The Lakehead Thunderwolves won their first game at the CIS Telus University Cup Mens National Hockey Championships with a thrilling come-from-behind 4-3 win over the No. 2 Acadia Axemen on Friday afternoon in Edmonton. Lakehead scored three goals in the third and were led by Jeff Richards who scored the game winner and added an assist while Lakeheads other goals came from Joel Scherban, Tobias Whelan, and Jason Lange. Acadias goals came from Kevin Baker, Blair Jarrett, and Kevin Korol. Acadia outshot Lakehad 37-32 in the game and Lakehead netminder Chris Whitley was stellar in the win.
Lakehead Head Coach Pete Belliveau said his team did not give up. Again we stayed the course and the guys followed the game plan very well. We played a very good team but our guys didnt panic, kept working, executed well, and came back for the win.
Richards was named Lakeheads Player of the Game while Kevin Baker was Acadias.
The win sets the stage for a Saturday afternoon semi-final showdown with the No. 5 Saskatchewan Huskies with a berth in Sundays national championship game at stake. Saturdays game will be videowebcast live pay-per-view with ordering info available at http://events.news-cast.com/. The game will also be carried live on 580 CKPR AM in Thunder Bay with Bryan Wyatt calling all the action.
Lakehead Thunderwolves vs Acadia Univ. Axemen
(Mar 24, 2006 at Edmonton, Alberta)
Lake. Thunderwolves (1-0) vs. Acadia Univ. Axemen (0-2)
Date: Mar 24, 2006 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Arena: Clare Drake Arena
Attendance:1365 Start time:1:06 PM End time:3:18 PM Total time:2:12
# Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On Ice Home On Ice
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1 1st 09:00 ACAD EV Kevin Baker Brandon Benedict 8,11,12,16,24 6,26,32,44,71
Robbie Sutherlan
2 2nd 03:33 ACAD EV Blair Jarrett Matthew Albiani 5,6,8,14,28 5,19,20,27,55
Keith Delaney
3 2nd 07:44 LAKE EV Joel Scherban Jeff Richards 2,9,11,19,39 5,9,25,27,55
Mike Self
4 3rd 00:55 LAKE EV Tobias Whelan Dan Speer 2,4,5,18,77 9,25,27,39,44
Erik Lodge
5 3rd 06:18 ACAD PP Kevin Korol Keith Delaney 9,11,28 5,15,19,27
Russ Moyer
6 3rd 11:58 LAKE EV Jason Lange Michael Wehrsted 6,8,11,14,28 9,20,27,44,55
Hugo Lehoux
7 3rd 13:05 LAKE EV Jeff Richards Joel Scherban 5,9,10,19,39 26,32,39,44,71
Brad Priestlay
TEAM SUMMARY
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Lake. Thunderwolves 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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2 Mike Self........... 0 0 1 1 +2
4 Dan Speer........... 0 0 0 0 +1
5 Erik Lodge.......... 2 1 1 4 +1
6 Mike Jacobsen....... 1 2 1 4 0
8 Andrew Brown........ 1 1 2 4 -1
9 Jeff Richards....... 1 2 3 6 +2
10 Dan Rogers.......... 1 0 0 1 +1
11 Hugo Lehoux......... 0 1 0 1 +1
12 Craig Priestlay..... 0 0 0 0 -1
14 Jason Lange......... 1 0 1 2 0
16 Shandor Alphonso.... 0 0 0 0 -1
18 Tobias Whelan....... 0 0 1 1 +1
19 Joel Scherban....... 0 2 0 2 +2
21 Matt Jacques........ 0 0 0 0 0
24 Drew Kivell......... 1 0 0 1 -1
28 Michael Wehrstedt... 0 1 1 2 0
39 Brad Priestlay...... 1 0 0