The St. Francis Xavier X-Men and the Dalhousie Tigers squared off at the Halifax Forum on Saturday night with the X-Men coming out on top by a score of 4-2.
Dalhousie extended the lead to two halfway through the first period. Fabian Walsh utilized his speed out skating two X-Men in a puck chase springing Dalhousie on a 2-on-1. Walsh kept the puck and went short side on Owsley giving the Tigers a 2-0 advantage.
The Tigers went into the dressing room after 20 minutes up 2-0.
Halfway through the second period the X-Men tied it up on a goal from Jagger Dirk. The puck popped out to Dirk sitting at the top of the circle after a frantic battle in front of goalie Corbin Boes. Dirk wristed one through the pile of bodies in front of the net beating Boes top left.
Zackary MacQueen gave the X-Men their first lead of the game six minutes into the 3rd period. After a Dalhousie give away in there own end MacQueen broke in on Boes and beat him with a forehand-backhand deke.
The Tigers (4-11-1) and the X-Men (10-5-1) both wrapped up the first half of their campaigns and will be back on the ice on January 3rd.