The Saint Mary’s University Huskies men’s hockey team came short of the USports Gold Medal Sunday afternoon in Halifax.
An overtime loss to the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Patriotes marked 3-2 as the final score at the Scotiabank Centre.
According to USports, the first period began with a quick goal from Jake Uberti two minutes in that put the Huskies up 1-0. The remainder of the period was quiet, as both goalies brick walled the offense.
Nearly seven minutes into the second period, Pier-Olivier Roy scored on a scramble in front of SMU’s net. The Huskies quickly responded with a goal by Ben Allison, to put SMU back on top 2-1.
Late in the second period, Charles Beaudoin tapped in a goal after a pass from Felix Lafrance that put the puck within inches of the net, tying the score at 2-2.
The third period was silent, as SMU and UQTR went 0 for 11 and 0 for 7 on shots, respectively, thanks to defense from SMU goalie Marcus Vandenberg and UQTR goalie William Grimard.
Overtime ran for 14 tense minutes until Conor Frenette won a faceoff in SMU’s end. The puck ended up in front of Lafrance for the winning wrist-shot goal from the blue line.
