REDS Rally Falls Short

(ANTIGONISH, NS) The U SPORTS No. 4 ranked UNB REDS dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to the STFX X-Men in Atlantic University Sport men's hockey action, Friday night in Antigonish.

After a scoreless first period, the X-Men got a pair of second period goals from Lucas Canning to take a 2-0 lead after 40 minutes.

With time winding down in the third, the REDS tied the game with two goals of their own in the final three minutes.

At the 17:23 mark of the third, Mike Petizian tipped a Cody Morgan shot past X-Men goalie Patrick Leaver to make it a 2-1 game.

Then, with just 3/10ths of a second left on the clock, Petizian banked the puck off a defender and past Leaver to tie the game.

Raegan Wiles scored at the 3:55 mark of overtime to give the home team the victory.

Leaver stopped 49 of the 51 shots he faced in the X net and was named the game's first star.

Remi Delafontaine made 23 saves on 26 shots in the UNB net.

UNB is now 15-8-2-0 (W-L-OTL-SOL), good for third place in the AUS standings. The REDS are just one point back of second place Acadia and three points behind league-leading Moncton.

The X-Men are now 11-11-0-3 and sit sixth in standings.

The REDS are back in action Saturday night as they visit the Dalhousie Tigers. Game time is 7:00pm.

STORY BY: Andy Campbell/UNB REDS

PHOTO BY: Bryan Kennedy/for STFX Athletics