Smith scores in loss to Axemen
Zak Smith scored his third goal of the season in the Tigers 5-1 loss to the Axemen on Wednesday.
WOLFVILLE – Bailey Peach (Falmouth, NS) led the way as the Acadia Axemen snapped a four-game losing streak on Wednesday night with a 5-1 win over the Dalhousie Tigers in front of 937 fans at Andrew H. McCain Arena.
Peach opened the scoring, while Nick Deakin-Poot's (Georgetown, ON) unassisted goal 10:12 into the first stood as the eventual game-winning goal.
The second period saw each team find the back of the net as Ethan Ernst (Weyburn, SK) pushed Acadia's lead to 3-0 before Zak Smith (Austin, MB) earned it back with just 21 seconds remaining in the frame.
Both third period goals for the Axemen came on the power play, starting with Peach's second of the night at the 16:57 mark. Just 11 seconds later Zack Jones (North Falmouth, MA) gave Acadia their extra insurance marker.
Acadia was 2-for-3 on the power play, improving their power play percentage to 19 per cent on the season, while Dalhousie was 0-for-3, sitting at just 12.2 per cent.
In goal Thomas Couture (Levis, QC) made 26 saves in the victory, while Nicholas Chenard (Tecumseh, ON) made 35 in the loss for the Tigers.
The victory moved the Axemen out of last place in the AUS, which is where the Tigers now sit heading into their final games of the first half of the season.
Acadia heads to Antigonish on Friday night to face the STFX X-Men (9-4-1-0), while Dalhousie is home on Friday against the cross-town rival Saint Mary's Huskies (6-8-0-0). Puck drop for both games is 7 p.m.