple point game.

Matt Eagles was the first star tonight contributing 4 points in the win. Next game is Wednesday night versus the Squirrels at the LBR. Other games tonight saw UNB roll over Saint Mary's 7 to 4, Moncton down X 5 to 3 and Acadia beat UPEI 4 to 1.

In women's action the Lady Tommies defeated Mt. Allison 4 to 2. Hopefully we will get some details to follow.