Eagles Soar... Away.

    Although UNB's Wednesday night game against University of Moncton was not as aggressive as anticipated by fans, UNB seemed to take the majority of their anger out on the sticks as the team collectively broke 4 sticks in the 60 minute game. The fans, also angry the moment the referees stepped foot onto the ice, took most of their anger out by yelling at the fans #1 hated referee, Thayer Doyle.

    UNB had several close calls for goals, but couldn't quite tap the puck into the net. The team was clearly upset, as UdeM took two rough hits, as a result of the disappointing lack of goals. The first penalty of the game was given to UNB's #28, Matt Boudens, a 2 minute call for inference at 11:38. Fans were brought to life as UNB's #8, Philippe Halley tripped behind UdeM's net, managing to keep the puck with him as he got back to his feet, dodging players as he helped his team kill off the power play, refusing to let the opposing team score.

    The first goal of the game was scored by UNB's #18, Rob Mignardi at 16:12. The puck was shot from the blue line, as Mignardi gained the rebound sliding the puck past the goalie to bring UNB to a 1-0 lead at the end of the first period.

    The second period started rough for UNB, as UdeM scored their first goal of the game at 2:33. The goal was scored by #28, Allain Saulnier. UNB quickly rebounded, as they scored their second goal of the game at 6:08. The second goal was also scored on a rebound shot, scored by #21 Francis Beauvillier, as he got the rebound shot from #22, Taylor MacDougall.

    Things roughened up approximately 12 minutes into the period, after UdeM's #23, Christopher Guay tried to provoke a fight between UNB's #12, Peter Trainor. After Trainor was knocked down in front of the net, Guay proceeded to keep him down by striking him on top of the head. Trainor refused to fight, as he waited for the play to be whistled dead before returning to the players bench.

UNB's #42, Alex Wall was the next to be sent to the box at 11:04 , as he received a 2 minute call for unsportsmanlike conduct. The call was made after Wall clearly began chirping the referees after they missed calling a clear hit on UNB's player. #28, Matt Boudens tried desperately to stop UdeM from scoring during the power play as he continuously stopped the puck from getting to close to the net by blocking with his knee. Although this resulted in Boudens limping off the ice in pain, he did his job at stopping the opposing team from scoring.

    UdeM's #27, Jean-Francois Plante received a 2 minute high sticking penalty at 14:53, after striking UNB's #10, Cam Braes in the jaw, causing him to drop to the ice in pain. Braes quickly shook it off after returning to the bench long enough to catch his breath, bringing the second period to an end.

    The third period of the game started rough as UdeM's #24, Samuel Groulx received a 2 minute slashing penalty just a minute and a half into the period. Disappointingly, the game died down from there, at least until 10 minutes into the game when UdeM received their second goal of the game. The goal was scored by #8, Pier-Antoine Dion. Despite UNB's #4, Jordan Murray returning to the bench in a clearly upset manner, he did little to help UNB recover as the third period continued. UdeM received 2 penalties almost back to back, as #27, Jean-Francois Plante was sent to the box at 16:39 for high sticking, followed by #4, Steve Lebel for holding, leaving UNB to play 5 on 3 for the following 26 seconds, and 5 on 4 for the remainder of the third period.

    Despite multiple chances, UNB spent far too much time passing the puck back and forth, and not near enough time trying to score as the couldn't pull out another goal in the remaining moments of the third period, sending the two rival teams into a 10 minute, sudden death over time period.

    Playing 4 on 3 for the first 14 seconds of over time, UNB, fan favourite, #4 Jordan Murray, wasted no time as he grabbed the puck fresh into the period, scoring for UNB just 10 seconds in. Fans jumped for joy, as players rushed onto the ice in celebration of the goal, and 3-2 victory over UdeM for their last home game of the regular season. Murray was made the Subway player of the game and first star, as a result of his game winning goal. UNB takes on UPEI over the weekend in PEI, before getting ready to head into the AUS playoffs later on this month. It's been a fantastic season, and there is still lots to come from the team. The playoffs are a thing you will not want to miss, but if you do, we'll have all the goods from home ice games posted right here. We'll see you then.