UBC rookie Dillon Wagner scores a shorthanded goal against Simon Fraser University in a 4-3 win Friday. Photo Hogan Wong/The Ubyssey
In an exciting battle between cross-town rivals, Joe Antilla scored the golden goal for UBC with 2:24 remaining in overtime, lifting the UBC men?s hockey team to a 4-3 victory over the Simon Fraser Clan on Friday evening at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre.
Despite the fact that SFU is a club team and plays in a much lower division, the game turned out to be an incredibly close, high-scoring affair.
The first period was eventful, with both teams trading goals in the opening frame. SFU showed some grit and opened the scoring when Jono Ceci knocked home a rebound past T-Bird goalie Jordan White, but UBC was able to respond when first-year Brad Hoban hopped out of the penalty box to score the equalizer just 13.6 seconds before the end of the period.
The Thunderbirds came out strong on offence in the second period. Scott Macdonald, a new player, was quick to seize an opportunity and broke the tie six minutes into the frame, and about a minute after that, Dillon Wagner scored a shorthanded goal to make it 3-1. SFU cut the lead to one when Joey Pavone scored with about a minute left in the second.
The tension grew in the third period when SFU scored the equalizer just 14 seconds into the frame. Both teams fired plenty of shots on net in hopes of netting the winner before regulation ended ? UBC put 41 on net during the game ? but the goalies couldn?t be bypassed. It took a couple minutes of overtime and a UBC powerplay for a winner to be decided, as it was Antilla jamming away at the side of the net that resulted in UBC coming out on top over the Clan.
UBC head coach Milan Dragicevic had mixed reviews of his team?s first game of the year.
?Tonight was a learning experience,? he said after the game. ?We had eight new guys on the lineup, [and] they all contributed, and I am pleased at the fact that we won, but we have a lot of work to do.? We didn?t play to our identity for the first sixty minutes.?
Saturday night saw things go much more smoothly, as UBC coasted to a 8-0 victory over SFU in Burnaby, winning this year?s home-and-home series. White and Steven Stanford combined for the shutout, while Wagner and Jordan Wasden both tallied two goals. They lost the total-goals series in overtime last year after the teams traded symmetrical home wins.
The Thunderbirds start their regular season on the road next weekend when they visit the University of Regina for a two-game series. Their first home game is Friday, October 19 when they take on the University of Lethbridge.
Source: http://ubyssey.ca/sports/mens-hockey-vs-sfu/
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