Axemen top Aigles 5-2 in Wolfville

(WOLFVILLE, N.S.) - The CIS No. 3-ranked Acadia Axemen topped the CIS No. 10-ranked Moncton Aigles Bleus 5-2 in a Valentine's Day matchup in Wolfville.

Dylan Anderson, named the Subway Third Star, scored twice as the Axemen extended their winning streak to four.

AUS leading goaltender Evan Mosher stopped 17 of 19 shots as the Axemen posted a 35-19 shots on net advantage.

Senior defenceman Chris Owens played a strong game, collecting two assists and was named the second star of the game for his performance.

After a scoreless first period where Acadia outshot Moncton 14-5, the Axemen struck first with Dylan Anderson's sixth goal of the season on a deflected pass from Chris Owens to give Acadia 1-0 lead midway through the second period.

Acadia's lone power-play goal of the night came from second-year forward Brett Thompson who found the puck in mid-air and, with great hand-eye coordination, batted one past Moncton's Adrien Lemay.

With just over a minute remaining in the second period, the Axemen took a commanding 3-0 lead on KC Brown's third goal of the season after Joe Gaynor came out of the penalty box to steal and centre the puck below the goalline to a wide open Brown who went glove side for the eventual game-winning goal.

Joe Gaynor was named Subway First Star of the Game for his efforts.

Thirty-two seconds into the final period, Alex Noel scored Moncton's first goal of the night.  Eight minutes later after killing off a penalty, Moncton's Simon Lacroix applied pressure in the offensive zone resulting in his fifth goal of the season, cutting the lead to one.

Acadia's Scott Trask scored just 24 seconds after Moncton's second goal, giving Acadia some breathing room.

Dylan Anderson scored his second goal of the night at 17:16  on an innocent looking shot from the blue line that deflected off of a Moncton stick and bounced past the Lemay, to give Acadia their fourth win in a row.

Acadia's final regular season game is tomorrow night against the CIS No. 2-ranked UNB Varsity Reds.

The Axemen improve to 21-3-3 with the win over Moncton and trail UNB by two points for first place. They will have a chance to capture first place in the final standings with a regulation time win over the Varsity Reds.

Acadia leads the season series 2-1 versus UNB, defeating them 5-1 the last time they visited Wolfville.

Source: Mitchell Racine for Acadia Sports Information