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Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Huskies and Axemen in hockey Aigles Bleus sight this weekend

Photo: Étienne Montpetit.

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With an assurance of participation in the playoffs, the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus will now develop their response on the ice to prepare well by playing two home games this weekend in Atlantic University Sport men's hockey.

The Blue and Gold (11-13-1-1=24points, 5^th position) is aiming to climb to 4^th place in the standings with 4 games to play in regular schedule. The Saint Mary's University Huskies (17-9-0-0=34pts, 2^nd position) will be the opponents Friday at the J.-Louis-Lévesque arena while the Acadia University Axemen (9-14-2-1=21pts, 6^th position) will be the visitors Saturday, both games at 7 p.m.

“The important thing for us is to continue in the same direction as last weekend,” said coach Derek Cormier. “We must prepare well for the playoffs using these two big games against the Huskies and the Axemen. We need to show that we are there, and we want to climb in the rankings. We are aiming for the4^th spot.”

“We found our team from the beginning of the season last weekend,” added goaltender Étienne Montpetit. “We picked up 3 of 4 points and we managed to do some great things. We're going to focus on our game. We must keep things simple and play as a team in a unit of 20 guys. We saw at the beginning that working together and as a team, we will be successful. We must work for our chum next to us and if we focus on that, we will be successful.” 

Forward Mika Cyr who will miss the balance of the season remains on the injury list. Étienne Montpetit will be the starting goalkeeper.